| Bordentown Regional High School | |
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| Address | |
| 318 Ward Avenue Bordentown, Burlington County, New Jersey 08505 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°09′15″N 74°41′04″W / 40.154203°N 74.684434°W / 40.154203; -74.684434 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1965 |
| School district | Bordentown Regional School District |
| NCES School ID | 340203000960 |
| Principal | Rob Walder |
| Faculty | 55.5 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 762 (as of 2023–24) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.7:1 |
| Color(s) | Yellow White |
| Athletics conference | Burlington County Scholastic League |
| Team name | Scotties |
| Rivals | Florence Memorial HS, Burlington Twp. HS, Northern Burlington HS, Burlington City HS, New Egypt HS, Delran HS, Cinnaminson HS |
| Yearbook | The Fabella |
| Website | brhs |
Bordentown Regional High School is a comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from five communities in northern Burlington County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bordentown Regional School District. The high school serves Bordentown City, Bordentown Township (where the school is located), and Fieldsboro Borough. The New Hanover Township School District, consisting of New Hanover Township (non-military portions) and Wrightstown Borough, sends students to the Bordentown district on a tuition basis for grades 9-12 as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 762 students and 55.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.7:1. There were 67 students (8.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 24 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
History
Bordentown Regional High School opened in 1965, succeeding William McFarland High School. It is the largest school in the Bordentown Regional School District, which was approved by voters in 1982. Original plans to have a new high school building open in September 2005 had to be delayed after construction bids for the project opened in November 2003 came in substantially above the original estimate of $34 million. With the project mostly completed at a cost of $36 million, the high school then relocated to its current building, opening for students on September 11, 2006, with the former high school building becoming Bordentown Regional Middle School. Rowan College at Burlington County offers college-level courses and provides the opportunity to complete associate degree programs at the high school.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 193rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 200th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 218th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 208th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 172nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
The school received the Governor's School of Excellence Award in 2003; from 2000 to 2003 the number of violent acts in the school fell by 40% and graduation rates increased.
The school was recognized as the New Jersey High School Mock Trial co-champion with Montclair High School in 2020 after the finals were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Athletics
The Bordentown Regional High School Scotties compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which is comprised of public and private high schools covering Burlington, Mercer and Ocean counties in Central Jersey, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 542 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II Central for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.
The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint wrestling team with Florence Township Memorial High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.
The baseball team won the Group II South state sectional title in 1960 and the Group I South title in 1961. The 1978 team finished the season with a 16-6 record after winning the Group I state championship, defeating Chatham Borough High School by a score of 6-4 in the playoff finals at Mercer County Park.
The boys soccer team won the Group I state title in 1986, defeating Chatham Township High School by a score of 2-1 in double overtime in the finals of the playoff tournament at Trenton State College.
The boys track team won the spring / outdoor track state championship in Group I in 2001.
The boys' basketball team won the 2006 Central Jersey Group I state sectional title, edging Metuchen High School by a score of 75-73 in the tournament final.
The girls' softball team made it to the 2006 Central Jersey Group I tournament as the number 1 seed, defeating Middlesex High School 2-0 in the first round and Metuchen High School by a score of 10-0 in the second round, before losing to New Egypt High School by a score of 3-2 in the tournament final.
The boys' bowling team in the 2004-05 year were the 2005 Freedom Division champions, 2005 Burlington County Scholastic League champions and took second place in the NJSIAA team tournament, just 29 pins behind state champion Carteret High School, which had a pinfall of 2,988.
The girls' bowling team won the Group I state championship four times in a span of five years, taking the title in 2007, 2008, 2010 and 2011. The program's four state titles are ranked sixth in the state.
The girls' soccer team won the state sectional tournament but lost in the state tournament finals in Group I in 1986, 1987 and 1991 and in Group II in 2012.
Administration
The school's principal is Rob Walder. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.
Notable alumni
See also: Category:Bordentown Regional High School alumniIncludes alumni of Bordentown Regional High School and its predecessor William McFarland High School.
