Millville Senior High School
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| Millville Senior High School | |
| Location | |
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| 200 Wade Boulevard Millville, NJ 08332 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Millville Public Schools |
| Principal | Dr. Christy Thompson |
| Enrollment |
1,545 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 112.6 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 13.7[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 10 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Cape-Atlantic League |
| Nickname | Thunderbolts |
| Information | 856-327-6040 |
| Homepage | School website |
Millville Senior High School is a comprehensive public high school located in Millville, New Jersey, as part of the Millville Public Schools.
Students from Woodbine attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[2] Maurice River Township students also attend the school, as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Maurice River Township School District.[3] Commercial Township and Lawrence Township also send students to the district's high schools.[4]
Millville High School is a participant in the NASA Toys in Space program, a joint project of American and Russian students to learn the science behind designing a toy, and about the study of space.[5]
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,545 students and 112.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.7.[1]
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[edit] Athletics
The Millville Senior High School Thunderbolts compete in the Atlantic 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, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.
Vineland Senior High School South/Vineland Senior High School North, in Vineland, have participated since 1893 in Annual Thanksgiving Football Game with Millville High School. The rivalry is the one of the oldest Public High School rivalries in the United States, meeting for the 135th time in 2006. Millville trails the series, 61-55, with 19 games ending in ties.[6][7]
[edit] Administration
- Dr. Christy Thompson - Principal
- Mr. Fred Setser - Alternative School Principal
- Edward Regan - Administrative Vice Principal
- Dr. K. Evrenoglou - Vice Principal of Discipline
- Mrs. Stephanie DeRose - Vice Principal of Discipline
[edit] Notable alumni
- Fred Pierce Corson (1896–1985), a Bishop of The Methodist Church.[8]
- Leon Henderson (1895-1986), administrator of the Office of Price Administration from 1941 to 1942.[8]
- Steve Romanik, played quarterback in the NFL from 1950-1954 for the Chicago Bears and Chicago Cardinals.[9]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Millville Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 6, 2007.
- ^ Campbell, Al. "Woodbine School Proposes Consolidation with Middle Schools", Cape May County Herald, February 27, 2008. Accessed March 29, 2008. "One key factor, said Kopakowski, is Woodbine’s sending-receiving relationship with Millville School District. That Cumberland County district, with about 6,400 pupils K-12 has long educated Woodbine’s high school students."
- ^ About the Maurice River Township School District, Maurice River Township School District. Accessed June 10, 2008. "The Maurice River Township School District consists of one elementary school and is a sending district to the Millville School District for its high school students.... Maurice River Township transports approximately 180 students to the Memorial and Senior High Schools in Millville."
- ^ Jones, Jean. "Maurice River enlists state help in fighting Millville HS tuition increase", South Jersey News Online, January 16, 2008. Accessed June 11, 2008. "He said Millville is unwilling to pass on its need for more funding to its own taxpayers so it is passing the increase on to the sending districts -- Commercial, Maurice River and Lawrence townships and Woodbine."
- ^ Millville High School Students Participate in Toys in Space Project, New Jersey Department of Education press release dated March 2, 2007
- ^ Thanksgiving brings feast of rivalries, The Courier-Post, November 22, 2006
- ^ VHS-MHS games on the 6s were eventful, colorful, Daily Journal (Vineland), November 29, 1996.
- ^ a b Our People of the Century - Millville's Class of 1913: Fame, Power, Influence Await Three High School Graduates", Cumberland County, New Jersey. Accessed December 6, 2007. "The legendary Millville High School Class of 1913 turned out a business leader, a political leader, and a religious leader. Collectively known as the “Big Three,” William M. Dougherty, Leon Henderson, and Bishop Fred Pierce Corson, all schoolboy chums, went on to shape a good chunk of 20th century America."
- ^ Steve Romanik, database Football. Accessed October 24, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Millville High School
- Millville Public Schools
- Millville Public Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Millville Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Millville HS
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