Vineland High School

For the original Vineland High School building, now on the National Register of Historic Places, see Landis Intermediate School.
Vineland High School
Location
2880 East Chestnut Avenue
Vineland, NJ 08361
Information
Type Public high school
Motto "Enter to learn, go forth to serve."
Established 1870 (as Vineland High School)
1963 (South Campus)
1976 (North Campus)
School district Vineland Public Schools
Principal Dr. Thomas McCann (Both Buildings)
Faculty 237.6 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 2,656[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.18:1[1]
Color(s)      Red
     Gray[2]
Athletics conference Cape-Atlantic League
Mascot Rowdy Rooster[3]
Team name Fighting Clan[2]
Website School website

Vineland High School is a four-year public high school located in Vineland, in Cumberland County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Vineland Public Schools. The now reunified school operates from a south campus that had been Vineland Senior High School South (which opened in 1963) and a north campus that was formerly Vineland Senior High School North (established in 1976). The original high school in Vineland dates back to 1870, and the 1927 Vineland High School dates to 1927 structure was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 3, 1995, and is now known as Landis Intermediate School.[4]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,656 students and 237.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.18:1. There were 1,264 students (47.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 257 (9.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

A proposed dress code, slated to take effect for the 2006-07 school year, gave way to controversy and debate among students and parents.[5]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 264th-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 297th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 275th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 222nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 194th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9]

Curriculum

Due to its large student body Vineland High is able to offer a wide range of elective classes topics include arts and design, computers, media, automobile repair, woodworking, as well as a wide range of Advanced Placement courses. Courses such as English, mathematics, history, and science are tracked into college preparatory, advanced college preparatory, and honors. Students are tracked into honors mathematics and science from middle school.

Requirements for graduation

Courses required to be taken in order to graduate are four years of English, three years of mathematics, two years of United States history, one year of world history/geography; three years of science; one year of fine, practical and/or performing arts, 1/2 year of digital technology, 1/2 year of financial literacy, one year of a business, life science, or vocational course, two years of a World Language, and four years of physical education/health. All students must pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) to graduate.

Athletics

The Vineland High School Fighting Clan[2] compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10] With 1,845 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.[11]

Vineland High School has participated since 1893 in an annual Thanksgiving football game with Millville Senior High School, in Millville. The rivalry is the one of the oldest public high school rivalry in the United States, meeting for the 135th time in 2006. Vineland leads the series, 61-55, with 19 games ending in ties.[12][13]

They also have a longstanding boys swim team rivalry between Vineland and Mainland Regional High School that has lasted many years.

Vineland High School athletic teams include:

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[14]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Vineland Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Vineland High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Rowdy Rooster competing for ultimate mascot title", The Daily Journal (New Jersey), April 28, 2015. Accessed September 30, 2015. "The Vineland High School Mascot "Rowdy Rooster" is one of several characters vying for the title of 'Ultimate High School Mascot' at the Camden Riversharks game on Saturday."
  4. ↑ Vineland High School South, Vineland Public Schools. Accessed April 6, 2011.
  5. ↑ Students label new dress code as racist The Daily Journal (New Jersey), June 21, 2006.
  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 20, 2012.
  8. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 6, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ 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 September 22, 2014.
  12. ↑ Thanksgiving brings feast of rivalries, The Courier-Post, November 22, 2006
  13. ↑ VHS-MHS games on the 6s were eventful, colorful, Daily Journal (Vineland), November 29, 1996
  14. ↑ Administration, Vineland High School. Accessed September 20, 2012.
  15. ↑ Jackson, Vincent. "VINELAND'S OBIE BERMUDEZ A WINNER AT LATIN GRAMMYS", The Press of Atlantic City, November 5, 2005. Accessed October 18, 2015. "Latin pop singer Obie Bermudez, a 1995 Vineland High School graduate, won his first Latin Grammy Award Thursday in the category of Best Male Pop Album, beating out Marc Anthony and three other vocalists."
  16. ↑ Jillian Loyden, Villanova University. Accessed July 17, 2011.
  17. ↑ Van Embden, Edward. "Umpire makes Vineland fame wall", The Press of Atlantic City, June 1, 2009. Accessed November 10, 2013. "Behind that moment in history, and several others, was Vineland native Vic Voltaggio.... Voltaggio, 68, is being inducted into the Vineland Hall of Fame tonight at Vineland High School's all-sports banquet at Merighi's Savoy Inn in East Vineland.... Voltaggio graduated from Vineland High School in 1959 and, along with his wife, Janet, was an early member of Vineland's Booster Club, which benefits the school's sports programs."
  18. ↑ Langfitt, Frank (November 9, 1988). "Luongo Is Elected Washington Twp. Mayor". philly.com.

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