Roxbury High School
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Roxbury High School is a four-year comprehensive
public high school
in the Succasunna
section of Roxbury Township
in Morris County
, New Jersey
, United States, operating as part of the Roxbury School District
.
Roxbury High School's students come from Roxbury Township, as well as from Mount Arlington
, who attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship
with the Mount Arlington School District
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,571 students and 119 classroom teachers (on a FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.20.
The school was the 115th-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 98th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 113th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
. Behind the school are athletic fields, including a track and a football field. A wooded area is also used for the "Project Adventure" program (which includes various types of climbing and trust-building activities for freshman).
(96%) is Spanish
at (6%) of homes. Russian
(0.5%), Gujarati
(0.5%), Polish
(0.1%), and Macedonian
(0.2%) follow
(USSBA) New Jersey State Championships with a score of 96.70, and 4th overall at the USSBA East Coast Championships at Giants Stadium
with a score of 96.48. Also in 2006, the music from Stravinsky's "The Firebird" won them second place at USSBA Regionals with a score of 97.375, a new record in the school at the time. In 2007, Records were broken with the Gaels performing their show "Deja View" winning them USSBA Group 6 Open NJ State Championships, and then winning 1st place overall at the USSBA Regionals with a score of 98.00. Then in 2009, Roxbury won 1st place at National Championships with their show "Upon A King". They received a score of 98.188, Roxbury's highest score ever received.
The Roxbury Honors Wind Symphony has distinguished itself as a prominent band in the Eastern United States, and has received many "superior" ratings. It has also performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic. The Roxbury Bands are conducted by Todd Nichols, Richard Hartsuiker, and Sarah Bednarcik.
Composer Robert Farnon
composed The Gaels: An American Wind Symphony, as a commission to the Roxbury High School band in honor of the school's mascot, the gael. The piece made its world debut in May, 2006. It was performed by the Roxbury High School Honors Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. Stanley Saunders, a close friend of Farnon.
The band has also performed in New York City's world renowned Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center.
and Virginia
). On March 11, 2006, the New Hanover (VA) Chamber Singers won first place in the Concert Choir division, followed closely by the Hopewell Valley Central High School (NJ) Chamber Singers in Second Place and the Central Dauphin High School
(PA) CD Singers in third. On March 31, 2007, Hopewell Valley (NJ) Chamber Singers took First Place, followed closely by the A Cappella Choir from J. P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey
. However, J. P. Stevens A Capella Choir took First Place with Gold Ratings in 2011's Invitational. Last year's local Roxbury Choir tour was on May 13, 2006, where the choirs travelled to the Music in the Parks Festival. The choir received six 1st place trophies, six overall ratings of Superior, and the overall best choir of the day. In March 2007, Classic Sounds Honors traveled to Carnegie Hall for the second time.
, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association
. Prior to the realignment that took place in 2010, Roxbury had participated in the now defunct twenty-member Iron Hills Conference
.
The Roxbury athletic program is best known for their football, wrestling, baseball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls track and field, and girls soccer teams. Sports offered include basketball, cross country, football, golf, field hockey, swimming, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, wrestling, track, volleyball, baseball, ice hockey, and softball. The Gaels once had a bowling team, but it is no longer in existence.
The 2007-08 Roxbury Gaels Varsity Ice Hockey team had a record-setting 22-1-1 season record, having won the HAAS Cup as the HAAS Division champions. Their only loss came in the second round of the State Playoffs against Morris Knolls High School
.
From 1996-1998 the Roxbury Gaels Baseball team won three consecutive Morris County Championships, beating rival Randolph in both '96 and '97. The team was coached by Bruce Shatel.
On December 5, 1998 the Roxbury Gaels football team won its first state sectional title in a closely fought 7-6 win over Plainfield High School
for the North Jersey Section II Group IV championship at Giants Stadium. When the Gaels defeated them, the Plainfield football team was the number one ranked public school in the state as well as the number one ranked public school in the tri-state area. The 1998 team also set the record for most wins in a season with 10 wins and 2 losses and was undefeated at their home field. The Gaels returned to Giants Stadium on December 5, 2009 to play in the North Jersey Section I Group IV championship game against East Orange Campus. Eleven years to the day after the Roxbury football team won their first state sectional title, the Gaels beat East Orange Campus 14-6 for their second title. The 2009 football team also won the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, American Division championship and were undefeated in their division. The team also set a new record for most wins in school history with a final record of 11 wins and 1 loss.
In both 1996 and 2002, the Roxbury Gaels football team won the Iron Hills Conference, Iron Division Championship (Co-Champions).
In the 1995-1996 season, the Roxbury wrestling team won the North Jersey Section II Group IV state sectional title. The Gaels also won the state sectional title during the 2003-2004 season, this time as a member of the North Jersey Section II Group III competition.
The Girl's Basketball team, during the 2003-04 season, posted a 25-2 record and won the Iron Hills Conference, Iron Division Championship. Going undefeated in the conference,they also finished ranked number #18 in The Star-Ledger
's Top 20,
In March 2005, Roxbury's Ryan Fikslin won the individual 103 lb. wrestling championship in Atlantic City.
In both the fall of 2004 and 2005 the Roxbury girl's cross country team won County, Conference, Sectional and State championships and was invited to the Nike National Championships which they placed in the top 10 both years.
The baseball team won the 2001 NJSIAA North II, Group IV state title with a 4-1 win against West Orange High School
.
The girls soccer team won the North I, Group IV sectional title, topping Randolph High School
3-0 in the tournament final.
In 2005, the team repeated the feat, winning the sectional championship against Montclair High School, 2-1.
The soccer team won the 1999 North II, Group IV title with a 5-2 win over Columbia High School
.
In 1998 the girls soccer team won the overall group III state title at the College of New Jersey.
The Gaels were co-IHC Iron champions in 2008-09 going 8-1. They lost in the 1st round at the hands of the Rahway Indians.
The Roxbury Varsity Cheerleaders placed first at the Pocono Regionals 2007. At the 2008 UCA Nationals in Orlando, Florida, Varsity placed 17th in the nation and Junior Varsity placed 14th. Roxbury Varsity also placed first at the 2008 Pocono Regionals. In February, at the 2009 UCA High School Nationals in Orlando Florida, Varsity placed 5th in the nation in Division 1 for Small Varsity and Junior Varsity placed 12th in the Small Junior Varsity Division.
In order to graduate, the school requires 4 years of English classes, 4 years of Physical Education, 3 years of mathematics, 3 years of sciences, 3 years of history, 1 years in foreign language, 1 year of a practical art, and 1 year of a fine/performing art.
Practical arts include keyboarding, woodworking, and cooking classes. Fine/performing arts include band, orchestra, choir, and dance, as well as any art-related class (for example, Ceramics).
Students who fulfill the requirements before their normal graduation are not permitted to graduate early. Students must carry at least 35 credits (7 full-year classes) worth of courses per semester.
scores for the 2004–2005 school year were 532 on the Mathematics section and 529 on the Verbal section. 79% of students took the test.
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....
in the Succasunna
Succasunna-Kenvil, New Jersey
Succasunna-Kenvil is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey. As of the United States 2000 Census, the CDP population was 12,569.-History:...
section of Roxbury Township
Roxbury Township, New Jersey
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 23,883 people, 8,364 households, and 6,532 families residing in the township. The population density was 1,117.4 people per square mile . There were 8,550 housing units at an average density of 400.0 per square mile...
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 Roxbury School District
Roxbury School District
The Roxbury School District is a community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade in Roxbury Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States....
.
Roxbury High School's students come from Roxbury Township, as well as from Mount Arlington
Mount Arlington, New Jersey
-History:While Mount Arlington is now mostly a suburban residential community, it was once a thriving resort town. In the era before the world wars and the advent of air travel, it was a welcome respite for the residents of nearby New York City and Newark....
, who attend 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 Mount Arlington School District
Mount Arlington School District
The Mount Arlington School District is a community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Mount Arlington, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States....
.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,571 students and 119 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 13.20.
The school was the 115th-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 98th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 113th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Campus
Roxbury High School consists of one rectangular building with various wings. The school only has windows on the front of the building, which faces northwest. This was done in order to save on energy costs, as the school was built during the prelude to the 1973 energy crisis. In 2003 a referendum was passed to add a music suite and an athletic training area/weight room to the original facility. The school shares Bryant Drive with nearby Eisenhower Middle SchoolEisenhower Middle School (Succasunna)
Eisenhower Middle School is a middle school located in the Succasunna section of Roxbury Township in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, which educates children in grades seven and eight as part of the Roxbury School District....
. Behind the school are athletic fields, including a track and a football field. A wooded area is also used for the "Project Adventure" program (which includes various types of climbing and trust-building activities for freshman).
Languages spoken at home
The most common language spoken at home other than EnglishEnglish language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
(96%) is Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
at (6%) of homes. Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...
(0.5%), Gujarati
Gujarati language
Gujarati is an Indo-Aryan language, and part of the greater Indo-European language family. It is derived from a language called Old Gujarati which is the ancestor language of the modern Gujarati and Rajasthani languages...
(0.5%), Polish
Polish language
Polish is a language of the Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages, used throughout Poland and by Polish minorities in other countries...
(0.1%), and Macedonian
Macedonian language
Macedonian is a South Slavic language spoken as a first language by approximately 2–3 million people principally in the region of Macedonia but also in the Macedonian diaspora...
(0.2%) follow
Performing arts
Roxbury High School offers a comprehensive, fully curricular performing arts curriculum. Its offerings include:Band
The Roxbury Marching Gaels have won State Championships, and have shaped themselves into one of the best marching bands on the East Coast. In 2005, Roxbury performed "The Music of Scheherazade", and placed 2nd at the United States Scholastic Band AssociationUnited States Scholastic Band Association
The United States Scholastic Band Association was formed in the Fall of 1988 to provide high school band programs with a competitive circuit featuring top judges from across the continent and a venue for the US Scholastic Band Championship....
(USSBA) New Jersey State Championships with a score of 96.70, and 4th overall at the USSBA East Coast Championships 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...
with a score of 96.48. Also in 2006, the music from Stravinsky's "The Firebird" won them second place at USSBA Regionals with a score of 97.375, a new record in the school at the time. In 2007, Records were broken with the Gaels performing their show "Deja View" winning them USSBA Group 6 Open NJ State Championships, and then winning 1st place overall at the USSBA Regionals with a score of 98.00. Then in 2009, Roxbury won 1st place at National Championships with their show "Upon A King". They received a score of 98.188, Roxbury's highest score ever received.
The Roxbury Honors Wind Symphony has distinguished itself as a prominent band in the Eastern United States, and has received many "superior" ratings. It has also performed at the prestigious Midwest Clinic. The Roxbury Bands are conducted by Todd Nichols, Richard Hartsuiker, and Sarah Bednarcik.
- The Roxbury Marching Gaels (for full staff go to http://www.roxburybands.org/marching-band/staff)
- The Ninth Symphony (directed by Sarah Bednarcik)
- The Symphony Band (directed by Richard Hartsuiker)
- The Honors Wind Symphony (directed by Todd Nichols)
- The Jazz Ensemble (directed by Todd Nichols)
- The Jazz Lab Band (directed by Richard Hartsuiker)
Composer Robert Farnon
Robert Farnon
Robert Joseph Farnon was a Canadian-born composer, conductor, musical arranger and trumpet player. As well as being a famous composer of original works , he was recognised as one of the finest arrangers of his generation...
composed The Gaels: An American Wind Symphony, as a commission to the Roxbury High School band in honor of the school's mascot, the gael. The piece made its world debut in May, 2006. It was performed by the Roxbury High School Honors Wind Symphony under the direction of Dr. Stanley Saunders, a close friend of Farnon.
The band has also performed in New York City's world renowned Carnegie Hall, and Lincoln Center.
Choir
The Roxbury Choir program is a notable performing group. The select ensembles tour every year to regional and national contests and festivals; on these tours they have taken home many awards including "Best Overall Choir" from these contests. Roxbury's Director of Choral Activities, Lorraine Lynch, initiated the Roxbury Invitational Choral Festival, which has been held annually for 16 years. At the Invitational, about two dozen choirs participate (some from as far as MaineMaine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
and Virginia
Virginia
The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
). On March 11, 2006, the New Hanover (VA) Chamber Singers won first place in the Concert Choir division, followed closely by the Hopewell Valley Central High School (NJ) Chamber Singers in Second Place and the Central Dauphin High School
Central Dauphin High School
Central Dauphin High School is a public high school located in Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania one of two high schools in the Central Dauphin School District, and the first built in the school district.-History:...
(PA) CD Singers in third. On March 31, 2007, Hopewell Valley (NJ) Chamber Singers took First Place, followed closely by the A Cappella Choir from J. P. Stevens High School in Edison, New Jersey
Edison, New Jersey
Edison Township is a township in Middlesex County, New Jersey. What is now Edison Township was originally incorporated as Raritan Township by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 17, 1870, from portions of both Piscataway Township and Woodbridge Township...
. However, J. P. Stevens A Capella Choir took First Place with Gold Ratings in 2011's Invitational. Last year's local Roxbury Choir tour was on May 13, 2006, where the choirs travelled to the Music in the Parks Festival. The choir received six 1st place trophies, six overall ratings of Superior, and the overall best choir of the day. In March 2007, Classic Sounds Honors traveled to Carnegie Hall for the second time.
- Roxbury Concert Choir
- Roxbury Classic Sounds Honors
- Roxbury Freshman Women's Ensemble
- Roxbury Revelation
- Roxbury Vocal Jazz
- Roxbury Chorale
- Roxbury Madrigals
- Roxbury Melodies
- Roxbury Select Men's Choir
Sports
Roxbury High School's Mascot is the Gaels, an Irish Warrior, which was a nickname given to the football team in the 1930s by local news writers because of three Irish brothers on the team that were standouts. The Roxbury High School Gaels now compete in the American Division of 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...
, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by 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:...
. Prior to the realignment that took place in 2010, Roxbury had participated in the now defunct twenty-member Iron Hills Conference
Iron Hills Conference
The Iron Hills Conference was an athletic conference of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey. The Iron division is often regarded as one of the most competitive in the state....
.
The Roxbury athletic program is best known for their football, wrestling, baseball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls track and field, and girls soccer teams. Sports offered include basketball, cross country, football, golf, field hockey, swimming, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, wrestling, track, volleyball, baseball, ice hockey, and softball. The Gaels once had a bowling team, but it is no longer in existence.
The 2007-08 Roxbury Gaels Varsity Ice Hockey team had a record-setting 22-1-1 season record, having won the HAAS Cup as the HAAS Division champions. Their only loss came in the second round of the State Playoffs against Morris Knolls High School
Morris Knolls High School
Morris Knolls High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9 to 12 in Morris County, New Jersey as part of the Morris Hills Regional High School District. The school is located in Denville but has a Rockaway mailing address...
.
From 1996-1998 the Roxbury Gaels Baseball team won three consecutive Morris County Championships, beating rival Randolph in both '96 and '97. The team was coached by Bruce Shatel.
