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Moorestown High School
Location
350 Bridgeboro Road
Moorestown, NJ 08057
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1904
School district Moorestown Township Public Schools
Principal Andrew Seibel
Asst. Principal Brian Carter
Kathleen D'Ambra
Faculty 102.6 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1,314 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 12.8[1]
Athletics conference Burlington County Scholastic League
Nickname Quakers
Information 856-778-6610
Website School website

Moorestown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Moorestown Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Moorestown Township Public Schools. Moorestown High School was established in 1904.[2] The high school recently completed a $12.9 million renovation and addition project, providing a modern, state-of-the-art facility.[3]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,314 students and 102.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.8.[1]

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Awards and recognition

For the 1999-2000 school year, Moorestown High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[4], the highest award an American school can receive.[5][6]

The school was the 47th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 63rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The Moorestown High School Quakers compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL), which operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The league consists of public and parochial high schools covering Burlington County, Mercer County and Ocean County in central New Jersey.

Moorestown has a strong history of athletic achievement, which includes state championships in boys' swimming on 19 occasions and 15 times in field hockey. The girls lacrosse team has won state championships each year from 2000 through 2009.[8]

  • The girls varsity lacrosse team has been victorious over New Jersey teams for 210 consecutive games, winning ten consecutive state championships.[9] The team won the 2007 State Group III championship by defeating West Morris Central High School, 20-4.[10] The team moved on to win the Tournament of Champions, defeating Lenape High School in the semifinals, 14-2, and West Morris Mendham High School in the finals, 16-6.[11] The team won the 2008 Tournament of Champions by defeating Chatham High School, 16-9.[12]
  • Kevin Kirkby was inducted into the Saint Joseph's University Baseball Hall of Fame. Kirkby was named as a 3rd-team All-American in 2001; 1st team Academic All-American in 2000 and 2001; and holds 14 season or career school records.[13]
  • Albert Young is currently the all time leading rusher in South Jersey (5,411 yards).[14][15]
  • The boys tennis team won the 2007 Central, Group III state sectional championship with a series of 5-0 wins over Lawrence High School, West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, and ultimately Princeton High School in the tournament final.[16] The team moved on to win the 2007 NJSIAA Group III State Championship, defeating Millburn High School 3-2 in the final meet.[17] The team then proceeded to the Tournament of champions where they lost against rival, Newark Academy in the semifinals.[18]
  • In 2007, the boys swimming team won the Central B state sectional title with a 120-50 win against Ocean Township High School in the tournament final.[19]
  • The 2003 field hockey team won the Group III State championship with a 1-0 win over Kingsway Regional High School in the semifinals and a 2-1 win against Warren Hills High School in the tournament's final match.[20] The 2004 team repeated as Group III champion, defeating Mount Olive High School in the tournament final.[21] In 2007, the team won the Central Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over Wall High School in the tournament final.[22]
  • The 2001 boys tennis team won the South, Group II state sectional title with a 3-2 win against Haddonfield Memorial High School in the tournament final.[23][24]
  • The girl's soccer team, under the coaching of Glenn Porter, won two State Finals and for a month, in USA News they were Number 1 in the country.
  • The girls of Moorestown's Track & Field team had an undefeated season in 2007, and took the Liberty Division title.
  • The girl's cross country running team of 2001 was ranked #1 in the State of New Jersey and top 25 overall in the country.[25] 2001 Season Titles included top team time in Burlington County, South Group State Champions, State Group Champions, All Group State Champions, with performances at the Penn Relays and The Foot Locker National Meet.
  • In 2007, the girls tennis team won the South Jersey, Group III state sectional championship with a 5-0 win over Seneca High School in the tournament final.[26]
  • The girls soccer team won the 2007 South, Group III state sectional championship with a 2-1 win over Clearview Regional High School in the tournament final. The win gave the team its third sectional title in the past four years.[27][28]
  • The ice hockey team competes in Varsity Tier I of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.
  • The 2007 varsity football team was undefeated, 12-0, and won the Central Jersey Group III State sectional championship by defeating Long Branch High School, 20-6. The win marks the team's first sectional title since 2000, and the third overall, the one before the 2000 crown coming in 1957.[29][30]
  • Ed Douglas scored 84 points on March 3, 1959 during a varsity basketball game with Hamilton High School.[31]
  • The boys varsity basketball team, with a record of 44 wins and 0 losses, were the Group III State champions in 1958 and 1959. During March 1959, the team played three memorable games. First, the Quakers easily defeated a championship team from Philadelphia's Overbrook High School led by future NBA players Wali Jones and Walt Hazzard. Then, before a capacity crowd of 5,000 cheering fans at Camden's Convention Hall, Moorestown defeated Central Jersey champion Freehold, 102 - 50. Finally, before a capacity crowd of many thousands of cheering Quaker fans at Rutgers University, Moorestown captured its second consecutive Group III State championship by defeating North Jersey champion Englewood, 76 - 61.[32] Ed Douglas, Bob Meredith, Leroy Peacock, Dave Robinson and coach Pete Monska have been inducted into the South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame.[33]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[34]

