| West Morris Mendham High School | |
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| Address | |
| 65 East Main Street Mendham Borough, Morris County, New Jersey 07945 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°46′40″N 74°35′29″W / 40.7777°N 74.5913°W / 40.7777; -74.5913 |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1970 |
| School district | West Morris Regional High School District |
| NCES School ID | 341755004552 |
| Principal | Steve Ryan |
| Faculty | 83.8 FTEs |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,044 (as of 2023–24) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.5:1 |
| Color(s) | Red White and Navy Blue |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
| Team name | Minutemen |
| Rivals | West Morris Central High School Delbarton School Chatham High School |
| Website | www |
West Morris Mendham High School (also known as Mendham High School) is home of the Minutemen, and is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students in ninth though twelfth grades as part of the West Morris Regional High School District. Established in 1970, the school is located in the heart of Mendham Borough, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Students who attend the school come from the Morris County municipalities of Chester Borough, Chester Township, Mendham Borough and Mendham Township (including the areas of Brookside and Ralston).
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,044 students and 83.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 15 students (1.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Its sister school, West Morris Central High School, is located in Washington Township. Students from Washington Township attend West Morris Central. The two schools maintain an athletic rivalry, which has survived decades of conference and schedule changes for all sports. Mount Olive High School was broken off from the original three-school district in 1977.
Mendham was certified to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in January 1998. The school was one of 17 high schools in New Jersey to offer the IB diploma program in 2021; along with its sister school West Morris Central, it is one of the two high schools in New Jersey to offer both the IB Diploma and Career Programs.
Awards, recognition and rankings
In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 284th in the nation among participating public high schools and 22nd among schools in New Jersey. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 5th in New Jersey and 246th nationwide. The school was ranked 562nd, the 13th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools, with 2.224 AP/IB tests taken per graduating senior. The school was ranked 474th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the 11th-ranked school in New Jersey; The school was ranked 751st nationwide in 2008. In Newsweek's 2007 ranking of the country's top 1,200 high schools, Mendham High School was listed in 390th place, the fourteenth-highest ranked school in New Jersey while Central was ranked 117th in the nation and 3rd in the state. The school was listed in 148th place, the fifth highest ranked school in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States.
In New Jersey Monthly's September 2018 rankings, West Morris Mendham was ranked 7th public high school in New Jersey out of 305 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2018 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 45th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 26th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 38th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 29th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
In 2017, the Washington Post ranked West Morris Mendham High School as the most challenging public, non-charter high school in New Jersey and ranked 217th in the nation. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 61st out of 409 public high schools statewide in its 2017 rankings (a decrease of 5 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.4%) and language arts literacy (98.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). Newsweek named the school #180 overall among the nearly 30,000 public high schools in the U.S. in their rankings of "America's Top High Schools 2015" released in August 2015; The school was ranked 38th in New Jersey and 22nd among comprehensive schools in the state.
Athletics
West Morris Mendham High School offers over 30 athletic teams ranging in level from freshman to varsity, competing in the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference (NJAC), which is comprised of public and private high schools in Morris, Sussex and Warren counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex Morris and Union counties. With 927 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Patriot White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 700 to 884 students.
Softball
The 1985 softball team finished the season with a 26-0 record after winning the Group III state championship by defeating Collingswood High School in the tournament final by a score of 6-0. NJ.com / The Star-Ledger ranked Mendham as their number-one softball team in the state in 1985.
Cross country
The girls' cross country team won the Group III state championship in 2010, 2012, 2014 and 2015.
The boys' cross country team won the Group III state title in 2011 and 2017-2020.
Boys soccer
The boys' soccer team won the Group III state championship in 2015 (defeating Toms River High School South in the tournament final) and 2017 (vs. Mainland Regional High School).
The team won the North II Group III state sectional title in 1988, before losing to Steinert High School in the Group III state championship game. In 2015, the Minutemen defeated Toms River High School South by a score of 4-0 in the Group III title game, winning the first state championship in the program's history.
