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Wall High School (New Jersey)
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Wall High School is a four-year comprehensive
public high school
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Wall Township
in Monmouth County
, New Jersey
, United States, operating as part of the Wall Township Public Schools
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,393 students and 91 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.31.
The school was the 155th-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 127th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 121st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
, Key Club
, National Honor Society
, National Art Honor Society
, National Music Honor Society
, Botany Club, as well as many others.
, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore
, located within Monmouth County
and Ocean County
and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA)..
Wall High School is known for its intense sports rivalry with Manasquan High School
in Manasquan, New Jersey
, with the two schools playing each other in front of crowds of 5,000 at their annual Thanksgiving Day football game.
In 2009, displays were erected and a Hall of Fame established honoring WHS soccer teams' overall success. From 1977 - 1983 the team's overall record stood at 130-13-5. Between 1978 and 1981 the team won four consecutive straight Group III State Championships and had overall state rankings through those four years of #2, #3, #1, #1, respectively (from 300 schools). During those years they won five straight Group III State Sectional Championships as well and had an NJSIAA State Playoff record of 24 wins out of 25 games over a five year span. WHS Soccer team also was the # 1 Team in the Shore Conference each year from 1978-1982. The teams won five Wall Fall Festival Classics over this period as well and captured six straight Monmouth County Titles as well as winning the first ever Monmouth-Ocean County Championship. They also won six straight Conference Championships. The 1992 the team won the Central Jersey Group III Championship and in 1993 a Central Jersey Group II Championship was added to the overall record. The 2004 team won the Group III State Championship, the program's fifth state title and the first since it won four in a row from 1978 to 1981, with a 4-1 win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
in a game played at The College of New Jersey
.
The Wall High School soccer program was founded by U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame Member Harry Baldwin and has produced nearly 50 All-State players. Wall High School's first soccer captain and Soccer America Professional Coach of the Year, Gary Hindley played here, as well. These teams had two coaches, Tom Farley and Jim Carhart, who together have coached nearly 50 years and combined won nearly 700 games. Tom Farley won National Coach of the Year in 1979. Jim Carhart has won Regional and State Coaching Honors multiple times. Top soccer players at Wall include Tom Kain
, the nation's top player at Duke and Walls's only Olympian, and George Gelnovatch
, runner-up as the nation's top player as well as All American.
The 2004 baseball team won all five championships they could win, becoming the only Shore Conference baseball team to achieve that milestone.
The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 6-5 win over Monroe Township High School
. The team moved on to win the Group I State Championship with wins over Hammonton High School
(11-10) and Ramapo High School (4-1) in the final game.
The 2008 Competition Cheer team took first place in the state competition, grand champion in the regional competition, and second place at the national competition. The 2009 Competition Cheer team won its Conference Championship, took first place in the NJ State Competition, first place at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida, and received the Grand National Champions title (overall highest score) at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida.
The 2007 girls tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-2 win over Princeton High School
in the tournament final.
In 2008, the Wall High School Golf team won the South-Central Jersey Group III Tournament.
In 2008, the Wall High School Boys Bowling Team landed 1st place in the Shore Conference.
The Wall Ice Hockey team consistently ranks as a top public school team in the state of New Jersey, qualifying for the state playoffs the past several years. The ice hockey team has been the most successful Wall high school sports team in the term of win percentage over the past five years.
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
public high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Wall Township
Wall Township, New Jersey
Wall Township is a township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 26,164.Wall Township was formally incorporated as a township by an act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 7, 1851...
in 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...
, 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, operating as part of the Wall Township Public Schools
Wall Township Public Schools
The Wall Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Wall Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States....
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,393 students and 91 classroom teachers (on a 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 15.31.
The school was the 155th-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 127th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 121st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Extracurricular activities
Wall High School offers many clubs and after school activities. Clubs are as follows: Environmental Club, Mock TrialMock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
, Key Club
Key Club
Key Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
, National Honor Society
National Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
, National Art Honor Society
National Art Honor Society
The National Art Honor Society was established in 1978 in the United States by the National Art Education Association for high school students grades 10-12, for "the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art" from the National Art Honor Society...
