Type Private, Coeducational Established 1942 Principal Rev. Allain B. Caparas Tuition 9,400 USD (2016–2017) | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic President Rev. Allain B. Caparas Vice Principal Anne Marie Mercado Phone +1 609-561-8700 | |
Address 328 Vine St, Hammonton, NJ 08037, USA School district Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden Colors White, Green, Silver, Red, Gold Profiles | ||
St. Joseph High School is a four-year co-educational Catholic high school located in Hammonton, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 9–12, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1990.
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After being established in 1935 as a combination preparatory school and seminary in 1935, the high school was opened to all attendees in 1942.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 371 students and 23.9 faculty members (on an FTE basis) with a student–teacher ratio of 15.5:1.
Athletics
The St. Joseph High School Wildcats compete in the National Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and private and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, that operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
The softball team won the 2007 Non-Public South B state sectional championship with a string of shutout victories over Timothy Christian School (15-0), St. Rose High School (6-0) and Gloucester Catholic High School (2-0) in the tournament final.
The wrestling team won the Non-Public, South B sectional title in 2006 with a 45-31 win over Sacred Heart High School in the tournament final.
St. Joseph's football team has won 18 state championships since 1983, including 11 state championships in the 13 years through 2011 and have won three consecutive state championships as of December 2011. state championships have been won in 1977, 1983, 1985, 1989–93, 1996–97, 1999-2006 and 2009-11.
The boys' track team won the South Jersey Non-Public B Sectional Title in 2011 for the first time in school history, edging the Pingry School by a single point after winning the 4x400-meter relay, the final event held at the meet. One week later, the boys won the state championship for the first time ever at South Plainfield High School. In 2014 both the varsity baseball and softball teams won the South Jersey Non-Public B title.
Teacher controversy
In June 2005, religion teacher and athletics coach Michael McColgan was arrested on charges brought against him in relation to child pornography traced back to his online account. Upon searching his home, authorities discovered dozens more images on his personal computer and also copied onto disk. McColgan pleaded guilty and was sentenced in a federal court in May 2006 to 48 months in prison for possession of child pornography.