Lawrence High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School | name = Lawrence High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Lawrence Township Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = David Roman
asst principal = Dave Adam
Mindy Milavsky
Dave Milinowicz
enrollment = 1,399 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 93.3 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.0
conference = Colonial Valley Conference
teamname = Cardinals
colors = Red and white
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location = 2525 Princeton Pike
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
information = 609-671-5510
website = [http://www.ltps.org/HighSchool.cfm?subpage=5932 School website]

Lawrence High School (LHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, serving grades 9-12 as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. LHS was built in the early 1960s.

Students from Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) had attended Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship which ended with the final group of seniors who graduated in the 2006-07 school year. Cranbury Township had sent students to Lawrence High School until they began a relationship with Princeton High School.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,399 students and 93.3 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 15.0. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408400&ID=340840003152 Lawrence High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 30, 2007.]

The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the Cardinal. The school was the 124th-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 123rd 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.] Lawrence High School had been ranked in the top 75 high schools in previous years' rankings. The new administration has begun a process of curriculum articulation, curriculum mapping, and other initiatives in an effort to reverse the decline.

Curriculum

Lawrence High School offers numerous honors and Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes including AP United States History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Calculus (both AB and BC), AP European History, AP United States Government and Politics, and AP Studio Art. The High School also offers Cisco I and II, a certified networking course from Cisco Systems.

Athletics

The school has a very strong athletics program that includes some very successful teams. Lawrence High's most successful teams are: Football, Golf, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Swimming, Tennis, and Cross-Country.

The Lawrence Boys Swim Team won the Colonial Valley Conference in 2005 and 2007 with a 16-1 record both seasons. They were also the Mercer County Tournament Champions in 2005 and 2007. The Girls swim team followed this success in 2006 by winning the Central "A" Division State Title with a 91-79 win against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=140298&tclass=Central%20%2D%20A 2006 NJSIAA Girls Team Swimming - Central - A] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 3, 2006.]

The Boys Football team won the Colonial Valley Conference titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2006, the team made it to the state playoffs as the top seed, only to be knocked off by 8th-seeded Moorestown High School at home 19-14 in the first round of the tournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=188015&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20III 2006 Football Tournament - Central, Group III] , accessed November 14, 2006.] In 2007, the team made it to state playoffs once again but were defeated by Middletown South at home in the first round, 16-6. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20III 2007 Football - Central, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed March 10, 2008.]

The Lawrence Wrestling Team was the CVC valley division champions most recently in the 2007-2008 season. Lawrence Wrestling is most notably known for having the only state champion to come out of Mercer County, Mark Savino, whose varsity career consists of 115 wins. Chris Lynn has been the coach for the past 29 years and has 194 dual match victories.

Extracurricular activities

Lawrence High features clubs such as Drama, a student newspaper, Operation Smile, and Channel Genius - a school-sponsored Counter-Strike team that has won Cal-Open for the past six seasons. Lawrence High School's performing arts department includes instrumental and choral groups, and a marching band, the Red Scare. In 2006 three Lawrence High School students participated in the American Choral Directors Association All-Eastern High School Honor Choir which was under the direction of St. Olaf College Choir director Anton Armstrong. More recently in 2008 three more students were selected to perform with the ACDA Eastern Division Choir under the baton of Timothy Seelig.

Lawrence High's Mock trial team has won 11 Mercer County Competitions and six Central Jersey Championships. The team also finished third in the state three times and second in the state three times over the past 14 years.Fact|date=August 2008

Lawrence High School's has a DECA chapter.

Lawrence High School is also active in the New Jersey Science Olympiad. Lawrence High School is currently the reigning two year champion of Robotics in the State in Science Olympiad.

"Red Scare" marching band

The Lawrence High School "Red Scare" Marching Band is the school's marching band, which provides entertainment at school football games, local parades, competitions and in cities across the country, including San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and New Orleans.

The "Red Scare" was established in September 2001 by Mr. Eric Haltmeier and Ms. Lee Neamand. They have been increasingly popular among marching band audiences,Or|date=June 2008 and have numerous musicians in their band who have performed at the regional and State Level.

The band makes use of non-traditional instruments such as garbage cans in their routines. Red Scare's main goal is to entertain and involve the audience in each and every show. In addition, the band's field show is different every week. The program's main focus is to let the students govern most major decisions in setting the band's direction.

District Media Center

Lawrence High School houses Lawrence Township Public School's District Media Center. The media technician, Tom Ervin, administers a program that allows students who are interested in media technology to develop their knowledge and skills in the media field. The media center records and edits high school sports events and concerts that are aired on local Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37.

Administration

Members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.myschoolpages.com/schools/Lawrence/HighSchool.cfm Welcome to Lawrence High School] . Accessed June 4, 2008.]
*Principal: David A. Roman
*Assistant Principal (Grade 9, Grade 11 A-I): Dave Adam
*Assistant Principal (Grade 12, Grade 11 J-O): Mindy Milavsky
*Assistant Principal (Grade 10, Grade 11 P-Z): Dave Milinowicz
*Director of Athletics: Ken Mason

Noted alumni and faculty

* Scott Brunner (born 1957), former professional quarterback for the New York Giants. [ [http://www.rider.edu/139_5389.htm JOYNER INDUCTED INTO LAWRENCE HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF HONOR] , Rider University press release dated September 29, 1997.]
* Glenn "Mooch" Myernick (1954-2006), former professional soccer player and United States Soccer captain. [ [http://www.pssdir.com/pss/document.cfm?iDocumentID=535977&highlight=Bruce%20Arena&cached=1 Soccer time at Moochie's fields Town to honor noted player] , "The Times", November 12, 2006, accessed April 21, 2007. "Myernick played soccer at both Slackwood Elementary and Lawrence High School. At Lawrence, he earned All-American honors and led his soccer team to three state championships."] In 1999, he was named by "The Star-Ledger" as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s. [Jandoli, Ron. [http://web.archive.org/web/20030110132039/http://nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/bsoccerdecades.html "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade"] , "The Star-Ledger", November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.]
* Patricia Russo (born 1953), current CEO and Chairman of Lucent Technologies. [ [http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2003/tc20030529_9745_tc111.htm Patricia Russo: Lucent's Best Hope?] , "Business Week", May 29, 2003. Today, with an optimism that's reminiscent of her days as captain of the cheerleading squad at Lawrence High School in New Jersey, Lucent's CEO contends that she can return the company to growth."]
* Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian and host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show". [ [http://www.pacpubserver.com/new/news/4-17-01/john.html Comic Jon Stewart to host benefit for former teacher] , "Princeton Packet" by Helen Pettigrew, April 17, 2001. "Jon Stewart, the Lawrence High School alumnus who hosts the Comedy Central hit "The Daily Show," will return to his alma mater April 28 as special guest host for a benefit concert honoring Selma Litowitz, his former English teacher who is afflicted with Parkinson's disease."]
*Teller (born 1948), silent half of Penn and Teller taught English and Latin at the school. [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/716/000024644/ Teller ] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.ltps.org/HighSchool.cfm?subpage=5932 Lawrence High School Official Website]
* [http://www.ltps.org Lawrence Township Public Schools website]
*NJReportCard|21|2580|040|Lawrence High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3408400 Data for the Lawrence Township Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.lhsmusic.org Lawrence High's Music Program Website]