Type Public high school Principal Richard Coppola Phone +1 732-528-8820 Mascot Big Blue Warrior | Established 1931 Faculty 67.8 FTEs District Manasquan Public Schools Colors Grey, Royal blue | |
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School district Manasquan Public Schools Asst. principals Donald Bramley
Peter Cahill Address 167 Broad St, Manasquan, NJ 08736, USA | ||
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Manasquan High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Manasquan, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone high school of the Manasquan Public Schools. In addition to students from Manasquan, the high school also serves students from Avon-by-the-Sea, Belmar, Brielle, Lake Como, Sea Girt, Spring Lake and Spring Lake Heights, who attend Manasquan High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective districts.
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- Squan a thon 2016 at manasquan high school
- Manasquan high school life is good 2013 visual media contest
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Curriculum
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,012 students and 67.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.9:1. There were 124 students (12.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 35 (3.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Manasquan High School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1935. In March 2004, a validation team visited the school and recommended that the school's accreditation should be extended.
Manasquan high school life is good 2013 visual media contest
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 143rd-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 145th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 124th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 115th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 108th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 58th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 3 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (91.8%) and language arts literacy (96.3%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
In 1996-97, Manasquan High School's Horticultural Botany program, taught at Barlow's Flower Farm, was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as a "Best Practice" of educational partnership.
Curriculum
The Course Ahead Program allows seniors to take courses in European and American History, Calculus, and Entrepreneurship at Georgian Court College and earn up to 12 college credits.
Students have the option to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses in their Junior and Senior years. After taking these classes, students can take the national administered AP examinations, which can earn students credit at most institutions of higher learning (the exact score required for credit may vary depending on the college or university). The high school offers AP courses in Language and Composition, Literature, World History, United States History, Psychology, Chemistry, Biology, Computer Science, Calculus (AB and, more recently, BC), Spanish, and French.
The Academy of Finance program focuses on the field of finance, using a curriculum that combines traditional classroom instruction, with lectures from experts in the subject, mentoring and job shadowing with industry specialists. Students gain practical knowledge and skills through a paid summer internship that is required as part of the program. Students are awarded a Certificate in Financial Studies upon satisfactory completion of the Academy curriculum mandates.
Extracurricular activities
Manasquan High School offers many clubs and after school activities. Clubs include the Environmental Club, Film Club, Friends Helping Friends, Amnesty International, Ping-Pong Club, History Club, Mock Trial, Model United Nations, Key Club, the National Honor Society, the Academy of Finance (see below), DECA, Academic Team, and others.
Athletics
The Manasquan High School Warriors compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore in Monmouth County and Ocean County and operating under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 749 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as Central Jersey, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 498 to 750 students in that grade range.
The school operates as the lead agency / host for joint boys' and girls' bowling, gymnastics, ice hockey and boys' and girls' swimming programs with Point Pleasant Beach High School, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2016-17 school year.
The school is known for its intense sports rivalry with Wall High School in Wall Township. The rivalry culminates every year on Thanksgiving, where the football teams face off with MHS always holding their homecoming, whether they are the home or away team. The school had a longstanding rivalry with Point Pleasant Boro High School.
The boys baseball team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1969, and won the Group II state championship in 1986 vs. Jefferson Township High School.
The boys tennis team won the Group III state championship in 1976, defeating Collingswood High School in the tournament final; The team lost to Christian Brothers Academy for the overall state title.
The girls field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in 1976, and won the Central Jersey Group II titles in 1990, 1995 and 1998.
The girls' basketball team won the Group II state championship in both 1987 and 1988 vs. Jefferson Township High School and in 2014 vs. Newton High School, and won the Group III title in 2012 vs. Teaneck High School.
The football team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 1990 and 1991, 1993, 1998 to 2002, 2005 and 2008, as well as the South Jersey Group II title in 2006. The 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 teams all won divisional championships. The 2006 team went 12-0 and won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional title with a 28–0 win over West Deptford High School in the sectional title game, one of 10 state titles won by coach Vic Kubu during his 22-year tenure at Manasquan before his death in 2007. The 2008 football team also won the Central Jersey Group II sectional title, coming from a touchdown behind at the half to a 19–14 win against Arthur L. Johnson High School at Rutgers Stadium, the program's 11th sectional title. The team won the program's 12th title in 2016 with a 42-6 win against Bernards High School in the Central Jersey Group II tournament final.
The 2007 girls tennis team won the Central Jersey, Group II state sectional championship with a 3–2 win over Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School in the tournament final.
The Manasquan Warrior Band, directed by Alan Abraham, performs at all football games, playing music both in the stands and during halftime. The Drum Major this year is Tessa O'Boyle, Field Captain is Carly Abraham, and Drum Captain is Zach Hauge. This year, the Manasquan High School Warrior Band is performing Queen Extravaganza themed show. Songs include Don't Stop Me Now, Bohemian Rhapsody, Bicycle Race, We Are the Champions, and the Manasquan High School "School Song". They include an extensive repertoire of over 70 songs. The Warrior Band Drum Line also features a Percussion Ensemble using trash cans instead of drums, called Big Bang, as a part of the Warrior Jazz Band.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are: