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Encyclopedia > Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Location
84 Route 31
Flemington, NJ 08822

Information
School district Hunterdon Central Regional High School District
Principal Christina Steffner
Faculty 234.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 12.0[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Team name Red Devils
Established 1956
Enrollment 2,814 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Information 908-782-5727
Homepage

Hunterdon Central Regional High School is a comprehensive, regional, four-year public high school, and school district that serves, as of 2006, approximately 3,020 students from five municipalities in east central Hunterdon County, New Jersey. Route 31 is a 48. ... Flemington is a Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ... Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a workers productivity and/or involvement in a project. ... A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... School districts are a form of special-purpose district in the United States (amongst some other places) which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools. ... Hunterdon County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... This article is about the U.S. state. ...


Students hail from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township. Delaware Township, New Jersey redirects here. ... East Amwell Township highlighted in Hunterdon County. ... Flemington is a Borough in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. ... Raritan Township highlighted in Hunterdon County. ... Map of Readington Township in Hunterdon County Readington Township is a Township located in the easternmost portion of Hunterdon County, New Jersey. ...


As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,814 students and 234 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.0.[1] Full-time equivalent (FTE) is a way to measure a workers productivity and/or involvement in a project. ...

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Awards and recognition

For the 1997-98 school year, Hunterdon Central Regional High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve, is awarded for excellence in instructional delivery and educational environment. In 2002, Hunterdon Central was awarded the Blue Ribbon School award for the second time, one of a limited number of schools across the state to be recognized on two separate occasions.[2] Insignia that designates a Blue Ribbon School The Blue Ribbon Schools Program is a United States government program created to honor schools. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from...


The school was the first in the State of New Jersey to be designated as a Star School by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, and has been recognized with this award three times, in 1993-94,[3] 1994-95,[4] and 1997-98.[5] The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1. ...


Hunterdon Central Regional High School was the 57th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[6] New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of interset to residents of New Jersey. ...


For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Books Breaking Barriers: The ESL Literature Circle" World Languages program at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.[7] The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1. ...


Board of Education

The Hunterdon Central Regional Board of Education is comprised of nine members elected by registered voters in the five constituent municipalities who participate in the school district. Three members are elected from both Raritan and Readington Townships, and one each from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township and the Borough of Flemington. The board is responsible for making numerous policies and regulations. They are also given the task of preform the budget cuts if the budget, which they create, does not pass. A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors of a school, local school district or higher administrative level. ...


School

The high school is situated on a 72-acre campus that includes a 9/10 Campus Building, an 11/12 Campus Building, a 2,000-seat fieldhouse, an Instructional Media Center, and a Communications/Music Building with a TV / radio studio and three practice halls. There are also numerous outdoor fields and extensive Project Adventure facilities. Project Adventure is an international nonprofit education organization based in Beverly, Massachusetts. ...


The first construction since the addition of the lower campus (the 11/12 Building), the school went through extensive renovations starting in February 2005 to help cope with the increase in students over the years. The auditorium, which hadn't been renovated since its construction in 1957, is completely renovated, which included the replacement of the old stage, and the addition of the most up-to-date technology for the music and theater departments. All classrooms were fitted with air conditioning. The main athletic complex, housing the football stadium, has been completely redone due to the generous donation of a HCRHS alum. Now dubbed the "Stewart Athletic Complex," the stadium features a turf field, brand new seating, and an up-to-date press box. Many other renovations have been made to the music buildings, communications building, and library. Construction was completed in fall of 2006.


The School has a thorough and complex security system. All administration, faculty and students have ID Cards with magnetic stripes that must be used to gain access through certain doors. There is also an extensive system of cameras throughout the school(approximately 120 cameras are currently monitoring areas throughout the school).


The student enrollment at Hunterdon Central is approximately 3,020 for the 2006-2007 academic year. Average class size is 19.8, student to faculty ratio is 11 to 1, and student to computer ratio is 2.3 to 1.


After many months of searching the school recently appointed a new superintendent, Dr. Lisa Brady, a former employee of Hunterdon Central. She served as a vice-principal from 1997 to 2000 and principal from 2000 to 2004; and then left to become superintendent of South Hunterdon Regional High School.


Extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities at the high school include baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ bowling, cheerleading, boys’ and girls’ cross country, boys’ and girls’ fencing, field hockey, football, boys’ and girls’ golf, gymnastics, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, ice hockey, boys’ and girls’ soccer, softball, boys’ and girls’ swimming, boys’ and girls’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ track and winter track, boys’ and girls’ volleyball, color guard, and wrestling. This article is about the sport. ... This article is about the sport. ... A bowler releases the ball. ... Youth Cheerleaders during a football halftime show. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... This article is about the sport, which is distinguished from stage fencing and academic fencing (mensur). ... A game of field hockey in progress Field hockey is a sport for men, women and children in many countries around the world. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... This article is about the sport. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance, endurance, gracefulness, and kinesthetic awareness, and includes such skills as handsprings, handstands, split leaps, aerials and cartwheels. ... For other uses, see Lacrosse (disambiguation). ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Soccer redirects here. ... Soft ball is also a sugar stage Softball is a team sport popular around the world but especially in the United States. ... Swimmer redirects here. ... For other uses, see Tennis (disambiguation). ... A womens 400 m hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track in the Helsinki Olympic Stadium in Finland. ... For the ball used in this sport, see Volleyball (ball). ... United States Federal Protective Service color guard. ... Scholastic wrestling is a modification of collegiate wrestling. ...


The boy's lacrosse team has won the Group IV State Championship in 2005, 2006. In 2006, number-three seed Hunterdon Central Regional High School defeated top-seed Montclair High School in the Group IV final, by a score of 10-9 in overtime.[8][9] The front of the main building of Montclair High School. ...


