Carteret High School

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name = Carteret High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Carteret School District
type = Public high school
principal = Lamont Repollet
viceprincipal = Kimberly Hall
Nicholas Sysock
enrollment = 1,090 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 78.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 14.0
nickname = Ramblers
conference = Greater Middlesex Conference
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location = 199 Washington Avenue
Carteret, NJ 07008
information = 732-541-8960
website = [http://www.carteretschools.org/school/high_school/start.asp School website]

Carteret High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carteret in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Carteret School District.

Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses are offered in AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP United States History, AP Spanish Language and AP English Literature and Composition. The Project Acceleration Program allows students to receive college credit from Seton Hall University and over 200 other colleges and universities. Schedule permitting, students may also earn college credits by attending classes at Middlesex County College.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,090 students and 78.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.0. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402820&ID=340282003268 Carteret High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 26, 2007.]

The school was the 272nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 269th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Athletics

The Carteret High School Ramblers compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group II state sectional championship with a 20-14 over Rumson-Fair Haven High School in a game played at Rutgers Stadium, The win was Carteret's fourth sectional title, and its first since 1996. [Moretti, Mike. [http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1196660450294840.xml&coll=1 "Lewin's TD lifts Carteret past Rumson"] , "The Star-Ledger", December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "But with senior tailback Byron Lewin picking up 143 yards on 22 carries and scoring the winning touchdown with 2:18 to go, Carteret defeated Rumson, 20-14, in the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 2 championship game before 4,000 at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. It was Carteret's first state title since 1996 and fourth in six final appearances."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20II 2007 Football - Central, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.carteretschools.org/school/high_school/contact_hours.asp Contact and Hours] , Carteret High School. Accessed August 12, 2008.]
*Lamont Repollet - Principal
*Kimberly Hall - Vice Principal
*Nicholas Sysock - Vice Principal

Notable alumni

* Jim Babjak (born 1957), Dennis Diken and Mike Mesaros formed The Smithereens. [Cahillane, Kevin. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9806E7DC143BF933A25753C1A9629C8B63 "Not Fade Away: The Smithereens' Monument to Persistence"] , "The New York Times", October 10, 2004. Accessed November 3, 2007. "The band formed in 1980 when three Carteret High School graduates (class of 1975) and childhood friends (Mr. Babjak, Dennis Diken on drums and Mike Mesaros on bass) met Pat DiNizio, a Scotch Plains singer-songwriter-garbage man."]
* Joseph A. Cafasso (born 1956), former Fox News consultant on military and counterterrorism issues who left the network after allegations surfaced that he misrepresented his military record. [Rutenberg, Jim. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F06EFD81E3EF93AA15757C0A9649C8B63 "At Fox News, the Colonel Who Wasn't"] , "The New York Times", April 29, 2002. Accessed November 29, 2007. " Born in 1956, he graduated from Carteret High School in Carteret, N.J., military records show."]
* Jim Conti, tenor and alto saxophone player for the ska band Streetlight Manifesto.Fact|date=February 2008>

References

External links

* [http://www.carteretschools.org/school/high_school/start.asp Carteret High School]
* [http://www.carteretschools.org/ Carteret School District]
*NJReportCard|23|0750|0|Carteret School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402820 Data for the Carteret School District] , National Center for Education Statistics