On December 5, 1998 the Roxbury Gaels football team won its first state sectional title in a closely fought 7-6 win over Plainfield High School
Plainfield High School (New Jersey)
Plainfield High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Plainfield, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Plainfield Public School District, one of New Jersey's 31 Abbott Districts...
for the North Jersey Section II Group IV championship at Giants Stadium. When the Gaels defeated them, the Plainfield football team was the number one ranked public school in the state as well as the number one ranked public school in the tri-state area. The 1998 team also set the record for most wins in a season with 10 wins and 2 losses and was undefeated at their home field. The Gaels returned to Giants Stadium on December 5, 2009 to play in the North Jersey Section I Group IV championship game against East Orange Campus. Eleven years to the day after the Roxbury football team won their first state sectional title, the Gaels beat East Orange Campus 14-6 for their second title. The 2009 football team also won the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, American Division championship and were undefeated in their division. The team also set a new record for most wins in school history with a final record of 11 wins and 1 loss.
In both 1996 and 2002, the Roxbury Gaels football team won the Iron Hills Conference, Iron Division Championship (Co-Champions).
In the 1995-1996 season, the Roxbury wrestling team won the North Jersey Section II Group IV state sectional title. The Gaels also won the state sectional title during the 2003-2004 season, this time as a member of the North Jersey Section II Group III competition.
The Girl's Basketball team, during the 2003-04 season, posted a 25-2 record and won the Iron Hills Conference, Iron Division Championship. Going undefeated in the conference,they also finished ranked number #18 in The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger
The Star-Ledger is the largest circulated newspaper in the U.S. state of New Jersey and is based in Newark. It is a sister paper to The Jersey Journal of Jersey City, The Times of Trenton and the Staten Island Advance, all of which are owned by Advance Publications.The Newark Star-Ledgers daily...
's Top 20,
In March 2005, Roxbury's Ryan Fikslin won the individual 103 lb. wrestling championship in Atlantic City.
In both the fall of 2004 and 2005 the Roxbury girl's cross country team won County, Conference, Sectional and State championships and was invited to the Nike National Championships which they placed in the top 10 both years.
The baseball team won the 2001 NJSIAA North II, Group IV state title with a 4-1 win against West Orange High School
West Orange High School (New Jersey)
West Orange High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey. WOHS is currently the only high school serving the West Orange Public Schools...
.
The girls soccer team won the North I, Group IV sectional title, topping Randolph High School
Randolph High School (New Jersey)
Randolph High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve from Randolph, in Morris County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Randolph Township Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and...
3-0 in the tournament final.
In 2005, the team repeated the feat, winning the sectional championship against Montclair High School, 2-1.
The soccer team won the 1999 North II, Group IV title with a 5-2 win over Columbia High School
Columbia High School (New Jersey)
Columbia High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school located at 17 Parker Avenue in Maplewood, New Jersey, which serves students in grades nine through twelve within the South Orange-Maplewood School District, which includes Maplewood and South Orange Townships...
.
In 1998 the girls soccer team won the overall group III state title at the College of New Jersey.
The Gaels were co-IHC Iron champions in 2008-09 going 8-1. They lost in the 1st round at the hands of the Rahway Indians.
The Roxbury Varsity Cheerleaders placed first at the Pocono Regionals 2007. At the 2008 UCA Nationals in Orlando, Florida, Varsity placed 17th in the nation and Junior Varsity placed 14th. Roxbury Varsity also placed first at the 2008 Pocono Regionals. In February, at the 2009 UCA High School Nationals in Orlando Florida, Varsity placed 5th in the nation in Division 1 for Small Varsity and Junior Varsity placed 12th in the Small Junior Varsity Division.
Languages
- French National Honor Society
- French Club
- Spanish National Honor SocietySpanish National Honor SocietySpanish National Honor Society is an academic honor society focused on Spanish language excellence in secondary education and promotes a continuity of interest in Spanish studies. The group, which was established in 1953 in the United States is sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of...
- Spanish Club
Academic
- Academic Decathlon
- Literary Magazine
- Math LeagueMath LeagueMath League is a mathematics competition for elementary, middle, and high school students in the United States. The Math League was founded in 1977 by two high school mathematics teachers, Steven R. Conrad and Daniel Flegler. Math Leagues, Inc...
