“West Morris Mendham High School”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,334 students and 103.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 13 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[3]

Its sister school, West Morris Central High School, is located in Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central. The two schools maintain an athletic rivalry, which has survived decades of conference and schedule changes for all sports. Mount Olive High School was broken off from the original three-school district in 1977.^[4]

Mendham was certified to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in January 1998.^[5] The school was one of only 16 schools in New Jersey to offer the IB program in 2007.^[6]

Awards, recognition and rankings

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 284th in the nation among participating public high schools and 22nd among schools in New Jersey.^[7] In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 5th in New Jersey and 246th nationwide.^[8] The school was ranked 562nd, the 13th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools, with 2.224 AP/IB tests taken per graduating senior.^[9] The school was ranked 474th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the 11th-ranked school in New Jersey; The school was ranked 751st nationwide in 2008.^[10] In Newsweek's 2007 ranking of the country's top 1,200 high schools, Mendham High School was listed in 390th place, the fourteenth-highest ranked school in New Jersey while Central was ranked 117th in the nation and 3rd in the state.^[11] The school was listed in 148th place, the fifth highest ranked school in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States.^[12]

The school was the 4th-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.^[13] The school had been ranked 45th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 26th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.^[14] The magazine ranked the school 38th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[15] The school was ranked 29th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.^[16]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 61st out of 409 public high schools statewide in its 2017 rankings (a decrease of 5 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.4%) and language arts literacy (98.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).^[17]

Newsweek named the school #180 overall among the nearly 30,000 public high schools in the U.S. in their rankings of "America's Top High Schools 2015" released in August 2015; The school was ranked 38th in New Jersey and 22nd among comprehensive schools in the state.^[18]

Athletics

West Morris Mendham High School^[19] offers over 30 athletic teams ranging in level from freshman to varsity, competing in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.^[20] With 1,029 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range.^[21] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which was made up of public and private high schools in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.^[22]

Softball

The softball team won the Group III state championship in 1985, defeating Collingswood High School in the tournament final.^[23]

Cross Country

The girls' cross country team won the Group III state championship in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015; the boys' cross country team won the Group III state title in 2011, 2017, and 2018.^[24]

Boys soccer

The boys' soccer team won the North II Group III state sectional title in 1988, before losing to Steinert High School in the Group III state championship game. In 2015, the Minutemen defeated Toms River High School South by a score of 4-0 in the Group III title game, winning the first state championship in the program's history.^[25]^[26]

Football

The football team under head coach Richard Attonito (1971–1988) won three Colonial Hills Conference titles (1975, 1982, 1983) and matriculated future NFL linebackers Jim Collins and Carl Zander. In 1975, the team won the NJSIAA North Jersey II Group I state sectional championship.^[27]

Boys lacrosse

The varsity boys' lacrosse team was crowned sole state champions in 1994, winning the New Jersey Tournament of Champions against Ridgewood High School. The team won the Group II state championship in 2010 with a win against Princeton High School.^[28]

Girls lacrosse

The girls' lacrosse team won the 2007 Group II state championship with a 17–4 win vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School.^[29]^[30] The team won the 2008 Group II title, again defeating Hopewell Valley, this time by a score of 8-7 in the championship game.^[31] In 2010, the team defeated Shawnee High School 12–6 to become the Group III state champions.^[32]^[33]

Girls volleyball

The girls' volleyball team was runner-up in the state in 2007. In 2013, the team went on to win the Morris County Tournament, and in 2014, the team was the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference champions.^[34]

Boys basketball

The team won the Group II state championship in 2000 (defeating Haddonfield Memorial High School in the final game of the tournament) and won the Group III title in 2010 (vs. Kingsway Regional High School.^[40]

In 2010, the boys won the Group III state championship with a 44–41 victory over Kingsway Regional, but fell short to University High School in the quarterfinal round of the Tournament of Champions.^[35]^[36]

The team won the 2011 final to give the program its ninth title in the 42-year history of the tournament, more than any other school.^[37]

Ice Hockey

Mendham Ice Hockey won the Halvorsen Division title in 2009, 2013, and 2014.^[38]

Girls basketball

The team won the Group II state championship in 1998 and 1999, defeating Sterling High School in the tournament final both years.^[39]

In 1998, the girls' basketball team finished first in New Jersey with a perfect 32–0 record, winning the Tournament of Champions over previously undefeated Columbia High School by a score of 67–62, making Mendham the first public school to take the title since 1990.^[40]

