Warren Hills High School
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Warren Hills Regional High School is a four-year public high school located in Warren County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Warren Hills Regional School District, and offers a comprehensive education for students in grades 9 through 12. The student population comprises students from Washington Township, Washington Borough, Mansfield Township, Oxford Township, and Franklin Township. Current enrollment for 2006-07 is 1,470 students, supported by a faculty of 145 educators.
The school was opened in 1968 to replace an overcrowded Washington High School, which became the Warren Hills Regional Middle School for the new regional district. The building received an expansion in the early 1990's, which included a new library and gym. Ground was recently broken on a new expansion to meet growing enrollment in the district.
Warren Hills Regional High School is located at 41 Jackson Valley Road; Washington, NJ 07882
[edit] Academics
The school maintains a rigorous academic program which prepares students for a future of diverse opportunities, including Advanced Placement Program (AP) and honors classes, electives to suit a wide range of interests, and classes to help students succeed on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The school uses a rotating block schedule, which supports classes of 54 minutes, combined with a 50 minute common lunch. During this lunch period, students are able to socialize and receive extra help, enjoy club activities, receive guidance services, and engage in our peer leadership and mentoring programs.
School to work transition activities are available through Cooperative Education programs. In addition, the WINGS program provides students with the experience of running an actual business within the school. Educational teams and leadership activities are enhanced in this program through partnerships with local businesses.
Warren Hills also offers a Senior Option Program where students in grade 12 have an opportunity to attend college classes or perform professional internship responsibilities with local business, schools, or corporations.
The Warren Hills School District utilizes the K-12 Planet communication system to provide parents and students with online access to grades, homework, and class announcements.
Warren Hills Regional High School was recently ranked the second best high school in Warren County by New Jersey Monthly magazine.fu
[edit] Athletics
The High School's athletic teams, known as the Blue Streaks, compete in the Skyland Conference against teams in Warren, Hunterdon, and Somerset Counties. Some of the schools biggest sports rivals include nearby Hackettstown High School and Phillipsburg High School.
Warren Hills wrestling has one of the most distinguished histories of any in the state. It ranks second all-time in the number of individual State Champions crowned. It has produced such notables as Dan Slack, who beat future Olympian Bruce Baumgartner on way to the State Heavyweight crown in 1977, and Ben Oberly who was a two-time State Champion (and placed 3rd his sophomore year) and ranked #1 at his weight in the nation in 1986. After a period of stability in the coaching ranks with John Goles, Richard Kerr, and Jim Reynolds serving almost 50 years at the school, there has been much turnover within the last decade. The traditional rivalry with Phillipsburg has been lopsided in recent years, though those who saw the 1990 Warren Hills State Champion Team beat Phillipsburg twice in one year got some much-needed satisfaction. The following year, the Streaks would have repeated as State Champions, however one of their best wrestlers transferred to Phillipsburg, leaving a lower weight open where the Streaks had to forfeit during each match. Even with the forfeit, Warren Hills finished second to Phillipsburg in the State.
