Freehold High School

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Freehold High School
Location
2 Robertsville Road
Freehold Borough, NJ 07728
Information
School district Freehold Regional High School District
Principal Linda Jewell
Enrollment

1,385 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 98.8 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 14.0[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Team name Colonials
Color(s) Blue & Gold
Information 732-431-8360
Homepage School website

Freehold High School (sometimes called Freehold Borough High School to distinguish it from Freehold Township High School) is a four-year public high school located within Freehold Borough, New Jersey, and is part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves students from Freehold Borough and from portions of Freehold Township. Freehold High School is the home of the Medical Sciences Learning Center, the Computer Science Academy and the Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management Academy.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,385 students and 98.8 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 14.0.[1]

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[edit] Academic programs

Medical Sciences is a program in which exceptional students in the sciences and mathematics are able to advance their studies in those fields. Some required classes in this program include Biochemistry/Organic Chemistry, Anatomy and Physiology, and Statistics. A unique required class, Research, involves the creation and experimentation of year long individual research projects culminating in presentations of each students findings. In previous years, students' research projects have been selected for statewide presentations and competitions as well as the Intel Science Talent Search.

Freehold also houses the Computer Science Academy. This specialized academy teaches students about computers, with most of its focus on programming in languages such as Java, Visual Basic, and C++. The program also features study in topics such as data structures and discrete mathematics. This branch of mathematics includes several topics, including graph theory and boolean algebra.

The Computer Science Academy has also won a number of computer competitions, participating in events including the ACSL All-Star round for several years. In 2005, the Freehold High School five-person team came in fourth in the Senior Division of the American Computer Science League 2005-06 International All-Star Competition.[2] The academy has also won the NJIT high school programming contest, in 2006 and 2008. This was the first time in the competition's history that a team has won twice.

The Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management Academy is a unique program that allows students to work in the student-run, one hundred-seat, fine dining restaurant serving the public, catered events, and school functions. In 2005, the program was selected to present sample menu/recipes at Princeton University’s Garden State Series.[3]

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[4]

  • Principal: Linda C. Jewell
  • Assistant Principal: Scott Liptzin
  • Assistant Principal: John Schollenberger
  • Supervisor of Extracurricular Activities: Jesse Renna

[edit] Awards and recognition

Freehold High School was the 95th-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]

In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Freehold High School was listed in 1338th place, the 47th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[6]

[edit] Athletics

The Freehold High School Colonials compete in the B-North Division of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[7] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The Athletic Facilities are named after the late Athletic Director Cal Dean Wilson.

The girls soccer team won the 2006 Central Jersey Group III sectional title, defeating Hopewell Valley Central High School 1-0 in the tournament final.[8] Coach Moses, the girls soccer team coach, tied his last game for the state champions, becoming a rarity, co-state champions in the 2006 season, tying Ramapo High School 0-0 in the Group III championship game held on November 28, 2006, at the College of New Jersey.[9][10] In 2007, the girls soccer team won the Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over Hightstown High School in the tournament final.[11][12]

The girls soccer team won the 1999 Public Group Semifinals for Central Jersey, Group II, with a 2-0 win over Somerville High School.[13] The team won the title again in 2001, topping Ridge High School 2-1.[14]

In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship with a 2-1 win over Warren Hills High School in the tournament final.[15]

In 2007, the Girls Varsity Soccer team beat Ramapo High School 2-1 in double overtime, winning the official title, of New Jersey Group III Girls Soccer Champions.[16][17]

Also in 2007, the Girls Cross Country team finished a successful season.

The school has major rivalries with Freehold Township High School and Colts Neck High School.

[edit] History

Freehold High School was originally located on the corner of Husdon and Bennett Street in Freehold Borough. At the time it was called the Hudson Street School. It has been at its present location, Robertsville Road and Broadway since 1925. The school is the oldest in the Freehold Regional High School District, having been the original facility that drew students from several Western Monmouth County communities.

Freehold High School, as such, came into being as a result of a referendum vote on October 6, 1953, in which seven districts united to form the Freehold Regional High School District. Freehold High School was purchased by the Regional District from the Freehold Borough Board of Education.

[edit] Medical Sciences Learning Center

The Medical Sciences Learning Center (or Med Sci), a specialized academic program within Freehold High School, is a specific course load designed for students interested in continued study of the Medical Sciences. Admittance to the program is highly selective and requires a high enough score on a Mathematics/English Standardized Test and compelling short essays regarding motivation for application. At the end of the rigorous four years of Med Sci, graduates have attended schools such as Johns Hopkins University, King's College London, Yale University, MIT, University of Pennsylvania , the rest of the Ivy League, and a number of accelerated and guaranteed medical programs with Boston University, Northwestern University, Drexel University College of Medicine, and The College of New Jersey.

The program course load comprises the following:[18]

  • Freshman Year - Biology (H), Intro to Computer Science, Geometry/Algebra II
  • Sophomore Year - Med Sci Chemistry (H), AP Statistics, Precalculus (H)
  • Junior Year - Research, Honors Biochemistry/Organic Chemistry (H), AP Calculus BC
  • Senior Year - Anatomy/Physiology (H), Med Sci Physics (H)

In the senior year of the program, a monthly externship with the local hospital, CentraState Healthcare System, is required of all the medical sciences students.[19] Students are separated into small groups in which they are sent to different divisions of the hospital to learn hands-on about the different health care occupations. Several areas students have been sent to include the Morgue, Orthopedics, Cardiology, Radiology, etc.

