Montville High School (New Jersey)
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Montville Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Montville Township, New Jersey, in suburban Morris County. The school was founded in 1972 and is part of the Montville Township School District.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Montville High School was the 49th-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] Stats
- Student Population: 1,200
- Location: 100 Horseneck Road, Montville
- Serving: Montville, Pine Brook, Towaco
- Nickname: The Mustangs
- Colors: Green, Gold, White
- Motto: "You Can't Hide From Mustang Pride"
[edit] 2006 graduating class
- Graduation rate: 98%
- Percentage going to college: 91.4%
- Average SAT: 1148
- Percentage of eligible students taking AP test: 27.5%
- Percents of AP test takers scoring 3+: 89.5%
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Montville High School competes in the Northern Hills Conference, an athletic conference of nineteen private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic County Counties in Northern New Jersey. Montville is assigned to the Suburban Division.
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[2]
- Mrs. Marianne Laux - Principal
- Mr. Leo Kelly - Vice Principal
- Mr. Alan Hauser - Dean of Students
[edit] Famous graduates
- Lester Archambeau, Professional Football Player (former) [3][4]
- Bruce Dostal, Professional Baseball Player (former) [5]
- Dan O'Dowd: General Manager of the Colorado Rockies [6]
- Jim Price professional football player who signed with the Los Angeles Rams. In 1993, Price played for the Dallas Cowboys team that went on to win the Super Bowl.[7]
- Dena Tauriello - Drummer for the all-female band Antigone Rising
- Peter Verniero (1977), former New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court Justice[8]
- Ashley Wolf: 2003 Wendy's High School Heisman Winner[9]
- Pete Yorn, Singer/Songwriter "Strange Condition" [10]
[edit] Trivia
Montville has a time capsule, sealed in 1972, to be opened 2072.
[edit] References
- ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
- ^ Montville High School Administration, accessed March 31, 2007
- ^ Yahoo! Sports Profile, "Lester Archambeau", Yahoo! Sports
- ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Lester Archambeau, accessed November 29, 2006
- ^ Hectus, Suzanne, "Bruce Dostal: 'Hitting his pitch'" (PDF file), The Beacon, April 22, 1985. Sports p. 18.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Member profile: Dan O'Dowd"
- ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Jim Price, accessed November 29, 2006
- ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Peter Verniero, accessed November 29, 2006
- ^ DiLeo, Frank, "Montville's Wolf Wins HS Heisman", The Daily Record, December 14, 2003.
- ^ "Hall of Fame Member profile: Pete Yorn"
