Morristown High School
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| Morristown High School | |
| Location | |
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| 50 Early Street Morristown, NJ 07960 |
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| School district | Morris School District |
| Principal | Linda Murphy |
| Enrollment |
1,458 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 125.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 11.7[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Iron Hills Conference |
| Nickname | Colonials |
| Established | 1869 |
| Information | 973-292-2000 |
| Homepage | School website |
Morristown High School (or MHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Morris School District. The school serves students from Morristown and Morris Township, along with students from Morris Plains, who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[2]
Students feed into the high school from grades K-8 within the Morris School District from both Morristown, Morris Township, and various private schools. Students from Morris Plains in grades K-8 attend the Morris Plains Schools.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,458 students and 125.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.7.[1]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
Morristown High School was the 65th-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.[3]
[edit] Athletics
The Morristown High School Colonials participate in the Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference made up of high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey.
The Morristown baseball team won the Group III state championship in 2006 with wins over Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan and Ocean Township High School by 3-1 and 11-7 respectively. They finished the season ranked of third out of more than 300 high school in the state by the Star Ledger's Top 20.[4]
[edit] History
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Morristown High School was opened on December 13, 1869 on Maple Avenue, four years after Morristown had seceded from Morris Township. It accepted students from both the town and the township. The first graduates were the class of 1874, consisting of eight students, five girls and three boys.
Morristown High School played its first football game on September 28, 1901 against Port Oram.
The cornerstone of the current MHS building was laid on September 9, 1916. Classes at the current building began on September 4, 1918.
Joyce Kilmer, poet and author, taught at Morristown High School 1908-1909.[5]
M.H.S. currently receives students from Frelinghuysen Middle School, Morris Plains Borough School, and various private schools, such as Saint Virgil's.
In 2005, Linda D. Murphy, an assistant principal at Morristown High School, was promoted to principal of Morristown High School, thus becoming the first Morristown High School graduate to fill the position.
In 2007, the principal announced a plan to replace the current semester-based block scheduling plan with a year-round rotating block schedule plan by the 2008-2009 school year. The decision was criticized.
[edit] Notable alumni
- James J. Barry Jr (1946-), Director of the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs and member of the New Jersey General Assembly (Class of 1964)
- Tom Limoncelli, author and activists (Class of 1987).
- Craig Newmark, creator of the web community craigslist.[6]
- Andrew Reich, producer & writer of the popular sitcom Friends (Class of 1986).[citation needed]
- Gene Shalit (1932-), book and movie critic.[5]
- Lexington Steele 1987, (born Clifton Todd Britt), an African American pornographic actor and director.
- Rick Sofield 1975, former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick & outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1979-1981 [7]
- Ira Ungerleider, producer & writer of the popular sitcom Friends (Class of 1986).[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Morristown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 22, 2008.
- ^ Morristown High School 2007 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 23, 2008. "It is composed of 1503 ethnically diverse students representing more than 31 different languages from Morristown, Morris Township and Morris Plains."
- ^ "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.
- ^ 2006 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 20, 2007.
- ^ a b Morristown at a glance, Gannett. Accessed January 27, 2008. "Poet Joyce Kilmer once taught at Morristown High School, and film critic Gene Shalit got his start writing a humor column, "The Korn Krib," for the high school newspaper."
- ^ "Web guru hails from Morristown", Daily Record (Morristown), June 26, 2004.
- ^ 1975 Baseball Draft Results - Round #1, accessed December 31, 2006
