Camden High School (New Jersey)

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Camden High School
Location
1700 Park Boulevard
Camden, NJ 08103

Information
School district Camden City Public Schools
Principal Al Davis
Enrollment

1,563 (as of 2005-06)[1]

Faculty 148.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 10.6[1]
Type Public high school
Athletics conference Olympic Conference
Nickname Golden Panthers
Color(s) Purple & Gold
Information 856-966-5100
Homepage

Camden High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Camden City Public Schools, which is classified as an Abbott District.[2]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,563 students and 148.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.6.[1]

In 2003, Bonsall Family School, Camden High School and East Camden High School were identified as three of the seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.[3]

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[edit] Athletics

The Camden High School Golden Panthers compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County.[4] The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

The boys' basketball team went undefeated in both 1959 and 1960, winning state championships each year. The team won a total of seven state championships in the 1970s and 1980s. USA Today ranked the 1986 team as number one nationwide.[5]

The 2000 boys basketball team won the South Jersey Group III state championship as the seventh-seeded team, with an 89-64 win against top seed Lakewood High School, as Dajuan Wagner topped all scorers with 43 points.[6][7]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Camden High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.
  3. ^ List of dangerous schools, CNN, September 25, 2003. Accessed July 25, 2007.
  4. ^ Olympic Conference. Accessed July 25, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d Strauss, Robert. "IN PERSON; Hoop Dreams Revisit Camden", The New York Times, February 13, 2000. Accessed July 25, 2007. "There has often been hope in that gym. Camden High has been winning state basketball championships for more than four decades now. It went undefeated all the way to the title in 1959 and 1960. Its 1986 team was ranked best in the nation by USA Today. And there were seven other state championships in the 1970's and 1980's.... Legends have grown up around its stars, from the Sunkett brothers and Itchy Smith in the 1960's to Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner, teammates in the early 1980's, both of whom went on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.... On game day, the gym is usually filled and attention is almost always focused on one young man, DaJuan Wagner, son of Milt, touted by scouts as the top high school junior in the nation.
  6. ^ Narducci, Marc. "WAGNER POWERS CAMDEN TO S.J. TITLE WITH 43 POINTS THE SUPER JUNIOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE BY LAKEWOOD. THE RESULT WAS AN 89-64 CAMDEN ROMP.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 8, 2000. Accessed August 19, 2007.
  7. ^ Public Sectionals - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.
  8. ^ John Brown player profile, database Football. Accessed August 16, 2007.
  9. ^ George Hegamin, database Football. Accessed September 30, 2007.

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