Cedar Grove High School (New Jersey)

Cedar Grove High School
Location
Cedar Grove High School
Cedar Grove High School
Cedar Grove High School
90 Rugby Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
Information
Type Public high school
School district Cedar Grove Schools
Principal Richard Mangili
Vice principal Steve Gallagher
Faculty 39.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 462[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 11.8:1[1]
Color(s)      Black and
     Gold[2]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Panthers[2]
Website School website

Cedar Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the Cedar Grove, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Cedar Grove Schools. "Committed to Excellence" is their current motto. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.[3]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 462 students and 39.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 24 students (5.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 103rd-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.[4] The school had been ranked 74th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 103rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 70th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 55th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 171st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 79 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (78.9%) and language arts literacy (95.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

History

Cedar Grove High School was originally named Memorial High School. With the establishment of Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School in the same building as the high school, the name of the high school was changed to Cedar Grove High School.

Extracurricular activities

Choir/Band

The Cedar Grove High School choirs (Select Choir and Concert Choir) and band are led and conducted by Jennifer Jessen-Foose. Choir members audition for prestigious choirs such as the NJ Region I Chorus or NJ All State Choir (NJMEA), or National American Honor Choir (NAfME) and many succeed in being accepted. The choir annually competes in choral competitions. The choir and band annually perform in various locations such as Europe. Annually, the Choir and Band hold 3 or 4 concerts: Winter, Spring, Musical (in Concert). The Cedar Grove High School's choirs and band have won many awards in previous years. The Cedar Grove High School's choir and band are committed to excellence.

Orchestra

The Cedar Grove High School Orchestra began to form in 2005 when Robert Savino was hired as a music teacher. The current Conductor is its founder, Robert Savino. The orchestra continues to compete in competitions and play concerts yearly.

Athletics

The Cedar Grove High School Panthers[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Essex County and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 346 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 117 to 478 students in that grade range.[10] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed in the Colonial Hills Conference, which included schools in Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in central North Jersey.[11]

The football team won the NJSIAA North II Group I state sectional championship in 1978, 1983, 2000, 2004, 2007, 2009 and 2011.[12] The football team won the 2004 North II Group I state sectional championship with head coach Ed Sadloch by defeating Hoboken High School 6–0 in the tournament final.[13] In 2007, the team defeated Belvidere High School 17–0 to win the North II, Group I state sectional championship in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the team's fifth sectional title, all of which have come without giving up a point, including shutouts in 1983, 2000 and 2004, and the team was declared champion in 1978 as the only team eligible for the playoffs in its section.[14][15] In 2009, the football team beat Secaucus High School by a score of 30–14 at Giants Stadium to win the North II Group I state sectional title for the fourth time in the decade.[16]

The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group III title in 1990.[17]

In 2003, the baseball team took the North II, Group I state title with a 10–7 win over New Providence High School in the tournament's final game.[18]

In 1979, the softball team went undefeated, and finished the year ranked #1 in the state. In 2004, the softball team defeated Midland Park High School 2–0, to win the North I, Group I championship.[19] The 2006 softball team returned as sectional champion, edging Wallington High School 5–4 in the tournament final.[20][21]

In 2007, Cedar Grove sophomore Matthew Giacobbe won the state sectional championship in the 3200m run in North I Group I.[22]

The boys basketball team won the 2008 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 43–34 win over Verona High School.[23] The victory was the team's first sectional title in over three decades.[24]

In 2009, Cedar Grove senior Nick Miller won the Group I state championship in golf and placed top 5 in the Tournament of Champions.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[25]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Cedar Grove High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 13, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Cedar Grove High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  3. ↑ Cedar Grove High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 9, 2012.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 8, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 6, 2015
  10. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed October 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ Home Page, Colonial Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of November 19, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  12. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ 2004 Football Tournament - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 4, 2007.
  14. ↑ Behre, Bob. "Cedar Grove stymies Belvidere, 17-0", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "It stifled Belvidere's inside running game, blanketed its talented wideouts and frustrated the Warren County school at every turn en route to a 17–0 victory and Cedar Grove's fifth NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship yesterday at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway."
  15. ↑ 2007 Football - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  16. ↑ Pangilinan, Noel. "Cedar Grove tops Secaucus 30–14 in state championship", Veorna–Cedar Grove Times, December 4, 2009. Accessed January 9, 2012. "Cedar Grove defeated Secaucus, 30–14, to win the State's North II Group I football championship on Friday night at the Giants Stadium. The Panthers used their speed to neutralize the Patriots' size in bagging the school's fourth state title during the decade."
  17. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Team Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 6, 2015.
  18. ↑ 2003 Baseball Tournament - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 4, 2007.
  19. ↑ 2004 Softball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 4, 2007.
  20. ↑ Miller, Sheila G. "Cedar Grove rallies in 7th - Erases Wallington lead to capture sectional crown", The Record (Bergen County), June 2, 2006. Accessed August 2, 2007. "After scoring first and holding a lead for most of the game, Wallington watched its sectional title hopes disappear Thursday as it lost a nail-biter in the North 1, Group 1 final to Cedar Grove, 5-4."
  21. ↑ 2006 Softball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 2, 2007.
  22. ↑ NJSIAA/Star-Ledger Track & Field Championship Sectionals - North I - Groups I and II - 5/25/2007 to 5/26/2007, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  23. ↑ 2008 Boys Basketball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  24. ↑ Deegan, Matt. "Cedar Grove foils Verona for title", The Star-Ledger, March 5, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2008. "Cedar Grove scored the first five points of the second half and never surrendered the lead, defeating Verona, 43–34, in the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 final to earn its first sectional championship in more than 30 years in front of two raucous student sections at St. Peter's College in Jersey City."
  25. ↑ Board of Education, Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed November 8, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Princeton University executive vice president and Cedar Grove native Mark Burstein has been named Lawrence University's 16th president.", PR Newswire, December 13, 2012. Accessed February 13, 2016. "'I was drawn to Lawrence's rigorous academic environment, its commitment to providing an individualized learning experience to all students and its unique combination of a strong liberal arts education with a nationally-recognized conservatory of music,' said Burstein, a 1979 Memorial High School graduate."
  27. ↑ Rosenblum, Dan. "What's Amanda Freitag's secret ingredient? A dash of Cedar Grove", Verona-Cedar Grove Times, May 25, 2013. Accessed September 22, 2013. "However, her first taste in the cooking profession happened at Memorial High School (now Cedar Grove High School), when Freitag's home economics teacher told her about the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y."
  28. ↑ Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey: 2004 Edition, p. 296. Lawyers Diary and Manual, LLC. ISBN 9781577411871. Accessed February 13, 2016. "Born in Cedar Grove Oct 5., 1964, the assemblyman attended Cedar Grove High School."

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