- Len Boone, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
- Debbie Gary Callier (born 1948, class of 1965), air show pilot
- Herb Conaway (born 1963, class of 1981), physician and member of the New Jersey General Assembly
- Eric Hamilton (born 1953, class of 1971), retired American football coach who was head football coach at The College of New Jersey from 1977 through 2012, where he had a record of 212–144–6
- Rob Novak (born 1986), runner who specialized in the 800 meters
- Pete Reed (1989–2023), aid worker known for co-founding the medical humanitarian aid organization Global Response Medicine
- Julia Reichert (class of 1964), Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker and feminist
- Danny Sammons (born 1984, class of 2002), former professional stock car racing driver who competed in the NASCAR Whelen Modified Tour
- Harry W. Shipps (1926-2016, class of 1942), eighth Bishop of Georgia
- H. Kenneth Wilkie (1923-1990, class of 1940), politician who represented District 4B in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1972 to 1974
- Joshua Zeitz (born 1974, class of 1990), historian
References
- ^ School data for Bordentown Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
- ^ Bordentown Regional High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
- Yearbook, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 16, 2022.
- Bordentown Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Bordentown Regional School District is a vibrant learning community, proudly serving the communities of Fieldsboro, Bordentown City and Bordentown Township.... In addition to the three aforementioned communities, Bordentown Regional High School also welcomes students from New Hanover into its ninth-twelfth grade population."
- Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
- Zimmaro, Mark. "New Hanover School to decide on middle school proposal" Archived March 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Burlington County Times, March 11, 2011. Accessed April 9, 2011. "New Hanover — The township's school district will decide on Wednesday whether to enter an agreement with the Bordentown Regional School District for a send-receive agreement for middle school children. The district which serves New Hanover and Wrightstown, already sends its high school students to Bordentown Regional High School and district officials are trying to determine whether sending sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders to Bordentown Regional Middle School would be a feasible idea."
- History, Township of Bordentown. Accessed November 6, 2016. "In 1965, Bordentown Regional High School was constructed to serve students in grades 9 through 12. Creation of the Bordentown Regional School District was approved by the voters of the Township and the City effective July 1, 1982."
- Scheid, Brian. "Bids delay opening of B'town high school", Burlington County Times, November 17, 2003. Accessed July 10, 2011. "A new, $34 million Bordentown Regional High School will not open on schedule because bids for construction came in millions of dollars over budget for the second time, the district business administrator said Friday. 'There's no way this building will open in September 2005, and we know that,' said Business Administrator Peggy Ianoale."
- Sheibley, Lauri. "Bordentown Regional High School plans dedication Public will get first opportunity to tour the new facility Thursday evening", Burlington County Times, November 26, 2006. Accessed July 10, 2011. "The public will get its first chance to tour the completed Bordentown Regional High School on Thursday. The school on Ward Avenue has been open to students since Sept. 11, but district officials wanted to hold off on a dedication ceremony until construction crews were finished with the gymnasium and auditorium, Superintendent John Polomano said."
- High School and Other Articulation Agreement Transfers, Rowan College at Burlington County. Accessed November 5, 2016.
- Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
- Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 3, 2011.
- "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- Callas, Toni. "McGreevey honors 12 area schools They received the Governor's School of Excellence Award. Criteria included progress in literacy and drops in violence." The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 2003. Accessed November 30, 2015.
- Bassin, Steve. "Bordentown Regional High School Mock Trial team crowned co-winner of state championship", CentralJersey.com, May 6, 2020. Accessed October 17, 2021. "It was announced on April 30 by the New Jersey State Bar Foundation that both Bordentown and Montclair High School were named co-champs of the 2019-20 Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition."
- Member Schools, Burlington County Scholastic League. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
- NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- Bordentown Scotties, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023.
- Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component."
- NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
- NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
- Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated June 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
- "Edgewood, Bordentown win baseball titles", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 1978. Accessed February 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Edgewood and Bordentown each won the first state championship for their schools in any team sport at yesterday's NJSIAA public school baseball finals at Mercer County Park. Bordentown took the Group One crown, 6-4 over North Jersey champ Chatham Boro, and Edgewood blanked Parsippany, 2-0, in Group Three.... Bordentown (16-6) increased its lead to 6-1 with three runs in the top of the fifth, and took that bulge into the final stanza. Chatham bunched three hits and two walks to close the gap to 6-4, and brought the potential tying run to the plate with two outs, but rightfielder Brian Lynch caught a fly ball for the final out."
- NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- Marder, Phill. "Bordentown rallies to capture state title", Courier-Post, November 26, 1986. Accessed December 27, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "His Bordentown High School soccer team trailed Chatham Township, 1-0, in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association's Group 1 state championship game at Trenton State College.... Then lightning struck. Disguised as a 24-yard direct kick by John Blum, the bolt from the blue blew past Chatham keeper Ed Jelic. A second bolt, this time a 25-yard direct by Blum with 5:17 left in the second overtime gave the Scotties a 2-1 triumph and the first state soccer championship in the school's history."
- NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- 2006 Boys Basketball - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 15, 2007.
- 2006 Softball - Central, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 17, 2006.
- History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- Tufaro, Greg. "Carteret wins state title; Ramblers earn boys championship, Woodbridge girls finish second", Home News Tribune, February 24, 2005. Accessed April 25, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Although his team hadn't won a tournament all season and didn't even finish first in its division, Carteret High School boys bowling coach Charlie Simon always knew his squad had the potential to be the best in the state. The Ramblers, who saved their best for last, proved Simon right, winning the school's first ever NJSIAA Championship with a three-game pinfall of 2,988 at Carolier Lanes yesterday.... The Ramblers edged runner-up Bordentown by 29 pins."
- History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
- NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- Staff, Bordentown Regional School District. Accessed September 4, 2024.
- "Rutgers Honors Defender Boone", Courier-Post, November 29, 1972. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Len Boone, Rutgers junior defensive halfback from Fieldsboro last night received the George C. Cronin Class of 1931 award as the Scarlet football team's 'most improved player' for the 1972 season. Boone, a 5-10, 175 pound Political Science major from Bordentown High School played little as a sophomore, but won a starting position early this season."
- Debbie Gary; Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1965, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Ms. Gary graduated from William MacFarland High School in 1965. After graduation, she attended George Washington University for two years. She left college when her father asked her to take off a semester in 1967 to go with him to St. Thomas where he was beginning a construction job. Her long career in aviation began during that time."
- Kitchenman, Andrew. "Profile: Assemblyman Brings Physician's Perspective to Healthcare Issues", NJ Spotlight, May 20, 2015. Accessed August 31, 2015. " played multiple sports at Bordentown Regional High School, including serving as the quarterback of the football team. His father was a history teacher at the school and also coached track, and the assemblyman said he still has people approach him to tell him what a difference his father made in their lives."
- Assemblyman Dr. Herbert C. Conaway, Jr., Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1981, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020.
- "Eric Hamilton Class of 1971", Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed January 20, 2018. "Eric Hamilton graduated from Bordentown Regional High School in 1971. While at Bordentown Regional High School, he earned 'all area and all league' honors as an offensive center in addition to participating in track and field."
- Sciarrotta, Samantha. "4 alumni to join Hall of Fame", Bordentown Current, February 1, 2017. Accessed September 27, 2017. "Novak was a seven-time state champion at BRHS in both indoor and outdoor track."
- Brooks, Bob. "Family remembers Bordentown, NJ native killed in Ukraine", WPVI-TV, February 6, 2023. Accessed June 11, 2023. "Pete Reed, a graduate of Bordentown Regional High School, was killed this past Thursday in Ukraine while on a humanitarian mission."
- Julia Reichert Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1964, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020.
- "Bordentown High School grad wins Academy Award for 'Best Documentary Feature'", Burlington County Times, February 12, 2020. Accessed February 14, 2020. "A Bordentown Regional High School graduate took home an Academy Award on Sunday for the Best Documentary Feature. Julia Reichert, class of 1964, co-directed and was a producer of American Factory."
- "USAR: Danny Sammons spotlight", Motorsport.com, June 26, 2002, updated November 3, 2009. Accessed September 4, 2024. "Eighteen-year-old Danny Sammons of Bordentown, NJ, who just graduated from Bordentown Regional High School with Honors Wednesday, June 19th, is starting to taste success in his sophomore season with the USAR Hooters ProCup Series."
- Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps Alumni Hall of Fame, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps graduated from William MacFarland H.S. in 1942."
- Howard Kenneth Wilkie (Posthumous) Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1940, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Attending the Florence school system until ninth grade, Howard graduated from William MacFarland High School in Bordentown in 1940. At that time, all Florence students went to Bordentown for grades 10-12.... As a New Jersey State Assemblyman, District 4B from 1972-1974, he represented communities in Burlington and Ocean Counties, including Bordentown City and Township."
- Dr. Joshua Zeitz: Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1990, Bordentown Regional High School. Accessed February 14, 2020. "Josh Zeitz was born in Trenton and grew up on Prince Street in Bordentown City. A product of the public schools from K through 12, he is a proud alumnus of the Clara Barton School, MacFarland Junior High School and Bordentown Regional High School."
External links
- Bordentown Regional High School
- Bordentown Regional School District
- School Performance Report for Bordentown Regional High School, New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Bordentown Regional School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- Local Government Budget Review - Bordentown Regional School District: September 1999
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