The 2017 team finished the season with a record of 20-3 after defeating Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan by a score of 1-0 in the semifinals and winning the Group III state title with a 2-1 win against Mainland in the championship game at Kean University.
Football
The 1975 team finished the season with a record of 8–1–2 after winning the NJSIAA North Jersey II Group I state championship game with a 19–6 win against Mountain Lakes High School, which had been awarded the sectional title in four of the five previous seasons. Under head coach Richard Attonito (1971–1988), the team won three Colonial Hills Conference titles (1975, 1982, 1983) and matriculated future NFL linebackers Jim Collins and Carl Zander.
The intra-district football rivalry with West Morris Central High School was ranked 23rd on NJ.com's 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". With nine consecutive victories, West Morris Central leads the series with an overall record of 27-7-1 through the 2024 season including sectional finals victories in both 2001 and 2004.
Boys lacrosse
The varsity boys' lacrosse team was crowned sole state champions in 1994, winning the New Jersey Tournament of Champions against Ridgewood High School. The team won the Group II state championship in 2010 with a win against Princeton High School.
Girls lacrosse
The girls' lacrosse team won the Group II state championship in 2007 (defeating Hopewell Valley Central High School in the tournament final), 2008 (vs. Hopewell Valley), and won the Group III title in 2010 (vs. Shawnee High School). The team won the 2007 Group II state title with a 17–4 win against Hopewell Valley in the championship game. The team won the 2008 Group II title, again defeating Hopewell Valley, this time by a score of 8-7 in the championship game. In 2010, the team defeated Shawnee High School by a score of 12–6 in the finals to become the Group III state champions.
Girls volleyball
The girls' volleyball team was runner-up in the state in 2007, falling to Fair Lawn High School in the group final. In 2013, the team went on to win the Morris County Tournament, and in 2014, the team was the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference champions. The girls then went on to win the state championships in 2019 and 2020. The 2019 team won the Group III state title in two seats against Wayne Valley High School.
Boys basketball
The team won the Group II state championship in 2000 (defeating Haddonfield Memorial High School in the final game of the tournament) and won the Group III title in 2010 (vs. Kingsway Regional High School).
In 2010, the boys won the Group III state championship with a 44–41 victory over Kingsway Regional, but fell short to University High School in the quarterfinal round of the Tournament of Champions.
The team won the 2011 Morris County Tournament final to give the program its ninth title in the 42-year history of the tournament, more than any other school.
Jim Baglin had a record of 685-192 in his 33 years as coach, from 1979 until 2012, including nine Morris County Tournament titles. He was inducted into the NJSIAA Hall of Fame in 2017.
Ice hockey
The ice hockey team won the Halvorsen Division title in 2009, 2013, 2014, 2020, and 2022 and won the Haas Cup in 2019.
The 2019 team won the Hass Cup and ran their season record to 21-3 after an 8-1 win in the tournament final played at the Mennen Arena against Park Regional, the co-operative team representing Hanover Park High School and Whippany Park High School.
Girls basketball
The team won the Group II state championship in 1998 and 1999, defeating Sterling High School in the tournament final both years.
The team won the program's first state title in 1998 with a 58-40 win against Sterling in the Group II championship game held at the Thomas Dunn Sports Center in Elizabeth. The 1998 team finished with a perfect 32–0 record, after advancing to the Tournament of Champions as the third seed, beating sixth-seed St. Rose High School 54-20 in the first round and number-two St. John Vianney High School 67-55 in overtime in the semifinals before beating previously undefeated Columbia High School in the finals by a score of 67–62, making Mendham the first public school to take the title since 1990.
The team won the Group II state title in 1999 with a 56-51 win against Sterling in the tournament final. and advanced to the Tournament of Champions as the second seed, beating third-seed East Brunswick High School 71-40 in the semifinals before falling to number-one St. John Vianney by a score of 62-53 in the finals to finish the season with a record of 29-2.
Girls soccer
The girls' soccer program won the Group II state championship in 1992 (defeating Cinnaminson High School in the tournament final), 1993 (vs. Moorestown High School), 1996 (vs. Ramapo High School), 1998 (as co-champions with Gloucester Catholic High School) and 1999 (vs. Delran High School). The team has won the Iron Hills Conference championship.
The 1999 team finished the season with a 23-1 record after winning the Group II state title with a 2-1 victory in the championship game against a Delran team led by Carli Lloyd.
In 2007, the girls' soccer team won the North II, Group III state sectional championship with a 2-0 win over Scotch Plains High School in the tournament final.
Boys tennis
The boys' tennis team won the Group II state championship in 1981 (defeating Gateway Regional High School in the tournament final) and 1982 (vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School).
Girls tennis
The team won the Group III state championship in 2004 (vs. Northern Highlands Regional High School) and 2012 (vs. Princeton High School).
Fencing
Both the boys' and girls' fencing teams annually place at the top five in the state. In 2011, the girls finished second in the state, and the boys finished fourth. 2009 graduate Emilee Kovolisky placed 4th at the international fencing competition in Barcelona during the summer following her senior year. In 2012, the Mendham boys won the state championship, defeating Columbia High School, which had won the state title the previous two years and had been riding a streak of 49 consecutive dual match victories. The boys fencing team was épée team winner that same year.
Field hockey
The field hockey team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1975 and the North II Group III title in 1993.
Wrestling
The wrestling team won the North IV Group I state sectional championship in 2017, defeating rival school West Morris Central High School.
Track
The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in 2017 as co-champion
West Morris Mendham Marching Band
The scholastic marching band has participated in competitions such as the Yamaha Cup Competition in 2019.
Academics
The West Morris Regional High School District offers four different levels of classes.
- Studies
- Academic
- Advanced
- Honors / Advanced Placement (AP) / International Baccalaureate (IB)
Each of the four levels in classes differs in the level of rigor, with studies being the least rigorous and Honors/AP/IB being the most rigorous. Students and their parents are free to decide the level of the students classes.
Administration
The school's principal is Steve Ryan. His core administration team includes two assistant principals.
Notable alumni
See also: Category:West Morris Mendham High School alumni- Jim Collins (born 1958, class of 1976), former NFL player.
- Molly Creamer (born 1981, class of 1999), former WNBA player.
- Maggie Doyne (born c. 1987), philanthropist who helped develop an orphanage and school in the Kopila Valley of Nepal.
- Alice Weaver Flaherty, neurologist, who is a researcher, educator and author of the 2004 book The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain, about the neural basis of creativity.
- Matt Flanagan (born 1995, class of 2013), former tight end for the Washington Football Team and Jacksonville Jaguars.
- Ed McKirdy (class of 1991), recording artist who recorded and toured with Hands Tied, The Killing Flame, and Triple Threat.
- Doug Root (born 1977), former professional tennis player.
- Daniel Tamburello (born 1975, Class of 1993), member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives since 2010.
- Carl Zander (born 1963, class of 1981), former NFL player who played for the Cincinnati Bengals from 1985-1991.
- Adam Zeis (born 1978), writer and podcaster who serves as the Special Projects Director at Future plc.
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- LeConey, Bill. "Mainland soccer falls to Mendham in state final", The Press of Atlantic City, November 19, 2017. Accessed February 28, 2021. "Mainland lost to West Morris Mendham 2-1 in the Group III state championship Sunday afternoon at Kean University. Calvin Ryan scored both goals for Mendham, one in each half, and goalie Ryan Carkhuff held off a desperate Mainland rally in the last 10 minutes of the game as the Minutemen won their second state championship in three years.... Mendham (20-3) got to the final by beating Hopewell Valley 2-1 in the North II sectional final, and Old Tappan 1-0 in the other state semifinal."
