Middletown High School North

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Middletown High School North Middletown North
Established
Type	Public School
Principal	Patricia Vari-Cartier
Students	approximately 1,700
Grades	9-12
Location	63 Tindall Road Middletown Township, New Jersey USA
District	Middletown Township Public School District
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Colors	Orange and Black
Mascot	Lion
Newspaper	The Lion's Roar
Website	[1]

Middletown High School North, home of the Lions, is a four-year comprehensive public high school located within Middletown Township, New Jersey, and is part of the Middletown Township Public School District. The school serves 1,700 students from parts of Middletown Township. Other students from Middletown Township attend Middletown High School South. Approximately 55 percent of North students attend a 4 year college after graduation.

Each year, students, parents, teachers, alumni, and administrators gather for the annual Thanksgiving Day football game between Middletown North and Middletown South. The game is one of the most imporant events of the year for North students, and a pep rally is held before the game. At halftime, the homecoming court comes to the field to greet the fans.

1 SIDS Game
2 Teachers Strike
3 Drug testing
4 Administration
5 References
6 External links

[edit] SIDS Game

For the last six years, the Middletown North Student Council has hosted the annual Megan Biebel Memorial SIDS game to benefit research for Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The event has raised over $100,000, and has attracted support from celebrities including singer Jon Bon Jovi. The game puts the Middletown North faculty and students up against New Jersey policemen. In recent years, the SIDS game has also held a pre-game carnival. The half-time show includes a performance by a special all-male cheerleading squad, as well as a raffle. The event is held in honor of Megan Biebel, who died of SIDS in March of 2000.

[edit] Teachers Strike

Middletown North and the Middletown School District received national attention in the fall of 2001 when its teachers went on strike for the second time in three years. The strike disrupted classes for several days, and hundreds of teachers were jailed. After the strike, many members of the union leadership stepped down. There has not been a strike since 2001.

[edit] Drug testing

In October 2006, the Board of Education of the Middletown School District voted on a random drug testing procedure that would require all students in extracurricular activities or with a parking space at either High School to submit their name to a pool for random selection.

Controversy has recently sparked over the target group for the random drug testing, as many students and faculty believe that students who participate in school activities are less likely to be active with drug and alcohol abuse. However, New Jersey state law prohibits the entirety of the student population be tested, and so the students in after school activities and parking spaces make up a greater majority for the testing pool. ^[1]