Lenape Valley Regional High School

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Lenape Valley Regional High School is a four-year regional public high school and school district in New Jersey serving approximately 850 students from two municipalities in Sussex County and one in Morris County.

The communities served by the high school are Byram Township and Stanhope Borough in Sussex and Netcong Borough in Morris County. The school is located in Stanhope.

The school has 175 students in 9th grade, 197 students in 10th grade, 191 students in 11th grade, 175 students in 12th grade and 114 students who are ungraded. With 852 students and 63.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), the school has a Student / Teacher Ratio of 13.4.

Lenape Valley also holds the distinction of being one of the few schools in New Jersey to have a planetarium.

1 Athletics
2 Extracurricular activities
3 Administration
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Athletics

The Lenape Valley Regional High School Patriots participate in the eleven-member Sussex County Interscholastic League. The school is categorized by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) as North I, Group II.

The Patriots made it to the 2004-05 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group II Section I state championship at Giants Stadium, falling in double overtime to Lakeland Regional High School Lancers by a score of 17-14.^[1]

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Honor Societies

French Honor Society, German Honor Society, Interscholastic Athletic Program, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society

Sports

Baseball, Basketball (Boys/Girls), Bowling, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Soccer (Boys/Girls), Softball, Swimming (Boys/Girls), Tennis(Boys/Girls), Track (Boys/Girls), Marching Band (Boys & Girls) and Wrestling

Journalism

Yearbook (Renaissance), Literary Magazine (Mind Carpenter), and Newspaper (Patriot Press)

Business

Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) and Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)

Music

Mixed Choir, Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, and Madrigals headed by Mr. Charles Linnell and Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band (which has won national championships twice in the last three years) headed by Mr. Dominick Ferrara

Other Clubs and Activities

Academic Quiz Bowl, Cheerleading, Creative Writing, German Folk Club (celebrates German Culture), Gifted/Talented (with Jean Potters), IFC (club that celebrates the Spanish and French culture), Interact (community service club), Student Council, Fall Play and Spring Musical directed by Mitchell C. Ruf