Millburn Township Public Schools
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The Millburn Township Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekinderagrten through twelfth grade from Millburn, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States.
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[edit] Schools
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[1]) are:
- Elementary Schools (K-5)
- Deerfield Elementary School (522 students)
- Glenwood Elementary School (448)
- Hartshorn Elementary School (569)
- South Mountain Elementary School (353)
- Wyoming Elementary School (328)
- Middle School
- Millburn Middle School for sixth through eighth grade (1,070)
- High School
- Millburn High School for grades 9-12 (1,283)
[edit] Awards and recognition
During the 2007-08 school year, Millburn School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[2][3], the highest award an American school can receive.[4][5]
The high school was recently ranked as Number 148 in Newsweek Magazine's listing of "America's Best High Schools" in the August 5, 2005 issue.[6] Millburn High School was ranked third of 316 New Jersey public high schools in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[7]
The district was selected as one of the top "100 Best Communities for Music Education in America 2006" by the American Music Conference.[8]
[edit] Administration
- Dr. Richard L. Brodow - Superintendent
- Dr. Frank Romano - Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction
- Mr. Robert Zeglarski - Assistant Superintendent for Business/Board Secretary
[edit] References
- ^ Data for the Millburn Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 13, 2008.
- ^ Addison, Kasi; and Juri, Carmen. "Three Essex schools capture blue ribbon", The Star-Ledger, October 7, 2007. Accessed October 14, 2007. "Principals in three Essex County schools found out last week their buildings joined an exclusive club of exemplary schools when the U.S. Department of Education named the nation's latest batch of No Child Left Behind -- Blue Ribbon Schools.... The three Essex County schools are Oakview School in Bloomfield, Millburn High School and Harriet Tubman School in Newark."
- ^ No Child Left Behind - Blue Ribbon Schools Program: 2007 Schools, United States Department of Education. Accessed October 15, 2007.
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ "America's Best High Schools", Newsweek Magazine, August 5, 2005
- ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
- ^ Best 100 Communities for Music Education in America, 2006, accessed December 12, 2006
