Middle Township High School

Middle Township High School
Location
300 East Atlantic Avenue
Cape May Court House, NJ 08210
Information
Type Public high school
School district Middle Township Public Schools
Principal Frank Riggitano
Vice principal John King
Faculty 73.1 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 862[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.79:1[1]
Athletics conference Cape-Atlantic League
Team name Panthers
Website School website

Middle Township High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Middle Township in Cape May County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Middle Township Public Schools. In addition to students from Middle Township, students from Avalon, Dennis Township, Stone Harbor and Woodbine attend the high school as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts.[2]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 862 students and 73.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.79:1. There were 258 students (29.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 59 (6.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 224th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[3] The school had been ranked 194th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 263rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 232nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 223rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6]

Athletics

The Middle Township High School Panthers compete in the National 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 (NJSIAA).[7] With 575 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 748 students in that grade range.[8]

Sports offered at Middle Township include the following:

All sports compete at the Varsity and Junior Varsity level. Some sports may offer a freshman team.

Marching band

The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1978 (Group 1), 1980–1982, 1984-1987 (Group 2), 1988-1994 (Group 3) and 1995-2004 (Group 2), having won championships 25 times in a span of 27 years, including a span of 21 consecutive championships. The marching band has been recognized as Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 2 on eleven occasions (1986, 1995, 1997–2003, 2006–2007) and has won the Atlantic Coast Championship in Group 3 four times (1988–1990 and 1992), totaling 15 Atlantic Coast Championships.[9] In the years 2006 through 2008 the marching bands drum line won high percussion at Atlantic coast championships and by doing this retired the drum trophy. The school's indoor color guard was Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic A champions in 1993 and 1998, and Independent A champions in 2000 and 2001.

The school's indoor drumline was Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic A champions in 1998, Scholastic Open champions in 1999 and 2003, and Scholastic World champions from 1985-1987.

Mock trial team

Middle Township High School's mock trial team, coached by Martina Trapani, has achieved success in Cape May County for quite some time. In 2007 and in 2011 the team won state championships.[10] The team finished 2nd in the first annual American Mock Trial Invitational in 2006, losing by a 5-4 score in the final round.[11] Middle Township continues to participate in the Vincent J. Appruzesse New Jersey High School Mock Trial Competition.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[12]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Middle Township High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ Middle Township High School 2014 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 26, 2015. "Middle Township High School is a four-year, accredited, comprehensive high school situated in central Cape May County. The school serves the communities of Middle Township, Dennis Township, Avalon, Stone Harbor, and now Woodbine Borough."
  3. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for South Jersey, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History, Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.
  10. ↑ Miller, Michael. "Middle Township wins state's mock trial competition, beating the defending champion in the finals ", The Press of Atlantic City, March 25, 2011. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Middle Township won New Jersey's mock trial competition on Thursday in a performance before state Supreme Court Justice Stuart J. Rabner. Middle bested a field of more than 250 teams in this year's competition before defeating last year's state champs, West Morris Mendham High School from Morris County.... Trapani has fielded several competitive teams in recent years. Middle won the state championship in 2007 and finished second in 2006."
  11. ↑ Staff. "MIDDLE TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL SECOND IN MOCK-TRIAL COMPETITION", The Press of Atlantic City, May 18, 2006. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Students from Middle Township High School took second place in the American Mock Trial Invitation in Chapel Hill, North Carolina on Wednesday.Middle Township lost in a close 5-4 decision to Redland High School in California, said Rita Tice, chairwoman of the school's language arts department."
  12. ↑ Administration, Middle Township High School. Accessed July 26, 2014.
  13. ↑ Staff. "New Jersey Olympians in other sports", The Press of Atlantic City, August 28, 2009. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Megan Compain. Sport: Basketball (New Zealand) - New Jersey Ties: Compain attended Middle Township High School as an exchange student through 1993 and played for the girls' basketball team during her junior and senior years."
  14. ↑ "Embrace Diversity With Stedman Graham: 'Diversity: Leaders Not Labels' Teaches Readers to Harness Their Skills and Achieve Success", ABC News, September 21, 2006. Accessed June 17, 2007. "Students were bused from Whitesboro to attend Middle Township schools, where I attended an integrated high school."

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