Howell High School (New Jersey)
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| Howell High School | |
| Location | |
|---|---|
| 405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road Farmingdale, NJ 07727 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Freehold Regional High School District |
| Principal | Zina P. Duerbig |
| Enrollment |
1,949 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 136.1 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 14.3[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
| Team name | Rebels |
| Color(s) | Blue and gray |
| Information | 732-919-2131 |
| Homepage | School website |
Howell High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Howell Township, New Jersey, as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. Other students from Howell Township attend Freehold Township High School in Freehold Township. Portions of Howell students used to be sent to Colts Neck High School in Colts Neck Township, but future students in those neighborhoods now attend HHS.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,949 students and 136.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.3.[1]
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[edit] General information
- The Howell High School mascot is the Rebel. He looks like Yosemite Sam with white hair and a blue uniform. (The mascot was selected due to the school's original name, "Southern Freehold Regional High School," which lasted until the district expanded to three schools in 1968.[2])
- Blue and gray are the school colors currently, although originally all schools in the district had blue and gold as the school colors at least until the late 1970s. This was originally done so the district could attempt to realize some cost savings on uniforms for extracurriculars.
- The Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) is housed here.
- The Scholar Center for the Humanities is housed here.
[edit] Athletics
Howell High School competes in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[3] 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 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 46-13 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the first sectional title in team history.[4][5]
[edit] Administration
- Zina P. Duerbig - Warrior Principal
- Samuel M. Carollo - Assistant Principal
- Jeremy Braverman - Assistant Principal
- Kathleen R. Taler - Assistant Principal
- Peter Bruno - Supervisor of Extracurricular Activities
- Daniel Green- Supervisor for The Fine and Performing Arts Academy (FPAC)
- Stan Koba- Supervisor of the Scholars Center for Humanities
[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[6]) are:
- Colts Neck High School - 1,766 students from Colts Neck and portions of Marlboro.
- Freehold High School - 1,385 students from Freehold Borough and portions of Freehold Township.
- Freehold Township High School - 2,144 students from portions of Freehold Township, Howell and Manalapan.
- Manalapan High School - 1,973 students from portions of Manalapan and Englishtown.
- Marlboro High School - 2,241 students from portions of Marlboro.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Bonnie Bernstein (1970-), ESPN Sports Reporter.[7]
- Lindsey Gallo (1981-), middle-distance runner.[8]
- Karl Girolamo, has a recurring role on the daytime soap As the World Turns as Kevin Davis.[9]
- Kevin Interdonato, actor who has appeared on several episodes of the HBO series The Sopranos.[10]
- Scott Allen Miller, radio talk show host. Miller also attended the Performing Arts Center.[citation needed]
- Tom Pelphrey (1982-), actor, Guiding Light and Daytime Emmy Award winner. [11]
- Kal Penn (1977-), actor.[12] Penn attended the Performing Arts program at Howell but attended Freehold Township High School during his senior year in the 1994-1995 school year and subsequently graduated from there.
- Amy Polumbo (1984-), Miss New Jersey 2007.[13]
- Joe Sernio (1980-), actor who has appeared on As The World Turns, Love Monkey, Haunting Evidence and other television and film productions.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Howell High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ Howell High School, accessed April 16, 2007. "As the schools were built, Freehold Regional High School was renamed Freehold High School and Southern Freehold Regional High School was renamed Howell High School."
- ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ Behre, Bob. "Howell cruises to crown", The Star-Ledger, December 1, 2007. Accessed December 5, 2007. "Howell, No. 16 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, never took its foot off the gas en route to a 46-13 victory and the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 4 championship last night at Rutgers Stadium. It is the first sectional title for Howell, which had lost in its first final-round appearance a year ago, 42-24 to Hunterdon Central."
- ^ 2007 Football - Central, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed December 5, 2007.
- ^ Data for the Freehold Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 25, 2008.
- ^ Down Memory Lane. Farmingdale News Transcript, September 20, 2006.
- ^ Morris, Tim. "Howell’s Gallo is No. 1 for Michigan X-country team", Farmingdale News Transcript, October 24, 2001. Accessed July 5, 2007. "Lindsey Gallo has always thrived on challenges. It’s that competitive drive that made her a state champion and an all-American at Howell High School, where she established herself as the greatest female distance runner in Freehold Regional High School District history."
- ^ Seven Minutes With Kevin, Soap Opera Digest, accessed December 19, 2006. "I'm originally from Staten Island, NY, and then I moved to Howell, NJ, when I was 12 years old. I went to Howell High School and took acting classes there. "
- ^ O'Sullivan, Eleanor. "Film Fest marks N.J. ties", Asbury Park Press, April 5, 2008. Accessed June 6, 2008. "Interdonato, a 1997 graduate of Howell High School, is an actor with credits that include TV's "The Sopranos" and two upcoming feature films."
- ^ Meet Tom Pelphrey: Kristen Hamill chats with the Mason Gross graduate, who now can be seen on The Guiding Light, The Daily Targum, October 5, 2004
- ^ Biography for Kal Penn, accessed November 23, 2006
- ^ Hagarty, Keith. "Howell College Student Crowned Miss New Jersey", The Howell Times, June 22, 2007. Accessed September 30, 2007. "Thanking all her friends and family who supported her every step of the way, 22 year old township resident and 2003 Howell High School graduate, Amy Polumbo, was recently crowned Miss New Jersey 2007."
