Howell High School (New Jersey)
Howell High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Howell Township, New Jersey, operating as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. The school serves all students from Farmingdale and those from some portions of Howell Township.[2] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1970.[3] Although located in Howell, the school is assigned a Farmingdale, New Jersey mailing address.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,487 students and 144 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.27.[1]
The school was the 174th-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 159th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] The school was ranked 181st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5]
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.[6])
- 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's Center for the Humanities is housed here.
Programs
Howell High School is home to two of the district's specialized learning centers. Students in eighth grade from any of the seven municipalities may apply. The FPAC program consists of actors, dancers, and entertainment technology students. Students work for 4 years to hone their skills in one of these three aspects. Although many students of the FPAC program work in the Drama Club, it is open to any student of Howell High School. The Humanities Program consists of a wide variety of students, who take part in advanced classes on history, art, literature, computer applications and philosophy. Their history class, English class and elective are exclusively for Humanities students.
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.[7] 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.[8]
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.[9][10]
The 2008 Varsity Golf team defeated Christian Brothers Academy for the first time in school history and won its first ever Freehold Regional District title with a team score of 307. With a final record of 17-2, Howell earned the Public A-North title and tied with CBA for Outright A-North champion. Howell also qualified for the Group IV State Sectional tournament and narrowly missed their first opportunity to attend the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions when they placed third by only one stroke. The 2009 team beat CBA both home and away and won its first Shore Conference crown in boys golf. Despite finishing in fourth place in the state sectional tournament, the team won the FRHSD championship by a 15-stroke margin.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[11]
- Zina Duerbig - Principal
- Jeremy Braverman - Assistant Principal
- Samuel M. Carollo - Assistant Principal
- Kathleen R. Taler - Assistant Principal
Other high schools in the district
Attendance at each of the district's six schools is based on where the student lives in relation to the high school closest to the student. Each year, district lines are redrawn for each of the six schools to reduce issues with overcrowding and spending in regards to transportation. Schools in the district (with 2009-10 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[12]) with their attendance zones for the class entering for the 2009-10 school year are:[2]
Notable alumni
- Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), ESPN Sports Reporter.[14]
- Lindsey Gallo (born 1981), middle-distance runner.[15]
- Karl Girolamo, actor with recurring role on the daytime soap As the World Turns.[16]
- Kevin Interdonato, actor who has appeared on several episodes of the HBO series The Sopranos.[17]
- Scott Allen Miller, radio talk show host. Miller also attended the Performing Arts Center.
- Tom Pelphrey (born 1982), actor, Guiding Light and Daytime Emmy Award winner.[18]
- Kal Penn (born 1977), actor.[19] 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 (born 1984), Miss New Jersey 2007.[20]
- Denny Walling (born 1954), Major league baseball player in the 1980s who played predominantly for the Houston Astros.[21]
References
- ^ a b c d Howell High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 17, 2011.
- ^ a b FRHSD Attendance Boundary Changes Effective 2009 - 2010 School Year, Freehold Regional School District. Accessed June 27, 2011.
- ^ Howell High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 17, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 27, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ 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.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 5, 2011.
- ^ 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.
- ^ About Us, Howell High School. Accessed November 5, 2011.
- ^ Data for the Freehold Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 9, 2011.
- ^ Manalapan High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 27, 2011. "Manalapan High School is a fully-accredited comprehensive high school serving a community of nearly 38,000 residents living exclusively in the Township of Manalapan and the Borough of Englishtown."
- ^ 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."
- ^ Mulrenin, Patrick. "Walling all about subtle suggestions", New York Mets, February 27, 2003. Accessed June 30, 2008. "Walling's reunion with Howe is a homecoming of sorts. The Neptune, N.J., native graduated from Howell High School and attended Brookdale College."
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