In Junior year, every student must develop his/her own research paper over the course of the year. These papers culminate in an individual presentation at the end of the year. The best work is then selected and submitted to statewide competitions. In previous years, individuals have also competed in the Intel Science Talent Search for semifinalist placement.

[edit] Culinary Arts Academy

The Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management Academy is a unique program allowing students to gain hands-on experience through the operation of the Five Star Cafe, a 100-seat restaurant located within Freehold High School. The 4-year college-level curriculum prepares students for entry in the restaurant/hospitality field and post-secondary education. Graduating students annually receive over $250,000.00 in scholarships and articulation awards. Many graduates of the academy attend the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY and Johnson and Wales University in Providence, RI and Miami, FL. Facilities of the Academy feature the 100-seat dining room, state-of-the-art commercial kitchen, bakery, and lecture room. On March 14, 2007 the Culinary Arts Academy hosted Governor Jon Corzine (D-NJ) and members of the New Jersey State Legislature.

Courses

Freshmen year: Introduction to Commercial Foods
Sophomore year: Introduction to Commercial Baking
Junior year: Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management I
Senior year: Culinary Arts/Hospitality Management II
Menu Planning and Design

Electives: Culinary Math
Culinary Food Science

[edit] January 10th, 2007

On January 10, 2007, three Freehold High School students were killed in a car accident. James Warnock and Michael Dragonetti, both seniors, and Andrew Lundy, a junior, were driving home from school when they hit a van going in the opposite direction. Freehold Boro students held a memorial service for their classmates and gathered at the scene of the accident for days afterwards. The driver of the van, Ruth MacArthur, was killed on impact; the van's only passenger survived.[20]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Other high schools in the district

The other schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[25]) are:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Freehold Borough High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2007.
  2. ^ "Computer students excel at Ohio event ", Farmingdale News Transcript, July 12, 2006
  3. ^ "High Schoolers Are "Guest Chefs" at Princeton", Food-Management.com, May, 2005
  4. ^ Administration, Freehold High School. Accessed November 1, 2007.
  5. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey" (Schools 51-100), New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of March 10, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  6. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed August 3, 2007.
  7. ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  8. ^ 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Central, Group III, NJSIAA, accessed May 9, 2007.
  9. ^ Colonials get their share of a state championship: Freehold Boro girls play 0-0 tie in state final, News Transcript, November 29, 2006.
  10. ^ 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA, accessed December 6, 2006
  11. ^ 2007 Girls Soccer - Central, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.
  12. ^ Adelizzi, Joe. "Freehold hits its target: Colonials capture CJ Group III championship", Asbury Park Press, November 9, 2007. Accessed November 15, 2007. "'It's on your back. Everyone is shooting for you. I think it drove us all season long,' said Mayrose, who had a goal and an assist as the Freehold girls soccer team won its second straight NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III championship, defeating Hightstown, 3-0."
  13. ^ Public Group Semifinals - Central, Group II, NJSIAA, accessed May 9, 2007.
  14. ^ 2001 Girls Soccer - Central, Group II, NJSIAA, accessed May 9, 2007.
  15. ^ 2007 Field Hockey - North II, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  16. ^ 2007 Girls Soccer - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed November 24, 2007.
  17. ^ Leonard, Tim. "Ramapo allows title to slip away", The Record (Bergen County), November 18, 2007. Accessed November 24, 2007.
  18. ^ Medical Sciences Learning Center fact sheet, accessed May 9, 2007.
  19. ^ DCH Freehold Toyota donates to CentraState externship program, press release dated October 29, 2004. "DCH Freehold Toyota recently donated $3000 to the externship program, which brings students participating in the school’s medical sciences program to CentraState Medical Center for hands-on learning experience."
  20. ^ Services Held for Four Crash Victims, Asbury Park Press, January 16, 2007
  21. ^ Scott Conover at databaseFootball.com
  22. ^ a b c Freehold High's honor roll: Tim, Bruce, Danny, Asbury Park Press, December 16, 1999.
  23. ^ Morris, Tim. "Mayes, Freeman enter Borough’s Athletic Hall", News Transcript. June 21, 2000. Accessed January 27, 2008. "It was a different time and a different era. In the 1950s Freehold High School was the only high school in the area and drew its students from all over Western Monmouth County.... One of the teams that brought Freehold into the limelight was the legendary 1953 team that went undefeated (9-0) and won Shore Conference and Central Jersey championships. Its marquee name was running back Danny Lewis, who went from Freehold to the University of Wisconsin and then to a National Football League career."
  24. ^ Celano, Clare Marie. "Colts' Reid returns home with plan to help youths", News Transcript, June 21, 2006. Accessed May 15, 2007. "Reid, a former Freehold High School football player, is currently a member of the NFL's Indianapolis Colts but a piece of his heart remains in the town in which he grew up - Freehold Borough."
  25. ^ Data for the Freehold Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 25, 2008.

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