Hammonton High School

Hammonton High School
Location
566 Old Forks Road
Hammonton, NJ 08037
Information
Type Public high school
School district Hammonton Public Schools
Principal Thomas Ramsay
Asst. Principal Greg Brandis
Dr. Kimberly Rudnesky
Faculty 86 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1,356 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 15.77[1]
Athletics conference Cape-Atlantic League
Team name Blue Devils
Website School website

Hammonton High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hammonton, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hammonton Public Schools.

Students from Folsom Borough and Waterford Township attend Hammonton High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the Folsom Borough School District and the Waterford Township School District.[2][3]

In the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,356 students and 86 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.77.[1]

The school was the 233rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 239th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] The school was ranked 233rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5]

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Awards and recognition

Hammonton High School's Boy's Swimming and Diving team was recognized with the Boys Gold Award by the 2005-2006 NISCA/Kiefer Scholar Team Award.[6]

Athletics

The Hammonton High School Blue Devils compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, that operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[7]

The softball team won the 2007 South, Group III state sectional championship with a 6-5 win over Central Regional High School.[8]

The football team won the 2009 South Jersey Group III State Championship with a 23-17 win over Timber Creek High School, the first Group III State Championship brought home.[9]

Marching band

The school's marching band was Chapter One Champions in 1973-1979 (Group 3), 1980-1981 (Group 4), 1983 (Group 3), 1989-1990 (Group 2) and 1998 (Group 1). The marching band was Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 3 every year from 1974-1979 and again in 1983. It was the All-State Champion in 2002 and 2005, and the State Champion in 2004 in USSBA competition.The band also won State Championships in 2008 USSBA competition.[10]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Hammonton High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2011.
  2. ^ Hammonton Public Schools 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 29, 2011. "We have a wonderful school system that serves the children of Hammonton, Waterford, and Folsom."
  3. ^ Puko, Timothy. "Sending Towns Feeling Pinched by Hammonton", The Press of Atlantic City, March 13, 2007. Accessed June 29, 2011. "The two school districts that send students to Hammonton are disputing tuition adjustments that would allow Hammonton School District to avoid a tax hike this year but cause large tax hikes in the sending districts. The school budgets for Hammonton and its sending districts Waterford and Folsom could hang in limbo well past next month's school board elections, and Waterford and Folsom could be left with budget fights and massive cuts, sending district superintendents said."
  4. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 1, 2011.
  5. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  6. ^ 2005-2006 NISCA/Kiefer Scholar Team Award, accessed March 2, 2007.
  7. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 4, 2011.
  8. ^ 2007 Softball - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed June 11, 2007.
  9. ^ McGarry, Michael. "Hammonton beats Timber Creek 23-17 for South Jersey Group III football title", The Press of Atlantic City, December 5, 2009. Accessed September 4, 2011. "The Hammonton High School football team needed 2 yards on fourth down in the fourth quarter to help clinch its first South Jersey championship in 13 years Friday night.... Top-seeded Hammonton, No. 2 in The Press' Elite 11, staved off a Timber Creek comeback to win the South Jersey Group III championship 23-17."
  10. ^ Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History, Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.
  11. ^ Building Administration, Hammonton Public Schools. Accessed September 4, 2011.

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