Nottingham High School

Nottingham High School (also known as Hamilton High School North) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9-12 located in Hamilton Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Hamilton Township School District.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,387 students and 80 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.86.^[1]

The school was the 264th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 260th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[2] The school was ranked 246th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[3]

Demographics

• 35.2% African-American
• 48.6% Caucasian
• 13.7% Hispanic/Latino
• 2.3% Asian
• .2% Native American

Athletics

The Nottingham High School Northstars compete in the thirteen-member Colonial Valley Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.^[4]

Nottingham's 2005-06 football team was one of its best, advancing to the Central Group III sectional final played at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway, defeating Willingboro High School and 20-14 and beating top-seeded West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South 19-10 before falling to Ocean Township High School by a score of 41-20 in the sectional final.^[5]

Nottingham's girls soccer team has consistently finished in the top of its division. Nottingham's wrestling team is referred as the "Swamprats." The Nottingham boy's swimming team has been to the NJSIAA state tournament for the last seven years. (2000-2006) The boys baseball team won the 2008 Mercer County Tourntament beating Notre Dame. The 2009 girls spring track team was the first in Nottingham history to attend the Penn Relays. The 2011 Nottingham Boy's Track Team was the first ever team in Nottingham History to go undefeated. They also won the whole Mercer County Tournament, and were Group 3 Sectional Champions. Probably the best season in Nottingham History for any sport.

Courses

Nottingham offers Advanced Placement program (AP) courses in AP United States History, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP French, AP Spanish, AP English Literature and Composition, and AP United States Government.

There is a FIRST robotics team available. (TEAM 2191)

Academic performance

The statistics on the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) for the township] of Hamilton are: % at or above proficient for Grade 11

Language Arts Literacy

• 78% (2005)
• 78% (2004)
• 79% (2003)
• 77% (2002)

The state average for Language Arts Literacy was 83% in 2005.

Math

• 68% (2005)
• 59% (2004)
• 58% (2003)
• 58% (2002)

The state average for Math was 76% in 2005.

Performances

The school has two core shows every year:

The annual Murder Mystery Dinner Theater, which is a fundraiser for the spring musical and The Spring Musical.

Previous musicals include: Damn Yankees - 2011 High School Musical - 2010 Footloose - 2009

Previous murder mysteries include: (Murderous) Night at the Museum - Premiere - 2010 A Family Reunion to Die For - Premiere - 2009

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[6]

• Michael Giambelluca - Principal
• Darlyn Fisher - Vice Principal
• Frank Ragazzo - Vice Principal
• Nathan Webber - Vice Principal
• Dee Taylor - Athletic Director

References

External links

• Nottingham High School
• Hamilton Township Public Schools
• Hamilton Township Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Hamilton Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics