| Wall High School | |
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| Location | |
| 1630 18th Avenue Wall, NJ 07719 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Principal | Rosaleen Sirchio |
| Vice principal | Michael Mendes Robert Paneque |
| Faculty | 91 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Enrollment | 1,393 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.31[1] |
| Color(s) | Crimson, White and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Shore Conference |
| Nickname | Crimson Knights |
| Newspaper | 'The Crimson Courier' |
| Website | School website |
Wall High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Wall Township in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Wall Township Public Schools.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,393 students and 91 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.31.[1]
The school was the 155th-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 127th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[2] The school was ranked 121st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[3]
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Wall High School offers many clubs and after school activities. Clubs are as follows: Environmental Club, Mock Trial, Key Club, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, National Music Honor Society, Botany Club, as well as many others.
The Wall High School Crimson Knights compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore, located within Monmouth County and Ocean County and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA)..[4][5]
Wall High School is known for its intense sports rivalry with Manasquan High School in Manasquan, New Jersey, with the two schools playing each other in front of crowds of 5,000 at their annual Thanksgiving Day football game.[6]
In 2009, displays were erected and a Hall of Fame established honoring WHS soccer teams' overall success. From 1977 - 1983 the team's overall record stood at 130-13-5. Between 1978 and 1981 the team won four consecutive straight Group III State Championships and had overall state rankings through those four years of #2, #3, #1, #1, respectively (from 300 schools).[7] During those years they won five straight Group III State Sectional Championships as well and had an NJSIAA State Playoff record of 24 wins out of 25 games over a five year span. WHS Soccer team also was the # 1 Team in the Shore Conference each year from 1978-1982. The teams won five Wall Fall Festival Classics over this period as well and captured six straight Monmouth County Titles as well as winning the first ever Monmouth-Ocean County Championship. They also won six straight Conference Championships. The 1992 the team won the Central Jersey Group III Championship and in 1993 a Central Jersey Group II Championship was added to the overall record. The 2004 team won the Group III State Championship, the program's fifth state title and the first since it won four in a row from 1978 to 1981, with a 4-1 win over Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School in a game played at The College of New Jersey.[8][9]
The Wall High School soccer program was founded by U.S. National Soccer Hall of Fame Member Harry Baldwin and has produced nearly 50 All-State players. Wall High School's first soccer captain and Soccer America Professional Coach of the Year, Gary Hindley played here, as well. These teams had two coaches, Tom Farley and Jim Carhart, who together have coached nearly 50 years and combined won nearly 700 games. Tom Farley won National Coach of the Year in 1979. Jim Carhart has won Regional and State Coaching Honors multiple times. Top soccer players at Wall include Tom Kain, the nation's top player at Duke and Walls's only Olympian, and George Gelnovatch, runner-up as the nation's top player as well as All American.
The 2004 baseball team won all five championships they could win, becoming the only Shore Conference baseball team to achieve that milestone.
The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group III state sectional championship with a 6-5 win over Monroe Township High School.[10] The team moved on to win the Group I State Championship with wins over Hammonton High School (11-10) and Ramapo High School (4-1) in the final game.[11]
The 2008 Competition Cheer team took first place in the state competition, grand champion in the regional competition, and second place at the national competition. The 2009 Competition Cheer team won its Conference Championship, took first place in the NJ State Competition, first place at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida, and received the Grand National Champions title (overall highest score) at the National Competition in Orlando, Florida.
The 2007 girls tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-2 win over Princeton High School in the tournament final.[12]
In 2008, the Wall High School Golf team won the South-Central Jersey Group III Tournament.
In 2008, the Wall High School Boys Bowling Team landed 1st place in the Shore Conference.
The Wall Ice Hockey team consistently ranks as a top public school team in the state of New Jersey, qualifying for the state playoffs the past several years. The ice hockey team has been the most successful Wall high school sports team in the term of win percentage over the past five years.
The Wall lacrosse team had its first season in 2006. They are now a top program in the Shore Conference winning division championships in both 2008 and 2011.
Core members of the school's administration are:[13]
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