Freehold High School

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Freehold High School is a four-year Public high school located within Freehold Borough, New Jersey, and is part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves 1,194 students from Freehold Borough and from portions of Freehold Township.

Freehold High School is the home of the Medical Sciences Learning Center, a program in which the finest students in the sciences and mathematics are able to advance their studies in those fields. Freehold also has the Computer Science Academy. This specialized academy teaches students about computers, with most of its focus on programming in languages such as Java, Visual Basic, and C++. The academy has also won a number of computer competitions.

1 Awards and recognition
2 Athletics
3 History
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

Freehold High School was the 95th-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^[1].

[edit] Athletics

Coach Moses, the girls soccer team coach, tied his last game for the state champions, becoming a rarity, co-state champions in the 2006 season, tying Ramapo High School 0-0 in the Group III championship game held on November 28, 2006, at the College of New Jersey.^[2]^[3]

[edit] History

Freehold High School was originally located on the corner of Husdon and Bennett Street in Freehold Borough. At the time it was called the Hudson Street School. It has been at its present location, Robertsville Road and Broadway since 1925. The school is the oldest in the Freehold Regional High School District, having been the original facility that drew students from several Western Monmouth County communities.

Freehold High School, as such, came into being as a result of a referendum vote on October 6, 1953, in which seven districts united to form the Freehold Regional High School District. Freehold High School was purchased by the Regional District from the Freehold Borough Board of Education.