Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus Explained

Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus
Established:1928
Address:6008 Browning Road
City:Pennsauken Township
County:Camden County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:08109
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.9389°N -75.0649°W
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District:Camden County Technical Schools
Principal:John Hourani
Enrollment:735 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:67.3 FTEs
Ratio:10.9:1
Us Nces School Id:340267001412
Type:Public, Voc-tech high school
Grades:9-12
Conference:Olympic Conference
Teamname:Tornadoes
Colors: Gray
Maroon
White

Camden County Technical Schools Pennsauken Campus, also known as Pennsauken Tech, originally Camden County Vocational School, is a four-year regional vocational-technical public high school located in Pennsauken Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from across Camden County as part of the Camden County Technical Schools. The schools main building opened in 1928 at a time when most county residents lived near Camden and was the district's only campus until the Camden County Technical Schools Gloucester Township Campus opened in 1969 to serve more rural, eastern portions of the county.[1] In 2011, the campus opened the Science and Horticultural Center building to act as a multiple-classroom extension unit. Etched high-up into a portion of the front face of the school's main building is "He who hath a trade, hath an estate," a quote from Benjamin Franklin.

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 735 students and 67.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 466 students (63.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 96 (13.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards and recognition

Athletics

The Pennsauken Tech Tornadoes[6] compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County. Sister school and archrival, Camden County Tech Warriors also competes in the Olympic Conference.[7] The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] With 611 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[9] The school mascot is the Tornado, but members of the school had formerly been known as the Tradesmen for the majority of its existence.

School colors are maroon, white and gray. Interscholastic athletics include boys'/girls' cross country, baseball, bowling, boys'/girls' basketball, softball and boys'/girls' volleyball.[6]

The boys' baseball team won the NJVTAC state championship in back-to-back years, in 1997 and 1998.

Career programs

Activities

Administration

The school's principal is Matthew Hallinan.[10]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Hand, Christopher. "Seeking racial balance on campus",The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 15, 1989. Accessed March 4, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "The Pennsauken campus is about the size of a typical, urban high school, occupying a space the size of a large city block. It was built in 1928, when most of Camden County's population was centered on the largest city in South Jersey: Camden. Back then, mostly farms existed east of Camden. The Gloucester Township campus was constructed in 1969, when development started to stretch out to the far eastern portion of the county, according to Superintendent of Schools R. Sanders Haldeman."
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402670&ID=340267001412 School data for Camden County Technical School-Pennsauken
  3. http://www.ccts.info/district/about/about-ccts.html About
  4. https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/new-jersey/districts/camden-county-vocational/camden-co-pennsauken-12496 "Camden Co Pennsauken"
  5. http://www.ccts.info/news.html News
  6. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/camden-county-technical-school-pennsauken Camden County Technical School at Pennsauken
  7. http://www.olympicconference.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=349 Member Schools
  8. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  9. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  10. Web site: Principal's Message . 2024-07-26 . pennsauken.ccts.org . en.
  11. https://www.newspapers.com/article/courier-post-michellene-davis-of-camden/134719806/ "Jersey Jotter"