Washington Township Public School District

The Washington Township Public School District is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Washington Township, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States.

Awards and recognition

For the 2005-06 school year, the Washington Township Public School District was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its “Creating Proficient Readers and Writers” Professional Development program at Birches Elementary School. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/oipp/bp3.pl?string=recid=0843&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06] , accessed October 23, 2006]

For the 2004-05 school year, both Birches Elementary School [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=112&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient: Birches Elementary School] , accessed May 23, 2006] and Whitman Elementary School [ [http://www.state.nj.us/cgi-bin/education/ss/ss3.pl?string=id=117&maxhits=10000 New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient: Whitman Elementary School] , accessed May 23, 2006] were named as "Star Schools" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.

chools

Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417070 Data for the Washington Township Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 3, 2008.] ) are:

;Pre-School
* [http://www.wtps.org/gtecc/ Grenloch Terrace Early Childhood Center] with 578 students in Kindergarten;Elementary Schools (Grades 1-5)
* [http://www.wtps.org/bells/ Bells Elementary School] with 603 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/birches/ Birches Elementary School] with 569 students
*Hurffville Elementary School with 486 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/tj/ Thomas Jefferson Elementary School] with 491 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/wdgwd/ Wedgewood Elementary School] with 573 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/whtmn/ Whitman Elementary School] with 623 students;Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)
* [http://www.wtps.org/bhms/ Bunker Hill Middle School] with 837 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/crms/ Chestnut Ridge Middle School] with 735 students
* [http://www.wtps.org/ovms/ Orchard Valley Middle School] with 725 students;High School (Grades 9-12)
*Washington Township High School, with 3,059 students in grades 9 - 12.

Administration

*Dr. Cheryl L. Simone - Superintendent of Schools

References

External links

* [http://www.wtps.org/ Washington Township Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|15|5500|0|Washington Township Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417070 Data for the Washington Township Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics