Somers Point Public Schools

The Somers Point Public Schools are a community public school district that serves students in pre-school through eighth grade from Somers Point, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States.

Students in grades 9 - 12 attend the Mainland Regional High School, and which serves students from Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point. [ [http://www.mainlandregional.net/ Mainland Regional High School 2005-2006 Profile] , accessed May 13, 2007. "Mainland Regional High School, located eight miles southwest of Atlantic City, serves the municipalities of Linwood, Northfield, and Somers Point -- total population 26,511."] The high school is located in Linwood.

The Somers Point School District of approximately 1200 students (Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade) consists of three schools. The Jordan Road School, constructed in 1966 with an addition in 1991, is a Kindergarten through 8th grade building which houses approximately 725 students. Dawes Avenue School was recently constructed in 1998 and sits on the other side of town and houses Kindergarten through 6th grade, approximately 425 students. The third school is the New York Avenue School, constructed in 1914 with an addition in 1922 and refurbished in 2005. The New York Avenue School houses our three pre-Kindergarten handicapped classes, which are half-day sessions, with approximately 70 students. The school also houses the Central Office, Business Office, Child Study Team Office and the Community Education Recreation Office.

The district is noted for its diverse population that excels not only academically but also in school related activities including sports, the arts, and service organizations. The district has been fortunate to have an active Education Foundation that has funded technology programs, mini-grants and the annual Stokes Trip, investing approximately $250,000 to our schools over the past ten years.

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415030 Data for the Somers Point Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed may 26, 2008.] ) are:;Preschool
* [http://www.somersptschools.org/newyorkave.htm New York Avenue School] with 68 students in pre-school;Elementary School
* [http://www.somersptschools.org/dawes.htm Dawes Avenue School] with 385 students in grades K-6
**Doreen Lee - Principal;Middle School
* [http://www.somersptschools.org/jordan.htm Jordan Road Middle School] with 710 students in Pre-K through 8th grade
**Jeff Miller - Principal
**Susan Meagher - Assistant Principal

Administration

*Gerald V. Toscano - Superintendent
*Nancy J. Steinhauer - School Business Administrator

References

External links

* [http://www.somersptschools.org Somers Point Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|01|4800|0|Somers Point Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415030 Data for the Somers Point Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics