Mount Olive High School (New Jersey)
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Mount Olive High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Mount Olive Township
, in Morris County
, New Jersey
, United States, operating as part of the Mount Olive Township School District
. The school is located in the Flanders
section of the township.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,470 students and 96 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.31.
The original school opened in October 1972 and was operated as West Morris Mount Olive High School by the West Morris Regional High School District
until the 1978-1979 school year, when Mount Olive Township voters elected to leave the regional district. West Morris Mount Olive High School Class of 1978 was the last graduating class from this facility under the regional administration. The high school building and remaining faculty became part of the Mount Olive Township Schools
The school was the 90th-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 107th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 114th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
, which includes of high schools located in Morris County
, Sussex County
and Warren County
in New Jersey
. Mount Olive High School competes in Group III at the state level.
Students participate in fall, winter and spring sports. Fall sports include boys/girls soccer, girls tennis, boys/girls cross country, boys football, girls cheerleading, girls volleyball, and girls field hockey. Winter sports include boys/girls basketball, boys/girls indoor track, boys wrestling, and boys/girls swimming. Spring sports include boys/girls track, boys/girls lacrosse, boys baseball, girls softball, and boys tennis.
Mount Olive High School recently obtained new athletic facilities as a result of construction during the 2005-2007 school years. New facilities include a turf field, auxiliary gym, weight room, dance room, training room, and new offices for coaches.
The Girls Cross County team has won the North Jersey Sectional title 11 times in their history starting with five in a row from 1977 - 1981.
The soccer team won the North I, Group III state sectional championship in 1999 with a 2-1 win against Northern Highlands Regional High School
in the tournament final.
In 2002, the football team won the North II, Group III sectional championship with a 14-13 win against Jefferson Township High School
.
The 2003 field hockey team won the North I, Group III sectional title with a 1-0 win against High Point Regional High School
. The 2004 team repeated the title with a 3-0 win over Wayne Hills High School
.
In 2008 softball won the NJSIAA/Blue Ribbon Awards North I, Group III sectional tournament with a 1-0 shutout of Montville Township High School.
competition annually as well as performing two shows a year. The fall show is either a comedy
or drama
and in the spring, Mount Olive has a musical
. Mount Olive High School also has a band, choir and orchestra. The band competes in several band competitions during the marching band season as well as semi annual competitions in Orlando, Florida
with the choirs and orchestra. The band performs at football games as well as concerts throughout the year.
In 2009, The Mount Olive High School Marching Band received 1st place in all competitions they competed in, including the USSBA Northern Allstates Championships. The show they performed was entitled, "Next Stop...", featuring themes from New York, such as Beethoven's Fifth in Lincoln Center, Variations on "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for Yankee Stadium, "Clair De Lune" for Central Park, and "New York, New York", "Auld Lang Syne", and a medley of the songs performed in the show for the fourth movement, Times Square/Broadway.
The Mount Olive Choirs are directed by Matthew Vanzini who has been conducting choirs from Junior High to College for the past 20 years. Members of the MOHS Choirs have many outside performing opportunities. Members have sung with Essential Voices USA (under the direction of world renowned choral director Judith Clurman) at Symphony Space in NYC for a concert tribute to Leonard Bernstein as well the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall presenting a progam featuring the music of Lerner and Loewe. Also, the MOHS Concert Choir has sung on the PBS Special "Celebrate America" with award winning composer Tim Janis. Members have also been a part of the annual "American Christmas Carol" (also featuring Tim Janis) concert in December at Carnegie Hall where Mr. Vanzini is the Choirmaster of a 230 voice choir and will make his second conducting appearance at Carnegie Hall on December 2nd, 2011.
Robotics Team (MORT Team 11) is one of the leading technological education groups in the state. With the support of principals and the Board Of Education, robotics classes have been offered in the district since the year 2000.
In 2005 Team 11 won the Chairman's Award at the NJ Regional Competition. This award is the highest honor achievable at a regional competition by a FIRST robotics team. In 2004 and 2006 MORT won the Palmetto Regional and in 2008 they won the Chesapeake regional.
Founder Bill McGowan was awarded the FIRST New Jersey Regional Woodie Flowers Award in 2008. This award is the highest commendation that FIRST awards a team coach or mentor.
Mount Olive Robotics Team also was a charter team in the inaugural FIRST Lego League season in 2002 and received an at-large bid as one of only 17 teams to compete in the National Finals at Epcot that year.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Mount Olive Township
Mount Olive Township, New Jersey
-Transportation:The major roads that pass through include U.S. Route 46 through the center, U.S. Route 206 in the east and northeast part and Interstate 80 in the north .-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 24,193 people, 9,068 households, and 6,374 families residing in the...
, in Morris County
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown....
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, United States, operating as part of the Mount Olive Township School District
Mount Olive Township School District
The Mount Olive Township School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves nearly 5,000 students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Mount Olive Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States....
. The school is located in the Flanders
Flanders, New Jersey
Flanders is an unincorporated area located in Mount Olive Township and parts of Roxbury Township, in southwest Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Flanders is served by the United States Postal Service as ZIP Code 07836....
section of the township.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,470 students and 96 classroom teachers (on a FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.31.
The original school opened in October 1972 and was operated as West Morris Mount Olive High School by the West Morris Regional High School District
West Morris Regional High School District
The West Morris Regional High School District is a regional public high school district in New Jersey that serves students from the surrounding Morris County communities of Chester Borough , Chester Township , Mendham Borough , Mendham Township and from Washington Township...
until the 1978-1979 school year, when Mount Olive Township voters elected to leave the regional district. West Morris Mount Olive High School Class of 1978 was the last graduating class from this facility under the regional administration. The high school building and remaining faculty became part of the Mount Olive Township Schools
The school was the 90th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 107th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 114th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
The Mount Olive High School Marauders compete in the Northwest Jersey Athletic ConferenceNorthwest Jersey Athletic Conference
The Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference is a sports league that includes public and private high schools from Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, New Jersey, that operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association...
, which includes of high schools located in Morris County
Morris County, New Jersey
Morris County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, about west of New York City. According to the United States 2010 Census, the population was 492,276. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Morristown....
, Sussex County
Sussex County, New Jersey
The County of Sussex is the northernmost county in the State of New Jersey. It is part of the New York City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2010 Federal decennial census, 149,265 persons resided in Sussex County...
and Warren County
Warren County, New Jersey
Warren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 108,692. Its county seat is Belvidere...
in New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
. Mount Olive High School competes in Group III at the state level.
Students participate in fall, winter and spring sports. Fall sports include boys/girls soccer, girls tennis, boys/girls cross country, boys football, girls cheerleading, girls volleyball, and girls field hockey. Winter sports include boys/girls basketball, boys/girls indoor track, boys wrestling, and boys/girls swimming. Spring sports include boys/girls track, boys/girls lacrosse, boys baseball, girls softball, and boys tennis.
Mount Olive High School recently obtained new athletic facilities as a result of construction during the 2005-2007 school years. New facilities include a turf field, auxiliary gym, weight room, dance room, training room, and new offices for coaches.
The Girls Cross County team has won the North Jersey Sectional title 11 times in their history starting with five in a row from 1977 - 1981.
The soccer team won the North I, Group III state sectional championship in 1999 with a 2-1 win against Northern Highlands Regional High School
Northern Highlands Regional High School
Northern Highlands Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district in Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school serves students in grades 9–12 from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Saddle River, and Upper Saddle River...
in the tournament final.
In 2002, the football team won the North II, Group III sectional championship with a 14-13 win against Jefferson Township High School
Jefferson Township High School (New Jersey)
Jefferson Township High School is a comprehensive community public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Jefferson Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Jefferson Township Public Schools....
.
The 2003 field hockey team won the North I, Group III sectional title with a 1-0 win against High Point Regional High School
High Point Regional High School
High Point Regional High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school and school district, which serves students from five municipalities in Sussex County, New Jersey, serving students from the five municipalities of Branchville Borough, Frankford Township, Lafayette Township, Sussex...
