Millville Senior High School

Millville Senior High School
Location
200 Wade Boulevard Millville, NJ 08332
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Millville Public Schools
Principal	Dr Christy Thompson Dr. Kyriakos Evrenoglou (Alternative School)
Vice principal	Stephanie DeRose (discipline) Edward Regan (administrative) Douglas Volovar (discipline)
Faculty	98 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	10 - 12
Enrollment	1,361 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.89[1]
Color(s)	Orange and Blue
Athletics conference	Cape-Atlantic League
Nickname	Thunderbolts
Website	School website

Millville Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Millville, New Jersey, operating as part of the Millville Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1943. ^[2]

Students from Woodbine attend the district's high schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.^[3] Maurice River Township students also attend the district's high schools, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Maurice River Township School District.^[4] Commercial Township and Lawrence Township also send students to the district's high schools; The four sending districts filed suit in 2009, challenging the way in which the Millville district charges for students from outside the district to attend the school.^[5]

Millville High School is a participant in the NASA Toys in Space program, a joint project of American and Russian students to learn the science behind designing a toy, and about the study of space.^[6]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,361 students and 98 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.89.^[1]

The school was the 306th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 289th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[7] The school was ranked 295th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[8]

Athletics

The Millville Senior High School athletic programs compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Vineland Senior High School South/Vineland Senior High School North, in Vineland, have participated since before 1900, in the Annual Thanksgiving Football Game with Millville High School. The rivalry is the one of the oldest Public High School rivalries in the United States, meeting for the 135th time.^[9][10]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[11]

• Dr. Christy Thompson, Principal
• Dr. Kyriakos Evrenoglou, Alternative School Principal
• Stephanie DeRose, Vice Principal of Discipline
• Edward Regan, Administrative Vice Principal
• Douglas Volovar, Vice Principal of Discipline

Notable alumni

• Fred Pierce Corson (1896–1985), a Bishop of The Methodist Church.^[12]
• Leon Henderson (1895-1986), administrator of the Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1942.^[12]
• Steve Romanik (1924-2009), played quarterback in the NFL from 1950-1954 for the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals.^[13]
• Mike Trout (born 1991), professional baseball player.^[14]
• Ashley Udalovis (born 1988), Miss New Jersey 2010.^[15]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Millville Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 7, 2011.
2. ^ Millville Senior High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 6, 2011.
3. ^ Campbell, Al. "Woodbine School Proposes Consolidation with Middle Schools", Cape May County Herald, February 27, 2008. Accessed March 29, 2011. "One key factor, said Kopakowski, is Woodbine’s sending-receiving relationship with Millville School District. That Cumberland County district, with about 6,400 pupils K-12 has long educated Woodbine’s high school students."
4. ^ Maurice River Township Elementary School , Maurice River Township School District. Accessed March 29, 2011. "The Maurice River Township School District consists of one elementary school and is a sending district to the Millville School District for its high school students.... Maurice River Township transports approximately 180 students to the Memorial and Senior High Schools in Millville."
5. ^ Jones, Jean. "Sending districts Maurice River, Commercial, Lawrence, Woodbine suing Millville School District over tuition rates", The News of Cumberland County, April 13, 2009. Accessed March 29, 2011. "The suit, filed in the state Administrative Law Court, asks the commissioner of education to resolve a dispute about the method which the Millville school district is using to estimate and audit tuition for four sending districts. The four districts, Maurice River, Commercial, Lawrence and Woodbine, have joined in the suit with Maurice River as the lead agency."
6. ^ Millville High School Students Participate in Toys in Space Project, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated March 2, 2007
7. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed January 31, 2011.
8. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
9. ^ Thanksgiving brings feast of rivalries, The Courier-Post, November 22, 2006
10. ^ VHS-MHS games on the 6s were eventful, colorful, Daily Journal (Vineland), November 29, 1996.
11. ^ Administration and Staff, Senior High School. Accessed March 29, 2011.
12. ^ ^{a b} Our People of the Century - Millville's Class of 1913: Fame, Power, Influence Await Three High School Graduates", Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed December 6, 2007. "The legendary Millville High School Class of 1913 turned out a business leader, a political leader, and a religious leader. Collectively known as the “Big Three,” William M. Dougherty, Leon Henderson, and Bishop Fred Pierce Corson, all schoolboy chums, went on to shape a good chunk of 20th century America."
13. ^ Gray, Matt. "Former NFL player, city commissioner Steve Romanik dies", The News of Cumberland County, September 16, 2009. Accessed January 31, 2011. "Steve Romanik graduated from Millville Senior High School as part of the Class of 1942."
14. ^ Lulgjuraj, Susan. "Millville minor-leaguer Mike Trout named All-Star", The Press of Atlantic City, June 14, 2011. Accessed July 6, 2011. "Arkansas Travelers center fielder Mike Trout was selected Monday to start in the Texas League All-Star Game for the North Division on July 29 in San Antonio. Through Monday, the Millville High School graduate was sixth in the league with a .327 batting average through 56 games this season for the Travelers, the double-A affiliate of the Los Angeles Angels."
15. ^ Staff. "Ashleigh Udalovas eliminated from Miss America pageant", The Daily Journal (New Jersey), January 15, 2011. Accessed January 31, 2011. "Udalovas, 22, a graduate of Millville Senior High School, appeared on television during the opening introduction of the 53 contestants."

External links

• Millville High School
• Millville Public Schools
• Millville Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Millville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• South Jersey Sports: Millville HS

Coordinates: 39°23′53″N 75°01′06″W / 39.397965°N 75.018389°W / 39.397965; -75.018389