Wildwood High School

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name = Wildwood High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Wildwood Public School District
type = Public high school
principal = Dr. Gladys Lauriello
asst principal = Chris Armstrong
Mary Beth Clevenger
enrollment = 284 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 27.2 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 10.4
nickname = Warriors
conference = Tri-County Conference
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location = 4300 Pacific Avenue
Wildwood, NJ 08260
information = 609-522-7922
website = [https://www.edline.net/pages/Wildwood_PSD/Group_Page_Design/July_2007/Wildwood%20Public%20School%20District/whs/hshome.htm School website]

Wildwood High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Wildwood, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wildwood Public School District.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 284 students and 27.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.4. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417940&ID=341794001768 Wildwood High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 30, 2008.]

Students from North Wildwood, West Wildwood and Wildwood Crest attend Wildwood High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/09/5790/09-5790-000.html Wildwood City School District 2007 Report card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed April 30, 2008. "Students from North Wildwood and Wildwood Crest join students from Wildwood and West Wildwood at Wildwood High School."]

The school was the 253rd-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 299th 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

Wildwood High School is one of the member schools of the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High School, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students. [ [http://njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/07South.pdf NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification] . Accessed July 31, 2007.]

The Wildwood High School boys basketball team won three consecutive state championships from 1940 through 1942. [McGarry, Michael. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F2368737ADE6AB8&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=L55E57ROMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "BOYS HIGH SCHOOL STATE BASKETBALL PREVIEW / THREE'S COMPANY / 60 YEARS AGO, WILDWOOD BOYS WON THIRD CONSECUTIVE STATE TITLE"] , "The Press of Atlantic City", March 10, 2002. Accessed August 5, 2007. "Wildwood defeated Bogota 34-18 to win the 1940 state Group II title. The Warriors beat Pompton Lakes 39-35 in the 1941 state Group II title game.... Senekoff did it his way, and it worked. He made both to give Wildwood a 38-37 victory and its third straight state title - a feat no other local team has matched."]

Notable alumni

* Randy Beverly (born 1944), former professional American football player who played cornerback for the American Football League's New York Jets and is best known for making two key interceptions that helped the Jets to their historic victory in Super Bowl III in 1969. [.LeConey, Bill. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAEAE5B4D5B6797&p_docnum=6&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=L55E57ROMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "NFL FOOTBALL / WILDWOOD NATIVE HELPED JETS MAKE HISTORY 30 YEARS AGO"] , "The Press of Atlantic City", January 31, 1999. Accessed August 5, 2007. "They knew their favorite son - a three-sport star at Wildwood High School, Class of 1962 - had made a big play for the underdog New York Jets in Super Bowl III against the Baltimore Colts."]
* Monica Johnson, class of 2002, South Jersey girls' basketball's all-time leading scorer (3,173 points). [ [http://www.philly.com/philly/sports/high_school/new_jersey/20080210_Pitmans_Beato_sets_scoring_mark.html Philly.com] . "The all-time leading scorer in South Jersey girls' basketball is Monica Johnson of Wildwood, who finished her career in 2002 with 3,173 points." Accessed February 12, 2008.] Bill Osborn, Stan DelCorio

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [https://www.edline.net/pages/Wildwood_PSD/Group_Page_Design/July_2007/Wildwood%20Public%20School%20District/whs/admin/principal.htm Administration] , Wildwood High School. Accessed August 14, 2008.]
*Dr. Gladys Lauriello - Principal
*Mary Beth Clevenger - Assistant Principal Grade 9
*Chris Armstrong - Athletic Director, Assistant Principal Grades 10-12

References

External links

* [https://www.edline.net/pages/Wildwood_PSD/Group_Page_Design/July_2007/Wildwood%20Public%20School%20District/whs/hshome.htm Wildwood High School]
* [http://www.edline.net/pages/Wildwood_PSD Wildwood Public School District]
*NJReportCard|09|5790|0|Wildwood Public School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417940 Data for the Wildwood Public School District] , National Center for Education Statistics