Penns Grove High School
Encyclopedia
Penns Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school
that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Carneys Point Township
and Penns Grove
in Salem County
, New Jersey
, United States, operating as part of the Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey
attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship
with the Oldmans Township School District
, with the balance attending Woodstown High School
in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
. The school is located in Carneys Point Township.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 665 students and 55 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.09.
The school was the 253rd-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 266th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 220th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Penns Grove High school is also home to the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program that prepares students for engineering majors that they might seek when entering college. The Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering operates in partnership with Rowan University
, Salem Community College
, DuPont
and various other contributors.
, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.
Penns Grove High School boasts many athletic victories in its recent years and years past. The 2009 Football Team won the Tri-County Conference Championship. Other recent championships include the Tri-County Diamond Division Championship for Cross Country in 2006 and 2007, the South Jersey Group I sectional title for outdoor track in 2007 and 2008, and a number of relays won by the Outdoor Track team.
The football team went 9-3 in 2008 reaching the school's first state championship game before falling to rival Glassboro High School
. The team was also able to win their first home playoff game in school history in the semifinals.
In 1986, the boys' track team set the New Jersey state record for most consecutive dual meet wins with 117. That same year, the track team not only went 10-0 in its dual meets but won every relay meet entered, won the Salem County Meet (10th straight), Tri-County Conference Meet (10th straight), South Jersey Group 1 Sectional meet (10th straight) and its second State Group Title (its first coming in 1984). The indoor track team that year also won the State Group 1 Relay Meet and Individual Meet .
Chapter One Champions in 1973-1975, 1977 and 1979 (Group 1). The marching band was Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 1 (1975, 1977 and 1979) and Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 2 in 1976. The band also won the Cavalcade of Bands
Group 1 Open Championship in 2006.
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 grades from Carneys Point Township
Carneys Point Township, New Jersey
Carneys Point Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township population was 8,049....
and Penns Grove
Penns Grove, New Jersey
Penns Grove is a Borough in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the borough population was 4,886.Penns Grove was incorporated as a borough by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 8, 1894, from portions of Upper Penns Neck Township Penns Grove is a...
in Salem County
Salem County, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 64,285 people, 24,295 households, and 17,370 families residing in the county. The population density was 190 people per square mile . There were 26,158 housing units at an average density of 77 per square mile...
, 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 Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District
The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from three communities in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. The district serves students from Carneys Point Township and Penns...
. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township, New Jersey
Oldmans Township, New Jersey
Oldmans Township is a Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2000 United States Census, the township population was 1,798....
attend the district's high 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...
with the Oldmans Township School District
Oldmans Township School District
The Oldmans Township School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through eighth grade from Oldmans Township in Salem County, New Jersey, United States....
, with the balance attending Woodstown High School
Woodstown High School
Woodstown High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the City of Woodstown, in Salem County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.Students from neighboring Alloway...
in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District
The Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade form five communities in Salem County, New Jersey, United States...
. The school is located in Carneys Point Township.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 665 students and 55 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 12.09.
The school was the 253rd-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 266th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 220th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Penns Grove High school is also home to the regional Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering program that prepares students for engineering majors that they might seek when entering college. The Academy of Chemical and Technological Engineering operates in partnership with Rowan University
Rowan University
Rowan University is a public university in Glassboro, New Jersey, USA with a satellite campus in Camden, New Jersey. The school was founded in 1923 as Glassboro Normal School on a twenty-five acre tract of land donated by the town...
, Salem Community College
Salem Community College
Salem Community College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year public, community college located in Salem County, New Jersey. Salem Community College's main campus is in Carneys Point Township...
, DuPont
DuPont
E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company , commonly referred to as DuPont, is an American chemical company that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont. DuPont was the world's third largest chemical company based on market capitalization and ninth based on revenue in 2009...
and various other contributors.
Athletics
Penns Grove High School is one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High SchoolClayton Middle/High School
Clayton Middle/High School are a comprehensive community middle school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Clayton Public Schools....
, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.
Penns Grove High School boasts many athletic victories in its recent years and years past. The 2009 Football Team won the Tri-County Conference Championship. Other recent championships include the Tri-County Diamond Division Championship for Cross Country in 2006 and 2007, the South Jersey Group I sectional title for outdoor track in 2007 and 2008, and a number of relays won by the Outdoor Track team.
The football team went 9-3 in 2008 reaching the school's first state championship game before falling to rival Glassboro High School
Glassboro High School
Glassboro High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Glassboro, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Glassboro Public Schools....
. The team was also able to win their first home playoff game in school history in the semifinals.
In 1986, the boys' track team set the New Jersey state record for most consecutive dual meet wins with 117. That same year, the track team not only went 10-0 in its dual meets but won every relay meet entered, won the Salem County Meet (10th straight), Tri-County Conference Meet (10th straight), South Jersey Group 1 Sectional meet (10th straight) and its second State Group Title (its first coming in 1984). The indoor track team that year also won the State Group 1 Relay Meet and Individual Meet .
Marching band
The school's marching band was Tournament of BandsTournament of Bands
The Tournament of Bands is one of the largest competitive band organizations in the United States and is one of several major circuits in the mid-Atlantic states . TOB was founded in 1972 by the National Judges Association and currently has 439 member bands...
Chapter One Champions in 1973-1975, 1977 and 1979 (Group 1). The marching band was Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 1 (1975, 1977 and 1979) and Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 2 in 1976. The band also won the Cavalcade of Bands
Cavalcade of Bands
The Cavalcade of Bands is one of many competitive band organizations in the United States and is one of several major circuits in the mid-Atlantic states . CBA was founded in the late 50's by the members of the Mid-Atlantic Judges Association and its member high schools...
Group 1 Open Championship in 2006.
Notable alumni
- Don BraggDon BraggDon Bragg was an American athlete who competed mainly in the pole vault. He competed for the United States in the men's pole vault event at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy where he won the gold medal.Bragg grew up in Penns Grove, New Jersey, where he attended Penns Grove High...
(born 1935), Olympic gold medalist in the pole vaultPole vaultPole vaulting is a track and field event in which a person uses a long, flexible pole as an aid to leap over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the ancient Greeks, as well as the Cretans and Celts...
at the 1960 Summer Olympics1960 Summer OlympicsThe 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...
in RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
. - William J. HughesWilliam J. HughesWilliam John "Bill" Hughes served as a Democratic Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995, representing New Jersey’s Second Congressional District which includes major portions of the Jersey Shore and Pine Barrens, the cities of Vineland and Atlantic City, and the counties...
(born 1932), member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1975 to 1995 who was appointed by President Bill Clinton as United States Ambassador to Panama, a post he held until October, 1998 leading up to the historic turnover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control. - Bruce WillisBruce WillisWalter Bruce Willis , better known as Bruce Willis, is an American actor, producer, and musician. His career began in television in the 1980s and has continued both in television and film since, including comedic, dramatic, and action roles...
(born 1955), EmmyEmmy AwardAn Emmy Award, often referred to simply as the Emmy, is a television production award, similar in nature to the Peabody Awards but more focused on entertainment, and is considered the television equivalent to the Academy Awards and the Grammy Awards .A majority of Emmys are presented in various...
- and Academy Award-winning actor.
External links
- Penns Grove High School
- Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional School District
- Data for the Penns Grove - Carneys Point Regional 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...