Allentown High School
Encyclopedia
Allentown High School is a public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Monmouth County
, New Jersey
, United States
, as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District
. The school serves students from Allentown Borough
and Upper Freehold Township
. Millstone Township
sends students to the High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship
. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1959.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,179 students and 76 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.51.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
at Allentown High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education
.
The school was the 82nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 90th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was also ranked 103rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
, which consists of public and private high schools located in Mercer County
, Monmouth County
and Middlesex County
, New Jersey
, under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA).
The 2004 field hockey won the Central, Group II sectional championship, edging Shore Regional High School
3-2 in the tournament final. The 2004 team repeated the championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School
2-0.
In 2006, the girls softball won the Central, Group II sectional championship over John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, by a 3-0 final score. The team moved on to win the NJSIAA Group II state championship, topping Pascack Valley High School
11-1.
The 2003 girls tennis team won the Central, Group II title with a 3-2 win over Shore Regional High School
.
The 2008 varsity baseball team won the NJSIAA group II state championship against Mahwah on June 7.
The 2010 football team won first in the Colonial Valley Conference, their record was 6-4. Their biggest win was over Trenton Central High School
, they won 74-44.
's Fifth Avenue. The band enjoyed back-to-back victories in New York in 1990 and 1991, then five in a row from 1999-2003. Meanwhile, the band repeated their performance in Philadelphia's parade, winning in 1990-93, 1999–2000, and 2005-06.
Quality Award, and the 2009 New York City Regional Underwriters Laboratory Safety Award and Regional Champion. The team also qualified for and attended the 2006 and 2009 FIRST Robotics Championships in Atlanta. Redbird Robotics is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
, NASA
, TAH Enterprises, Blank Sheet Inc, Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, Laser expressions and the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, as part of the Upper Freehold Regional School District
Upper Freehold Regional School District
The Upper Freehold Regional School District is a regional school district in Monmouth County, New Jersey which provides educational services to students in grades K through 12.The district serves students from Allentown Borough, Upper Freehold Township...
. The school serves students from Allentown Borough
Allentown, New Jersey
Allentown is a Borough in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the borough population was 1,828.Allentown was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on January 29, 1889, from portions of Upper Freehold Township, based on the...
and Upper Freehold Township
Upper Freehold Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 4,282 people, 1,437 households, and 1,198 families residing in the township. The population density was 91.4 people per square mile . There were 1,501 housing units at an average density of 32.0 per square mile...
. Millstone Township
Millstone Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 8,970 people, 2,708 households, and 2,426 families residing in the township. The population density was 244.0 people per square mile . There were 2,797 housing units at an average density of 76.1 per square mile...
sends students to the High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1959.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,179 students and 76 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.51.
The district participates in the Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
Interdistrict Public School Choice Program
The Interdistrict Public School Choice Program is a program designed to expand educational choices for New Jersey students by providing them with the option of attending a school district outside their district of residence without cost to their parents and paid for by the state of New Jersey...
at Allentown High School, having been approved on November 2, 1999, as one of the first ten districts statewide to participate in the program. Seats in the program for non-resident students are specified by the district and are allocated by lottery, with tuition paid for participating students by the New Jersey Department of Education
New Jersey Department of Education
The New Jersey Department of Education administers state and federal aid programs affecting more than 1.4 million public and non-public elementary and secondary school children in the state of New Jersey. The department is headquartered in Trenton.The Department is responsible for ensuring that...
.
The school was the 82nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 90th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was also ranked 103rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Allentown High School Redbirds compete in the Colonial Valley ConferenceColonial Valley Conference
The Colonial Valley Conference is an athletic conference in Central Jersey composed of a group of high schools located primarily in Mercer County, New Jersey, with one member school in Monmouth County and one in Middlesex County...
, which consists of public and private high schools located in Mercer County
Mercer County, New Jersey
As of the census of 2000, there were 350,761 people, 125,807 households, and 86,303 families residing in the county. The population density was 1,552 people per square mile . There were 133,280 housing units at an average density of 590 per square mile...
, Monmouth County
Monmouth County, New Jersey
Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 630,380, up from 615,301 at the 2000 census. Its county seat is Freehold Borough. The most populous municipality is Middletown Township with...
and Middlesex County
Middlesex County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 750,162 people, 265,815 households, and 190,855 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,422 people per square mile . There were 273,637 housing units at an average density of 884 per square mile...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...
