Bordentown Regional High School Explained

Bordentown Regional High School
Established:1965
Grades:9-12
District:Bordentown Regional School District
Type:Public high school
Principal:Rob Walder
Enrollment:763 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:56.0 FTEs
Ratio:13.6:1
Us Nces School Id:340203000960
Team Name:Scotties
Yearbook:The Fabella[1]
Conference:Burlington County Scholastic League
Colors: Yellow
White
Rivals:Florence Memorial HS, Burlington Twp. HS, Northern Burlington HS, Burlington City HS, New Egypt HS, Delran HS, Cinnaminson HS
Address:318 Ward Avenue
City:Bordentown
County:Burlington County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08505
Country:United States
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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.[2] [3] [4]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 763 students and 56.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1. There were 75 students (9.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 36 (4.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[5]

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.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8] Rowan College at Burlington County offers college-level courses and provides the opportunity to complete associate degree programs at the high school.[9]

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.[10] 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.[11] The magazine ranked the school 208th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[12] The school was ranked 172nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[13]

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.[14]

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.[15]

Athletics

The Bordentown Regional High School Scotties[16] compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League, which comprises 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).[17] [18] 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.[19] The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[20] [21] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 480 to 674 students.[22]

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.[23]

The 1978 baseball team finished the season with a 16-6 record after winning the Group I state championship in 1978, defeating Chatham Borough High School by a score of 6-4 in the playoff finals at Mercer County Park.[24] [25]

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.[26] [27]

The boys track team won the spring / outdoor track state championship in Group I in 2001.[28]

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.[29]

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.[30]

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.[31] [32]

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.[33]

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.[34]

Administration

The school's principal is Rob Walder. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.[35]

Notable alumni

Includes alumni of Bordentown Regional High School and its predecessor William McFarland High School.

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444474&type=d&pREC_ID=958351 Yearbook
  2. http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/1415/narrative/05/0475/000.html Bordentown Regional School District 2015 Report Card Narrative
  3. Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Bordentown Regional - Serves: Bordentown City, Bordentown Township, Fieldsboro, New Hanover"
  4. Zimmaro, Mark. "New Hanover School to decide on middle school proposal", 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."
  5. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402030&ID=340203000960 School data for Bordentown Regional High School
  6. http://www.bordentowntownship.com/history History
  7. 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."
  8. 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."
  9. http://www.rcbc.edu/registration/transfer-credit-evaluation/high-school High School and Other Articulation Agreement Transfers
  10. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  11. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  12. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 3, 2011.
  13. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  14. 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.
  15. 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."
  16. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/bordentown-regional-high-school Bordentown Regional High School
  17. https://www.burlingtoncountyscholasticleague.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=342 Member Schools
  18. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  19. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/General%20Classifications%20%2722-%2723%20-%20%2723-%2724.pdf NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024
  20. https://www.gridironnewjersey.com/schoolDetail.aspx?schoolid=21 Bordentown Scotties
  21. https://www.westjerseyfootball.com Home Page
  22. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
  23. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/winter-co-ops-2020-21.pdf NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs
  24. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-baseball-history.pdf NJSIAA Baseball Championship History
  25. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/176254214/ "Edgewood, Bordentown win baseball titles"
  26. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-boys-soccer-history.pdf NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer
  27. 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."
  28. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-history.pdf NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys
  29. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=142024&tclass=Central,%20Group%20I 2006 Boys Basketball - Central, Group I
  30. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=161251&tclass=Central%2C%20Group%20I 2006 Softball - Central, Group I
  31. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-07/22%20Bowling.pdf History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships
  32. 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."
  33. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-bowling_0_0.pdf History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships
  34. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-girls-soccer.pdf NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer
  35. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/staff/ Staff
  36. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/181368916/ "Rutgers Honors Defender Boone"
  37. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=1414571 Debbie Gary; Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1965
  38. Kitchenman, Andrew. "Profile: Assemblyman Brings Physician's Perspective to Healthcare Issues", NJ Spotlight, May 20, 2015. Accessed August 31, 2015. "[Conaway] 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."
  39. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958494 Assemblyman Dr. Herbert C. Conaway, Jr., Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1981
  40. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958474 "Eric Hamilton Class of 1971"
  41. 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."
  42. 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."
  43. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958457 Julia Reichert Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1964
  44. https://www.courierpostonline.com/story/news/local/south-jersey/2020/02/12/oscar-documentary-julia-reichert-nj-wins-american-factory/4736040002/ "Bordentown High School grad wins Academy Award for 'Best Documentary Feature'"
  45. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958453 Bishop Harry Woolston Shipps Alumni Hall of Fame
  46. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958517 Howard Kenneth Wilkie (Posthumous) Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1940
  47. https://brhs.bordentown.k12.nj.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=444485&type=d&pREC_ID=958518 Dr. Joshua Zeitz: Alumni Hall of Fame Class of 1990

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