Cherry Hill High School East

Cherry Hill High School East (Cherry Hill East or CHE) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Cherry Hill, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools. Cherry Hill East is one of three high schools in the district; the others are Cherry Hill High School West and Cherry Hill Alternative High School.

Cherry Hill High School East
Location
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill High School East
Cherry Hill High School East
1750 Kresson Road
Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003

United States
Coordinates39.878173°N 74.963688°W / 39.878173; -74.963688
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1967
School districtCherry Hill Public Schools
NCES School ID3403000[1]
PrincipalDennis Perry
Faculty138.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,196 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio15.9:1[1]
Color(s)     Crimson and
     white[2]
Athletics conferenceOlympic Conference[2]
Team nameCougars[2]
Websiteeast.chclc.org

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,196 students and 138.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.9:1. There were 188 students (8.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 85 (3.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

The school opened in 1967 as the township's second high school; what then became known as Cherry Hill High School West was the first public high school in Cherry Hill.[3] The first class graduated in June 1970, having started their freshman year in the Fall of 1966 in the West building doing split sessions until the East building was ready for occupancy in January 1967. The class of 1970 was the only class in the new building until the class of 1971 arrived in Fall 1967. By Fall 1969, the building housed all four grades.

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 2001–02 school year, Cherry Hill High School East received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[4]

In 2015, Newsweek ranked Cherry Hill High School East the 85th best high school in the nation out of 22,000 schools.[5]

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 354th in the nation among participating public high schools and 29th among schools in New Jersey.[6]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 65th in New Jersey and 1,833rd nationwide.[7] The school was ranked 1,664th nationwide, the 66th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.[8] In Newsweek's 2007 edition of "America's Top Public High Schools" ranked Cherry Hill High School East in 1,258th place, the 38th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[9]

The school was the 40th-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.[10] The school had been ranked 98th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 57th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[11] The magazine ranked the school 61st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[12] The school was ranked 42nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[13] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 36th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 16 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.3%) and language arts literacy (98.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[14]

Cherry Hill High School East won the 1998 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[15]

The American Scholastic Press Association named Cherry Hill High School East's newspaper, Eastside, number one in the country in 2005, 2017 and 2019, and number one in the state from 2007–2019.[16]

In 2009, the team representing Cherry Hill High School East produced a documentary that placed nationally in the Senior Group Documentary division of the National History Day competition in College Park, Maryland.[17]

Grade-fixing scandal

In 2007, the school received coverage for a grade-fixing incident, after two students had been found to have used a teacher's password to hack into the board of education's database and change at least six other students' grades. In September 2006, during a routine check, the school became aware of the changes and began an investigation with the police. In January 2007, two students were arrested for the crime and charged with third degree computer theft. One was a freshman at Drexel University while the other was still a senior at East.[18] The students received probation after pleading guilty.[19] Four more students were disciplined by the school for paying the two hackers to change their grades.[18]

Robotics

The Cherry Hill High School East Robotics club is one of the top programs in the state, consistently sending at least one team to the Vex Robotics World Championship since 2009. The teams have received numerous awards and acknowledgements both within the state and the world.[20] The school has hosted the New Jersey state championship, at which the 2616B team has won the New Jersey state championship for the last three years.[21] The 2616F team (Frightening Lightning) qualified for the World Championship in their rookie year (2013) and won the Teamwork award there. In the 2014 season they won multiple awards and competed at the World Championship again, along with 2616B and 2616D.[22]

Athletics

The Cherry Hill High School East Cougars[2] compete in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County, and is overseen by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[23] With 1,649 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range.[24] The football team competes in the National Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[25] and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group V for football for 2018–20.[26]

Baseball

The varsity boys' baseball team won the 2014 Mingo Bay Classic in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They also won the 1986, 1998 Olympic Conference Championship. In 2019, the team won the Olympic Conference American Division title[27] and reached the South Jersey, Group 4 sectional final and won the South Jersey Group IV Title in 1998.

Cross country

The varsity boys' cross country team won the South Jersey Group IV boys' NJSIAA sectional championships in 2013 and 2014. They won their first ever state Group IV boys' NJSIAA championship in 2014.[28]

Basketball

East basketball teams are consistently ranked in the Top Ten in South Jersey.[29] The team won its first ever South Jersey Group IV boys' NJSIAA championship in 2014, defeating Cherokee High School by a score of 54–41.[30] They retained their South Jersey Group IV title in 2015 with a 48–39 win against Cherokee High School in double overtime.[31] The team is coached by David Allen.