- Math Team
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- National Art Honor SocietyNational Art Honor SocietyThe National Art Honor Society was established in 1978 in the United States by the National Art Education Association for high school students grades 10-12, for "the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art" from the National Art Honor Society...
- Science League
- Computer Science League
- Roxbury Technology Association
Student government and leadership
- Conflict Resolution Team
- Echo (yearbook)
- Peer Leadership
- Roxbury Review (newspaper) a three time winner of the GSSPA best all around paper.
- Prime Time Roxbury (newspaper)
- Student Council
- Student Empowerment/Advocacy (SEA)
- Guardian Angels
Other
- Sports Medicine Club
- Ski/Snowboard Club
- Fencing Club
- Drama Club
- Rotary Interact Club
- Key Club
- Lighthouse Bible Club - RIP MS. Bauer
- Varsity "R" Club
- Color guardColor guardIn the military of the United States and other militaries, the color guard carries the National Color and other flags appropriate to its position in the chain of command. Typically these include a unit flag and a departmental flag...
Departments
Roxbury High School consists of the following departments: Business and Marketing, Family and Consumer Studies, Industrial Arts and Technology, Mathematics, Language Arts, PE and Health, Social Studies, Science, Special Education, Visual Arts, and World Languages.Curriculum
The school follows the New Jersey state curriculum.In order to graduate, the school requires 4 years of English classes, 4 years of Physical Education, 3 years of mathematics, 3 years of sciences, 3 years of history, 1 years in foreign language, 1 year of a practical art, and 1 year of a fine/performing art.
Practical arts include keyboarding, woodworking, and cooking classes. Fine/performing arts include band, orchestra, choir, and dance, as well as any art-related class (for example, Ceramics).
Students who fulfill the requirements before their normal graduation are not permitted to graduate early. Students must carry at least 35 credits (7 full-year classes) worth of courses per semester.
SAT scores
Average SATSAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
scores for the 2004–2005 school year were 532 on the Mathematics section and 529 on the Verbal section. 79% of students took the test.
Faculty
There are very roughly 200 faculty members. Some in teaching positions have bachelor's or master's degrees, with a small number of doctoral degree holders. Core members of the school's administration are:- Jeffrey Swanson, Principal
- Dr. Linda Bowles, Assistant Principal
- Alexis Korsak, Assistant Principal
- Eric Renfors, Assistant Principal
Notable alumni
- Brendan BuckleyBrendan BuckleyBrendan Buckley is currently known for being the drummer in popstar Shakira's band.-Early life:Brendan Buckley was born in Morristown, New Jersey on March 13, 1974, to his Korean mother Soon Ja Kim, and his Irish-American father Dennis Buckley...
(born 1974, class of 1992), is now a drummer in ShakiraShakiraShakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll , known professionally as Shakira , is a Colombian singer who emerged in the music scene of Colombia and Latin America in the early 1990s...
's band. - Alex Levine, class of 2004, is the current bassist for The Gaslight AnthemThe Gaslight AnthemThe Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, consisting of Brian Fallon , Alex Rosamilia , Alex Levine and Benny Horowitz...
- Dave MooreDave Moore (American football)David Edward Moore is a former American football player who played for the Miami Dolphins, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and the Buffalo Bills. During his career he was a Tight End, Full Back, and Long Snapper. Moore played in his only Pro Bowl in 2007 as long snapper for the NFC. He retired on June 7, 2007...
(born 1969), class of 1988, was a footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player, played for the Buffalo BillsBuffalo BillsThe Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
and Tampa Bay BuccaneersTampa Bay BuccaneersThe Tampa Bay Buccaneers are a professional American football franchise based in Tampa, Florida, U.S. They are currently members of the Southern Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League – they are the only team in the division not to come from the old NFC West...
.
External links
- Roxbury High School website
- Data for the Roxbury 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...
- Roxbury High School Yearbook Archive