| Number of Schools Managed |
1 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
1,646 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$22,327,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$21,720,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,564 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,196 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
92% |
81% |
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- Mainland Regional High School is a regional public high school and school district serving students in grades nine through twelve from the communities of Linwood, Northfield and Somers Point in Atlantic County, New Jersey, serving a total population of over 25,000 in the three communities. The high school is located in Linwood. Mainland Regional High School has been recognized by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,646 students and 128.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.8.
- The school is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education.
- The school was the 116th-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 104th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- Awards and recognition
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For the 1997-98 school year, Mainland Regional High School was formally designated by the United States Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School.
- The Washington Post writer Jay Matthews ranked Mainland sixth in New Jersey and 111th in the nation in his book, “Class Struggles: What’s Wrong (and Right) with America’s Best Public High Schools,” based on the school's efforts at exposing students to challenging course work. In New Jersey Monthly’s September 2002 issue, Mainland was ranked fifth among high schools in South Jersey.
- In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Mainland regional High School was listed in 719th place, the 14th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school ranked as number 310 in Newsweek magazine's 2005 listing of "America's Best High Schools".
- Athletics
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The Mainland Regional High School Mustangs 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.
- The football team won the 2002 South Jersey Group III State Championship, defeating Delsea Regional High School 21-7 in the final.
- In 2002, the golf team won the New Jersey State Championship, giving them the #1 ranking in the state for the 2003 season.
- In 2003, the cross country team made history when 5th man Alex Palmentieri crossed the finish line to clinch the team's second consecutive Meet Of Champions title. The team's average time of 16:19, was a second off CBA's 1982 record for the state championship course, which resides in Holmdel, NJ.[1]
- In 2007, the girls soccer team won the CAL-American Conference for the first time in Mainland's history.
- In 2007, the Boys Rowing Team won the State Championship with the Varsity and Second Varsity Eight.
- In 2008, the JV Girls Rowing Team, won the National Championships.
- In 2008, The Football team won their first South Jersey Group IV Championship, going 12-0 for the first time. All previous Mainland championships were in South Jersey Group III.
- Marching Band
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The school's marching band was Tournament of Bands Chapter One Champions in 1979 (Group 2), 1980 and 1984 (Group 3) and 1989 (Group 1)and Group two state champions in 2005 and 2006, and group one tri-state champions in 2008.
- Mock Trial
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Mainland Mock Trial won the Vincent J. Appruzzesse Mock Trial Competition covering the whole state of New Jersey in 2003. They went on to compete in the National High School Mock Trial Championship in New Orleans.
- On March 31, 2009, the Mainland "mockers" won the state championship in New Bruinswick, New Jersey. They went undefeated (11-0) to get there, conquering county and regional tournaments first. They will be participating in the AMTI.
- Controversy and incidents
- 2006 Graduation controversy
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In Mainland Regional High School's graduation of 2006, valedictorian Kareem Elnahal gave an unauthorized speech instead of the approved one. In his speech he criticized Mainland saying "the education we have received here is not only incomplete, it is entirely hollow." After delivering his speech, Mr. Elnahal received an ovation from the some of the students in the audience. Kareem then left the graduation ceremonies before receiving his diploma.
- 2008 Graduation Controversy
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During the 2008 Graduation ceremony, Salutatorian Jennifer Chau's speech was cut off, after she strayed from her approved text and issued a criticism of the school's administration. Students and parents in the audience protested the cut off, requesting that she be allowed to finish her remarks. Chau's issue revolved around her not receiving credit for a freshman honors class, which she believed allowed another student, the child of a Board of Education member, to be chosen as valedictorian.
- October 2006 Bomb Threats
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Mainland experienced several bomb threats during the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year. A series of four written threats in a five school day time span were left by students throughout the school. After several school lockdowns, evacuations, five arrests, and the installation of cameras with government funding throughout the school, it seems the problem has been resolved. Two girls held responsible were placed on probation and face fines of up to $11,000 dollars to cover costs incurred by police departments from Linwood, Somers Point, Northfield, The State Police, Prosecutors Office, Atlantic City Bomb Squad, Egg Harbor Township K-9 units and Cape May County, who were forced to respond to the incidents. This includes the Atlantic County Emergency Response Units' vehicle. The two girls also must provide hours of community service and various other forms of restitution. School officials have implied that the students arrested will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
- Administration
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Core members of the district's / school's administration are:
- Thomas Baruffi, Ed. D. - Superintendent
- Kim Jensen Gniewyk - Board Secretary / Business Administrator
- Dr. Robert Blake - Principal
- Jahvan O'Neal - Assistant Principal (Grades 10 and 12)
- Mark Marrone - Assistant Principal (Grades 9 and 11)
- Notable alumni
- Greg Buttle (born 1954), former NFL linebacker for the New York Jets. While attending Mainland Regional High School, Buttle excelled as a 4-sport letterman in football, basketball, baseball and track and field.
- Karen S. Davis (born 1955), photographer, author, musician, performer, editor, and former Thomson Organization journalist. Davis was the 1973 valedictorian of Mainland Regional High School with perfect academic standing and a record 14 awards and scholarships.
- Jennifer Pershing (born 1980), was Playboy Magazine's Miss March 2009.
- John Stone (born 1979), former NFL wide receiver.
- David Klemic (born 1978), former NFL wide receiver.
- Timothy Watson (born 1974), former NFL defensive tackle.
- External links
- Mainland Regional High School website
- Data for the Mainland Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Mainland HS
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