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'Hunterdon Central Regional High School' is a comprehensive, regional, four-year public high school, and school district that serves, as of 2006, approximately 3,020 students from five municipalities in east central Hunterdon County, New Jersey.
Students hail from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township.

Contents

Awards and recognition

Board of Education

School

Extracurricular activities

Staff

Administration

Notable alumni

References

External links

Awards and recognition

For the 1997-98 school year, Hunterdon Central Regional High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve, is awarded for excellence in instructional delivery and educational environment. In 2002, Hunterdon Central was awarded the Blue Ribbon School award for the second time, one of a limited number of schools across the state to be recognized on two separate occasions.^[1]
The school was the first in the State of New Jersey to be designated as a Star School by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, and has been recognized with this award three times, in 1993-94,^[2] 1994-95,^[3] and 1997-98.^[4]
Hunterdon Central Regional High School was the 57th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's ''Top Public High Schools''.^[5]
For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Books Breaking Barriers: The ESL Literature Circle" World Languages program at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.^[6]

Board of Education

The Hunterdon Central Regional Board of Education is comprised of nine members elected by registered voters in the five constituent municipalities who participate in the school district. Three members are elected from both Raritan and Readington Townships, and one each from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township and the Borough of Flemington.

School

The high school is situated on a 72-acre campus that includes a 9/10 Campus Building, an 11/12 Campus Building, a 2,000-seat fieldhouse, an Instructional Media Center, and a Communications/Music Building with a TV / radio studio and three practice halls. There are also numerous outdoor fields and extensive project adventure facilities.
The first construction since the addition of the lower campus (the 11/12 Building), the school went through extensive renovations starting in February 2005 to help cope with the increase in students over the years. The auditorium, which hadn't been renovated since its construction in 1957, is completely renovated, which included the replacement of the old stage, and the addition of the most up-to-date technology for the music and theater departments. All classrooms were fitted with air conditioning. The main athletic complex, housing the football stadium, has been completely redone due to the generous donation of a HCRHS alum. Now dubbed the "Stewart Athletic Complex," the stadium features a turf field, brand new seating, and an up-to-date press box. Many other renovations have been made to the music buildings, communications building, and library. Construction was completed in fall of 2006.
The School has a thorough and complex security system. All administration, faculty and students have ID Cards with magnetic stripes that must be used to gain access through certain doors. There is also an extensive system of cameras throughout the school.
The student enrollment at Hunterdon Central is approximately 3,020 for the 2006-2007 academic year. Average class size is 19.8, student to faculty ratio is 11 to 1, and student to computer ratio is 2.3 to 1.
After many months of searching the school recently appointed a new superintendent, Dr. Lisa Brady, a former employee of Hunterdon Central. She served as a vice-principal from 1997 to 2000 and principal from 2000 to 2004; and then left to become superintendent of South Hunterdon Regional High School. Former superintendent Dr. Lee Seitz left in early October 2006 to become the superintendent of the Parsippany-Troy Hills School District.

Extracurricular activities

Extracurricular activities at the high school include baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ bowling, cheerleading, boys’ and girls’ cross country, boys’ and girls’ fencing, field hockey, football, boys’ and girls’ golf, gymnastics, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, ice hockey, boys’ and girls’ soccer, softball, boys’ and girls’ swimming, boys’ and girls’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ track and winter track, boys’ and girls’ volleyball, color guard, and wrestling.
The boy's lacrosse team has won the Group IV State Championship in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2006, number-three seed Hunterdon Central Regional High School defeated top-seed Montclair High School in the Group IV final, by a score of 10-9 in overtime.^[7][8]
The Varsity Football Team won the title of Group IV Public School State Championship in 2006, winning the Central Group IV championship, beating Howell High School, 42-24,^[9] and was ranked #2 in Central New Jersey by the ''Courier-News''.
The Varsity Cheerleading Team has taken the title of New Jersey Group IV State Champion in 02-03, 00-01, and 98-99 and took 2nd Place nationally at UCA National High School Finals in 02-03.
The Marching Band, or Marching Red Devils have consistently placed very high in state, regional and all-state competitions. In their 2006 show, The Blueprint, they were ranked 1st in the Central Jersey area, 3rd in the state, and 5th in the northeast. Between the 2006 and 2007 season the band made several performances in Florence, Italy, and Salzburg, Austria. In prior years, the MRD have won two state titles, Tied for first in the northeast, and have been known for out-of-the-ordinary show designs. They compete in USSBA Group 6, and biggest rivals are Immaculata High School, and North Penn High School.
Activities offered include dramatics, student government, publications, service organizations, clubs, marching band and orchestra, an Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, a chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America, a chapter of Amnesty International and choral programs.
The school's radio station, WCVH, features a mix of rock, ska, and specialty programming. The call letters stand for "Community Voice of Hunterdon (county)."

Staff

Hunterdon Central has a student/faculty ratio of 11 to 1. Approximately 57.6% of the staff hold advanced degrees (M.A., Ph. D. or Ed.D.). The District's staff training program has been recognized by the National Center for Public Productivity at Rutgers University, The New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the United States Department of Education Professional Development National Awards.

Administration

★ 'Superintendent' - Lisa Brady, Ed.D.

★ 'Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum & Instruction' - Thomas Smith, Ed.D.

★ 'Business Administrator / Board Secretary' - Ray Krov

★ 'Principal' - Christina Steffner

★ 'Vice-Principal' - Barabara Manfredi

★ 'Vice-Principal' - Richard Schneebeli

★ 'Vice-Principal' - Jennifer Spieker

★ 'Vice-Principal' - Suzanne Cooley

★ 'Vice-Principal' - Craig Blanton

Notable alumni

★ Vera Farmiga, actress whose films include ''The Manchurian Candidate'' and ''The Departed'', graduated with the class of 1991.^[10][11]

★ Danny Federici, musician, player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.^[12]

★ Jamie Graf, multiple Grammy Award-winning recording engineer, graduated class of 1991.^[13]

★ Tom Keeley (class of 1997), guitarist for the band Thursday

★ Kent Osborne, Movie writer, ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie''

★ Mark Osborne, Movie director, ''Kung Fu Panda'' and ''More''

★ Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., (class of 2002), killed in Virginia Tech massacre

★ Richard Rubin, Reality television star, ''Beauty and the Geek'' season one

★ Tucker Rule (class of 1997), drummer for the band Thursday

★ Jason Shevchuk (class of 1994), vocalist for the band Kid Dynamite

References

1. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
2. New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1993-94, accessed May 23, 2006
3. New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1994-95, accessed May 23, 2006
4. New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1997-98, accessed May 23, 2006
5. Top Public High Schools in New Jersey: 51-100, ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2006
6. New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipient for 2005-06, accessed October 23, 2006
7. Kinney, Mike; and Jandoli, Ron. "Hunterdon C edges Montclair on goal by Dyer in OT, 10-9", ''The Star-Ledger'', June 4, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2007. "The senior attackman swept across the box and fired in his fourth goal 41 seconds into overtime to carry Hunterdon Central to its second consecutive NJSIAA Group 4 championship, 10-9, yesterday in Flemington."
8. 2006 Boys Lacrosse - Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed July 6, 2006.
9. 2006 Football Tournament - Central, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed December 5, 2006
10. Campbell, Bob. "Jersey locations paved way for 'Dummy' ", ''The Star-Ledger'', September 12, 2003. Accessed August 20, 2007. "His angelic co-star Vera Farmiga is a child of Passaic County and a Hunterdon Central Regional High grad."
11. Biography for Vera Farmiga from the Internet Movie Database, accessed October 10, 2006
12. Nutt, Bill. "Profile: Danny Federici", ''Courier News'', October 14, 2001. Accessed August 18, 2007. "Ask Flemington-born musician Danny Federici what he finds most satisfying about being a front man, and he replies, 'I got a chance to see what being the boss is all about.'... Federici, a graduate of Hunterdon Central High School, states that teachers have always encouraged his music, although at least one educator told him that he should complete his education if he were to have a career."
13. Official website for Jamie Graf

External links

★ Hunterdon Central Regional High School

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Hunterdon Central Regional High School