- Hunterdon Central Regional High School is a comprehensive, regional, four-year public high school, and school district that serves students from five municipalities in east central Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. Students hail from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township, Flemington Borough, Raritan Township and Readington Township.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,897 students and 240 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.1.
- Awards and recognition
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For the 1997-98 school year, Hunterdon Central Regional High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve, is awarded for excellence in instructional delivery and educational environment. In 2002, Hunterdon Central was awarded the Blue Ribbon School award for the second time, one of a limited number of schools across the state to be recognized on two separate occasions.
- The school was the first in the State of New Jersey to be designated as a Star School by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve, and has been recognized with this award three times, in 1993-94, 1994-95, and 1997-98.
- The school was the 62nd-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 57th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
- For the 2005-06 school year, the district was recognized with the "Best Practices Award" by the New Jersey Department of Education for its "Books Breaking Barriers: The ESL Literature Circle" World Languages program at Hunterdon Central Regional High School.
- On December 11, 2007, Hunterdon Central was recognized by President George W. Bush for its anti-drug efforts during a meeting with Principal Christine Steffner and Superintendent Lisa Brady. President Bush thanked Hunterdon Central for "feeling as passionate as we do and working as hard as we do".
- Board of Education
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The Hunterdon Central Regional Board of Education has nine members elected by registered voters in the five constituent municipalities who participate in the school district. Three members are elected from both Raritan and Readington Townships, and one each from Delaware Township, East Amwell Township and the Borough of Flemington. The board is responsible for making numerous policies and regulations. They are also given the task of perform the budget cuts if the budget, which they create, does not pass.
- School
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The high school is situated on a campus that includes a 9/10 Campus Building, an 11/12 Campus Building, a 2,000-seat fieldhouse, an Instructional Media Center, and a Communications/Music Building with a TV / radio studio and three practice halls. There are also numerous outdoor fields and extensive Project Adventure facilities.
- The first construction since the addition of the lower campus (the 11/12 Building), the school went through extensive renovations starting in February 2005 to help cope with the increase in students over the years. The auditorium, which hadn't been renovated since its construction in 1957, is completely renovated, which included the replacement of the old stage, and the addition of the most up-to-date technology for the music and theater departments. All classrooms were fitted with air conditioning. The main athletic complex, housing the football stadium, has been completely redone due to the generous donation of a HCRHS alum. Now dubbed the "Stewart Athletic Complex," the stadium features a turf field, brand new seating, and an up-to-date press box. Many other renovations have been made to the music buildings, communications building, and library. Construction was completed in fall of 2006.
- The School has a thorough and complex security system. All administration, faculty and students have ID Cards with magnetic stripes that must be used to gain access through certain doors. There is also an extensive system of cameras throughout the school(approximately 120 cameras are currently monitoring areas throughout the school).
- After many months of searching the school recently appointed a new superintendent, Dr. Lisa Brady, a former employee of Hunterdon Central. She served as a vice-principal from 1997 to 2000 and principal from 2000 to 2004; and then left to become superintendent of South Hunterdon Regional High School.
- Extracurricular activities
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Extracurricular activities at the high school include baseball, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ bowling, cheerleading, boys’ and girls’ cross country, boys’ and girls’ fencing, field hockey, football, boys’ and girls’ golf, gymnastics, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, ice hockey, boys’ and girls’ soccer, softball, boys’ and girls’ swimming, boys’ and girls’ tennis, boys’ and girls’ track and winter track, boys’ and girls’ volleyball, color guard, and wrestling.
- The boy's lacrosse team has won the Group IV State Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008. In 2006, number-three seed Hunterdon Central Regional High School defeated top-seed Montclair High School in the Group IV final, by a score of 10-9 in overtime.
- The Varsity Football Team won the title of Group IV Public School State Championship in 2006, winning the Central Group IV championship, beating Howell High School, 42-24, and was ranked #2 in Central New Jersey by the Courier-News. The 2007 team won the North II, Group IV sectional title, defeating Piscataway High School 23-13 in a game played at Rutgers Stadium.
- In 1998, the football team won the Central Group IV state sectional title with a 42-6 win over Piscataway Township High School in the tournament final at Giants Stadium. The team had earlier won state titles in 1974 and 1979.
- In 2007, the field hockey team won the North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 2-1 win over Middletown High School North in the tournament final.
- The Varsity Cheerleading Team has taken the title of New Jersey Group IV State Champion in 02-03, 00-01, and 98-99 and took 2nd Place nationally at UCA National High School Finals in 2003. They placed 4th in 2004.
- The Marching Band, or Marching Red Devils have consistently placed very high in state, regional and all-state competitions. In their 2006 show, The Blueprint, were ranked 1st in the Central Jersey area, 3rd in the state, and 5th in the northeast. Between the 2006 and 2007 season the band made several performances in Florence, Italy, and Salzburg, Austria. The 2008 program took 2nd place at the USSBA NJ State Championships. In prior years, the MRD have won two state titles, tied for first in the northeast.
- Activities offered include dramatics, student government, publications, service organizations, clubs, marching band and orchestra, an Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program, a chapter of the Junior Statesmen of America, a chapter of Amnesty International, a chapter of Future Business Leaders of America, and choral programs.
- The school's radio station, 90.5 FM WCVH, features current country music. The call letters stand for "Community Voice of Hunterdon (county). The signal can be heard throughout most of Hunterdon County and portions of Somerset, Mercer, Warren, and Morris Counties in New Jersey and Bucks County in Pennsylvania. WCVH is the only FM station licensed to Flemington, and one of only 2 FM stations in the county.
- Staff
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Hunterdon Central has a student/faculty ratio of 12 to 1. Approximately 57.6% of the staff hold advanced degrees (M.A., Ph. D. or Ed.D.). The District's staff training program has been recognized by the National Center for Public Productivity at Rutgers University, The New Jersey Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and the United States Department of Education Professional Development National Awards.
- Administration
- Central Office
- Superintendent - Lisa Brady, Ed.D.
- Brady had also served as a vice-principal at Hunterdon Central Regional from 1997-2000 and principal from 2000-2004.
- Business Administrator / Board Secretary - Ray Krov
- School Administration
- Principal - Christina Steffner
- Vice-Principal - Barabara Manfredi
- Vice-Principal - Richard Schneebeli
- Vice-Principal - Suzanne Cooley
- Vice-Principal - Craig Blanton
- Vice-Principal - Ashley Walulak
- Notable alumni
- Jamie Graf (born 1973), class of 1991, Grammy Award winning recording engineer.
- Zora Andrich (born 1972), class of 1991, Reality television star, winner of 1st season of Joe Millionaire.
- Vera Farmiga (born 1973), actress whose films include The Manchurian Candidate and The Departed, graduated with the class of 1991.
- Danny Federici, musician, player for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band.
- Marcia A. Karrow State Senator representing New Jersey's 23rd legislative district.
- Tom Keeley (class of 1997), guitarist for the band Thursday
- Robyn Kenney (class of 1979), field hockey player.
- Kent Osborne, Movie writer, SpongeBob SquarePants, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
- Mark Osborne, Movie director, Kung Fu Panda and More.
- Michael Steven Pohle, Jr., (class of 2002), killed in Virginia Tech massacre
- Tucker Rule (class of 1997), drummer for the band Thursday.
- Jason Shevchuk (class of 1994), vocalist for the band Kid Dynamite.
- Eric Shinseki (born 1942), U.S. four-star general, United States Secretary of Veterans under President Barack Obama, Hunterdon Central transfer student for one year.
- External links
- Hunterdon Central Regional High School
- Data for the Hunterdon Central Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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