Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus

Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus, also known as Pennsauken Tech, is a four-year regional vocational-technical public high school located in Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from across Camden County as part of the Camden County Technical Schools.

Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus
Location
Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus
Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus
Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus
6008 Browning Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08109

United States
Coordinates39.9389°N 75.0649°W / 39.9389; -75.0649
Information
TypePublic, Voc-tech high school
School districtCamden County Technical Schools
NCES School ID3402670[1]
PrincipalDr. John Hourani (interim)
Faculty65.8 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment772 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.7:1[1]
Color(s)     Gray
     maroon and
     white[2]
Athletics conferenceOlympic Conference
Team nameTornadoes[2]
WebsiteSchool website

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 772 students and 65.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 569 students (73.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 83 (10.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards and recognition
  • Named one of the 100 Best High Schools in the United States in 2004 and 2005 by U.S. News & World Report.
  • Title 1 Distinguished School of Excellence by the United States Department of Education, the only high school in the state to receive the honor in 2012.[3]
  • Bronze Medal from U.S. News & World Report in 2012 and 2013.[4]
  • Named a New Jersey School of Character 2013, one of three high schools statewide to receive this honor.[5]

Athletics

The Pennsauken Tech Tornadoes[2] compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County. Sister school and archrival, Camden County Tech Warriors also competes in the Olympic Conference.[6] The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[7] With 557 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019-20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.[8] The school mascot is the Tornado.

School colors are maroon, white and gray. Interscholastic athletics include boys'/girls' cross country, baseball, bowling, boys'/girls' basketball, softball and boys'/girls' volleyball.[2]

The boys' baseball team won the NJVTAC state championship in back-to-back years, in 1997 and 1998.

Activities

Administration

The school's principal is Dr. John Hourani.[9]

References
  1. School data for Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Camden County Technical School at Pennsauken, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 11, 2016.
  3. About Archived 2013-09-01 at the Wayback Machine, Camden County Technical Schools. Accessed May 30, 2013. "In addition, our Pennsauken Campus was named New Jersey's only high school in 2012 'Distinguished Title 1 High School' by the New Jersey Department of Education and the United States Department of Education."
  4. "Camden Co Pennsauken", U.S. News & World Report. Accessed May 30, 2013.
  5. News Archived 2012-12-11 at the Wayback Machine, Camden County Technical Schools. Accessed May 30, 2013. "The Pennsauken Campus of CCTS (Penn Tech) was one of three high schools in the State of New Jersey to receive a New Jersey School of Character award and banner from the New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development."
  6. Member Schools, Olympic Conference. Accessed July 30, 2017.
  7. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2020.
  8. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 22, 2019.
  9. Principal's Message, Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus. Accessed February 10, 2020.
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