Butler High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School
name = Butler High School


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established =
grades = 9 - 12
district = Butler Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = William A. Hanisch| enrollment = 489 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 43.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 11.2
nickname = Bulldogs
conference = Northern Hills Conference
colors = Royal blue and gold
publication =
location = 38 Bartholdi Avenue
Butler, NJ 07405
information = 973-492-2000
website = [http://pegasus.butlerboe.org/bhs/index.html School website]

Butler High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Butler, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Butler Public Schools.

Students from Bloomingdale attend Butler High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Bloomingdale School District. [ [http://pegasus.butlerboe.org/bhs/documents/BHSProfile.pdf BHS District Profile] , Butler High School. Accessed January 30, 2008. "Butler High School is a public high school servicing the students of the Borough of Butler and the Borough of Bloomingdale."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 489 students and 43.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.2. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402520&ID=340252004166 Butler High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 7, 2008.]

The Academy for Law and Public Safety is a full time, four-year high school program located at Butler High School. The Academy focuses on Law, Government and Public Affairs with concentrations in Law, Criminal Justice, Technology, Humanities and Law Enforcement. The Academy was founded in September 2000, as a collaborative effort of the Morris County Vocational School District, the Butler Public Schools and the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders. [ [http://www.morris.k12.nj.us/butler/bhs/academy/academy.htm Academy for Law and Public Safety] , accessed July 31, 2006.] The school was the 123rd-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 116th 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

Butler High School Bulldogs compete in the Northern Hills Conference an athletic conference made up of nineteen private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic counties.

The girls basketball team won the 2003 North II Group I championship, defeating runner-up Glen Ridge High School 65-39. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30419&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2003 Girls Basketball - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA, accessed April 25, 2007.] The team moved on to the Group I state championship, defeating Wildwood High School by 43 - 37 in the final game. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30419&tclass=Group%20I%2C%20Semis%2FFinals 2003 Girls Basketball - Group I, Semis/Finals] , NJSIAA, accessed April 25, 2007.]

The girls' soccer team won the 2002 North I Group I state championship over Glen Ridge High School by a score of 2-1. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=24423&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2002 Girls Soccer - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA, accessed April 25, 2007.] In 2004 they made it to the finals again, defeating Glen Rock High School 1-0 in the final game of the tournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=83348&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I 2004 Girls Soccer - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA, accessed April 25, 2007.] The team won the sectional state championship again in 2005, with a 3-0 win over Midland Park High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=127460&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I 2005 Girls Soccer - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA, accessed April 25, 2007.]

Administration

*William A. Hanisch, Principal [ [http://pegasus.butlerboe.org/bhs/documents/StudentProfile2007.pdf Student Profile Class of 2007] , Butler High School. Accessed August 22, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://pegasus.butlerboe.org/bhs/index.html Butler High School]
* [http://www.morris.k12.nj.us/butler/ Butler Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|27|0630|0|Butler Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402520 Data for the Butler Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics