| Robbinsville High School | |
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| Location | |
| 155 Robbinsville Edinburg Road Robbinsville Township, NJ 08691 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2005 |
| School district | Robbinsville Public School District |
| Principal | Molly C. Avery |
| Asst. Principal | Nicole Rossi |
| Faculty | 53 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 740 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.96[1] |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Valley Conference |
| Nickname | Ravens |
| Website | School website |
Robbinsville High School is a comprehensive public high school in Robbinsville Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, which operates as part of the Robbinsville Public School District. As of the 2006-07 school year, only students in 12th grade from Washington Township were attending Lawrence High School in Lawrence Township, as part of the final year of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lawrence Township Public Schools. With the start of the 2007-08 school year, the sending relationship has ended, and Robbinsville High School will serve all of Washington Township's high school students on site and graduated its first class of 150 students in June 2008. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 740 students and 53 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.96.[1]
The school was the 109th-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 not being ranked in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3]
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The school was first opened in 2004 as a wing in the middle school to house ninth graders. There was a great struggle in the community to get the high school approved, and when it was approved, the vote was extremely close. The plan was to start with only freshmen and each year fill in an additional grade.
In 2005, the new high school building opened.
It features a large common area with an atrium to serve as a cafeteria as well as several other purposes, an attached music wing, a central hallway which connects the commons area to the four main wings, the kitchen, the black box theatre, the 1,000-seat auditorium with a 12-foot-deep (3.7 m) opera pit, the gymnasium wing (including a main gym, auxiliary gym, the weight room, locker rooms, and the trainer's office), and the main office as well as administrator's offices on the first floor and contains much technology including a recording studio. Outside, there is a rubberized turf football field along with a track, an aerial obstacle course, and numerous sports fields for all seasons .
Extracurricular activities include sports, a Drama Club in which many students are actively involved, the yearbook club, newspaper club, Model United Nations, debate club, student and class governments, comic book and manga club, dance team, mock trial, literary magazine, Technology Student Association, Nemesis - FIRST Robotics Team 2590, the Interact Club, Chorus, Tri-M Musical Society, and the award-winning marching band (and color guard), known as the Raven Regiment. They received the prestigious "Best Visuals" award at the NJ State Marching Band Competition in 2009, and won 4th out of 23 bands at the Northern states Marching Band Competition in 2010.
Nemesis - FIRST Robotics Team 2590: After a startup in December 2007, powered by a NASA rookie grant, Nemesis built a fast, reliable, gravity based robot, which was undefeated until the final rounds of the NJ Regional Competition, returning with the "Rookie All Star," "Highest Scoring Rookie," and "Finalist" awards. In April, with the support of the Robbinsville community, they flew to the FIRST National Competition in Atlanta, Georgia. Nemesis is organized like a High Tech company with an Executive Committee, Finance, Research and Development, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering, Marketing and Communications, and Website development teams and awarded the Entrepreneurship Award in 2009. Nemesis placed in the top 10 in the New Jersey, Boston & Washington DC Regionals and awarded the 2010 "Industrial Design" Award and 2011 "NJ Best Website Award". As a nationally certified Project Lead the Way High School, qualified students earn 3 college credits for successful completion of projects-based pre-engineering classes that teach fundamental problem-solving and critical-thinking skills. In 2011, RHS gained national recognition as an Exemplary Career and Technical Education (CTE) program by the National Association of State Directors of CTE for the implementation of PLTW and the FIRST Robotics Team.
The debate team finished an undefeated season in 2010 and was named Colonial Valley Conference champions. In 2011 the debate team renewed their title as champions.
The Robbinsville High School Ravens compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which comprises high schools located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey. The conference operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[4]
Sports offered at Robbinsville High School include Boy's and Girl's Tennis, Cross Country, Cheerleading, Track, Football, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Boy's and Girl's Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Boy's and Girls Soccer, Golf, Swimming, and Boy's and Girl's Lacrosse.
The girls soccer team made it to the 2006 NJ State Playoff tournament for Central Jersey Group I, defeating Middlesex High School 2-1 in the first round, before falling to Metuchen High School by 2-0 in the semifinals.[5]
The girls field hockey team qualified for the 2007 NJ State Playoff tournament for North II Group I, ending their regular season with a record of 12-4, and placed as the #3 seed in the tournament.[6] The field hockey team secured the 4th seed in the 2007 Mercer County Tournament, and advanced to the semi-finals before falling to Stuart Country Day School in overtime, 2-1.[7]
The boys cross country team qualified for the state finals in 2006 and 2007. The girls cross country team was 2nd in central New Jersey group I and qualified for states in 2007.
In 2007, the varsity football team finished the regular season with a 6-3 record and qualified for the NJSIAA playoffs, losing to Asbury Park High School, the eventual Group I Champions, by a 41-0 score in the first round of the Central, Group I tournament.[8]
In 2008, the girls' track and field team won both the NJSIAA Group I Central Championship and the Group I State Championship. The Boy Ice Hockey team won the Patriot Division and went to the Mercer County quarterfinals, NJSIAA Public B first round.
In cross country, the girls won the Group I state title in 2008 with Megan Flynn as the individual Group I winner that season, while the boys took the title in 2009.[9]
In 2009, the girls' tennis team broke school records by defeating teams that were never before defeated by either the RHS boys or girls tennis team. Those schools include Steinert High School and Lawrence High School. They were also 12-7 at the end of the season, the first ever winning record for boys or girls tennis. They were also voted "Athletes of the Month" for the month of October. They went on to the Sectionals Tournament and advanced to the finals where they fell to Roselle Park High School in a heartbreaking match by a score of 3-2.
In the fall of 2010 both the boys and girls cross country teams captured the Patriot Division after deciding victories over Hopewell Valley Central High School at Mercer County Park on October 14, 2010. The boys finished with a dual meet record of 10-3 and the girls finished with a record of 12-1.
The NJSIAA recognized Robbinsville High School as the Group I winner of the Seventh Annual ShopRite Cup in 2009-10, based on the overall performances of the school's athletic teams which included first place finishes in Boys Cross‐Country and Girls Soccer, second place in Girls Cross‐Country, third-place finishes in Indoor Track & Field, Baseball (tie) and Wrestling (tie), along with finishing fourth in both Girls Indoor Relays and Girls Outdoor Track and Field, with an additional nine points awarded for not having any disqualifications during the three sports seasns.[10]
The girls team won the track and field Central Jersey Group I title for the third time in four years, and the boys also won the sectional championships in 2011.[11]
In 2008 the Robbinsville High School, the baseball team turned a 2007 season total of 2 wins into a 16-14 record, a Group I Central Jersey Sectional championship and a spot in the state final before losing to Lyndhurst High School. In 2009, the team advanced to the state tournament, but lost 9-7 to David Brearley High School. The 2010 team won a school-record 23 games and the program's second Group I, Central Jersey sectional championship. The 2011 team went 25-4, and won their first ever Mercer County Tournament championship, defeating Steinert High School for only the second time in school history (the first being earlier that season).[12]
Core members of the school's administration are:[13]
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