Middlesex High School

Middlesex High School
Location
Middlesex High School
Middlesex High School
Middlesex High School
300 John F. Kennedy Drive
Middlesex, NJ 08846
United States
Coordinates 40°34′53″N 74°29′42″W / 40.58127°N 74.494883°W / 40.58127; -74.494883Coordinates: 40°34′53″N 74°29′42″W / 40.58127°N 74.494883°W / 40.58127; -74.494883
Information
Type Public high school
Motto "Home of the Blue Jays"
Established 1959
Principal Alex Guzman
Asst. principal Scott Walsh
Faculty 60.8 FTEs[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 622 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 10.2:1[1]
Color(s)      Royal Blue and
     white[2]
Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference
Team name Blue Jays[2]
Website School website

Middlesex High School (MHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in the center of Middlesex, Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Middlesex Board of Education. The school is surrounded by Mountain View Park and all its athletic complexes, including Memorial Field.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 622 students and 60.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. There were 121 students (19.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 177th-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.[3] The school had been ranked 155th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 183rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 169th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 148th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 158th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 3 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.6%) and language arts literacy (92.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[7]

Athletics

The Middlesex High School Blue Jays[2] compete in the Greater Middlesex Conference, which includes public and private high schools located in the greater Middlesex County area and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] With 467 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 12 to 467 students in that grade range.[9]

The school is the host school / lead agency for a cooperative wrestling program with Dunellen High School, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2018-19 school year.[10]

The football team won the NJSIAA state championship Central Jersey Group II in 1974, then in Central Jersey Group I in 1981, 1982 and 1984.[11] In a turnaround from winning only one game in 2016, the football team won the 2017 Central Jersey Group I state sectional tournament with a 33-21 win at Alumni Stadium at Kean University against seventh-seeded Point Pleasant Beach High School in the tournament final.[12][13]

The baseball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 1982, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003, 2007 (in a 13-3 win over Metuchen High School[14]) and again in 2013 (with a 4-0 win over Shore Regional High School).[15] The team won the New Jersey State Group I championship in 1990 vs. New Providence High School and again in 2007 (with a 14-12 win over Hoboken High School)[16] and in 2013 (defeating Pompton Lakes High School by a 9-5 score).[17] The team won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament (GMCT) Championship in 2012, with a 10-4 win over Sayreville High School.[18][19]

The boys' wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I state championships in 1985 and 1986.[20]

The softball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional titles from 2001 through 2004. The team won the New Jersey State Group I championship in 2004, defeating Cedar Grove High School in the playoff finals.[21][22] Increased enrollment made Middlesex a Group II team in 2005 and they won the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament (GMCT) championship in 2005 with a 2-1 win in extra innings against East Brunswick High School.[23]

The boys tennis team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 2003, and in 2007 with a 3-2 win vs. Florence Township Memorial High School.[24]

The boys' basketball team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1994.

The boys cross country team won the Mountain Valley Conference championship in 1982, 1983, 1989, 1991, and 1992.

Girls Track two-time GMC division champs (2010-2012)

  • 1st Place Medium Varsity 2005 Del Val Invitational
  • 1st Place Medium Varsity 2005 UCA Regional
  • 1st Place Medium Varsity 2006 UCA Garden State Open

Coaches

  • Cross Country - Trevor Powers
  • Football - Peter Jankowicz
  • Football Cheerleading - Courtney Girvan
  • Baseball - Mike O'Donnell
  • Softball - Megg Reilly
  • Girls Tennis - Bill Hottensen
  • Boys Tennis - Bill Hottensen
  • Boys Soccer - Eric Halpern
  • Girls Soccer - Tim Morris
  • Boys Basketball - Jared Goldstein
  • Girls Basketball - Tom Hintleman
  • Basketball/Competitive Cheerleading - Courtney Girvan
  • Golf - Mike Hayes
  • Wrestling - Pat Appello
  • Girls Track - Darren Lewis

Clubs

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[25]

