Morristown High School
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Morristown High School (or MHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Morris School District. The school serves students from Morristown and Morris Township, along with students from Morris Plains, who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
Students feed into the high school from grades K-8 within the Morris School District from both Morristown, Morris Township, and various private schools. Students from Morris Plains in grades K-8 attend the Morris Plains Schools.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Morristown High School was the 65th-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] Athletics
The Morristown High School Colonials participate in the twenty-member Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference comprised of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey.
[edit] History
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Morristown High School was opened in 1869 on Maple Avenue, four years after Morristown had seceded from Morris Township, and accepted students from both the town and the township. The first graduating class from the school was the class of 1874, which consisted of a total of only eight students (five girls and three boys).
In 2005, Linda D. Murphy, an assistant principal at Morristown High School, was promoted to principal of Morristown High School, thus becoming the first Morristown High School graduate to fill the position.
[edit] Notable alumni
- James J. Barry Jr, Director of the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs and member of the New Jersey General Assembly (Class of 1964)
- Alexander Modzeleski, Writer and Director of award winning film Seaching for Santa.
- Craig Newmark, creator of the web community craigslist.[2]
- Andrew Reich, producer & writer of the popular sitcom Friends
- Lexington Steele (born Clifton Todd Britt), an African American pornographic actor and director. (Class of 1987)
- Rick Sofield, former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick & outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1979-1981 (Class of 1975).[3]
- Ira Ungerleider, producer & writer of the popular sitcom Friends