. The 2004 team repeated the title with a 3-0 win over Wayne Hills High School
Wayne Hills High School
Wayne Hills High School is a comprehensive community public high school, in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as one of the two high schools that are part of the Wayne Public Schools...
.
In 2008 softball won the NJSIAA/Blue Ribbon Awards North I, Group III sectional tournament with a 1-0 shutout of Montville Township High School.
Arts
The Mount Olive High School Drama Club competes in the Bucks County PlayhouseBucks County Playhouse
The Bucks County Playhouse is the State Theater of Pennsylvania, and is located in New Hope, Pennsylvania.When the Hope Mills burnt in 1790, the grist mills were rebuilt as the New Hope Mills by Benjamin Parry. ....
competition annually as well as performing two shows a year. The fall show is either a comedy
Comedy
Comedy , as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse or work generally intended to amuse by creating laughter, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in...
or drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
and in the spring, Mount Olive has a musical
Musical theatre
Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...
. Mount Olive High School also has a band, choir and orchestra. The band competes in several band competitions during the marching band season as well as semi annual competitions in Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Orlando is a city in the central region of the U.S. state of Florida. It is the county seat of Orange County, and the center of the Greater Orlando metropolitan area. According to the 2010 US Census, the city had a population of 238,300, making Orlando the 79th largest city in the United States...
with the choirs and orchestra. The band performs at football games as well as concerts throughout the year.
In 2009, The Mount Olive High School Marching Band received 1st place in all competitions they competed in, including the USSBA Northern Allstates Championships. The show they performed was entitled, "Next Stop...", featuring themes from New York, such as Beethoven's Fifth in Lincoln Center, Variations on "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" for Yankee Stadium, "Clair De Lune" for Central Park, and "New York, New York", "Auld Lang Syne", and a medley of the songs performed in the show for the fourth movement, Times Square/Broadway.
The Mount Olive Choirs are directed by Matthew Vanzini who has been conducting choirs from Junior High to College for the past 20 years. Members of the MOHS Choirs have many outside performing opportunities. Members have sung with Essential Voices USA (under the direction of world renowned choral director Judith Clurman) at Symphony Space in NYC for a concert tribute to Leonard Bernstein as well the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall presenting a progam featuring the music of Lerner and Loewe. Also, the MOHS Concert Choir has sung on the PBS Special "Celebrate America" with award winning composer Tim Janis. Members have also been a part of the annual "American Christmas Carol" (also featuring Tim Janis) concert in December at Carnegie Hall where Mr. Vanzini is the Choirmaster of a 230 voice choir and will make his second conducting appearance at Carnegie Hall on December 2nd, 2011.
FIRST Robotics
The Mount Olive FIRSTFirst
First or 1st is the ordinal form of the number one.First or 1st may also refer to:* First , minor summit below the Schwarzhorn in the Bernese Alps in Switzerland* First , mountain in Bernese Alps in Switzerland...
Robotics Team (MORT Team 11) is one of the leading technological education groups in the state. With the support of principals and the Board Of Education, robotics classes have been offered in the district since the year 2000.
In 2005 Team 11 won the Chairman's Award at the NJ Regional Competition. This award is the highest honor achievable at a regional competition by a FIRST robotics team. In 2004 and 2006 MORT won the Palmetto Regional and in 2008 they won the Chesapeake regional.
Founder Bill McGowan was awarded the FIRST New Jersey Regional Woodie Flowers Award in 2008. This award is the highest commendation that FIRST awards a team coach or mentor.
Mount Olive Robotics Team also was a charter team in the inaugural FIRST Lego League season in 2002 and received an at-large bid as one of only 17 teams to compete in the National Finals at Epcot that year.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:- Dr. Kevin R. Stansberry - Principal
- Don Woodring - Vice Principal, Grades 9 and 12
- James Kramer - Vice Principal, Grade 11
External links
- Mount Olive High School
- Mount Olive Township School District
- Data for the Mount Olive Township School District, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...