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Robbinsville High School is a comprehensive public high school in Washington Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, operated as part of the Washington Township Public Schools.

As of the 2006-07 school year, only students in 12th grade from Washington Township are attending Lawrence High School in Lawrence Township, as part the final year of a sending/receiving relationship with the Lawrence Township Public Schools. During the 2006-07 school year, Robbinsville High School is serving students in grades 9 through 11. By the 2007-08 school year, the sending relationship will end, and Robbinsville High School will serve all of Washington Township's high school students on site and graduate its first class of 150 students.g

Facilities

The school was first opened in 2004 as a wing in the middle school to house ninth graders. There was a great struggle in the community to get the high school approved, and when it was approved, the vote was extremely close. The plan was to start with only freshmen and each year fill in an additional grade.

In 2005, the new high school building opened.

It features a large common area with an atrium to serve as a cafeteria as well as several other purposes, a central hallway (known as Main Street) that connects the commons area to the four wings (not including a music wing), the kitchen, the 1,000-seat auditorium with a 12-foot deep opera pit, the gymnasium wing (including a main gym, auxiliary gym, the weight room, locker rooms, and the trainer's office), and the main office as well as administrator's offices on the first floor and contains much technology including a recording studio. Outside, there is a rubberized turf football field along with a track, an aerial obstacle course, and numerous sports fields for all seasons.

Extracurricular Activities

Extracurricular activities include sports, the yearbook club, newspaper club, Model United Nations, debate club, student and class governments, comic book and manga club, dance team, mock trial, digital design club, literary magazine, technology club, drama club, the Interact Club, and the marching band (and color guard), known as the Raven Regiment.

Athletics

The Robbinsville High School Ravens compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, comprised of high schools located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey. The conference operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

• • • • • • The Robinsville Boys Fresman team is now 3-0 and is at least tied for first place in the division*********

Sports offered at Robbinsville High School include Boy's and Girl's Tennis, Cross Country, Track, Football, Field Hockey, Hockey, Boy's and Girl's Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Boy's and Girls Soccer, and Boy's and Girl's Lacrosse.

The girls soccer team made it to the 2006 NJ State Playoff tournament for Central Jersey Group I, defeating Middlesex High School 2-1 in the first round, before falling to Metuchen High School by 2-0 in the semifinals.

There is currently no boys spring tennis team.

Tradition

As the school is relatively new, very few traditions exist. However, there are two traditions, one in which the classes currently attending battle in a tug of war. The winning class then competes with the teachers.

In 2006, the teachers were victorious. The other withstanding tradition is a teacher-student basketball game, held just before winter break. In 2006, the teachers won this event as well. The Robinsville Boys Fresman team is now 3-0 and is at least tied for first place in the division

References

1. 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - Central, Group I, NJSIAA, accessed April 11, 2007.

External links

• Robbinsville High School
• Washington Township Public Schools
• School Performance Reports for the Washington Township Public Schools, New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Washington Township Public Schools

• High schools in New Jersey
• Mercer County, New Jersey