The Varsity Football Team won the title of Group IV Public School State Championship in 2006, winning the Central Group IV championship, beating Howell High School, 42-24,[10] and was ranked #2 in Central New Jersey by the Courier-News. Howell High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Howell Township, New Jersey, as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. ... The Courier-News, headquartered in Bridgewater Township, is a daily newspaper serving Hunterdon County and Somerset County areas in New Jersey. ...


In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 2-1 win over Middletown High School North in the tournament final.[11] Middletown High School North, home of the Lions, is a four-year comprehensive public high school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. ...


The Varsity Cheerleading Team has taken the title of New Jersey Group IV State Champion in 02-03, 00-01, and 98-99 and took 2nd Place nationally at UCA National High School Finals in 02-03.


The Marching Band, or Marching Red Devils have consistently placed very high in state, regional and all-state competitions. In their 2006 show, The Blueprint, were ranked 1st in the Central Jersey area, 3rd in the state, and 5th in the northeast. Between the 2006 and 2007 season the band made several performances in Florence, Italy, and Salzburg, Austria. In prior years, the MRD have won two state titles, Tied for first in the northeast, and have been known for out-of-the-ordinary show designs. They compete in USSBA Group 6, and biggest rivals are Immaculata High School, and North Penn High School. Metropolitan statistical areas and divisions of New Jersey; counties shaded in blue hues are in the New York City metro; counties shaded in green hues are in the Philadelphia metro. ... This article is about the city in Italy. ... This article is about the capital of the Austrian state of Salzburg. ... The United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) was formed in the Fall of 1988 to provide high school band programs with a competitive circuit featuring top judges from across the continent and a world class venue for the US Scholastic Band Championship. ... Official Seal For other schools named Immaculata see Immaculata High School. ... North Penn High School is a part of the North Penn School District and is located in Towamencin Township, Pennsylvania, about a mile outside of Lansdale along Valley Forge Road (PA Route 363). ...


Activities offered include dramatics, student government, publications, service organizations, clubs, marching band and orchestra, an Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, a chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America, a chapter of Amnesty International and choral programs. A Navy JROTC cadet salutes during the parading of the colors ceremony held at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amnesty international Amnesty International (commonly known as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization which defines its mission as to undertake research and action focused on preventing and ending grave abuses of the rights to physical and mental integrity, freedom of conscience...


The school's radio station, WCVH, features today's hottest country. The radio station has a great multitude of Disc Jockeys. This helps enhance the listener base of the station as it is not limited to just one genre of music. The call letters stand for "Community Voice of Hunterdon (county). WCVH, broadcasting from Hunterdon Central Regional High School, first went on the air in April of 1974. ... Call sign can refer to different types of call signs: Airline call sign Aviator call sign Cosmonaut call sign Radio and television call signs Tactical call sign, also known as a tactical designator See also: International Callsign Allocations, Maritime Mobile Service Identity This is a disambiguation page — a navigational...


Staff

Hunterdon Central has a student/faculty ratio of 11 to 1. Approximately 57.6% of the staff hold advanced degrees (M.A., Ph. D. or Ed.D.). The District's staff training program has been recognized by the National Center for Public Productivity at Rutgers University, The New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the United States Department of Education Professional Development National Awards. “Rutgers” redirects here. ... The Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building[1]) , ED headquarters in Washington, DC A construction project to repair and update the building facade at the Department of Education Headquarters building in 2002 resulted in the installation of structures at all of the entrances to protect employees and visitors from...


Administration

  • Superintendent - Lisa Brady, Ed.D.
  • Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction - Thomas Smith, Ed.D.
  • Business Administrator / Board Secretary - Ray Krov
  • Principal - Christina Steffner
  • Vice-Principal - Barabara Manfredi
  • Vice-Principal - Richard Schneebeli
  • Vice-Principal - Jenifer Spieker, Ed.D.
  • Vice-Principal - Suzanne Cooley
  • Vice-Principal - Craig Blanton

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ^ a b c d Hunterdon Central Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 31, 2007.
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
  3. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1993-94, accessed May 23, 2006
  4. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1994-95, accessed May 23, 2006
  5. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1997-98, accessed May 23, 2006
  6. ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey: 51-100, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
  7. ^ New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
  8. ^ Kinney, Mike; and Jandoli, Ron. "Hunterdon C edges Montclair on goal by Dyer in OT, 10-9", The Star-Ledger, June 4, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2007. "The senior attackman swept across the box and fired in his fourth goal 41 seconds into overtime to carry Hunterdon Central to its second consecutive NJSIAA Group 4 championship, 10-9, yesterday in Flemington."
  9. ^ 2006 Boys Lacrosse - Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed July 6, 2006.
  10. ^ 2006 Football Tournament - Central, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed December 5, 2006
  11. ^ 2007 Field Hockey - North II, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  12. ^ International Movie Database[1]
  13. ^ Campbell, Bob. "Jersey locations paved way for 'Dummy' ", The Star-Ledger, September 12, 2003. Accessed August 20, 2007. "His angelic co-star Vera Farmiga is a child of Passaic County and a Hunterdon Central Regional High grad."
  14. ^ Biography for Vera Farmiga from the Internet Movie Database, accessed October 10, 2006
  15. ^ Nutt, Bill. "Profile: Danny Federici", Courier News, October 14, 2001. Accessed August 18, 2007. "Ask Flemington-born musician Danny Federici what he finds most satisfying about being a front man, and he replies, 'I got a chance to see what being the boss is all about.'... Federici, a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, states that teachers have always encouraged his music, although at least one educator told him that he should complete his education if he were to have a career."
  16. ^ Official website for Jamie Graf

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