Mountain Lakes High School
Encyclopedia
Mountain Lakes High School is a four-year comprehensive
public high school
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Mountain Lakes
, in Morris County
, New Jersey
, United States, operating as part of the Mountain Lakes Schools
. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1940.
Students from Boonton Township
attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 723 students and 60 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.05.
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 4th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 5th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post
, the school was ranked 16th in New Jersey and 679th nationwide. In Newsweek
's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Mountain Lakes High School was listed in 3rd place, the 2nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.
which includes public and parochial high schools covering Morris
, Sussex
and Warren
counties in northwestern New Jersey
, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
(NJSIAA)], following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the NJSIAA.
Mountain Lakes High School is well known for its athletic program. Its major sports are football, lacrosse, and swimming. In 2006, the lacrosse team made it to the state finals. The 2007 boys lacrosse team won the NJSIAA Group I State Championship with an 8-6 win over Madison High School
. The team moved on to win the Tournament of Champions
, defeating Hunterdon Central Regional High School
9-5 in the semifinals, and took the ToC title with a 13-11 victory over Delbarton School
, thereby, becoming state champions. On April 25, 2009, Tim Flynn became the first head coach in New Jersey, and only sixth coach in the nation, to reach 500 career wins. Flynn has been coaching Mountain Lakes High School for 30 years.
The 2007 girls lacrosse team won their own North, Group I state sectional title, edging Chatham High School
14-13 in the tournament final.
The football program, now under new head coach Darrell Fusco, is one of the winningest in the state. It's highlights include several state championships, including two undefeated state championship teams, in the 1970s. It has also recently regained its past glory: From the years 2000-2010 the teams record is 99-15, which includes a 23 game win streak from Thanksgiving 2001 until late November 2003, and they are currently on a 26 game win streak starting from the start of the 2008 season. In 2002 the football program won a state title (North II, Group I) over arch rival Boonton 23-16 to cap a perfect (12-0) season. The football team came into the 2006 state tournament ranked sixth in their bracket, and proceeded to beat #3 seed Glen Rock High School
35-21 in the first round and seventh-ranked Cedar Grove High School by 14-9 in the semifinal game. On December 1, 2006, Mountain Lakes fell to top-seeded Bogota High School
28-0 at Giants Stadium
, in the North 1, Group I state championship game. In October 2007, Coach Wilkins won his 300th career game, in addition to having won over 22 CHC titles, won six state titles, a streak of 20 consecutive seasons of making the NJSIAA playoffs, and has not had a losing season since 1984, retiring in 2010 after having won 328 games and a seventh state championship in his 44 seasons with the school's football program.
The boys swimming team won the 2007 North II - B state sectional championship with a 112-58 win over Chatham High School
. The team moved on to win the 2007 Group B State Championship, edging Haddonfield High School 86-84. The team won their fourth consecutive title in 2008, matching a feat that had not been accomplished by a public school since the 1970s. The boys swim team won the state championship every season since the 2004-05 season, until losing to Haddonfield in 2010.
The girls swim team won the state title in the 2007-08 season over Chatham High School
, making Mountain Lakes swimming to be the first high school to ever have both the boys and the girls win states.
In 2006, the girls basketball team won North I, Group I state sectional title, edging Pascack Hills High School
43-42 in the tournament final.
In 2008, the football team won the North I Group I State Championship vs. Glen Rock High School
at Giants Stadium on December 5, 2008, by a score of 35-21 and finished with an overall record of 12-0.
Comprehensive high school
Comprehensive high schools are the most common form of public high schools in the United States and are meant to serve the needs of all students, as compared to the common practice in other nations in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations...
public high school
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 Mountain Lakes
Mountain Lakes, New Jersey
Mountain Lakes is a borough in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 4,256....
, 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 Mountain Lakes Schools
Mountain Lakes Schools
The Mountain Lakes Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Mountain Lakes, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States....
. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
The Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools is a voluntary, peer-based, non-profit association dedicated to educational excellence and improvement through peer evaluation and accreditation...
Commission on Secondary Schools since 1940.
Students from Boonton Township
Boonton Township, New Jersey
Boonton Township is a Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 4,263....
attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship
Sending/receiving relationship
A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 723 students and 60 classroom teachers (on an 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 12.05.
Awards and recognition
The school was the 9th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey MonthlyNew 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 4th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 5th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post
The Washington Post
The Washington Post is Washington, D.C.'s largest newspaper and its oldest still-existing paper, founded in 1877. Located in the capital of the United States, The Post has a particular emphasis on national politics. D.C., Maryland, and Virginia editions are printed for daily circulation...
, the school was ranked 16th in New Jersey and 679th nationwide. In Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Mountain Lakes High School was listed in 3rd place, the 2nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.
Athletics
The Mountain Lakes High School Lakers 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 public and parochial high schools covering Morris
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
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
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...
counties in northwestern 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...
, operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association is an association of hundreds of New Jersey high schools that regulates high school athletics and holds tournaments and crowns champions in high school sports.-State championships:...
(NJSIAA)], following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the NJSIAA.
Mountain Lakes High School is well known for its athletic program. Its major sports are football, lacrosse, and swimming. In 2006, the lacrosse team made it to the state finals. The 2007 boys lacrosse team won the NJSIAA Group I State Championship with an 8-6 win over Madison High School
Madison High School (New Jersey)
Madison High School is a four-year public high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Madison Public Schools. The school is located in the borough of Madison...
. The team moved on to win the Tournament of Champions
Tournament of Champions (NJSIAA)
The New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Tournament of Champions is the sports tournament for New Jersey high schools that determines which high school will be crowned as the #1 overall team in the state for each sport...
, defeating Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Hunterdon Central Regional High School
Hunterdon Central Regional High School is a comprehensive, regional, four-year public high school, and school district that serves students from five municipalities in east central Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States...
9-5 in the semifinals, and took the ToC title with a 13-11 victory over Delbarton School
Delbarton School
Delbarton School is a private all-male Roman Catholic college preparatory school in Morristown, New Jersey, educating young men from 7th to 12th grade. Delbarton is a Catholic independent school directed by the Benedictine monks of St. Mary's Abbey....
, thereby, becoming state champions. On April 25, 2009, Tim Flynn became the first head coach in New Jersey, and only sixth coach in the nation, to reach 500 career wins. Flynn has been coaching Mountain Lakes High School for 30 years.
The 2007 girls lacrosse team won their own North, Group I state sectional title, edging Chatham High School
Chatham High School (New Jersey)
Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, operating as part of the School District of the Chathams. The school serves students in grades 9-12...
14-13 in the tournament final.
The football program, now under new head coach Darrell Fusco, is one of the winningest in the state. It's highlights include several state championships, including two undefeated state championship teams, in the 1970s. It has also recently regained its past glory: From the years 2000-2010 the teams record is 99-15, which includes a 23 game win streak from Thanksgiving 2001 until late November 2003, and they are currently on a 26 game win streak starting from the start of the 2008 season. In 2002 the football program won a state title (North II, Group I) over arch rival Boonton 23-16 to cap a perfect (12-0) season. The football team came into the 2006 state tournament ranked sixth in their bracket, and proceeded to beat #3 seed Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Glen Rock Public Schools....
35-21 in the first round and seventh-ranked Cedar Grove High School by 14-9 in the semifinal game. On December 1, 2006, Mountain Lakes fell to top-seeded Bogota High School
Bogota High School
Bogota Jr./Sr. High School is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Bogota, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Bogota Public Schools...
28-0 at Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium
Giants Stadium was a multi-purpose stadium, located in East Rutherford, New Jersey, USA, in the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Maximum seating capacity was 80,242. The building itself was 230.5 m long, 180.5 m wide and 44 m high from service level to the top of the seating bowl and 54 m high to...
, in the North 1, Group I state championship game. In October 2007, Coach Wilkins won his 300th career game, in addition to having won over 22 CHC titles, won six state titles, a streak of 20 consecutive seasons of making the NJSIAA playoffs, and has not had a losing season since 1984, retiring in 2010 after having won 328 games and a seventh state championship in his 44 seasons with the school's football program.
The boys swimming team won the 2007 North II - B state sectional championship with a 112-58 win over Chatham High School
Chatham High School (New Jersey)
Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, operating as part of the School District of the Chathams. The school serves students in grades 9-12...
. The team moved on to win the 2007 Group B State Championship, edging Haddonfield High School 86-84. The team won their fourth consecutive title in 2008, matching a feat that had not been accomplished by a public school since the 1970s. The boys swim team won the state championship every season since the 2004-05 season, until losing to Haddonfield in 2010.
The girls swim team won the state title in the 2007-08 season over Chatham High School
Chatham High School (New Jersey)
Chatham High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school located at 255 Lafayette Avenue in Chatham Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, operating as part of the School District of the Chathams. The school serves students in grades 9-12...
, making Mountain Lakes swimming to be the first high school to ever have both the boys and the girls win states.
In 2006, the girls basketball team won North I, Group I state sectional title, edging Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School
Pascack Hills High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of two high schools that are part of the Pascack Valley Regional High School District in Bergen County, New Jersey. PHHS serves the residents of both Montvale, where the campus is located, and the neighboring community...
43-42 in the tournament final.
In 2008, the football team won the North I Group I State Championship vs. Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School
Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Glen Rock Public Schools....
at Giants Stadium on December 5, 2008, by a score of 35-21 and finished with an overall record of 12-0.
Administration
Core members of the district's administration are:- Doug Wilkins, Interim Principal
External links
- Mountain Lakes High School
- Mountain Lakes Schools
- Data for the Mountain Lakes Schools, 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...