, National Music Honor Society
Tri-M
Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher...
, Botany Club, as well as many others.
Athletics
The Wall High School Crimson Knights compete in the Shore ConferenceShore Conference
The Shore Conference is an athletic conference of private and public high schools in the U.S. state of New Jersey, centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The Shore Conference is broken up into six classes based on...
, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore
Jersey Shore
The Jersey Shore is a term used to refer to both the Atlantic coast of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the adjacent resort and residential communities. . The New Jersey State Department of Tourism considers the Shore Region, Greater Atlantic City, and the Southern Shore to be distinct, each having...
, located within 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 Ocean County
Ocean County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 510,916 people, 200,402 households, and 137,876 families residing in the county. The population density was 803 people per square mile . There were 248,711 housing units at an average density of 151/km²...
and operates under the jurisdiction 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)..
Wall High School is known for its intense sports rivalry with Manasquan High School
Manasquan High School
Manasquan High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Manasquan, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Manasquan Public Schools...
in Manasquan, New Jersey
Manasquan, New Jersey
-Government:Manasquan is governed under the Borough form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a Mayor and a Borough Council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A Mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office and only...
, with the two schools playing each other in front of crowds of 5,000 at their annual Thanksgiving Day football game.
In 2009, displays were erected and a Hall of Fame established honoring WHS soccer teams' overall success. From 1977 - 1983 the team's overall record stood at 130-13-5. Between 1978 and 1981 the team won four consecutive straight Group III State Championships and had overall state rankings through those four years of #2, #3, #1, #1, respectively (from 300 schools). During those years they won five straight Group III State Sectional Championships as well and had an NJSIAA State Playoff record of 24 wins out of 25 games over a five year span. WHS Soccer team also was the # 1 Team in the Shore Conference each year from 1978-1982. The teams won five Wall Fall Festival Classics over this period as well and captured six straight Monmouth County Titles as well as winning the first ever Monmouth-Ocean County Championship. They also won six straight Conference Championships. The 1992 the team won the Central Jersey Group III Championship and in 1993 a Central Jersey Group II Championship was added to the overall record. The 2004 team won the Group III State Championship, the program's fifth state title and the first since it won four in a row from 1978 to 1981, with a 4-1 win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School
Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School is a comprehensive regional four-year public high school in Union County, New Jersey, which serves students in Grades 9 through 12 from the Township of Scotch Plains and the Borough of Fanwood, operating as part of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School...
in a game played at The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey
The College of New Jersey, abbreviated TCNJ, is a public, coeducational university located in Ewing Township, New Jersey, a suburb of Trenton....
.
The Wall High School soccer program was founded by U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame Member Harry Baldwin and has produced nearly 50 All-State players. Wall High School's first soccer captain and Soccer America Professional Coach of the Year, Gary Hindley played here, as well. These teams had two coaches, Tom Farley and Jim Carhart, who together have coached nearly 50 years and combined won nearly 700 games. Tom Farley won National Coach of the Year in 1979. Jim Carhart has won Regional and State Coaching Honors multiple times. Top soccer players at Wall include Tom Kain
Tom Kain
Tom Kain is the Nike Director of Global Marketing . He is also a retired U.S. soccer midfielder. He played collegiate soccer at Duke University where he was named the 1985 Hermann Trophy winner as the top collegiate player. He also earned five caps with the U.S...
, the nation's top player at Duke and Walls's only Olympian, and George Gelnovatch
George Gelnovatch
George Gelnovatch is the head men's soccer coach at the University of Virginia. He has held that position since 1996, replacing Bruce Arena. He has posted a 214-79-25 record in 14 seasons with the Cavaliers. He is most notable for leading the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA Division 1 title, where his...
, runner-up as the nation's top player as well as All American.
The 2004 baseball team won all five championships they could win, becoming the only Shore Conference baseball team to achieve that milestone.
The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 6-5 win over Monroe Township High School
Monroe Township High School
Monroe Township High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Monroe Township, in Middlesex County, New Jersey. It is part of the Monroe Township School District. The school serves students from Monroe Township and those from Jamesburg Borough who attend Monroe Township...
. The team moved on to win the Group I State Championship with wins over Hammonton High School
Hammonton High School
Hammonton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hammonton Public Schools....
(11-10) and Ramapo High School (4-1) in the final game.
The 2008 Competition Cheer team took first place in the state competition, grand champion in the regional competition, and second place at the national competition. The 2009 Competition Cheer team won its Conference Championship, took first place in the NJ State Competition, first place at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida, and received the Grand National Champions title (overall highest score) at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida.
The 2007 girls tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-2 win over Princeton High School
Princeton High School (New Jersey)
Princeton High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Princeton Regional Schools district, which serves all public school students in the Borough of Princeton and Princeton Township...
in the tournament final.
In 2008, the Wall High School Golf team won the South-Central Jersey Group III Tournament.
In 2008, the Wall High School Boys Bowling Team landed 1st place in the Shore Conference.
The Wall Ice Hockey team consistently ranks as a top public school team in the state of New Jersey, qualifying for the state playoffs the past several years. The ice hockey team has been the most successful Wall high school sports team in the term of win percentage over the past five years.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Rosaleen Sirchio, Principal
- Michael Mendes, Vice Principal
- Robert Paneque, Vice Principal
Notable alumni
- Matthew BouraeeMatthew BouraeeMatthew Bouraee is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Puerto Rico Islanders in the North American Soccer League.-Youth and College:...
(born 1988, Class of 2006), professional soccer player for the Puerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico IslandersPuerto Rico Islanders is a Puerto Rican professional football team based in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Founded in 2003, the team plays in the North American Soccer League , the second tier of the American Soccer Pyramid....
. - Dara BrownDara BrownDara Brown is a news anchor and senior producer for MSNBC.com. In 2006, she became an alternating host of Early Today on NBC and First Look on MSNBC. As a child, Brown starred as the title character in the first national tour of the musical Annie....
, Class of 1983, news anchor for MSNBCMSNBCMSNBC is a cable news channel based in the United States available in the US, Germany , South Africa, the Middle East and Canada...
and former Broadway actress. - Ashley Alexandra DupréAshley Alexandra DupréAshley Rae Maika DiPietro better known by the stage name Ashley Alexandra Dupré, is a former call girl. She is currently an American sex columnist for the New York Post and a singer. She became a public figure when it was disclosed that she was the woman at the center of the Eliot Spitzer...
(born 1985 as Ashley Youmans — transferred out after sophomore year), best known as the woman at the center of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandalEliot Spitzer prostitution scandalThe Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal began on March 10, 2008, when The New York Times reported that Democratic New York Governor Eliot Spitzer had patronized a prostitution service called Emperors Club VIP...
. - George GelnovatchGeorge GelnovatchGeorge Gelnovatch is the head men's soccer coach at the University of Virginia. He has held that position since 1996, replacing Bruce Arena. He has posted a 214-79-25 record in 14 seasons with the Cavaliers. He is most notable for leading the Cavaliers to the 2009 NCAA Division 1 title, where his...
(born 1965), head men's soccer coach at the University of Virginia - Tom KainTom KainTom Kain is the Nike Director of Global Marketing . He is also a retired U.S. soccer midfielder. He played collegiate soccer at Duke University where he was named the 1985 Hermann Trophy winner as the top collegiate player. He also earned five caps with the U.S...
(born 1963), NikeNike, Inc.Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
Professional Soccer Player, German First Division,Director of Global Soccer Marketing. - Charlotte SometimesCharlotte Sometimes (musician)Jessica Charlotte Poland , better known by the stage name Charlotte Sometimes, is an American singer-songwriter based out of New York and currently signed to Geffen Records. Her debut album was released on May 6, 2008 and is titled Waves and the Both of Us...
(stage name of Jessie Poland, born 1988), musician currently signed to Geffen RecordsGeffen RecordsGeffen Records is an American record label, owned by Universal Music Group, and operated as one third of UMG's Interscope-Geffen-A&M label group.-Beginnings:...
.
External links
- Wall High School Official website
- Wall Township Public Schools
- Data for the Wall Township Public Schools, 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...
- Wall High School Class of 82 Official website