Spotswood High School (New Jersey)
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Spotswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade in Spotswood, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Spotswood Public Schools. Students from Milltown also attend as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Milltown Public Schools.
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[edit] Awards and recognition
During the 1992-93 school year, Spotswood High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education[1], the highest award an American school can receive.[2][3]
[edit] Athletics
The Spotswood High School Chargers compete in the Blue Division of the Greater Middlesex Conference.
The Men's Cross Country Team had a 33 consecutive meet win streak from 2001-2006. The team qualified for its first ever Meet of Champions in the 2005 season, finishing second to Cranford. The team finished 2nd in both the state sectional and group meets. In 2006 the men's team won the State Group II Title and again advanced to the Meet of Champions.
[edit] Administration
- Thomas Calder - Principal
- Kurt Holtz - Assistant Principal / Director of Guidance
[edit] Notable faculty
- Jamie Egan was once a music teacher at Spotswood's Appleby Elementary School. He is most noted for his performances with influential New Jersey ska bands Catch 22 and Streetlight Manifesto. He was a utility player in both of these bands, playing everything from the trumpet to the slide flute. He did, however, focus mainly on the trumpet and trombone. He also had also been a member of the band Bandits of the Acoustic Revolution.
[edit] References
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006
- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
