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Howell High School

405 Squankum-yellowbrook Road, Farmingdale, NJ, 07727-3756 -

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Definition of Terms

Howell High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Monmouth County, NJ

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1949 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

136 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 492 students

Grade 10 - 543 students

Grade 11 - 477 students

Grade 12 - 415 students

Grade Not Listed - 22 students

This School

(NJ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:14

1:13

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(NJ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	7%
% Hispanic	4%	15%
% Black	3%	17%
% White	91%	61%

Additional Student Information

This School

(NJ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

16%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(NJ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Freehold Regional School District

This School's Agency

(NJ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	6	5
Number of Students Managed	11,458 students	2,429 students
District Total Revenue	$150,416,000	$39,780,000
District Expenditure	$145,983,000	$39,973,000
District Revenue / Student	$13,128	$16,377
District Expenditure / Student	$12,741	$16,457
District Graduation Rates	95%	81%

Montgomery Cougar playoff football — take 3 (The Somerset Reporter)
posted on November 18, 2009 at 01:08:50 am
After much anticipation for the first-round playoff matchup between the Rebels of Howell High School and the Montgomery High School Cougars, two postponements due to a soggy waterlogged field have been endured and there was finally a kickoff on Monday evening, November 16.
Best of the best 4-H equestrians compete (Examiner)
posted on August 27, 2009 at 12:14:46 am
Only the cream of the crop of 4-H equestrians rises to the club's annual state championship show. This year, 284 young riders made the cut to compete Aug. 21-23 at the Horse Park of New Jersey in Upper Freehold.
Senior girls honored by AAUW (News Transcript)
posted on August 5, 2009 at 01:27:29 am
Six senior girls from each Freehold Regional High School District school who had the highest average at the end of the third marking period during the 2008- 09 school year were honored by the Freehold Area Branch of the American Association of University Women.
Datebook (Tri-Town News)
posted on May 20, 2009 at 11:10:56 pm
• "Transitioning to Organic Gardening," a free seminar, will be presented by the Jackson Township Going Green Committee from 7-9 p.m. May 21 at the Jackson municipal building, 95 West Veterans Highway. Details: 732-928-1200.
Datebook (News Transcript)
posted on May 20, 2009 at 12:00:59 am
• The Scarlet Rouses of Freehold, a red hat group, meets on the second Wednesday of each month at the Freehold Township Senior Center, Jackson Mills Road, at 11 a.m. New members are always welcome. Those over age 50 are redhatter; those under age 50 are princess/pinkie and wear a pink hat.

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Howell High School (HHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Howell Township, New Jersey, as part of the Freehold Regional High School District. Other students from Howell Township attend Freehold Township High School in Freehold Township. Portions of Howell students used to be sent to Colts Neck High School in Colts Neck Township, but future students in those neighborhoods now attend HHS.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,056 students and 146 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.1.
The school was the 159th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 181st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
General information
The Howell High School mascot is the Rebel. He looks like Yosemite Sam with white hair and a blue uniform. (The mascot was selected due to the school's original name, "Southern Freehold Regional High School," which lasted until the district expanded to three schools in 1968.)
Blue and gray are the school colors currently, although originally all schools in the district had blue and gold as the school colors at least until the late 1970s. This was originally done so the district could attempt to realize some cost savings on uniforms for extracurriculars.
The Fine & Performing Arts Center (FPAC) is housed here.
The Scholar's Center for the Humanities is housed here.
Programs
Howell High School is home to two of the district's specialized learning centers. Students in eighth grade from any of the seven towns (Freehold Township, Freehold Borough, Howell Township, Colts Neck, Marlboro, Manalapan and Englishtown) may apply.The FPAC program consists of actors, dancers, and entertainment technology students. Students work for 4 years to hone their skills in one of these three aspects. While anyone may join Howell High School's drama club, FPACers commonly dominate the shows, both on stage and behind the curtain.The Humanities Program consists of a wide variety of students, who take part in advanced classes on history, art, literature, computer applications and philosophy. Their history class, English class and elective are exclusively for Humanities students.
Athletics
Howell High School 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).
The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 46-13 win over West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the first sectional title in team history.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Zina Duerbig - Principal
Samuel M. Carollo - Assistant Principal
Jeremy Braverman - Assistant Principal
Kathleen R. Taler - Assistant Principal
Other high schools in the district
The other schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics) are:
Colts Neck High School - 1,766 students from Colts Neck and portions of Marlboro.
Freehold High School - 1,385 students from Freehold Borough and portions of Freehold Township.
Freehold Township High School - 2,144 students from portions of Freehold Township, Howell and Manalapan.
Manalapan High School - 1,973 students from portions of Manalapan and Englishtown.
Marlboro High School - 2,241 students from portions of Marlboro.
Notable alumni
Bonnie Bernstein (born 1970), ESPN Sports Reporter.
Lindsey Gallo (born 1981), middle-distance runner.
Karl Girolamo, actor with recurring role on the daytime soap As the World Turns.
Kevin Interdonato, actor who has appeared on several episodes of the HBO series The Sopranos.
Scott Allen Miller, radio talk show host. Miller also attended the Performing Arts Center.
Tom Pelphrey (born 1982), actor, Guiding Light and Daytime Emmy Award winner.
Kal Penn (born 1977), actor. Penn attended the Performing Arts program at Howell but attended Freehold Township High School during his senior year in the 1994-1995 school year and subsequently graduated from there.
Amy Polumbo (born 1984), Miss New Jersey 2007.
Denny Walling (born 1954), Major league baseball player in the 1980s who played predominantly for the Houston Astros.
Phil DaSilva (born 1989), actor who has appeared on As The World Turns, Love Monkey, Haunting Evidence, All My Children, and other television and film
Edward (Big Ed)Sanseverino - Notable Motorsports Photographer - Member NMPA,Author of 2 Racing History Books (1) Jalopy Speedway, Hillsborough, NC (1996),
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                                (2) Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough,NC (1995),
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External links
Howell High School website
Freehold Regional High School District website
Data for the Freehold Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics
DigitalSports Howell Homepage

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