Manchester Township High School

Manchester Township High School
Location
Manchester Township High School
Manchester Township High School
Manchester Township High School
101 South Colonial Drive
Manchester, NJ 08759
United States
Coordinates 40°00′13″N 74°18′16″W / 40.003729°N 74.304319°W / 40.003729; -74.304319Coordinates: 40°00′13″N 74°18′16″W / 40.003729°N 74.304319°W / 40.003729; -74.304319
Information
Type Public high school
Motto "Excellence by Example"
Established 1974
School district Manchester Township School District
Principal R. Dennis Adams
Vice principals Stacie Ferrara
Keith Lister
Tracey Raimondo
Faculty 84.2 FTEs[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 988 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 11.7:1[1]
Color(s)      Royal blue and
     gold[2]
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Team name Hawks[2]
Website School website

Manchester Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in Manchester Township in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as the lone secondary school of the Manchester Township School District. The school also serves approximately 150 high school students from Lakehurst Borough, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lakehurst School District.[3][4]

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 988 students and 84.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 278 students (28.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 75 (7.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 220th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[5] The school had been ranked 245th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 260th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 227th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 256th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

Athletics

Manchester Township High School Hawks[2] compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[9] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County, and the league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10] With 724 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.[11]

The boys' track team won the Group II state championship in 1998.[12]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 2003 and won the Group II state championship in 2010.[13]

The girls' bowling team has won the Tournament of Champions, the sport's overall state championship, in 2009, 2012 and 2014.[14][15][16] The team has been Group II state champions eight consecutive times, from 2009 to 2016; the team's eight group titles are the second-most of any school in the state.[17] Manchester was the first team to win three titles in the Tournament of Champions, since it was introduced in 2007.[18]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[19]

  • R. Dennis Adams, Principal
  • Stacie Ferrara, Vice Principal
  • Keith Lister, Athletic Director/Vice Principal
  • Tracey Raimondo, Vice Principal

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for Manchester Township High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Manchester Township High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 30, 2016.
  3. ↑ Manchester Township High School 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Manchester Township High School is a four-year comprehensive high school that serves the students of Manchester Township and Lakehurst."
  4. ↑ About Our District, Manchester Township School District. Accessed November 19, 2017. "We are also the receiving district for approximately 150 high school students from neighboring Lakehurst Borough."
  5. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
  7. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 9, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2011.
  9. ↑ Member Schools, Shore Conference. Accessed August 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ League Memberships – 2016-2017, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  11. ↑ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  12. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 27, 2016.
  13. ↑ History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 27, 2016.
  14. ↑ Staff. "Girls bowling: Manchester Township captures championship", NJ.com, February 17, 2009. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Manchester Township captured the Tournament of Champions crown:... Manchester Township, which captured the Group 2 championship earlier in the day by a 2,767-2,561 margin over Burlington Township, defeated Group 1 champion Keyport, 3-1, in the T of C final. That came after Manchester finally put away its nemesis, Group 3 and defending T of C champion Brick, 3-1, in the semifinals."
  15. ↑ Finan, Chris. "Manchester Township wins girls bowling NJSIAA Tournament of Champions", NJ.com, February 13, 2012. Accessed November 19, 2017. "After knocking off defending state champion Brick in the semifinals, Manchester Township, No. 3 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, defeated No. 7 Cardinal McCarrick, 3-0, in the final to win the 2012 NJSIAA/Bollinger Tournament of Champions on Monday at Brunswick Zone Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick."
  16. ↑ Lanni, Patrick. "Mike McCrae of Manchester Township is the girls bowling Coach of the Year, 2013-2014", The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2014. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Not many coaches in any sport can match the success Mike McCrae has found at Manchester Township.The ninth-year coach guided his Ocean County school to its third Tournament of Champions title this season as well as its sixth straight Group 2 title and eighth straight South Jersey, Group 2 title.... Manchester Township is the only team in the state with three Tournament of Champions titles."
  17. ↑ History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  18. ↑ O'Connell, Justin. "Girls Bowling: Manchester Township captures third Tournament of Champions title in six years.", The Star-Ledger, February 10, 2014. Accessed November 19, 2017. "Manchester Township, No. 4 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, added to a day of surprises by upsetting the top two seeded teams and claiming its third Tournament of Champions title yesterday at Carolier Lanes in North Brunswick.... Manchester Township has now won eight consecutive South Jersey Group 2 titles, six consecutive Group 2 titles and has the most Tournament of Champion titles (2009, 2012, 2014) since the inception of the format in 2007."
  19. ↑ Our School, Manchester Township High School. Accessed November 19, 2017.
  20. ↑ Kevin Malast, Tennessee Titans. Accessed July 27, 2016. "The Manchester, N.J., native was originally signed by the Chicago Bears as a rookie free agent on April 27, 2009.... Attended Manchester (N.J.) High School, where he played both linebacker and tailback."
  21. ↑ Denman, Elliott. "New Jersey's Andrew Valmon named Olympic coach", MileSplitNy. February 18, 2011. Accessed July 27, 2016. "The 20-something young man was Andrew Valmon, the graduate of Manchester Township High School, just a few miles east of Lakehurst, and of South Orange, NJ's Seton Hall University, who'd run a sizzling 4x400 relay leadoff leg in the semifinals at Seoul (thus earning a gold when USA took the final.)"
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