Southern Regional School District

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The Southern Regional School District is a regional public school district in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 7 - 12. The district serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — Barnegat Light (36 students), Harvey Cedars (22 students), Long Beach Township (124 students), Ship Bottom (74 students) and Surf City (71 students) — along with students from Beach Haven (81 students) and Stafford Township (2,023 students), along with the sending districts of Barnegat Township (grades 9 - 12 only) and Ocean Township. The current district population is approximately 4,000 students.

Barnegat Township has begun gradually pulling out of the Southern Regional School District, and for the 2005-2006 school year has ninth and tenth grades attending the new Barnegat High School. Barnegat has built its own high school in lieu of being a sending district.

Southern Regional offers over 200 courses from which students can select. The courses are designed to appeal to a wide variety of student interests. Advanced Placement courses are offered in English, history, mathematics, science, art, music, and world languages. Technology-related courses, from the traditional to the highly technical (electronics, graphics and photography lab, computer assisted design, programming, and Internet), focus on problem solving, experimental design, and creativity.

The health and physical education program are electives, based with a strong emphasis on lifelong wellness and making intelligent lifestyle choices. Project Adventure, an outdoor education program, and behind the wheel driver education are also offered. Additionally, Southern Regional has an “Honor Unit” Air Force Junior ROTC program, which concentrates on aerospace science, leadership training, and community service. The special needs of students are addressed as well, through self-contained, resource, adaptive success, and in-class support programs. Mainsail (alternative) and ESL (English as a Second Language) programs are offered for eligible students. In addition to the academic programs, Southern Regional offers students over 70 co-curricular and interscholastic programs.