Collingswood High School

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Collingswood High School
Location
424 Collings Avenue
Flag of New Jersey Collingswood, NJ 08108
Information
Principal Charles Earling
Enrollment

793 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 59.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 13.4[1]
Type Public high school
Athletics conference Colonial Conference
Team name Panthers
Color(s) Navy Blue & Gold
Information 856-962-5701

Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Collingswood Public Schools.

Students in grades 9-12 from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 10-12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School.[2]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 793 students and 59.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 13.4.[1]

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[edit] Extracurricular activities

  • The school is a host to a championship marching band. The Collingswood Panther Marching Band, under the direction of Joe Lerch, has captured titles for the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) All-States and New Jersey State Championships in the years 2004 and 2005, and participated in the National Championships in 2006. The marching band has a membership of 43 members (about 5% of the school population), the largest it has been since before 2000. The band finished fourth in their second National Championships appearance, competing as a Group II band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007.[3]
  • Clubs and Organizations at Collingswood High School include the Anime Club, Steppers Club, German Club, French Club, Latin Club, Environmental Club, History Club, The Paw Print student paper, and Boys and Girls State.

[edit] Athletics

  • Collingswood High School is a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12.
  • The field hockey team won the 2000 team won the South, Group II state sectional championship with a 2-1 win against Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final.[4][5] The 2004 field hockey team won the Group II state championship, defeating West Essex High School in the tournament final.[6]
  • In 2006 the Collingswood wrestling team won their first South Jersey Group II Championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School by a final score of 43-17.[7]

SPORTS OFFERED AT COLLINGSWOOD HIGH SCHOOL:

  • Boys
    • Fall - soccer, football, cross country
    • Winter - basketball, wrestling, bowling, swimming
    • Spring - track & field, golf, baseball, tennis, volleyball
  • Girls
    • Fall - soccer, tennis, cross country, field hockey, cheerleading
    • Winter - basketball, swimming, cheerleading
    • Spring - track & field, softball, lacrosse, volleyball


[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Administration

  • Mr. Charles Earling - Principal - Left the school in February, 2008, a replacement has not been found as of February 9.
  • Mr. Thomas Sheridan - Vice Principal
  • Ms. Karen Principato - Vice Principal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2007.
  2. ^ Collingswood High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed November 18, 2007. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts"
  3. ^ Group I, M&T Bank Stadium, November 16, 2007, United States Scholastic Band Association. Accessed November 18, 2007.
  4. ^ Brett, Phil. "Collingswood rallies past Camden Catholic for Group 2 title", Courier-Post, November 10, 2000. Accessed August 19, 2007. "Trailing third-seeded Camden Catholic 1-0 late in the game, the top-seeded Panthers scored two goals in the final 10 minutes to defeat the Irish 2-1 and win the South Jersey Group 2 championship."
  5. ^ 2000 - South, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.
  6. ^ 2004 Field Hockey - Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
  7. ^ 2006 Team Wrestling - South, Group II, NJSIAA, accessed April 5, 2007.
  8. ^ The Philadelphia Inquirer Newsmakers column: an 'Amazing' win for Collingswood alum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2006. "A true winner? That'd be Collingswood High School. Wednesday night, best buds BJ Averell, 26, and Tyler Macniven, 25, won the cosmic challenge that is CBS's The Amazing Race -- collecting a $1 million prize (well, before taxes)."
  9. ^ HIS EARLY DAYS WERE FUN, PALS RECALL SOME REFUTE IMAGE OF A TROUBLED CHILDHOOD, Philadelphia Daily News, July 2, 1991. "In a 1985 interview, Landon claimed he ate lunch alone at Collingswood High School, that he never had a date as a teen-ager because no Christian father in the town would allow his daughter to go out with a Jew."
  10. ^ Gary Williams profile, accessed March 30, 2007.

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