Hightstown High School

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Hightstown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from three communities in Mercer County and Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the East Windsor Regional School District. Students come from East Windsor Township and Hightstown Borough, both in Mercer County. Students from Roosevelt Borough (a community of 933 residents in Monmouth County) attend the district's high schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship.

The High School building opened during the 1965-66 school year. Additions to the original structure were completed in 1973, 1982 and 2005. The High School is approved by the New Jersey Department of Education and is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

Hightstown High School offers a wide range of courses. Included are advanced placement, honors, vocational and standard academic courses. The curriculum is broad in scope and flexible to meet general and individual needs. After meeting basic curricular proficiency standards, students may choose from the wide variety of elective courses that will meet their individual interests and needs.

1 Athletics
2 Administration
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Athletics

The Hightstown High School Rams compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey, under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

[edit] Administration

Ms. Alix Arvizu - Principal
Dr. Diana Chase - Assistant Principal
Ms. Avis Leverett - Assistant Principal
Mr. Robert Scott - Assistant Principal

[edit] Notable alumni

Melanie Balcomb, Head Basketball Coach at Vanderbilt University.^[1]
Randal Pinkett, the winner of the reality show, The Apprentice 4, attended and graduated from Hightstown High School.^[2]