Toms River High School East

Toms River High School East
Location
1225 Raider Way
Toms River, NJ 08753
Information
Type Public
Motto "The Compass of Excellence Always Points East"
Established 1979
School district Toms River Regional Schools
Principal Patrick Thomas
Faculty 120.1 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,549[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 12.9:1[1]
Color(s)      Black
     Gray and
     Columbia blue[2]
Athletics conference Shore Conference
Team name Raiders[2]
Website School website

Toms River High School East is a comprehensive four-year public high school, the third high school built in Toms River in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. It was built in 1979, as the first and second high schools, Toms River High School South and Toms River High School North, were too small for the rapid population growth in the district.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,549 students and 120.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1. There were 301 students (19.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 76 (4.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school won several awards for its heating system, which utilizes heat generating lighting fixtures. Its school colors are black, gray and Columbia blue (blue was not an original color when HSE started). The school mascot is the Raider.[3] The school day lasts six hours and 20 minutes. The Toms River high school day ends at 1:35 PM, one of the earliest daily closing time of any high schools in New Jersey.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 171st-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.[4] The school had been ranked 225th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 239th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 204th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 205th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

Toms River High School East[2] competes in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.[8] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 1,169 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as South Jersey, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,084 to 1,845 students in that grade range.[10]

The boys soccer team won the 1985 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship against Jackson Memorial High School[11] and went on to win the Group IV state championship with a win against Westfield High School.[12]

The boys baseball team won the 2001 Group IV state championship, defeating North Bergen High School in the tournament final.[13]

The girls softball team won the 2007 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship with a 5-2 win over Absegami High School.[14]

The football team has won the Shore Conference Championships in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009. The school's major rivalry is with the Mariners of Toms River High School North. Every Thanksgiving weekend, the football teams play in the annual "Battle of Bay Avenue."[15]

Lip Dub Videos

Toms River High School East was recognized across the state and even the country for their Lip Dub 1[16] and 2[17] videos. The famous lip dub videos feature Raider students lip-syncing and dancing through the halls and campus of East showing their school pride. The videos were created and produced by the Toms River Regional Schools TV Network and television production class. The senior student producers were Krissy Bucchi, Kevin Fischer, Ryan Gordon, Olivia Hoppe, Dan Johnson, Sam Romano under the supervision of TV Production teacher, Kyle Austin, and the Coordinator of the TR Schools Video Production Department, Chip Phillips. The students spent roughly three months planning Lip Dub 1. They walked the halls planning camera movement, and timing out cues for the students who were lip-syncing in the video. Lip dub 1 involved about 150 students involved in many different sports, clubs and activities at East. Today Lip Dub 1 has over 125,000 views on YouTube and has received media attention from various media outlets.

In that same school year Lip Dub 1 received so much recognition that it inspired students and faculty at East to request a second lip dub be filmed. Lip Dub 2 involved over 400 students and faculty at East and was featured on News 12 New Jersey[18] as well as WOBM.com,[19] a local radio station.

Notable alumni

Administration

The core members of the school's administration are:[27]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Toms River High School East, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 10, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Toms River High School East, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 10, 2015.
  3. ↑ Toms River High School East, New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 29, 2015.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  10. ↑ 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 24, 2014.
  11. ↑ "CZ's underdog soccer-playin' Toms River East Raiders ", Mark Classic, November 23, 2014. Accessed November 10, 2015. "And three of the four wins to capture the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV came via overtime shootout, the last one against standout goalie Chris Gillis and Jackson Memorial in the SJ IV championship at the school I was going to at the time, Ocean County College."
  12. ↑ [toms river History of NJSIAA Boys Soccer], New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 10, 2015.
  13. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Baseball Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 10, 2015.
  14. ↑ 2007 Softball - South, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 5, 2007.
  15. ↑ Clayton, Scott. "Baldaccini's 4 TDs lead East Senior's 188 yards help Raiders to ninth win", Asbury Park Press, November 26, 2004. Accessed December 15, 2011. "'This is the biggest game in my mind that we played all season,' senior linebacker Derrick Egan said of the 'Battle of Bay Avenue.'"
  16. ↑ "Toms River East Lip Dub 1". YouTube. Toms River High School East.
  17. ↑ "Toms River East Lip Dub 2". Vimeo. Toms River High School East. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  18. ↑ "VIDEO: Toms River H.S. East seniors lip-dub". News 12 New Jersey. News 12 NJ. June 14, 2014.
  19. ↑ Louis, Justin. "Toms River East Gets Really Creative with a "Lip Dub"" (video). WOBM.com. WOBM. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  20. ↑ Stump, Scott. "7-Foot-1 Pitcher Cut By Team In Minors Is Next Big Thing In Beach Volleyball", The Pst Game, November 19, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Doherty grew up in baseball-mad Toms River, N.J., home of the two-time Little League World Series champions and a trio of strong high school programs. After starring as a hard-throwing right-handed starter at Toms River High School East, Doherty became an All-Big East closer at Notre Dame in 2004."
  21. ↑ Feitl, Steve. "BACK TO HIS ROOTS: Frank Edgar part of fight card in UFC's return to New Jersey", Home News Tribune, November 15, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007. "After an accomplished wrestling career — one that saw him place twice at states while at Toms River High School East and qualify for nationals all four years as an All-American at Clarion University in Pennsylvania — Edgar chose to train for the combat sport that merges numerous disciplines from wrestling to jiu-jitsu to kickboxing."
  22. ↑ Lagomarsino, Andrew. "‘Hurt Locker’ star and N.J. native Brian Geraghty turns 'sociopath' at Tribeca Film Festival", NewJerseyNewsroom.com, April 28, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2011. "New Jersey native Brian Geraghty, who received acclaim for his performance in the Academy Award winning best picture "The Hurt Locker," is showing his versatility as an actor. The 34-year-old Toms River native who graduated from Toms River East High School in 1993 plays an insecure soldier in The Hurt Locker..."
  23. ↑ Christopher, Chris. "Ted Gillen - Back Where He Belongs", copy of article from Ocean County Observer, October 30, 2002. "Gillen has been around. He starred at Toms River East, helping the Raiders win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association 1985 Group IV state title."
  24. ↑ Baldwin, Chris. "Jovanovic gets the call Dover Township bobsledder makes Olympics on USA 1", Asbury Park Press, December 16, 2001. Accessed December 15, 2011. "Pavle Jovanovic just knew his obsession was one huge leap closer. Jovanovic - a 24-year-old Toms River High School East graduate - has been named to the US Olympic bobsledding team, completing a stunning five-year journey."
  25. ↑ Chris Konopka, Providence Friars. Accessed April 8, 2008.
  26. ↑ Canavan, Tom. "Johnson takes reigns as Princeton coach", Ocean County Observer, April 21, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2007. "The only three-time basketball captain at Princeton, the 32-year-old Johnson replaces Joe Scott, a Toms River High School East graduate who resigned to take the head coaching job at the University of Denver shortly after the Tigers finished in last place."
  27. ↑ Staff Directory, Toms River High School East. Accessed November 10, 2015.

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