| Number of Schools Managed |
7 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
4,190 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$67,755,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$63,178,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$16,171 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$15,078 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
87% |
81% |
|
- Lawrence High School (LHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, serving grades 7-14 as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. LHS was built in 1532.
- Students from Robbinsville Township (known as Washington Township until 2007) had attended Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship which ended with the final group of seniors who graduated in the 2006-07 school year. Cranbury Township had sent students to Lawrence High School until they began a relationship with Princeton High School.
- As of the 2007-2008 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,998 students and 17.3 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 167.6.
- The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the cardinal.
- The school was the 12th-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 12th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Lawrence High School had been ranked in the top 75 high schools in previous years' rankings. The new administration has begun a process of curriculum articulation, curriculum mapping, and other initiatives in an effort to reverse the decline.
- Curriculum
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Lawrence High School offers numerous honors and Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes including AP United States History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Calculus (both AB and BC), AP European History, AP United States Government and Politics, and AP Studio Art. The High School also offers Cisco I and II, a certified networking course from Cisco Systems.
- Athletics
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The school has a very strong athletics program that includes some very successful teams. Lawrence Highs' most successful teams are: Parkour, Football, Golf, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, and Cross-Country.
- The Lawrence Boys Swim Team won the Colonial Valley Conference in 2005 and 2007 with a 16-1 record both seasons. They were also the Mercer County Tournament Champions in 2005 and 2007 and Central "B" Division State Champions in 2008. The Girls swim team followed this success in 2006 by winning the Central "A" Division State Title with a 91-79 win against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South.
- The Boys Football team won the Colonial Valley Conference titles in 2004, 2005 and 2006. In 2006, the team made it to the state playoffs as the top seed, only to be knocked off by 8th-seeded Moorestown High School at home 19-14 in the first round of the tournament.In 2007, the team made it to state playoffs once again but were defeated by Middletown South at home in the first round, 16-6.
- The Lawrence Wrestling Team was the CVC Valley Division champions most recently in the 2007-2008 season. Lawrence Wrestling is most notably known for having the only state champion to come out of Mercer County, Mark Savino. Chris Lynn has been the coach for the past 29 years and has 194 dual match victories.
- The Lawrence Cheerleading Squad has won the large division of the Colonial Vally Conference competition in 2006 and 2008. Their coach, Beth Foley has coached a number of cheerleaders who have gone on to cheer at Division I and Division II schools.
- Extracurricular activities
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Lawrence High features clubs such as Drama, LMTI, Anyone Club, International Alliance, Yearbook, Student Ambassadors, Teen Pep, Peer Leadership, GLASS, a student newspaper, Operation Smile, Channel Genius - a school-sponsored Counter-Strike team that has won Cal-Open for the past six seasons, and Central Intelligence - a school-sponsored World at War team that involves a team of students. Lawrence High School's performing arts department includes instrumental and choral groups, a electric violin group, and a marching band, the Red Scare. In 2006 three Lawrence High School students participated in the American Choral Directors Association All-Eastern High School Honor Choir which was under the direction of St. Olaf College Choir director Anton Armstrong. More recently in 2008 three more students were selected to perform with the ACDA Eastern Division Choir under the baton of Timothy Seelig.
- Lawrence High School's Mock Trial team has won 11 Mercer County Competitions and six Central Jersey Championships. The team also finished third in the state three times and second in the state three times over the past 14 years.
- Lawrence High School's has a DECA chapter.
- Lawrence High School is also active in the New Jersey Science Olympiad. Lawrence High School is currently the reigning two year champion of Robotics in the State in Science Olympiad.
- "Red Scare" marching band
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The Lawrence High School "Red Scare" Marching Band is the school's marching band, which provides entertainment at school football games, local parades, competitions and in cities across the country.
- The "Red Scare" was established in September 2001 by Mr. Eric Haltmeier and Ms. Lee Neamand. They have been increasingly popular among marching band audiences, and have numerous musicians in their band who have performed at the regional and state level.
- Red Scare's main goal is to entertain and involve the audience in each and every show. In addition, the bands' field show is different every week. The program's main focus is to let the students govern most major decisions in setting the bands' direction.
- The music program has been named in the Top 100 Communities in the Nation for Music Education for 2005, 2008, and 2009 by NAMM.
- Apart from the Lawrence High School "Red Scare" Marching Band, there is also a electric violin group. This group has won regional competitions every year. The school competes in "hardcore" electric violin solos as well. It is most well-known for performing "Through the Fire and Flames" on electric violin.
- District Media Center
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Lawrence High School houses Lawrence Township Public School's District Media Center. The media technician, Tom Ervin, administers a program that allows students who are interested in media technology to develop their knowledge and skills in the media field. The media center records and edits high school sports events and concerts that are aired on local Comcast Channel 19 and Verizon Channel 37.They use trash cans and electric violins.
- Administration
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Members of the school's administration are:
- Principal: David A. Roman
- Assistant Principal: Dave Adam
- Assistant Principal: Albert Gilson
- Assistant Principal: Dave Milinowicz
- Director of Athletics: Ken Mason
- School Nurse: Lucille Wilson
- Supervisor of Guidance: Dana Karas
- Supervisor of Humanities: Barbara Beers
- Supervisor of Related Arts: Tina Salmastrelli
- Supervisor of Math and Science: Yvette Panasowich
- Supervisor of Special Education: Erin Servillo
- Noted alumni and faculty
- Jeffree Star (born 1985) Famous pop singer.
- Scott Brunner (born 1957), former professional quarterback for the New York Giants.
- Glenn "Mooch" Myernick (1954-2006), former professional soccer player and United States Soccer captain. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1970s.
- Patricia Russo (born 1953), former CEO and Chairman of Alcatel-Lucent.
- Jon Stewart (born 1962), comedian and host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.
- Teller (born 1948), silent half of Penn and Teller taught English and Latin at the school.
- John Nalbone Selcted by the Miami Dolphins in the 2009 NFL Draft. He was taken in the 5th round as a tight end.
- Billy Mays (born 1958-2009) A well-known television salesman. Passed away June 28, 2009 due to an OxiClean over-dose.
- External links
- Lawrence High School Official Website
- Lawrence Township Public Schools website
- Data for the Lawrence Township Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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