West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District

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West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a regional school district in New Jersey, serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). As of 2003, the district served approximately 9,140 students, with 3,838.5 from Plainsboro and 5,296 from West Windsor Township. Note: Student counts and totals come from various sources at differing points in time and may not reconcile to each other.

There are four elementary schools (grades K - 3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4 and 5), two middle schools (grades 6 - 8) and two high schools (grades 9 - 12).

1 Awards and recognition
2 Schools
3 Administration
4 See also
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is one of the top achieving districts in New Jersey. The high schools hold first to fifth places in many of the state's contests. In fact, in 2004, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was ranked #1 in the state of New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly magazine and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was ranked #5. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was the 9th ranked public high school, and North was 18th-ranked, 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].

Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized during the 1993-94 school year with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve^[2].

In the 2004-2005 school year the Community Middle School Science Olympiad team was first in the country. Karen Galley won teacher of the year award honors. She also was nominated for ACS Chemistry teacher of the year.

[edit] Schools

Elementary Schools

Dutch Neck Elementary School, Princeton Junction: Grades K-3, 703 students
Maurice Hawk Elementary School, Princeton Junction:Grades K-3, 732 students
Town Center Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades K-3, 721 students
J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades K-3, 390 students
Millstone River Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades 4&5, 804 students
Village Elementary School, Princeton Junction: Grades 4&5, 659 students

Middle Schools

Community Middle School, Plainsboro Township: Grades 6-8, 1,066 students
Thomas Grover Middle School, Princeton Junction: Grades 6-8, 1,161 students

High Schools

West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro Township: Grades 9-12, 1,239.5 students
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Junction: Grades 9-12, 1,541.5 students

[edit] Administration

Members of the district administration are:^[3]

Robert L. Loretan, Ph.D. - Superintendent of Schools
Larry Shanok - Assistant Superintendent for Finance / Board Secretary
Victoria Kniewel, Ed.D. - Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
Thomas A. Smith, Ed.D. - Director, Pupil Services / Planning
Carolyn Eversole - Business Administrator