Pennsauken High School

Pennsauken High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Pennsauken Township, Camden County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Pennsauken Public Schools.

Pennsauken High School
Location
Pennsauken High School
Pennsauken High School
Pennsauken High School
800 Hylton Road
Pennsauken, NJ 08110

United States
Coordinates39.988014°N 75.028871°W / 39.988014; -75.028871
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtPennsauken Public Schools
NCES School ID3412870[1]
PrincipalRichard Bonkowski
Faculty98.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,317 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.4:1[1]
Color(s)     Scarlet and
     Columbia Blue[2]
Athletics conferenceBurlington County Scholastic League
Team nameIndians[2]
Websitehigh.pennsauken.net

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,317 students and 98.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4:1. There were 803 students (61.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 148 (11.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

Students from Merchantville had attended the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship that began in 1972, when the borough's high school was closed.[3] In the wake of a 2015 decision by the New Jersey Department of Education, Merchantville students began attending Haddon Heights High School starting in the 2015–2016 school year, as part of a transition that will be fully in place in the 2018–2019 school year.[4][5]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 298th-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.[6] The school had been ranked 310th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 298th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 290th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 292nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9]

Athletics

The Pennsauken High School Indians[2] participate in the Burlington County Scholastic League,[10] which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[11] With 1,068 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–2016 school year as Central Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 822 to 1,068 students in that grade range.[12] The football team competes in the Constitution Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13] and was classified by the NJSIAA as South Jersey Group IV for football for 2017–2018.[14]

The football team won the South Jersey Group IV state sectional championships in 1980, 1984, 1986 and 2011.[15]

The boys' basketball team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship in 2004 with an 83-59 victory in the championship game against Steinert High School.[16]

Marching band

The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1982 (Group 3) and 1985–1987 (Group 4).[17] The band won the New Jersey state championships in 2008 Group 3 open, with the highest score of every band there.

Also, the school's marching band won state championships, Chapter One championships, and Atlantic Coast Class A championships in 2011 with their show titled "Side Show".[18]

Pennsauken Indoor Drumline Ensemble won in 2015 at a Winter Guard International Regional in Open Class with a score of 98.5. In 2017 Pennsauken Indoor Guard went to WGI Championships for the first time in over a decade to Dayton, Ohio. They received 6th place out of 64 other color guards from around the world in their Independent A class.[19]

Administration

The school's principal is Richard Bonkowski. His administration team includes four assistant principals.[20]

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References
  1. School data for Pennsauken High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Pennsauken High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 2, 2017.
  3. Florio, Gwen. "Looking Beyond The School Decision Time To Make Up, Officials Say, After A Decade Of Fussing.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, September 21, 1992. Accessed July 10, 2008. "Ever since its own high school closed in 1972, the Borough of Merchantville has been sending its public school students to Pennsauken High School."
  4. Merchantville School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 1, 2016. "In the Spring of 2015, Merchantville School won a ruling to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights. We continue to work closely with Haddon Heights High School to ensure that our students are well prepared to meet their expectations. We will continue to phase in one grade level at a time into Haddon Heights High School until all high school students are enrolled for the 2018-2019 school year."
  5. Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post, April 14, 2015. Accessed June 1, 2016. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School.... Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 2, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. Member Schools, Burlington County Scholastic League. Accessed June 2, 2017.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2019-2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2020.
  12. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  13. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 25, 2017.
  14. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2017-2018 Archived September 26, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2, 2017. Accessed September 25, 2017.
  15. Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  16. 2004 Boys Basketball - Central, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 6, 2007.
  17. Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History, Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.
  18. Atlantic Coast Invitational/Class A Winners by Year, Tournament of Bands Information Archive. Accessed June 1, 2016.
  19. "Champions Crowned in Six Classes at 40th Championship!", Winter Guard International, April 12, 2017. Accessed September 19, 2017.
  20. Staff, Pennsauken High School. Accessed April 20, 2020.
  21. McCann, Sean. "Fisher's travels result in a Big Dance chance", Courier-Post, March 20, 2008. Accessed February 2, 2011. "When he left Pennsauken High School almost four years ago, Al Fisher seemed ticketed for college basketball success, and maybe even stardom."
  22. All-Century Philly NFL Team, accessed April 22, 2007.
  23. Benevento, Don. "Together again: Pennsauken coach, player enter Hall", Courier-Post, October 16, 2007. Accessed December 18, 2007. "One of those relationships exists between Vince McAneney, the legendary former football football coach at Pennsauken High School, and Dwight Hicks, one of the school's most accomplished players."
  24. Callahan, Kevin. "College: Mark serves as honorary captain for U of Miami football opener; Former Pennsauken star Greg Mark still remembered fondly by the Hurricanes", South Jersey Sports Digest, September 7, 2017. "Greg Mark was the honorary captain at the University of Miami football opener on Saturday – 30 years after he helped the Hurricanes win the national title. When the former Pennsauken High School great strolled out for the coin toss at Hard Rock Stadium, Mark felt 'it' again."
  25. Todd McNair, Running Backs Coach, University of Southern California Trojans football. Accessed September 11, 2012. "He prepped at Pennsauken (N.J.) High. Among his prep teammates were future NFL players John and Keith Taylor and David and Billy Griggs (the Griggs were his cousins)."
  26. Volk, Steve. "George Norcross: The Man Who Destroyed Democracy; Underlings fear his wrath. Governors kowtow to his enormous political power. He might even have been prosecuted a decade ago if not for a bungled criminal investigation. But does all that make the new Inquirer owner, you know, a bad guy?", Philadelphia (magazine), March 29, 2013. Accessed August 18, 2019. "Norcross said that he received a phone call in 2004 from then-governor Richard Codey telling him that he—George Norcross III, a private insurance executive—could steer $500,000 in public money any way he saw fit. Norcross chose Pennsauken High School, his alma mater, and the private Lawrenceville School that his daughter Lexie attended."
  27. Nussbaum, Debra. "In Person; Some Build Castles. She Writes Novels.", The New York Times, June 15, 2003. Accessed April 23, 2012. "She married shortly after graduating from Pennsauken High School in 1965, and stayed home to raise her three children. "
  28. Staff. "Football Rivalry Is A Time For Fun \ Thanksgiving Is The Day Camden Comes Out To Play.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 24, 1995. Accessed February 2, 2011. "This year there was even a movie star Allen Payne who starred in Jason's Lyric and grew up in Pennsauken in the stands".
  29. "South Jersey Legislative Districts", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 1, 1993. Accessed April 20, 2020. "Steven M. Petrillo - Pennsauken; Age: 34; Occupation: Lawyer; Education: 1976, honors graduate, Pennsauken High School"
  30. Senator Stephen M. Sweeney, Project Vote Smart. Accessed February 2, 2011.
  31. French, Alex. "Is this the most powerful man in sports?", GQ. Accessed February 22, 2009.
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