Montville Township High School

Montville Township High School
Location
100 Horseneck Road Montville, NJ 07045
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"You Can't Hide From Mustang Pride"
School district	Montville Township School District
Principal	Douglas Sanford
Asst. Principal	Timothy Gouraige Michael C. Shera
Faculty	98 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	1,343 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.70[1]
Color(s)	Green, Gold and White
Athletics conference	Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference
Nickname	Mustangs
Website	School website

Montville Township High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Montville Township, New Jersey, in suburban Morris County. The school was founded in 1972 and is part of the Montville Township School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1975.^[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,343 students and 98 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.70.^[1]

Awards and recognition

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 41st in New Jersey and 1,346th nationwide.^[3] In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Montville High School was listed in 964th place, the 28th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.^[4]

The school was the 47th-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 54th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[5] The school was ranked 49th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.^[6]

Graduate statistics

Statistical data for the Class of 2010 from the New Jersey School Report Card include:^[7]

• Graduation rate: 99.1%
• Percentage going to college: 95.1% (77.7% four-year college and 17.4% two-year)
• Average SAT: 568 Mathematics, 536 Verbal and 549 Essay, for a total score of 1653, while state averages were 520 Math, 496 Verbal and 499 Essay (1515 total)
• Percents of AP test takers scoring 3+: 79.1% - 376 students of the 475 taking AP exams scored 3 or above

Athletics

Montville High School competes in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference, an athletic conference of private and public high schools located in Morris County, Sussex County and Warren County, in Northern New Jersey, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.^[8] Montville is assigned to the American Division for most sports. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2009, Montville was a member of the Northern Hills Conference.

In 2003 the Montville Mustang football team set school records with nine wins and six shut outs (6) before losing in the state semi-final game, earning induction into the Montville Township Hall of Fame in 2011.^[9]

The 2007 Mustang baseball team defeated Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan, 9-7, to take the North I Group III section title for the first time since 1989.^[10]

In 2009, the Montville boys' soccer team tied Madison High School 0-0 in the final of the Morris County tournament. The shared title was the first in the program's history.^[11] The Mustangs went on to win their first-ever sectional title, beating Northern Highlands Regional High School 2-0 in the final.^[12] In 2010, Montville captured the Morris County boys' soccer title outright, winning 1-0 in overtime against Chatham High School.^[13] The Mustangs also repeated as sectional champions, defeating Wayne Valley High School 5-1 in the section final.^[14]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[15]

• Fran Schlenoff - Director of Guidance
• Douglas Sanford - Principal
• Timothy Gouraige - Assistant Principal
• Michael C. Shera - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

• Lester Archambeau (born 1967), former professional football player.^[16][17]
• Olivia Blois Sharpe (born 1987), make-up artist and lead caster member of the Style Network reality series Jerseylicious.^[18]
• Chris Brauchle (born 1967), former professional soccer player who played for the New York MetroStars, Bayern Munich, Tampa Bay Rowdies.^[19]
• Bruce Dostal, former professional baseball player.^[20][21]
• Dilly Duka (born 1989), professional soccer player for the Columbus Crew.^[22]
• Lauren English, (born 1989), competitive swimmer who set the United States Open Record in the 50 Meter Backstroke.^[23]
• Dan O'Dowd: General Manager of the Colorado Rockies.^[24]
• Jim Price (born 1966), former professional football player with the Dallas Cowboys.^[25][26]
• Kelly Chang Rickert (born 1976), Attorney/ Contestant on NBC's The Law Firm.^{[citation needed]}
• Scott Shields (born 1978), political activist.^{[citation needed]}
• Dena Tauriello, drummer for the all-female band Antigone Rising.^{[citation needed]}
• Dante Tomaselli (born 1969), horror screenwriter, director and score composer.^{[citation needed]}
• Peter Verniero (born 1959), former New Jersey Attorney General and New Jersey Supreme Court Justice.^[27]
• Pete Yorn (born 1974), Singer/Songwriter "Strange Condition" ^[28]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Montville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 8, 2011.
2. ^ Montville Township High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed September 8, 2011.
3. ^ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Montville High School", The Washington Post. Accessed September 8, 2011.
4. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
5. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 23, 2011.
6. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
7. ^ Montville Township High School 2010 School Report Card, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 19, 2011.
8. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 8, 2011.
9. ^ Staff. "Montville inducts 2003 football champs, eight alumni, administrator into Hall of Fame", The Citizen of Morris County, September 19, 2011. Accessed October 15, 2011.
10. ^ 2007 Baseball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed June 12, 2007.
11. ^ "Montville ties Madison in county final", Jersey Sports Now, November 1, 2009.
12. ^ "Montville wins section title over No. Highlands", Jersey Sports Now, November 13, 2009.
13. ^ "Montville beats Chatham for Morris County title", Jersey Sports Now, October 30, 2010.
14. ^ "Montville waxes Wayne Valley in section final", Jersey Sports Now, November 11, 2010.
15. ^ Administration, Montville Township High School. Accessed September 8, 2011.
16. ^ Yahoo! Sports Profile, "Lester Archambeau", Yahoo! Sports
17. ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Lester Archambeau, accessed November 29, 2006.
18. ^ Marinello, Katie. "'Jerseylicious' Finale: Blois Sharpe Celebrates Future: With the Gatsby future uncertain, Olivia Blois Sharpe considers her options.", MontvillePatch, October 17, 2011. Accessed November 10, 2011. "After five months, the Season 3 finale of “Jerseylicious” aired on Sunday with Montville Township High School grad Olivia Blois Sharpe contemplating her future."
19. ^ Hall of Fame, Montville Township High School. Accessed November 10, 2011.
20. ^ Hectus, Suzanne, "Bruce Dostal: 'Hitting his pitch'" (PDF file), The Beacon, April 22, 1985. Sports p. 18.
21. ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Bruce Dostal, Montville Township High School. Accessed November 10, 2011. "Bruce graduated from MTHS in 1983 where he starred on both the football field and baseball diamond. As a football player, Bruce was a wide receiver with exceptional speed and great hands. He was second team All State as senior and All County and All Conference several times during football career at Montville."
22. ^ Staff. "Rutgers Recruiting Class Nationally Ranked: Scarlet Knights rated 27th by College Soccer News", Rutgers Scarlet Knights, August 3, 2007. Accessed February 23, 2011. "Highlighting this group of standout players is Dilly Duka (Montville, N.J.), a midfielder from Montville High School, who Reasso has described as one of the best attacking midfielders graduating from the state of New Jersey last spring."
23. ^ Lauren English, USA Swimming. Accessed December 9, 2007.
24. ^ "Hall of Fame Member profile: Dan O'Dowd".
25. ^ Fox, Ron. "MONTVILLE PRODUCED SUPER DUO", The Record (Bergen County), January 19, 1999. Accessed November 28, 2007.
26. ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Jim Price, accessed November 29, 2006.
27. ^ Hall of Fame Member Profile: Peter Verniero, accessed November 29, 2006.
28. ^ "Hall of Fame Member profile: Pete Yorn".

External links

• Montville High School website
• Montville High School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Montville Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
• School newspaper
• MTHS STAGE
• Montville Forensics Team

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