Girls soccer

The girls' soccer program won the Group II state championship in 1992 (defeating Cinnaminson High School in the tournament final), 1993 (vs. Moorestown High School), 1998 (as co-champions with Gloucester Catholic High School) and 1999 (vs. Delran High School).^[41] The team has won the Iron Hills Conference Championship. In 2007, the girls' soccer team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship with a 2-0 win over Scotch Plains High School in the tournament final.^[42]

Boys tennis

The boys' tennis team won the Group II state championship in 1981 (defeating Gateway Regional High School in the tournament final) and 1982 (vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School).^[43]

Girls tennis

The team won the Group III state championship in 2004 (vs. Northern Highlands Regional High School) and 2012 (vs. Princeton High School).^[44]

Fencing

Both the boys' and girls' fencing teams annually place at the top five in the state. In 2011, the girls finished second in the state, and the boys finished fourth. 2009 graduate Emilee Kovolisky placed 4th at the international fencing competition in Barcelona during the summer following her senior year. In 2012, the Mendham Boys won the state championship, defeating Columbia High School, which had won the state title the previous two years and had been riding a streak of 49 consecutive dual match victories.^[45]

Field hockey

The field hockey team won the North II Group III state sectional championship in 1975 and the North II Group I title in 1993.^[46]

Academics

The West Morris Regional High School District offers four different levels of classes.

Each of the four levels in classes differs in the level of rigor, with studies being the least rigorous and Honors/AP/IB being the most rigorous. Students and their parents are free to decide the level of the students classes.

Notable alumni

References

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2. ^West Morris Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 4, 2016. "Established in 1958, the West Morris Regional High School District operates two schools, West Morris Central High School and West Morris Mendham High School. The regional district serves the students of five Morris County communities: Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough, Mendham Township and Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central High School, and students from the Chesters and the Mendhams attend West Morris Mendham High School."
3. ^¹²³[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417550&ID=341755004552 School data for West Morris Mendham High School], National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
4. ^Staff. [https://web.archive.org/web/20170329045824/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/dailyrecord/doc/439288552.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Dec%2020,%202005&author=&pub=Daily%20Record&edition=&startpage=&desc=Students%20learning,%20living%20with%20rebuilding%20process "Students learning, living with rebuilding process"], Daily Record (Morristown), December 20, 2005, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 29, 2017. Accessed November 9, 2018. "Mount Olive has remained largely untouched since its original construction and break from the West Morris Regional High School District in 1977."
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30. ^O'Gorman, Joe. "Great season ends in a flash for Hopewell Valley", The Trentonian, June 2, 2007. Accessed December 21, 2016. "After spotting the Mercer County Tournament champs a one-goal lead early, West Morris Mendham scored nine straight and eased to a 17-4 win in the NJSIAA Group II final at Hunterdon Central's Stewart Field before plenty of Hopewell fans."
31. ^Wilson, Dennis. "Mendham High Roundup — Minutewomen gain lacrosse NJSIAA Group II title", Observer-Tribune, June 4, 2008. Accessed December 21, 2016. "Mendham edged Hopewell Valley 8-7 on Friday on the campus of Robbinsville High School in Mercer County to claim the NJSIAA Group II girls' lacrosse championship banner."
32. ^Moretti, Mike. "Mendham 12, Shawnee 6 (High school Girls Lacrosse scores and results)", The Star-Ledger, May 28, 2010, updated August 28, 2013. Accessed December 21, 2016. "Messinger led Mendham, No. 4 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, past No. 2 Shawnee, 12-6, in the NJSIAA/New Balance Group 3 championship game yesterday at Ridge High in Basking Ridge."
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37. ^Reilly, Sean. "Roxbury (27) at Mendham (34)", The Star-Ledger, February 26, 2011. Accessed July 22, 2011. "None of those contests, however, were quite like Mendham's game last night against Roxbury for the 42nd MCT title. Vicarisi scored 17 points when third-seeded Mendham defeated eighth-seeded Roxbury, 34-27, at County College of Morris in Randolph. It was the lowest-scoring final in the history of the tournament. Mendham won its fourth consecutive MCT. No other school has won more than two in a row. It was also its ninth overall, which moves coach Jim Baglin's program past Morristown for most all-time."
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48. ^New York Liberty Select Five In WNBA Draft, New York Liberty, April 25, 2003. Accessed June 5, 2007. "Creamer (21), a West Morris Mendham, New Jersey High School graduate, averaged 27.1 ppg and 4.3 rpg during her senior year at Bucknell University."
49. ^Garber, Phil. "After A Break, Flame Still Burning Brightly For Mendham's Maggie Doyne", Observer-Tribune, September 6, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2013. "The innocent edge is gone from Maggie Doyne's face. No longer the 18-year-old Mendham High School graduate who set out to change the world, Doyne is a woman who has achieved more in eight years than most do in 88 years."
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