Lenape High School

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This article is about Lenape High School. For Lenape Valley Regional High School, see Lenape Valley Regional High School.

Lenape High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Medford Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is the oldest of the four high schools that comprise the Lenape Regional High School District.

In 1955, the regional district was formed. In 1957, land was acquired for Lenape High School, whose doors opened in 1958. Starting with 548 students in freshman and sophomore classes, the school grew quickly and now consists of two buildings, Lenape High School North and Lenape High School South. Lenape draws its student body from Mount Laurel Township.^[1]

As of 2006, the principals of Lenape High School are Barry Croll and Michael Bauer for Lenape South and North, respectively.^[2]

1 Other schools in the district
2 Athletics
3 Extracurricular activities
4 Notable alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Other schools in the district

There are three other high schools in the Lenape Regional High School District:

Cherokee High School - located in Evesham Township (Marlton)
Seneca High School - located in Tabernacle Township. Serves 898 students from Tabernacle, Shamong Township, Southampton Township and Woodland Township
Shawnee High School - located in Medford Township. Serves 1,755 students from Medford Township and Medford Lakes

[edit] Athletics

Lenape High School participates in the nineteen-member Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools in Burlington County and Camden County.

Lenape High School also has a separate club ultimate and ice hockey teams. The ice hockey team is member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The Lenape High School marching band has won championships for the past two years. In 2004, they were United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) group 2A All-States champions, and in 2005 they were Cavalcade of Bands American A Champions. In 2006, they placed third in the state in group 2A at USSBA state championships and third with best color guard at USSBA all-states championships.

The Lenape marching band also had previously won Class I Championships in 1993 and 1994 and Class II Championships in 1996 and 1997 as part of the Eastern Marching Band Association.

Lenape High school has also been known for an excellent model congress team. Princeton Model Congress is a four day conference with over 50 schools from around the country. They have placed first at Princeton Model Congress 4 of the past 6 years. They brought home the James Madison Award in the most recent 2006 Princeton Model Congress.^[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

Musa Cooper, dancer who has been featured on both of the initial two seasons of the televised dance competition So You Think You Can Dance.^[4]
Scott Schoeneweis, a left-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who currently plays for the Cincinnati Reds.^[5]
Demarcus Williams, was a star running back at Lenape High School from 92-95. He attended Ohio State University and was then drafted 9th overall by the Washington Redskins in the 1999 NFL Draft.^{[citation needed]}