  • Alex Guzman, Principal
  • Scott Walsh, Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for Middlesex High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Middlesex High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 4, 2016.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 28, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 18, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  8. ↑ League Memberships – 2016-2017, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  10. ↑ 2017 - 2019 Co-Operative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 14, 2018.
  11. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ Lanni, Patrick. "Middlesex fights off Point Pleasant Beach to win CJ1 title, caps turnaround season", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 2, 2017. Accessed December 5, 2017. "Middlesex won one game in 2016.... Middlesex never trailed Saturday as it had an answer every time Point Pleasant Beach threatened and held on for a 33-21 victory Saturday in the Central Jersey, Group 1 final at Kean University's Alumni Stadium in Union.... That challenge ultimately secured Middlesex's first sectional title since 1984."
  13. ↑ "Football - 2017 NJSIAA Central, Group 1 Playoffs", NJ.com. Accessed December 5, 2017.
  14. ↑ 2007 Baseball - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 6, 2007.
  15. ↑ Tufaro, Greg. "Middlesex tops Shore for Central Group I title", Courier-News, May 31, 2013. Accessed June 11, 2013. "Price celebrated his final home game with yet another round-tripper – his ninth of the season – to put the finishing touches on Middlesex's 4-0 victory over Shore Regional in Friday's NJSIAA Central Group I final. The Blue Jays, who won their first sectional title since 2007, the same year they last won a state crown, advanced to Tuesday's Group I semifinals (4 p.m. Tuesday at Rutgers University) against Pitman, the South Group I champion."
  16. ↑ Tufaro, Greg. "Middlesex, Spotswood break GMC's 14-year state-title drought", Home News Tribune, June 30, 2007. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Blue Division powers Spotswood and Middlesex help put the GMC back on the map, winning the NJSIAA Group II and NJSIAA Group I crowns, respectively.... Middlesex won its state title in dramatic come-from-behind fashion, erasing a five-run deficit in the seventh before posting a 14-12 victory over Hoboken."
  17. ↑ Idec, Keith. "H.S. Baseball: Pompton Lakes falls to Middlesex in Group 1 final", The Record (Bergen County), June 9, 2013. Accessed June 11, 2013. "But three runs was as close as Pompton Lakes could get to Middlesex, which defeated the Cardinals, 9-5, in the Group 1 final at Toms River South. Middlesex (26-4) won its third Group 1 championship and denied Pompton Lakes (25-5) what would've been its first group baseball championship."
  18. ↑ Haley, John. "Middlesex (10) at Sayreville (4), Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament, Final Round - Baseball", The Star-Ledger, May 31, 2012. Accessed June 4, 2012. "That's what happened yesterday when Tommy Marcinczyk and Chris Petiya blasted back-to-back homers in the third before pinch-hitter Brennan Price broke the game open in the sixth with a grand slam as third-seeded Middlesex, No. 19 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, knocked off top-seeded and No. 2 Sayreville, 10-4, in the championship game of the Greater Middlesex Conference Tournament held at East Brunswick Tech High School."
  19. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Baseball Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 4, 2016.
  20. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Team Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 4, 2016.
  21. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Softball Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 5, 2017.
  22. ↑ 2001 NJSIAA Softball - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 15, 2007.
  23. ↑ Haley, John. "A look back at the history of the Middlesex County/GMC Tournament going back 40 years", The Star-Ledger, May 29, 2013. Accessed December 5, 2017. "2005: Middlesex 2, East Brunswick 1 (13)"
  24. ↑ 2007 Boys Tennis - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 7, 2007.
  25. ↑ Administrators, Middlesex High School. Accessed November 27, 2017.
  26. ↑ La Gorce, Tammy. "In Person; Gotcha! Stay Tuned", The New York Times, January 1, 2006. Accessed November 27, 2017. "One, Mr. Scharpling, who went to Middlesex Community College after Middlesex High School and graduated from Trenton State is a self-professed Jersey guy."
  27. ↑ Newell, Kevin. "Irish eyes are smiling: Notre Dame has entrusted alum Charlie Weis as the man to recapture the football program's proud legacy.(Interview)", Coach and Athletic Director, January 1, 2007. Accessed November 20, 2014. "COACH: You were born in Trenton, NJ in 1956 and graduated from Middlesex (NJ) High School. What was your childhood like? What sports did you participate in?"
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