Buena Regional High School

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name = Buena Regional High School


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established = 1971
grades = 9 - 12
district = Buena Regional School District
type = Public high school
principal = Moses White
viceprincipal = Richard Lawrence
Danielle Sneathen
enrollment = 985 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 65.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.2
teamname = Chiefs
conference = Cape-Atlantic League
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location = 125 Weymouth Road
Buena, NJ 08310
information = 856-697-2400
website = [http://brsd.high.schoolfusion.us/ School website]

Buena Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school founded in 1971 to serve students in grades 9 - 12 from five communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Buena Regional School District. Municipalities served by the district are Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township. The school opened in September 1973.

Students from Newfield, a non-operating school district, along with students from both Estell Manor City and Weymouth Township, attend Buena Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts. [ [http://www.buenavistatownship.org/Media_Links_2002/local_news/12_dec_ln.htm Pinelands hampers education in Buenas] , Buena Vista Township. Accessed September 19, 2007. "Buena Regional - which serves three sending districts in Newfield, Weymouth Township and Estell Manor, along with Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township - has been asking the state for special needs, or Abbott, designation."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 985 students and 65.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.2. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710&ID=340471000380 Buena Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 18, 2007.]

The school was the 286th-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 289th 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.]

An addition completed in 1999 added six new classrooms and two state-of-the-art science labs.

Curriculum

The curriculum offerings include Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses in AP Calculus, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History and AP United States History. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/01/0590/01-0590-025.html Report Card Narrative for Buena Regional High School] , accessed March 2, 2007]

Athletics

The Buena Regional High School Chiefs compete in the National 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, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

Buena Regional High School's athletic department boasts teams in boys and girls basketball, tennis, and soccer, as well as baseball and softball, girls' field hockey, boys' wrestling, and football. There are cheerleading squads for Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball and football. The football team claimed a South Jersey state championship in 1988. While the boys cross country team won the schools only state championship also in 1988. The baseball team has won or shared 15 league, conference, or division titles in 34 years.

Arts

The band and choir of Buena Regional have competed extensively throughout the years, with the choir winning a Grand Championship in a national competition in 1992. The drama department has floundered throughout the years, suffering from a lack of consistent leadership, having had five directors in twenty years.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://brsd.high.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=53586 Administration] , Buena Regional High School. Accessed August 14, 2008.]
*Moses White - Principal
*Richard Lawrence - Vice Principal
*Danielle Sneathen - Vice Principal

References

External links

* [http://brsd.high.schoolfusion.us/ Buena Regional High School]
* [http://www.buena.k12.nj.us/ Buena Regional School District]
*NJReportCard|01|0590|0|Buena Regional School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402400 Data for the Buena Regional School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/buena/ South Jersey Sports: Buena HS]