Southern Regional High School

Infobox_School
name = Southern Regional High School


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established = 1957
grades = 9 - 12
district = Southern Regional School District
type = Public high school
principal = Eric Wilhelm
asst principal = Janice Dennis(9th)
Glenn Gorney (10th)
Glenn Fessler (11th)
Joseph DiPietro (12th)
enrollment = 2,530 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 174.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 14.5
nickname = Rams
conference = Shore Conference
colors = Black & Vegas Gold
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location = 90 Cedar Bridge Road
Manahawkin, NJ 08050
information = 609-597-9481
website = [http://www.srsd.net/highschool School website]

Southern Regional High School is a regional public high school in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 9 - 12, as part of the Southern Regional School District. The district serves the five municipalities in the Long Beach Island Consolidated School District — Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars, Long Beach Township, Ship Bottom and Surf City — along with students from Beach Haven and Stafford Township, along with the sending district of Ocean Township. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/29/4950/29-4950-050.html Southern Regional High School 2007 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 10, 2008. "Situated in Manahawkin, the Southern Regional High School District draws from the constituent municipalities of Long Beach Township, Beach Haven, Surf City, Ship Bottom, Barnegat Light, Harvey Cedars and Stafford Township, as well as the tuition sending municipality of Ocean Township (Waretown)."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,530 students and 174.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415480&ID=341548004710 Southern Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 10, 2008.]

The school was the 192nd-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 213th 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.]

Barnegat Township has completed its withdrawal from the Southern Regional School District, and for the 2007-08 school year has ninth through twelfth grades attending the new Barnegat High School. Barnegat has built its own high school in lieu of being a sending district.

Academic programs

Southern Regional offers over 200 courses from which students can select. The courses are designed to appeal to a wide variety of student interests. Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses offered include AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History, AP Biology, AP Physics B, AP Chemistry, AP Music Theory, AP Studio Art, , Spanish Language AP United States Government and Politics, AP Statistics and AP Calculus (AB and BC are both offered). Several AP classes can be taken as independent study courses if a student is very adept at that subject, and or has completed previous AP courses. Courses such as, AP Comparative Government and Politics, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP European History, AP World History, and are the most commonly taken.

The health and physical education program are electives. Project Adventure, an outdoor education program, and behind-the-wheel driver education are also offered. Additionally, Southern Regional has an “Honor Unit” Air Force Junior ROTC program, which concentrates on aerospace science, leadership training, and community service. The special needs of students are addressed as well, through self-contained, resource, adaptive success, and in-class support programs. Mainsail (alternative) and ESL (English as a Second Language) programs are offered for eligible students. In addition to the academic programs, Southern Regional offers students over 70 co-curricular and interscholastic programs.

Athletics

The Southern Regional High School Rams compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. [ [http://www.shoreconference.org/school_info.php School Info] , Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

The school was recognized as the Group IV winner of the NJSIAA ShopRite Cup in 2006-07. The award recognized the school for achieving a tie for 3rd in Girls Volleyball, 2nd in Wrestling, 1st in Girls Indoor Track and Field Relays, 1st in Indoor Track and Field, 2nd in Boys Volleyball and 1st in Girls Track and Field. [ [http://www.njsiaa.org/AWARDS/07FourthShopRiteCup.pdf Fourth Annual ShopRite Cup: 2006‐2007 Final Standings] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 2, 2008.]

The wrestling team won the 2007 South, Group IV state sectional championship with a 51-12 win against Toms River High School East. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=200640&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20IV 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - South, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 24, 2007.]

The 2007 Southern Football Team had its most successful season in 2007. The team became the winningest team in school history by going 8-3. They also advanced to the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV state playoffs where they won their first playoff game in school history defeating Washington Township High School by 21-7 in the first round before falling to top-seeded Toms River High School North 33-0 in the tournament semfinal. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20IV 2007 Football - South, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed February 27, 2008.]

Extracurricular activities

The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions from 2001-2005 (Group 4). The marching band was Atlantic Coast Champions in Group 4 in 2003, 2004 and in 2005 was the co-champion. [ [http://www.tob1.org/history.html Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History] , Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.]

The school came in second place in the Consumer Bowl 2007 state championship, a program that evaluates the skills of students as informed consumers. [ [http://www.nj.gov/oag/newsreleases07/pr20070522a.html Voorhees High School Wins 2007 State Consumer Bowl Competition] , New Jersey Attorney General press release dated May 22, 2007. Accessed February 27, 2008. "Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, is the State Champion in the 11th Annual New Jersey Consumer Bowl, a quiz show-style competition that encourages students to become well-informed consumers.... Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, Ocean County, took second place and West Milford Township High School in Passaic County came in third."]

Administration

Members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.srsd.net/highschool/admin.asp Administration] , Southern Regional High School. Accessed [{August 24] , 2008.]
*Principal - Eric Wilhelm
*9/10 House
**Janice Dennis, 9th Grade Assistant Principal
**Glenn Gorney, 10th Grade Assistant Principal
*11/12 House
**Glenn Fessler, 11th Grade Assistant Principal
**Joseph DiPietro, 12th Grade Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

* Rich Beverly, played college football at the University of Delaware and is now an offensive lineman for the Washington Redskins.Fact|date=August 2008
* Clark Harris (born 1984), tight end for the Green Bay Packers. He played his college football at Rutgers University. [ [http://sports.yahoo.com/ncaaf/players/91407 Clark Harris player profile] , accessed April 7, 2007.]
* Kevin Hoy, 2003 NCAA Div 1 Wrestling Championships runner-up, 4th place in 2004 Olympic Trials at Heavyweight.
* Matt Kmosko (born 1972), former U.S. soccer defender who played three and a half season in Major League Soccer. [McWilliams, George. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAEDC90C525F807&p_docnum=3&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=A5ES58XPMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "SOCCER / KMOSKO OFF MUTINY'S ROSTER"] , "The Press of Atlantic City", march 19, 2000. Accessed August 14, 2007. "Kmosko, a Southern Regional alumnus, had been picked up by the Mutiny off waivers from the Columbus Crew on March 2. "]
* Martin Truex, Jr. (born 1980), NASCAR driver. [McGee, Ryan. [http://sports.espn.go.com/rpm/news/story?series=2&id=2980598 "As the new face of DEI, Truex Jr. weathers the storm"] , "ESPN", August 20, 2007. Accessed February 27, 2008. "By the time Martin Jr. was a teenager, his driving talent was obvious, proven by a handful of regional and track championships. When he strode into Jerry Salvatore's shop class at Ocean County's Southern Regional High School, he began to learn the art of welding, too."]

References

External links

* [http://www.srsd.net/highschool/ Southern Regional High School]
* [http://www.srsd.net/ Southern Regional School District]
*NJReportCard|29|4950|0|Southern Regional School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3415480 Data for the Southern Regional School District] , National Center for Education Statistics