Cherry Hill High School East

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Cherry Hill High School East
Location
1750 Kresson Road
Cherry Hill, NJ 08003
Information
Principal Dr. John O'Breza
Enrollment

2,161 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 144.2 (FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 15.0[1]
Type Public high school
Athletics conference Olympic Conference
Nickname Cougars
Color(s) Red and White
Established 1967
Information 856-424-2222

Cherry Hill High School East is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools. The school opened in 1967 and was younger than Cherry Hill High School West, which was originally the main public school in Cherry Hill.

As of the 2005-2006 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,161 students in grades 9-12, and 144.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.0.[1]

The school is one of three high schools in the district; the others are Cherry Hill High School West and Cherry Hill Alternative High School.

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[edit] Awards and recognition

For the 2001-2002 school year, Cherry Hill High School East received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[2]

In Newsweek's 2007 edition of "America's Top Public High Schools" ranked Cherry Hill High School East in 1258th place, the 38th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[3]

In 2007, School Digger ranked it as the 27th best high school (out of 356) in New Jersey.[4]

Cherry Hill High School East was the 42nd-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.[5]

Cherry Hill High School East won the 1998 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[6]

The American Scholastic Press Association named Cherry Hill High School East’s newspaper, Eastside, in 2005. [7]

[edit] Sports

The Cherry Hill High School East Cougars participate in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.

Cherry Hill East's basketball team is coached by South Jersey Hall of Fame Coach John Valore. East basketball teams are consistently ranked year after year in the Top Ten in South Jersey.[8]

The football team was ranked #10 in The Courier-Post's "Large School Top 10."[citation needed] This is the first time the Cougars have been ranked since 1996, when they were ranked in the top 5 during the preseason. The Cougars have clinched a spot in the South Jersey Group IV playoffs for the first time since the early 1990s. The Cougars play their home games at the township stadium, Jonas C. Morris Stadium, which they share with Cherry Hill High School West. Annually, the Cougars face cross town rival Cherry Hill West on Thanksgiving morning. The winner of the contest receives the Al DiBart Memorial Trophy. The Lions defeated the Cougers 33-14 in 2007 to reclaim the trophy.

The girl's volleyball team, coached by Scott Mooney, won its first New Jersey State Championship in November of 2005, posting victories over perennial powerhouses Hunterdon-Central and Bridgewater-Rariton.

The boys volleyball team won New Jersey State Championships in 1996, 1997 and 1998.

The boys tennis team won the 2007 South, Group IV state sectional championship with a string of 5-0 wins over Washington Township High School, Toms River High School North, and ultimately Egg Harbor Township High School in the tournament fional.[9]

In 2007, the girls tennis team won the South Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 4-1 win over Washington Township High School in the tournament final.[10]

The boys bowling team won the 2007 New Jersey State Championship.[11]

Cherry Hill High School East also has a separate club ice hockey team as a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League. Every Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, the club plays the Cherry Hill West ice hockey club for the Golden Skate award.

[edit] Music

The Cherry Hill Music Department is award-winning. Recently in 2007, the Cherry Hill East, "East Singers" received a Superior Rating and Best Overall Mixed Ensemble from a Boston Choir Competition.

The East Choral program consists of eight performing groups:

Vocal Workshop: Entry-level choir. No audition necessary. Consists of grades 9-12.

Chansons: Women's choir made up of 10th through 12th grade women. Auditioned group.

Concert Choir: An auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th grade men and women.

East Singers: An Advanced auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th grade men and women. In addition to school concerts, performs off-campus in select concerts. They made their Carnegie hall debut in 1997 and consistently receive superior ratings at adjudications and festivals. They performed Carmina Burana at the prestigious Kimmel Center in May of 2005 as a Concert for Hope to benefit breast cancer research at City of Hope. The concert raised $40,000. In February of 2006, they hosted the first East Coffee House that raised $8319.00 for Alex's Lemonade Stand. The second annual Coffee House was raising money for Suicide Prevention Education. The cafiteria was made up to look like a coffee house and the Thespians and East Singers decided on the slogan "Life is Groovy."

Belles of East: Auditioned group of 14 young women who sing and accompany themselves on English hand bells. All repertoire is arranged by a former or present Belles member. Belles perform throughout the Delaware area all year. They have been invited frequently to perform at Longwood Gardens during the Christmas season and performed in the Cherry Hill Township Arts in Bloom Concert Series.

Madrigal Singers: Auditioned group of 19 young men and women who represent the Renaissance era in both music and costume. They have been invited frequently to perform at Longwood Gardens during the Christmas season and performed in the Cherry Hill Township Arts in Bloom Concert Series on March 26, 2006. Madrigals perform throughout the Delaware Valley all year. They have participated in the Rutgers Madrigal Festival and competed at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire where they have won the Highest Accolades Award.

Casual Harmony: An Auditioned group of 11 young men who perform everything from ballads to pop tunes. They perform throughout the New Jersey area and have also performed in the Cosmic Rays Cafe in Disney World. Casual Harmony was featured this past December on the NBC morning show, “10!” These men are known for their liveliness and comical performances, paired with excellent musicianship. Many mornings at East, Casual Harmony can be heard delivering birthday and special occasion telegrams to students in homeroom.

Celebrations: An Auditioned group of traditional hand bell players. Celebrations performs bell arrangements from Classical music to show tunes. This spring, they will guest perform with the Greater South Jersey Chorus.

[edit] Administrators

  • Dr. John O'Breza – Principal
  • Betsi McLeester – Assistant Principal
  • C.J. Davis – Coordinator of Student Activities

Assistant Principal Leonard Terranova was found dead in his office on March 18, 2008. He apparently returned to his office on the night of March 17 after the senior class trip and suffered a heart attack.[12]

[edit] Noted alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Data for Cherry Hill High School East, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 25, 2007.
  2. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
  3. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,300 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed February 22, 2008.
  4. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings - schooldigger.com. Accessed June 14, 2007.
  5. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of April 29, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  6. ^ Participant History & Past National Winners, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
  7. ^ http://east.cherryhill.k12.nj.us/docs/EastProfile06.pdf
  8. ^ Township News and Events: John Valore Day, Cherry Hill Township, New Jersey. Accessed October 17, 2007. "John Valore has consistently coached teams that have been among the upper echelon in South Jersey, including teams that have gone on to win three Olympic Conference American Division titles, and has always encouraged all his teams to play with passion, dedication, and discipline; and WHEREAS Recently Coach Valore was inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame..."
  9. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - South, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed June 7, 2007.
  10. ^ 2007 Girls Team Tennis - South, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed October 25, 2007.
  11. ^ NJ.com: Boys team of the year
  12. ^ Rothschild, Barbara S.. "Cherry Hill East assistant principal found dead", Courier-Post, March 18, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-03-19. 
  13. ^ Greenblatt, Sarah. "Cherry Hill grad could clutch Oscar tonight", Courier-Post, February 25, 2007. Retrieved on 2007-03-11. 
  14. ^ "Phila. publisher is doing its bit for Alex's Lemonade.", Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2005. "Bill 'Stink' Fisher of Collingswood, who played football at Cherry Hill High School East, as well as The University of Minnesota and Rowan University..."
  15. ^ Glenn Foley. databaseFootball.com. Retrieved on 2007-01-14.
  16. ^ Burkhart, Michael T. "Greene makes Oprah sweat: Winfrey's personal trainer, a Cherry Hill native, returns to area to promote new book", Courier-Post, January 22, 2008. Accessed January 23, 2008. "Greene, 50, a 1976 graduate of Cherry Hill High School East, returns to South Jersey Wednesday to promote the "Best Life Challenge" diet and accompanying book."
  17. ^ George, Thomas. "Hershiser Passes Final Exam", The New York Times, October 13, 1988. Accessed December 18, 2007. "Consider that Hershiser - 30 years old, 6 feet 3 inches, 192 pounds, born in Buffalo and a prep pitcher at Cherry Hill (N.J.) East High - was 14-14 and 16-16 in the last two seasons for teams that finished 16 games under .500."
  18. ^ Orel Hershiser player profile, accessed December 5, 2006.
  19. ^ Moon, Tom. "Philadelphia's emerging musical talents", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 26, 2003. Accessed October 17, 2007. "Lee, 25, grew up in South Philadelphia and Cherry Hill (he's A Cherry Hill East graduate)..."
  20. ^ Strauss, Robert. "IN PERSON; More Than Getting By With Help of Friends", The New York Times, December 26, 2004. Accessed October 25, 2007. "The 26-year-old singer-songwriter from Cherry Hill is home for a visit... And her big coup was singing a gospel chorus of Bridge Over Troubled Water at Cherry Hill High School East, where she graduated from in 1996."
  21. ^ Atkins, Larry. "Leon Rose: This agent is a secret no more", The Philadelphia Inquirer, reprinted at subject's firm's website, October 5, 2002. Retrieved on 2007-01-14. 

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