West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
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| Abbreviation | WW-P Regional School District |
| Motto | "Excellence in Education" |
| Purpose/focus | School district |
| Headquarters | 505 Village Road, Princeton Junction, NJ ZIP 08550 |
| Region served | West Windsor Township, New Jersey, Princeton Junction, and Plainsboro |
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| Website | District website |
West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is a regional school district in New Jersey, serving students from West Windsor Township (in Mercer County) and Plainsboro Township (in Middlesex County). As of 2003, the district served approximately 9,140 students, with 3,838 from Plainsboro and 5,296 from West Windsor Township. (Note: Student counts and totals come from various sources at differing points in time and may not reconcile to each other.)
There are four elementary schools (grades K - 3), two upper elementary schools (grades 4 and 5), two middle schools (grades 6 - 8) and two high schools (grades 9 - 12).
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[edit] History
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The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District was a merger of two separate, neighboring school districts: the Plainsboro School District and the West Windsor school district. The two organizations later merged in the mid-20th century when the farm towns were starting to grow rapidly so that they could accommodate the increasing number of students newly enrolling.[citation needed]
[edit] Awards and recognition
The West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District is one of the top achieving districts in New Jersey. The high schools hold first to fifth places in many of the state's contests. In fact, in 2004, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was ranked #1 in the state of New Jersey by New Jersey Monthly magazine and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was ranked #5. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was the 9th ranked public high school, and North was 18th-ranked, 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.[1]
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South was recognized during the 1992-93 school year, and Maurice Hawk Elementary School was recognized during the 1993-94 school year, with the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[2]
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North was recognized in the 2006-07 school year with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[3] the highest award an American school can receive.[4][5]
In the 2004-2005 school year the Community Middle School Science Olympiad team was first in the country. Karen Galley won teacher of the year award honors. She also was nominated for ACS Chemistry teacher of the year.
[edit] Schools
Elementary Schools
- Dutch Neck Elementary School, Princeton Junction: Grades K-3, 703 students
- Maurice Hawk Elementary School, Princeton Junction:Grades K-3, 732 students
- Town Center Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades K-3, 721 students
- J.V.B. Wicoff Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades K-3, 390 students
- Millstone River Elementary School, Plainsboro Township: Grades 4&5, 804 students
- Village Elementary School, Princeton Junction: Grades 4&5, 659 students
Middle Schools
- Community Middle School, Plainsboro Township: Grades 6-8, 1,066 students
- Thomas Grover Middle School, Princeton Junction: Grades 6-8, 1,161 students
High Schools
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, Plainsboro Township: Grades 9-12, 1,239.5 students
- West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, Princeton Junction: Grades 9-12, 1,541.5 students
[edit] Administration
Members of the district administration are:[6]
- Victoria Kniewel, Ed.D. - Superintendent of Schools
- Larry Shanok - Assistant Superintendent for Finance / Board Secretary
- Steven Mayer - Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum & Instruction
- Thomas A. Smith, Ed.D. - Director, Pupil Services / Planning
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, New Jersey Monthly, September 2006
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ^ U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized in 2006, accessed April 16, 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."
- ^ Central Office Administration. Retrieved on September 3, 2007.
[edit] External links
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
- West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
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