  • Andrew Seibel - Principal
  • Brian Carter - Assistant Principal
  • Kathleen D'Ambra - Assistant Principal

Noted alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Moorestown High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  2. ^ Moorestown High School - An Overview, accessed December 18, 2006.
  3. ^ Overview, Moorestown High School. Accessed July 15, 2008.
  4. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
  5. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  6. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  7. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ^ Strauss, Robert. "Impressed by Threepeats? How About a 23-Peat?", January 7, 2007. Accessed October 24, 2007. "Moorestown has won the New Jersey girls' lacrosse championship the last seven years and has routinely ranked among the top five teams in the nation in polls. The boys' swimming team has won 19 state championships and the field hockey team 15 state titles going back to the 1930s."
  9. ^ Benevento, Don. "Moorestown still tops" Courier-Post, June 11, 2009. Accessed July 5, 2009. "For the seventh time in the seven-year history of Courier-Post rankings, the honor of top girls' lacrosse team goes to Moorestown High School -- a team that finished with a 25-1 record and won its 10th straight state championship with a Tournament of Champions victory over Mountain Lakes." "They ran their winning streak against New Jersey teams to 210 with the T of C win."
  10. ^ 2007 Girls Lacrosse - Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed June 5, 2007.
  11. ^ 2007 Girls Lacrosse - T of C Semis/Final, NJSIAA. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  12. ^ Moretti, Mike. "Moorestown 16, Chatham 9", The Star-Ledger, June 7, 2008. Accessed June 21, 2008. "Moorestown defeated Chatham, 16-9, yesterday in the NJSIAA/New Balance Tournament of Champions final yesterday at Rutgers' Yurcak Field in Piscataway. It was Moorestown's ninth straight championship and its 16th in the 33-year history of the tournament, the most by any team."
  13. ^ Good News, Moorestown High School, January 2007. Accessed May 16, 2007.
  14. ^ Albert Young - RB - Iowa Hawkeyes, Footballguys.com. Accessed May 16, 2007. "Albert Young had an outstanding prep career at Moorestown High School, finishing as South Jersey's all time leading rusher with 5,411 yards. As a senior he was named New Jersey offensive Player of the Year. He was the first back in New Jersey history to rush for over 2,000 yards twice in a career. Even in his junior year, when he missed 3 games with a knee injury, he still rushed over 1,000 yards."
  15. ^ Albert Young's ESPN Player Card Accessed March 21, 2008.
  16. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - Central, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed June 7, 2007.
  17. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - Public Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 27, 2007.
  18. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - T of C, NJSIAA. Accessed August 25, 2007.
  19. ^ 2007 Boys Team Swimming - Central - B, NJSIAA. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  20. ^ 2003 Field Hockey - Semifinals / Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
  21. ^ 2004 Field Hockey - Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
  22. ^ 2007 Field Hockey - Central, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  23. ^ McCann, Sean. "Moorestown nets 25th straight sectional title", Courier-Post, May 23, 2001. Accessed August 18, 2007. "But the top-seeded Quakers, ranked No. 1 in the Courier-Post Top 20 Poll, stopped playing like a team with everything to lose, gutting out a 4-1 victory for Moorestown's 25th straight South Jersey crown. Moorestown won S.J. Group 3 last year."
  24. ^ 2001 NJSIAA Boys Team Tennis - South, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed August 18, 2007.
  25. ^ Bloom, Marc. "Canyon CA boys, Haddonfield NJ boys,", The Harrier at DyeStat, October 29, 2001. Accessed January 1, 2008.
  26. ^ 2007 Girls Team Tennis - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed October 25, 2007.
  27. ^ 2007 Girls Soccer - South, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.
  28. ^ Offord, Jeff. "Youthful Moorestown captures crown", Burlington County Times, November 9, 2007. Accessed November 15, 2007. "The Moorestown Quakers, made up mostly of sophomores, with a freshman and a few juniors sprinkled into the starting lineup, showed off some veteran poise yesterday in holding off Clearview High School for the South Jersey Group 3 girls soccer title.... The sectional title is the Quakers' third in four years."
  29. ^ Rosenfeld, Josh. "Moorestown overpowers Long Branch", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "Mikey Reynolds returned the opening kickoff 92 yards to a touchdown and quarterback Shane Collier threw a 53-yard TD pass on Moorestown's first play of the second half as Moorestown recorded a 20-6 victory over Long Branch in the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 3 title game at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway. Moorestown (12-0), No. 6 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, rebounded from a 38-0 loss to Middletown South in last year's title game to claim its third NJSIAA title and first since capturing the South Jersey, Group 2 crown in 2000."
  30. ^ 2007 Football - Central, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007. Moorestown's crew team is the best rowing program in South Jersey. Their 2008 Boys Lightweight 8 placed second at the nation's biggest regatta.
  31. ^ Offord, Jeff. "Athletes have carved quite a niche", Burlington County Times, October 6, 2008. Accessed February 4, 2009. "84 REASONS TO REMEMBER: Ed Douglas’ record. The Moorestown standout missed his first three shots against Hamilton on March 3, 1959. But using a dazzling array of jump shots and some good, honest-to-goodness free throw shooting, he ended up with a county-record 84 points. Douglas was one of the area’s deadliest shooters that season. On this night he was downright lethal. He had been averaging just over 30 points per game and had a 45-point effort against Palmyra earlier that winter. Against Hamilton he finished with 36 field goals and 12 free throws. Douglas nailed a pair of foul shots to reach 82 points, then capped the evening with a long-range basket for his final points. Despite the introduction of the 3-pointer into high school basketball in the late 1980s, no county scorer has come within 25 points of Douglas’ record."
  32. ^ Guy, Bob (April 2, 1959), "Camera catches Quaker action --- thrilling thousands", The News Chronicle, New Jersey: Moorestown, p. 6: "a story that will hover over the halls of the Yellow and Black for ever."
  33. ^ South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame Accessed February 15, 2009.
  34. ^ Building Staff, Moorestown High School. Accessed August 20, 2008.
  35. ^ Senator Diane Allen's biography Accessed February 15, 2009. "Diane graduated from Moorestown High School as valedictorian."
  36. ^ Assembly Member Francis L. Bodine, Project Vote Smart. Accessed August 8, 2007.
  37. ^ "Akers hits one for teammates", The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 11, 2007. Accessed December 10, 2007. "The star of the morning practice was Dereck Faulkner, the undrafted rookie receiver from Hampton University and Moorestown High School."
  38. ^ Hornstine v. Township of Moorestown, 263 F.Supp.2d 887 (D.N.J. 2003-05-08).
  39. ^ Student Wins Valedictorian Lawsuit In Moorestown: Hornstine Took Many Classes At Home Because Of Disability, WCAU, May 9, 2003.
  40. ^ Capuzzo, Jill P. "MOORESTOWN JOURNAL; Seeing Crimson", The New York Times, July 20, 2003. Accessed February 20, 2008."Just recently the news came that Harvard -- which this spring had awarded her older brother a diploma -- was reversing its decision to admit her to the Class of 2007 after the disclosure that she had plagiarized parts of essays she wrote for a local newspaper.... The Crimson article linked the school's reversal to a disclosure -- one of the clouds of dust that had been whipped up by the filing of the suit -- that Ms. Hornstine had failed to attribute parts of five articles she wrote for The Courier Post newspaper. The articles included large passages taken from speeches and writings by President Bill Clinton and Supreme Court justices."
  41. ^ South Jersey Basketball Hall of Fame "DAVE ROBINSON One of the finest all-around athletes ever produced in South Jersey. The Moorestown High graduate was a standout in football, track and basketball in high school. He was a dominant inside player for Hall of Fame coach Pete Monska on teams that went unbeaten and won State Group 3 championships in 1958 and 1959. He was a steady scorer for the Quakers but his main contribution was his outstanding rebounding and defensive ability. In college he opted for football where he was a two-way player at Penn State under fabled coach Rip Engle. He earned All-American honors at Penn State and in 1997 he was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame. He was a first round draft choice of the Green Bay Packers and became an integral member of Vince Lombardi's teams that captured the 1965 NFL championship and Super Bowls I and II. He was named All Pro three times from 1963 to 1972." Accessed March 16, 2008
  42. ^ Carchidi, Sam. "Absegami's Bullock passed up Rutgers: This 305-pound lineman chose to roam.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, February 8, 2007. Accessed May 16, 2007. "For those who enjoy trivia, here is Langerman's list of former South Jersey players who were on Super Bowl-winning rosters: Wildwood's Randy Beverly (Jets); Brackett; Cinnaminson's Andre Collins (Redskins); Rancocas Valley's Franco Harris (Steelers); Pennsauken's John Taylor (49ers); Camden's George Hegamin (Cowboys); Moorestown's Dave Robinson (Packers); Pennsauken's Dwight Hicks (49ers); Cherry Hill East's Pete Kugler (49ers); Depftord's Dave Rowe (Raiders); and Camden's Derrick Ramsey (Raiders)."
  43. ^ Ronii, Hometown Moorestown NJ. Accessed May 30, 2008.
  44. ^ Albert Young, Iowa Hawkeyes. Accessed May 25, 2008.

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