| Lenape High School | |
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| Location | |
| 235 Hartford Road Medford, NJ 08055 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1958 |
| Principal | Tony Cattani (South Building) Len Westman (North Building) |
| Asst. Principal | Marge Coleman James Greway Kathryn Hager Kevin Kelly William Murray Raymond Snyder Rudy Sciore Tim Walsh |
| Faculty | 137 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,015 (as of 2000-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.71[1] |
| Color(s) | Red Gray |
| Athletics conference | Olympic Conference |
| Team name | Indians |
| Website | School website |
Lenape High School is a four-year regional public high school located in Medford Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States. It is the oldest of the four high schools that comprise the Lenape Regional High School District, which serves students from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[2] Lenape High School serves students from Mount Laurel Township.[3] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1963.[4]
The school has two sides, North and South.
Students, as of the fall 2008, now attend classes based on the letter of the day. Days can range from A-E, and each students schedule may be different for each letter. This allows students never to miss too many classes. For example, in past years students with lab days on Fridays would have fewer lab days when it would be a three day weekend. Now, with the letter days, students schedules rotate and eliminate this issue.
In 1955, the regional district was formed. In 1957, land was acquired for Lenape High School, whose doors opened in 1958. Starting with 548 students in freshman and sophomore classes, the school grew quickly and now consists of two buildings, Lenape High School North and Lenape High School South. Lenape draws its student body from Mount Laurel Township.[5]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,015 students and 137 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.71.[1]
The school was the 120th-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 120th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 134th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]
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Lenape High School participates in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools in Burlington County and Camden County.
Lenape High School also has a separate club ultimate and ice hockey teams. The ice hockey team is member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.
The 1985 Boys basketball team set a South Jersey record with a perfect 24 game season led by legendary coach Jim Greway.
The 2004 boys basketball won the NJSIAA South, Group IV championship, defeating Atlantic City High School 66–51.[8] The team moved on to win the 2004 Group IV State Championship with a win over Plainfield High School.[9]
The 2009 Boys Basketball team won the NJSIAA South and Group IV State Championship by defeating Paterson Eastside 68–48 at Rutgers University.[10]
The girls soccer team won the South, Group IV title in 2004 with a 3–1 win over Washington Township High School.[11] In 2007, the team won the South, Group IV state sectional championship with a 3–2 win over Toms River High School North in the tournament final.[12][13] The team moved on to win the 2007 Group IV state championship with a 3–0 win over Bridgewater-Raritan High School.[14][15] Lenape Girls Soccer team won the 2008–09 State Championship against Ridge High School, 1–0 to top off a perfect season at 25–0–0. The Lenape Girls Soccer team won their third consecutive state championship with a 1–0 win over Westfield High School in the 2009–10 season.[16] The Lenape Girls Soccer team won their fourth consecutive state championship in the 2010–11 season, the first Group IV team to achieve this accomplishment, with a 5-2 win over Livingston High School.[17][18][19] Lenape Girls Soccer is led by Coaches Kevin Meder and Tony Guerrara.
The 2008 Lenape Boys' Bowling squad featured one of the best individual seasons in High School Bowling history. Class of 2011 member Anthony Scerati averaged 235.67 during the season, which included a perfect 300 game, and an 803 series. Anthony also took the singles title at the Holiday tournament, firing a 772 series.
Lenape won the 2003 Central, Group IV sectional championship in field hockey, edging Cherokee High School 2–1 in the tournament final.[20]
The girls lacrosse team won the 2007 Group IV State Championship with an 11–7 win vs.Montclair High School.[21]
In the fall of 1996 Lenape football pulled off the biggest upset in South Jersey football history by defeating #1 in SJ and top 5 in the state, Washington Twp, in an epic come back down 14-2 to win 21-14
In the fall of 1997 Lenape won the Olympic Conference in football and spent most of the season ranked #1 in South Jersey
The Lenape High School Marching Band has won championships for 7 out of the last 8 years. In 2004, they were United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) group 2A All-States champions, and in 2005 they were Cavalcade of Bands American A Champions. In 2006, they placed third in the state in group 2A at USSBA state championships and third with best color guard at USSBA all-states championships. They also qualified as an open band in Cavalcade of Bands. Their 2006 season show was "Down on the Farm". Their 2007 show was "The Four Season" featuring songs Let it Snow, Frosty the Snowman, Turn Turn Turn, Singing in the Rain, Blue Skies, Here Comes the Sun, Summertime, California Dreamin' and Autumn Leaves. They went undefeated within the Group 2A class in the USSBA circuit, with a 92.0 championship winning performance. In 2008, they once again, became one of the Group II A Class Northern State Champions (USSBA does not crown an A champion, rather a champion for the show/weekend) with a score of 94.1, with their show entitled "I Write the Songs," a tribute to Barry Manilow. Song selections included Mandy, New York City Rhythm, Bandstand Boogie, Copacabana, and I Write the Songs. In 2009 the band performed their show "Shooting for the Stars" including the selections, When You Wish Upon a Star, Fly Me To the Moon, How High the Moon, Swinging on a Star, and Moondance. They triumphed at the New Jersey 2A State Championships, capturing their first state championship in the USSBA circuit, and went on to place 2nd at All-State Championships (2A championships took place over 2 weekends. Scores were not combined and a champion was announced for each weekend). In 2010, the marching band held on to their title as NJ State Champions in the USSBA circuit's 2A group with their show "It's About Time." Songs included Auld Lang Syne, Time in a Bottle, Syncopated Clock, and Rock Around the Clock. Due to scheduling conflicts with the All States Championships for 2A, the band opted to move up a group to 3A so they had the chance to perform in Allentown. The band came in at a respectable 5th place against ensembles with 20+ members bigger than them and took the High Visual award. In 2011, with their show "True Colors", the marching band finished an unbeaten season by retaining their title as USSBA Group 2A NJ State Champions for the third consecutive year, and by winning the USSBA Group 2A National Championship with the highest score in the band's history. In addition to competitions, the band performs at school football games, the Medford Halloween Parade, Mount Laurel Day, and the Vincentown Memorial Day Parade.
The Lenape Marching Band also had previously won Class I Championships in 1993 and 1994 and Class II Championships in 1996 and 1997 as part of the Eastern Marching Band Association.
Lenape High School has participated at the Princeton Model Congress, a four-day conference with over 50 schools from around the country. The team placed first at Princeton Model Congress four of the past six years. They brought home the James Madison Award in the most recent 2006 Princeton Model Congress.[22]
Lenape is well known in Burlington County for its "Varsity Nerds" clubs; Math Team, Science League, and Knowledge Bowl. Science League competes in the New Jersey Science League. Last year the Earth Science team brought home a plaque for 9th place in the state. The Science League also competes in the Merck State Science Day. Knowledge Bowl consists of two "A" teams composed of Juniors and Seniors, and one "B" team of the two other classes. The team competes in the Gateway Toyota tournament at Monsignor Donovan High School, NORJAC, which is at Leonia High School, the Burlington County Academic Tournament, which is usually held at Cherokee High School, as well as the Allentown tournament, held in Allentown, New Jersey. Last year, the B team brought home second place and the Gateway Toyota, second at the BCAT, and first at the Allentown Tournament. In November of 2010, Lenape placed first in the Gateway Toyota Academic Tournament. Later, that December, Lenape placed third in the NORJAC tournament.
The Storm Robotics Team is a collection FIRST FRC (2729) and FTC (4390) teams are open for anyone to join from Lenape High School or its sister school Cherokee High School. Founded in the 2009 season, the team has made it to the FRC Championships once (2008-2009) and received the Highest Rookie Seed award. At the Washington DC Competition receiving the Rookie AllStar award. In 2011 the FRC team won the "AutoDesk Excellence in 3D Animation" award at the New Jersey Regional Competition.
In addition the school allows any club to be created as long as the student with the idea finds an interest and a teacher to supervise.
Core members of the school's administration are:[23]
There are three other high schools in the Lenape Regional High School District:
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