Rahway High School

Infobox_School
name = Rahway High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Rahway Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Paula Braxton
viceprincipal = Tong ya Clay
Tom Lewis
Chey Rivera
enrollment = 1,139 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 99.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 11.5
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conference = Mountain Valley Conference
colors = Red and Black
newspaper = "Rho Eta Sigma"
yearbook = "Allegarooter"
location = 1012 Madison Avenue
Rahway, NJ 07065
information = 732-396-1090
website = [http://www.rahway.net/rhs/index.html School website]

Rahway High School is a four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Rahway, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Rahway Public Schools. The high school's present location was built in 1941.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,139 students and 99.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413530&ID=341353005634 Rahway High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 23, 2007.]

The school was the 249th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 214th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Beginning in 2007 with support from Rahway alumnus and former Merck CEO Dr. P. Roy Vagelos, President of The Marianthi Foundation, the new Advanced Placement Incentive Program (APIP) was introduced. The APIP Program involves naming teachers as AP Teacher, Pre-AP Placement Teacher, Lead Teacher, and AP Advisor, providing financial incentives for students and teachers based upon AP enrollment and AP exam results.

Vagelos Scholars Program

In addition to the newly instituted APIP program, Rahway High School students can take advantage of the Vagelos Scholarship. The Vagelos Scholarship is funded by retired Merck and Co. CEO Dr. P. Roy Vagelos. Rahway High School seniors who are admitted to and attend a U.S. News and World Report ranked Top 25 National University or Liberal Arts College will receive a scholarship from the Marianthi Foundation.

Athletics

Rahway High School competes in the Mountain Valley Conference, which consists of public and parochial high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Extracurricular activities

"Allegarooter", the Rahway High School yearbook recently received state-wide recognition for earning the 2007 Garden State Scholastic Press Association Yearbook 1st Place Gold Award in Content and Design. [ [http://www.thnt.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071211/NEWS0107/712110386/1001/NEWS "Yearbook gets first place"] , "Home News Tribune", December 11, 2007. Accessed December 23, 2007. "THE 2006-07 STAFF of Allegarooter, the Rahway High School student yearbook, won state recognition from the 2007 Garden State Scholastic Press Association Yearbook Contest."]

The Rahway High School Marine Corps JROTC competes in the National High School Drill Team Championships. The Drill Team was featured in the Disney Channel made-for cable movie "Cadet Kelly" after winning Overall National Runner-Up.Fact|date=December 2007 In May of 2008 the MCJROTC Drill Team competed in the 2008 National High School Drill Team Competition in Daytona Beach, Florida. They took 1st place overall champions as well as several more first and second place trophy's in the other events. In the areas of Armed Duel Exhibition the team took both first and second place in the event, a feat never before seen at the Nationals level. [ [http://www.ucnj.org/freeholders/agendas/Agenda%20-%2006-19-2008.pdf Meeting Agenda] for June 19, 2008 of the Union County, New Jersey Board of Chosen Freeholders. Accessed July 9, 2008. "Congratulating the Rahway High School MJROTC Drill Team for achieving first place in the Masters Level National High School Drill Team Competition."] [ [http://www.thenationals.net/dt-awd-masters-ind.htm 2008 National High School Drill Team Championships Masters Level Individual Placement Awards] , National High School Drill Team Championships. Accessed July 9, 2008.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.rahway.net/rhs/faculty/facultyjazz.htm Administration] , Rahway High School. Accessed July 9, 2008.]
*Paula Braxton - Principal
*Tong ya Clay - Vice Principal
*Tom Lewis - Vice Principal
*Chey Rivera - Vice Principal

Notable alumni

* Milton Friedman (1912-2006), Economist, was born in New York City but raised in Rahway. [ [http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/la-111606friedman,1,5214109.story?coll=chi-news-hed Nobel winner Milton Friedman dies at 94] , "Chicago Tribune", November 16, 2006.]
* Antonio Garay (born 1979), Defensive Tackle for the Chicago Bears. [ [http://www.chicagobears.com/team/player26.html Antonio Garay] , Chicago Bears. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Earned Prep Star All-American and All-New Jersey Group III honors as a senior at Rahway H.S. in Rahway, N.J. after totaling 141 tackles and 10 sacks in his final season... Outstanding wrestler who was tabbed the 275-pound national champion by the National High School Coaches' Association"]
* Wayne Gilchrest (born 1946), U.S. Congressman. [ [http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/g000180/ Votes Database: Wayne Gilchrest] , "The Washington Post". Accessed July 9, 2008. "GILCHREST, Wayne Thomas, a Representative from Maryland; born in Rahway, Union County, N.J., April 15, 1946; graduated from Rahway High School, Rahway, N.J., 1964"]
* Kenneth R. Miller (born 1948), Professor of Biology at Brown University.Fact|date=June 2008
* Jeffrey Moran (born 1946), Ocean County Surrogate and former member of the New Jersey General Assembly.Fact|date=August 2008
* Carl Sagan (1934-1996), Astronomer, lived in Rahway and was a Rahway High School graduate. [ [http://libserv.aip.org:81/ipac20/ipac.jsp?uri=full=3100001~!5076~!0&profile=newcustom-icos Oral history interview with Carl Sagan, 1991 August 27.] , accessed November 28, 2006]
* Bob Scarpitto (born 1939), former professional football player.Fact|date=August 2008
*Dr. P. Roy Vagelos (born 1929), Retired Merck & Co. CEO. [Peterson, Iver. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFDD153EF936A25752C1A964958260 "A Company Move That Hasn't Irked the Neighbors"] , "The New York Times", November 15, 1992. Accessed October 19, 2007. "In addition, Merck donated $40,000 to fund a study on improving Rahway's downtown business district, it paid $126,000 to help cover the cost of paving some roads adjoining its complex, and it put new scientific equipment in Rahway High School, the alma mater of Dr. P. Roy Vagelos, the corporate chairman."]

References

External links

* [http://www.rahway.net/rhs/index.html Rahway High School]
* [http://www.rahway.net Rahway Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|39|4290|0|Rahway Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3413530 Data for the Rahway Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics

I believe that Rahway High School was constructed in 1939 as a New Deal WPA Project.