Field hockey

In 1971, the field hockey team won the initial South I sectional championship.[32]

Football

The Cougars used to play their home games at the township stadium, Jonas C. Morris Stadium, which they shared with Cherry Hill High School West, however the team now plays its home games at Cherry Hill East. Annually, the Cougars face cross town rival Cherry Hill West on the night before Thanksgiving, a rivalry described by The Philadelphia Inquirer as "one of the best in South Jersey", in which the winner of the contest receives the Al DiBart Memorial Trophy, also known as "The Boot."[33] In the most recent meeting between the two teams, the Cherry Hill West Lions defeated the Cougars 19–7.[34] Cherry Hill West leads the series 36–15. The Cougars have not won "The Boot" in seven years, last beating West in 2012.

The football team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championships in 1988.[35]

Volleyball

The girls' volleyball team won its first New Jersey Group IV state championship in November 2005, defeating Hunterdon Central Regional High School in the final game of the playoff tournament.[36][37]

The boys' volleyball team won New Jersey Group IV state championships in 1996 (vs. Fair Lawn High School), 1997 (vs. West New York Memorial High School) and 1998 (vs. East Brunswick High School).[38][39]

Tennis

The girls tennis team won the South state championship in 1973 and 1975. The team won the Group IV state championship in 1982 (vs. Ridgewood High School in the final match of the tournament), 1983, 1989 (vs. Marlboro High School), 1995 (vs. Middletown High School South), 1997 (vs. Hillsborough High School (New Jersey)), 2001 (vs. Livingston High School), 2002 (vs. Watchung Hills Regional High School, 2003 (vs. Bridgewater-Raritan High School) and 2004 (vs. Marlboro HS). The team won the 2003 Tournament of Champions, defeating runner-up Montclair Kimberley Academy. The team's 9 group titles are the sixth most of any school in the state[40] In 2007, the girls' tennis team won the South Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 4–1 win over Washington Township High School in the tournament final.[41] In 2016, the girls' team repeated as South Jersey, Group IV state sectional champion with a 5–0 win over Egg Harbor Township High School.[42]

The boys' tennis team won the 2007 South, Group IV state sectional championship with a string of 5–0 wins over Washington Township High School, Toms River High School North, and ultimately Egg Harbor Township High School in the tournament final.[43]

Bowling

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1979. The team won the Group III title in 2007 and went on to win the sport's first Tournament of Champions.[44]

Ice hockey

Cherry Hill High School East has a separate club ice hockey team as a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League. The team won four consecutive Varsity-Tier II championships in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.[45][46]

Swimming

The boys swim team won the public school state championship in 1971, 1972 and 1973, won the Division A title in 1974 and 1976–1979, won the Public A title in 2002, 2015, 2017 and 2019; the 14 state titles are tied for sixth most in the state. The girls team won the Division A title in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 1998 and 1999; the ten state titles are the third-most in the state.[47]

As of 2019, the boys' team has had 11 consecutive Central and South Jersey Group A sectional title wins, eight state Group A championship appearances and three state championship wins.[48]

In 2015 the Cougars won their first state title in 13 years.[49] In 2016 East would again lose to Westfield. In the 2017 championship, a rivalry was reborn between East and Bridgewater-Raritan High School. Their first bout led to East winning its second state title in three years. In the 2018 championship, the Cougars were bested by a strong Bridgewater-Raritan team. The two teams faced off again in the 2019 state championship, where East won the match-up.[50] This was the team's third state title in five years.

Track and field

Cherry Hill East had not had a winning season in almost 30 years until the team of 2009–10 finished their season 3–2. In 2012, the boys' spring track team went undefeated and won the Group IV title, Olympic Conference title, and New Jersey state title. They went to win conference champs again back to back in the 2014 and 2015 outdoor season.

Lacrosse

Cherry Hill East added men's lacrosse to their spring athletics program in 2005. In 2011 they won for the first time the "Lacrosse Head", the trophy given to the team that wins the annual Cherry Hill East vs. Cherry Hill West game.

Clubs

Clubs offered include Adopt A Grandparent, Environmental, Art, Badminton, Blood Drive, Cheerleading, DECA, FOP, Habitat For Humanity, Ice Skating, Korean, Vietnamese, Chinese, African-American, and Latino Culture Clubs, Gay-Straight Alliance, Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Miracle League, Namaste, Pop Culture Club, Yearbook, and many more.[51]

Arts

The Cherry Hill East Music Department is award-winning. In 2007, the Cherry Hill East "East Singers" received a Superior Rating and Best Overall Mixed Ensemble from a Boston Choir Competition.

The East Choral program consists of seven performing groups:

  • Vocal Workshop: Entry-level choir. Consists of grades 9–12.
  • Chansons: Women's choir made up of 10th through 12th-grade women. Auditioned group.
  • Concert Choir: An auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th-grade men and women.
  • East Singers: An Advanced auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th-grade men and women. In addition to school concerts, East Singers performs off-campus in select concerts. They made their Carnegie Hall debut in 1997. They performed Carmina Burana at the Kimmel Center in May 2005 as a Concert for Hope to benefit breast cancer research at City of Hope. The concert raised $40,000. In 2006, they hosted the first East Coffee House that raised $8319.00 for Alex's Lemonade Stand.
  • Belles of East: Auditioned group of 14 young women who sing and accompany themselves on English hand bells.
  • Vocé (known as Madrigal Singers until 2014): Auditioned group of 19 young men and women who represent the Renaissance era in both music and costume. The group has competed at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire where they have won the Highest Accolades Award.
  • Stay Tuned: An auditioned group of around 18 young men and women (usually composed of members of The Key of She and Casual Harmony) who compete in a cappella competitions around the state and the country with current hits. In 2016, Stay Tuned starred on a Lifetime docuseries, called Pitch Slapped, following their work with Deke Sharon.[52][53] Stay Tuned regularly competes in the ICHSA (International Championship for High School A Cappella)

No Longer in East's Music Program

  • Celebrations: An auditioned group of traditional handbell players. Celebrations performed bell arrangements from Classical music to show tunes.
  • The Key of She: Key of She was an a cappella group in East's music program of 13 young women who, like Casual Harmony, performed popular tunes.
  • Casual Harmony: An auditioned group of 11 young men who performed everything from ballads to pop tunes. They performed throughout the New Jersey area and have also performed in the Cosmic Rays Cafe in Disney World. Casual Harmony was featured on the NBC morning show, 10!

The Cherry Hill East Instrumental Department is made up of various performing groups:

  • Freshman Wind Ensemble: An entry-level instrumental group featuring primarily Freshman students.
  • Symphonic Band: An entry-level group consisting of students grades 10–12.
  • Wind Ensemble: An advanced audition group consisting of students grades 10–12.
  • String Ensemble: An entry-level instrumental group featuring string musicians primarily grades 9 and 10.
  • Symphonic Orchestra: An advanced full orchestra. This ensemble has been invited to perform at Lincoln Center (2009, 2011, 2012), the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (2017, 2020) and Carnegie Hall (2019). In 2013 they won a NJ state-wide festival competition which included both the full Symphony Orchestra and the select string quartet opening in concert for the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra.
  • Jazz Band: An auditioned group of about 20 students, grades 9–12, who perform classic big band jazz music. This ensemble has won consistent superior and gold ratings, many solo and section awards at festivals around the Delaware Valley. They are past Cavalcade of Bands division winners, and section and solo winners at the Jazz at Lincoln Center Regional Festival at Temple University, Philadelphia. Several alumni from this ensemble are now professional performing artists and educators.
  • Jazz Standards Group: An auditioned group of about 5–7 students, who perform straight-ahead, classic small group jazz music. This ensemble has performed for political and community leaders, a former U.S. president and the National Educators Association National Convention.
  • Lab Band: An auditioned group of students, grades 9-12. They experiment with different genres including funk, vocal, and big band charts. The saxophone section won an award for Best Saxophone Section, and the band as a whole got a superior rating at the Deptford High School Jazz Festival in 2019.
  • Marching band: Cherry Hill East's Marching Band is a non-audition group made up of students grades 9–12. The band is accompanied by the Cherry Hill East Color Guard. The Marching Band performs their field-show at all of the home football games during half-time and in the stands during the game. They also travel to away football games, playing their field-show before the start of the game and also playing during the game. They have won multiple awards at Marching Band Festival Competitions around the Delaware Valley.
  • Small Chamber Groups: Cherry Hill East has some small chamber groups which consist of students grades 9–12. These groups include a Saxophones Quartet, a Brass Quintet, a Clarinet ensemble and some other string ensembles.

East's past dramatic shows include Ragtime, Beauty and the Beast, The Music Man and, most recently, Fiddler on the Roof. The Cherry Hill East Drama Department perform four shows a year; Lab Theatre, Fall Show, Spring Musical, and the One-Acts Competition.

Administrators

The school's principal is Dr. Dennis Perry.[54]

Notable alumni
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  73. Monostra, Mike. "Throwback Thursday: Cherry Hill native Sean Killion reflects back on Olympics, swimming career; A member of the Camden County Sports Hall of Fame and Cherry Hill East Athletic Hall of Fame, Killion swam for the United States in the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain.", Cherry Hill Sun, August 18, 2016. Accessed November 30, 2017. "It has been nearly 25 years since Cherry Hill native Sean Killion swam in the 1992 Summer Olympics, yet he remembers it like it was yesterday.... A 1986 graduate from Cherry Hill High School East, Killion set numerous records in both the Tri-County Swimming Pool Association and in high school."
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