Type Public Principal Patrick Thomas Phone +1 732-505-5665 | Established 1979 Faculty 120.1 FTEs Colors Black, Columbia blue | |
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School district Toms River Regional Schools Asst. principals Norma DeNoia
Ted Gillen
Vernon Rutter Address 1225 Raider Way, Toms River, NJ 08753, USA District Toms River Regional Schools Motto "The Compass of Excellence Always Points East" | ||
Toms River High School East is a comprehensive four-year public high school, the third high school built in Toms River in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. It was built in 1979, as the first and second high schools, Toms River High School South and Toms River High School North, were too small for the rapid population growth in the district.
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As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,490 students and 120.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.4:1. There were 256 students (17.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 80 (5.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
The school won several awards for its heating system, which utilizes heat generating lighting fixtures. Its school colors are black, gray and Columbia blue (blue was not an original color when HSE started). The school mascot is the Raider. The school day lasts six hours and 20 minutes. The Toms River high school day ends at 1:35 PM, one of the earliest daily closing time of any high schools in New Jersey.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 171st-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 225th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 239th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 204th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 205th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
Toms River High School East competes in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 1,046 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 794 to 1,076 students in that grade range.
The boys' soccer team won the 1985 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship against Jackson Memorial High School and went on to win the Group IV state championship with a win against Westfield High School.
The boys' cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1988 and 1996.
The girls' track team won the Group IV state indoor relay championship in 1990.
The girls' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1997 and won the Group IV title in 2009.
The baseball team won the 2001 Group IV state championship, defeating North Bergen High School in the tournament final.
The softball team won the 2007 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship with a 5-2 win over Absegami High School.
The football team has won the Shore Conference Championships in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009. The school's major rivalry is with the Mariners of Toms River High School North. Every Thanksgiving weekend, the football teams play in the annual "Battle of Bay Avenue."
Lip Dub Videos
Toms River High School East was recognized across the state and even the country for their Lip Dub 1 and 2 videos. The famous lip dub videos feature Raider students lip-syncing and dancing through the halls and campus of East showing their school pride. The videos were created and produced by the Toms River Regional Schools TV Network and television production class. The senior student producers were Krissy Bucchi, Kevin Fischer, Ryan Gordon, Olivia Hoppe, Dan Johnson, Sam Romano under the supervision of TV Production teacher, Kyle Austin, and the Coordinator of the TR Schools Video Production Department, Chip Phillips. The students spent roughly three months planning Lip Dub 1. They walked the halls planning camera movement, and timing out cues for the students who were lip-syncing in the video. Lip dub 1 involved about 150 students involved in many different sports, clubs and activities at East. Today Lip Dub 1 has over 125,000 views on YouTube and has received media attention from various media outlets.
In that same school year Lip Dub 1 received so much recognition that it inspired students and faculty at East to request a second lip dub be filmed. Lip Dub 2 involved over 400 students and faculty at East and was featured on News 12 New Jersey as well as WOBM.com, a local radio station.
Notable alumni
Administration
The core members of the school's administration are: