Type Public high school Principal Moses White Faculty 57.6 FTEs Phone +1 856-697-2400 Number of students 678 (2014–2015) | Established 1971 Vice principal Jared Toscano Grades 9-12 Color Gold Founded 1971 | |
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Buena regional high school class of 2016 slideshow
Buena Regional High School is a comprehensive regional public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from communities in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Buena Regional School District. Municipalities served by the district are Buena Borough and Buena Vista Township. The school opened in September 1971.
Contents
- Buena regional high school class of 2016 slideshow
- Buena regional high school chiefs wrestling 2014 2015
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Curriculum
- Athletics
- Arts
- Administration
- References
Students from both Estell Manor and Weymouth Township, attend Buena Regional High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the respective school districts.
Students from Newfield, a non-operating school district, had attended the district's high school until the 2010-11 school year, after the New Jersey Department of Education approved a plan in 2009 under which students from Newfield would start attending Delsea Regional High School, with those still at Buena attending until they graduate.
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 678 students and 57.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 272 students (40.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 80 (11.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
An addition completed in 1999 added six new classrooms and two state-of-the-art science labs.
Buena regional high school chiefs wrestling 2014 2015
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 296th-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. The school had been ranked 316th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 297th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 286th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 289th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Curriculum
The curriculum offerings include Advanced Placement (AP) courses in AP Calculus, AP United States History, AP English Literature and Composition, AP European History, AP Biology and AP Chemistry.
Athletics
The Buena Regional High School Chiefs compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 508 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 496 to 778 students in that grade range.
Buena Regional High School's athletic department offers teams in boys and girls basketball, tennis, and soccer, as well as baseball and softball, girls' field hockey, boys' wrestling,boys and girls spring and winter track, cross country and football. There are cheerleading squads for Varsity and Junior Varsity basketball and football. The football team claimed a South Jersey state championship in 1988, as well as reaching the state championship game in 2002, only to lose in overtime on a controversial goal-line stand. The boys' cross country team won the school's only state championship in 1988 as well. The baseball team has won or shared 15 league, conference, or division titles in 34 years. The baseball team won a South Jersey Group II State title in 2008 under Coach George West. A co-ed swim team was formed for the 2008-09 season. Also the girls cross country team under Michael Falciani has won two consecutive Atlantic County championships, and has been undefeated for four years in their conference.
The baseball team became the first title-winning team from the Cape Atlantic League when it won the Group II state championship in 2014 under coach Harry Grose with a 4-1 win in the tournament final against Bernards High School.
Arts
The band and choir of Buena Regional have competed extensively throughout the years, with the choir winning a Grand Championship in a national competition in 1992. The Drama Club had floundered throughout the years, suffering from a lack of consistent leadership, having had five directors in twenty years. The Musical Theatre Tradition began in earnest in Buena in 2001 with a production of Oklahoma!. Lately, there has been leadership provided by the choral music director for 10 years who has established a program that has sustained itself financially. The 2010 production of Beauty and the Beast was followed by the 2011 production of Into the Woods .
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: