Ocean City High School

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Ocean City High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Ocean City, in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Ocean City School District. Students from the Corbin City, Sea Isle City and Upper Township school districts attend Ocean City High School as part of sending/receiving relationships.

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

[edit] Awards and recognition

Ocean City High School was the 93rd-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] Facility

The original building was built in 1923 at 5th Street and Atlantic Avenue, with multiple additions and alterations made over the years; the last including a large new library in 1983. The student population had long overgrown the facility, and a new school was built across the street between 2003-05. The original school was demolished in 2004; replaced by a parking lot and tennis courts. Only the original Gothic-style arch that once served as the entrance to the old building remains standing.

[edit] Athletics

The school has many athletic teams and extracurricular activities. Carey Stadium is used for Ocean City High School's football and lacrosse teams. Soccer is played at the Tennessee Avenue fields. The school also has baseball, wrestling, tennis, field hockey, swimming,crew and many other teams. The teams' name is the Red Raiders. The crew team are national champions. The field hockey team won the 2005 state championships.^[2]

The Boys soccer team won the NJSIAA South, Group III 2005 Soccer Championship, defeating Lacey Township High School 5-0 on November 11, 2005^[3]. The team then moved on to the 2005 Boys Soccer - Public Semis/Finals, defeating Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School 2-0 in the group championships^[4]. The team was ranked number one in the state by The Star-Ledger^[5].