Eastern High School (New Jersey)

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Eastern High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District. The school serves students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school is located in Voorhees Township.

Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% white, 8% African-American, 12% Asian, and 3% Latino. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. It has grown rapidly with two additions to the original facility and the completion of Eastern Intermediate High School in 1992. There are over 1,000 students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 at Eastern Senior High School. Eastern Intermediate High School has approximately 1,150 students enrolled in grades 9 and 10. Eastern Senior and Eastern Intermediate are located on the same site, however, operate independently. Eastern has a professional staff of more than 200. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.

1 Awards and recognition
2 Sports
3 Extracurricular Activities
4 Administration
5 Noted alumni
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

Eastern High School was the 58th-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] Sports

The Eastern High School Vikings participate in the nineteen-member Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.

Eastern High School also has a separate ice hockey club that, while not officially affiliated with the school, is a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.

Eastern is most famously known for its talented field hockey team, which has the longest consecutive unbeaten streak in the nation. On November 19, 2006, Eastern's field hockey team won the 2006 Tournament of Champions, defeating West Essex High School 2-1^[2],. With this win, the team has won eight consecutive Group IV state titles; holds the national record unbeaten streak, and, dating back to 1998, has an ongoing streak of 186 consecutive games without a loss to an opponent from New Jersey^[3]. This 'Field Hockey Dynasty' was noted in an article in the Sunday edition of the New York Times including brief bio's of team players and individuals.^[4]

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

Eastern High School has run a very successful Model United Nations team and program. In 2001, the South Jersey Model UN Consortium was started by the former advisor, Janet E. Rabin ^[5]. The program runs the South Jersey Model United Nations one-day conference every fall and visits college conferences in the fall and spring. The Model UN team has won such awards as Best Small and Large Delegation at Rutgers Model UN, Best Small Delegation at Harvard Model United Nations, as well as many others.