(NJSIAA).
The 2004 field hockey won the Central, Group II sectional championship, edging Shore Regional High School
Shore Regional High School
Shore Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students from four communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The high school serves students from the constituent municipalities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch, where the school...
3-2 in the tournament final. The 2004 team repeated the championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School
Cinnaminson High School
Cinnaminson High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Cinnaminson Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cinnaminson Township Public Schools. The grounds are approximately , including the land...
2-0.
In 2006, the girls softball won the Central, Group II sectional championship over John F. Kennedy Memorial High School, by a 3-0 final score. The team moved on to win the NJSIAA Group II state championship, topping Pascack Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School
Pascack Valley High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Hillsdale in Bergen County, New Jersey, one of two high schools in the Pascack Valley Regional High School District...
11-1.
The 2003 girls tennis team won the Central, Group II title with a 3-2 win over Shore Regional High School
Shore Regional High School
Shore Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students from four communities in Monmouth County, New Jersey. The high school serves students from the constituent municipalities of Monmouth Beach, Oceanport, Sea Bright and West Long Branch, where the school...
.
The 2008 varsity baseball team won the NJSIAA group II state championship against Mahwah on June 7.
The 2010 football team won first in the Colonial Valley Conference, their record was 6-4. Their biggest win was over Trenton Central High School
Trenton Central High School
Trenton Central High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Trenton, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Trenton Public Schools....
, they won 74-44.
Student life
The classes feature block scheduling. It has four lunch periods and a school book store in the storage room of the cafeteria.Marching band
The Allentown High School marching band has received recognition over the years, including winners of the 2000, 2003, 2008 and 2009 USSBA marching band All-State Finals competitions. The percussion section of the band has won the award for Best Percussion three years in a row at All-State Finals from 2007 to 2009. The band has gone on to winning many other awards and appearances, such as the St. Patrick's Day Parade on New York CityNew York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
's Fifth Avenue. The band enjoyed back-to-back victories in New York in 1990 and 1991, then five in a row from 1999-2003. Meanwhile, the band repeated their performance in Philadelphia's parade, winning in 1990-93, 1999–2000, and 2005-06.
FIRST Robotics Team
Allentown High School is home to FIRST Robotics Team #1807, Redbird Robotics. Though one of the school's newer competitive activities, the team has received much support from the surrounding community and multiple awards. Since its rookie year in 2006, Redbird Robotics has accepted such honors as the 2006 New Jersey Star Award, the 2007 Regional MotorolaMotorola
Motorola, Inc. was an American multinational telecommunications company based in Schaumburg, Illinois, which was eventually divided into two independent public companies, Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions on January 4, 2011, after losing $4.3 billion from 2007 to 2009...
Quality Award, and the 2009 New York City Regional Underwriters Laboratory Safety Award and Regional Champion. The team also qualified for and attended the 2006 and 2009 FIRST Robotics Championships in Atlanta. Redbird Robotics is sponsored by Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Bristol-Myers Squibb , often referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company, headquartered in New York City. The company was formed in 1989, following the merger of its predecessors Bristol-Myers and the Squibb Corporation...
, NASA
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research...
, TAH Enterprises, Blank Sheet Inc, Upper Freehold Regional School District Board of Education, Laser expressions and the KISS Institute for Practical Robotics.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Dr. Christopher J. Nagy - Principal
- Constance DeNicola Embley - Vice Principal
- Brian Myslinski - Vice Principal
Notable alumni
- Irwin LachmanIrwin Lachman- Biography :Lachman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1930 and grew up in Jersey Homesteads, New Jersey, and attended Upper Freehold Township High School .- Work :...
(born 1930), one of the inventors of the catalytic converterCatalytic converterA catalytic converter is a device used to convert toxic exhaust emissions from an internal combustion engine into non-toxic substances. Inside a catalytic converter, a catalyst stimulates a chemical reaction in which noxious byproducts of combustion are converted to less toxic substances by dint...
. - Kyle William Seip (1988), Professional Gambler, Comedian and Writer
External links
- Allentown High School
- Upper Freehold Regional School District
- Upper Freehold regional School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...