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- Mahoney, Eileen. "Coach lauds state champs", Courier News, December 8, 1975. Accessed January 26, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "And with three seconds left in the game, fans started to rush the field as Mendham High won the North Jersey 2 Group 1 championship Saturday and posted the best season record ever for the school's football team at 8-1-2. The Minutemen came a long way to win the state title against Mountain Lakes. The Lakers were the defending champions, winning the title four out of five years."
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- Reilly, Sean. "Roxbury (27) at Mendham (34)", The Star-Ledger, February 26, 2011. Accessed July 22, 2011. "None of those contests, however, were quite like Mendham's game last night against Roxbury for the 42nd MCT title. Vicarisi scored 17 points when third-seeded Mendham defeated eighth-seeded Roxbury, 34-27, at County College of Morris in Randolph. It was the lowest-scoring final in the history of the tournament. Mendham won its fourth consecutive MCT. No other school has won more than two in a row. It was also its ninth overall, which moves coach Jim Baglin's program past Morristown for most all-time."
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- Dar, Erik. "Mendham stuns Columbia to win state team championship", The Star-Ledger, February 29, 2012. Accessed June 20, 2012. "Led by a 3-0 showings from Alex Andriatis and Adam Campos Mendham, No. 2 in The Star-Ledger Top 10, defeated top-ranked Columbia, 14-13, in the NJISSA/Bollinger Championships at Morris Hills in Rockaway."
- NJSIAA History of Boys Fencing Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
- History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- Staff Directory, West Morris Mendham High School. Accessed December 23, 2024.
- 2024-2025 School Profile, West Morris Mendham High School. Accessed December 23, 2024.
- Pastime Club, Inc. - Athletes the Club Helped, accessed April 23, 2007. "Jim Collins attended Mendham High School 1972-1976, where he competed in Football and Baseball."
- New York Liberty Select Five In WNBA Draft, New York Liberty, April 25, 2003. Accessed June 5, 2007. "Creamer (21), a West Morris Mendham, New Jersey High School graduate, averaged 27.1 ppg and 4.3 rpg during her senior year at Bucknell University."
- Garber, Phil. "After A Break, Flame Still Burning Brightly For Mendham's Maggie Doyne", Observer-Tribune, September 6, 2013. Accessed December 1, 2013. "The innocent edge is gone from Maggie Doyne's face. No longer the 18-year-old Mendham High School graduate who set out to change the world, Doyne is a woman who has achieved more in eight years than most do in 88 years."
- "Flaherty Earns Bell Scholarship", Bernardsville News, June 25, 1981. Accessed October 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Alice W. Flaherty, daughter of Franklin and Sarah Flaherty of Brookside, is one of four New Jersey graduating high school students to receive a James B. Fisk Merit Scholarship, sponsored by Bell Laboratories... Flaherty was a student at West Morns Mendham High School and plans a pre law major at Harvard University."
- Matt Flanagan, Pitt Panthers football. Accessed July 11, 2019. "Hometown: Chester, N.J. High School: West Morris Mendham"
- Ed McKirdy's Band-to-Band Profile. Accessed January 14, 2008.
- Doug Root, LinkedIn. Accessed November 14, 2021. "Education: Duke University, Bachelor of Arts - BA 1996 – 2000; Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management MBA Finance 2005 – 2007; West Morris Mendham High School"
- Daniel Tamburello, PollVault. Accessed September 18, 2014. "Education: West Morris Mendham High School (NJ), 2003 [sic]"
- Carl Zander player profile Archived April 11, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. Accessed April 23, 2007.
- Adam Zeis, LinkedIn. Accessed October 14, 2021. "Education: Fairleigh Dickinson University; Field Of Study - Computer Science 1997 – 1999; West Morris Mendham HS 1993 – 1997"
External links
- West Morris Mendham High School
- West Morris Regional High School District
- West Morris Regional High School District Curriculum
- School Performance Report for West Morris Mendham High School, New Jersey Department of Education
- Greatschools.net West Morris Mendham High School
- Data for West Morris Mendham High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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