Clayton Middle/High School

Infobox School
name = Clayton Middle/High School


imagesize = 120px
motto = "In Pursuit of Excellence"
established =
type = Public high school
district = Clayton Public Schools
principal = Nikolaos Koutsogiannis
asst principal = Dan Antonelli
enrollment = 328 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 32.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 10.2
colors = Navy Blue & Yellow
nickname = Clippers
conference = Tri-County Conference
location = 350 East Clinton Street
Clayton, NJ 08312
information = 856-881-0701
website = [http://www.clayton.k12.nj.us/high%20school.htm School website]

Clayton Middle/High School are a comprehensive community middle school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Clayton Public Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 328 students and 32.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.2. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403180&ID=340318002498 Clayton Middle/High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 7, 2008.]

The school was the 210th-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 244th 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.]

Awards and recognition

In the 1997-98 school year, Clayton High School was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Best Practice School for its Commercial Art program in the Public Engagement category. [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0086&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipients] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.]

Athletics

Clayton High School is one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest school, Clayton, 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.]

Curriculum and programs

The school operates "Clayton Place", a youth services program that provides counseling and tutoring for high school students. [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/15/0860/15-0860-000.html "Report Card Narratives / Clayton Boro"] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.]

The high school's "Communications Academy", started in September 2000, provides courses in video production, mass media, journalism, and computer graphics. [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/15/0860/15-0860-030.html "Report Card Narratives / Clayton High"] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.] In 2000, a cable-television sitcom created by a student in one of Clayton High School's video production classes was broadcast on Comcast's Channel 31 in the community. The student, Steve Carr, played Jacob, and all scenes in the show, ..Jacob's Locker.., were seen through his eyes. [Harbach, Louise. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB7351991074F5E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "Star of Clayton High School cable sitcom is never actually scene"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", February 13, 2000, page CH04. Accessed June 18, 2007.] Clayton High School has received press coverage for offering students distance learning opportunities at Gloucester County College and elsewhere. In 1998, for instance, 15 students from the high school took a Psychology 101 course at the college via a closed-circuit television hookup. [McDonald, Melody. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB330D8E8A45CB7&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "High schoolers get a high-tech taste of higher ed / Interactive, closed-circuit TV allows Clayton High students to take a college course in psychology"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", November 15, 1998, page GL01. Accessed [June 18] , 2007.] In 1999, three students from the school took a Spanish III class given at West Deptford High School via closed-circuit television. [Hobbs, Erika. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB5CEDE1BC39E4A&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "HIGH SCHOOLERS ATTENDING CLASS VIA VIDEO A NETWORK OF CAMERAS, MODEMS AND TELEVISIONS ENABLES THEM TO TAKE COURSES AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS - OR COLLEGES"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", October 24, 1999, page GL07. Accessed June 18, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.clayton.k12.nj.us/hsadmin.htm Administration] , Clayton Middle/High School. Accessed [August 24] , 2008.]
*Nikolaos Koutsogiannis, Principal
*Dan Antonelli, Assistant Principal of Athletics and Student Activities

References

External links

* [http://www.clayton.k12.nj.us/high%20school.htm Clayton Middle/High School]
* [http://www.clayton.k12.nj.us/ Clayton Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|15|0860|0|Clayton Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3403180 Data for the Clayton Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/clayton South Jersey Sports: Clayton HS]
* [http://www.nj.com/forums/clayton/ Clayton Forum]