| Definition of Terms |
Winslow Township High School |
| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Camden County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
1686 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
121 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 506 students | | Grade 10 - 379 students | | Grade 11 - 393 students | | Grade 12 - 353 students | | Grade Not Listed - 55 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:14 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
1% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
7% |
15% |
| % Black |
53% |
17% |
| % White |
39% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
23% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
9% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Winslow Township School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
9 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
6,320 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$86,105,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$84,361,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$13,624 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$13,348 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
87% |
81% |
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- Winslow Township High School is a four-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students Winslow Township, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Winslow Township School District. Until 2000, Winslow Township High School was a member of the Lower Camden County Regional School System - District 1. At that time the school's name was Edgewood Regional High School. Edgewood was the sister school of Overbook Regional Senior High School in Pine Hill (now known as Overbrook High School).
- Students from Chesilhurst attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Chesilhurst Borough School District.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,673 students and 124 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.5.
- The school was the 274th-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 297th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- Homecoming 2008
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Queen: Samantha Giebner (Sammy G)King: Kevin Williams (BK)
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Glen Jackson, Principal
- Walt Marlin, Assistant Principal 9th Grade
- Chris Bennett, Assistant Principal 10th Grade
- Sheresa Clement, Assistant Principal 11th Grade
- Bruce Wyckoff, Assistant Principal 12th Grade
- Television Production
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Winslow Township High School Television Production, also known as "Studio 106," has won 3 National Student Television Awards for both Writing and Technical Achievement from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It has taken home top honors from the New Jersey State Teen Arts Competition (Film and Television Awards). Studio 106 produces two shows - a daily live morning show called "Good Morning Winslow" is broadcast via closed circuit television to the students and staff of Winslow Township High School. "Eye on the Eagles", a cable news magazine, is broadcast on Southern New Jersey Comcast Cable Channel 13. Both shows were produced by the students under the guidance of executive producer and teacher Norm Ingram.
- Drama Club and Stage Crew
- Each year Winslow's Drama Club and Stage Crew present at least two major productions. A comedy or drama in the fall and a musical in the spring. The ticket sales and fund raisers benefit the Theatre Guild Senior Scholarship Program. Previous performances include: Ah, Wilderness! (2001), South Pacific (2002), The Crucible (2002), The Music Man (2003), Don't Drink the Water (2003), Footloose (2004), It's a Wonderful Life (2004), How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2005), Our Miss Brooks (2005), The Sound of Music (2006), Miracle on 34th Street (2006), Little Shop of Horrors (2007), A Christmas Carol (2007), Guys and Dolls (2008), Arsenic and Old Lace (2008), and most recently Grease (2009).
- The WTHS Drama Club and Stage Crew have been recognized for outstanding achievement in theatre by the distinguished Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards.
- The WTHS Drama Club and Stage Crew has taken home top honors multiple years from the New Jersey State Teen Arts Competition.
- Sports
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The Winslow Township High School Eagles participate in the Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.
- Winslow Township High School hosted games as part of the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup soccer tournament.
- In spring of 2006, Winslow Township created an Ice Hockey club for students of Winslow Township High School, playing competitive Hockey in the South Jersey league out of the Flyers Skatezone in Voorhees, New Jersey. In fall 2006 and early 2007, Winslow Ice Hockey competed in the Independent High School league out of the Vineland Ice Arena in Vineland, New Jersey.
- In 2007 the WBoys indoor track team became New Jersey Group III State champions.
- Army JROTC
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The Winslow Township High School is host to a branch of U.S. Army JROTC. The Battalion, named Soaring Eagle, is well known in the community, and even conducts annual toy drives to help unfortunate children in the region. It is currently an Honor Unit. The Senior Army Instructor is (retired) Lieutenant Colonel Daniel P. White accompanied by First Sergant Ron Workman.
- Shooting Plot
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Winslow Township High School gained national attention in 2006 because of a shooting plot which was to take place during a lunch period. Two females, sophomores at the high school, had heard rumors of a plot in close relation to the 2003 movie 'Elephant' and alerted school officials who in turn notified the Winslow Township Police Department. The students involved were arrested before the plot could be carried out. The only subject to be sentenced at this point has received four years probation and must undergo counseling and psychological evaluations.
- Notable alumni
- Shonn Greene (born 1985), running back for the New York Jets after a record setting career at the University of Iowa.
- Dennis Mitchell (born 1966), Olympic gold medalist
- James Rolfe (born 1980), filmmaker, better known as the Angry Video Game Nerd
- Jonathan Squibb (born 1986), winner of Wing Bowl 17 at Philadelphia's Wachovia Center, on January 30 2009.
- External links
- Winslow Township High School
- Winslow Township School District
- Data for the Winslow Township School District, National Center for Education Statistics
- South Jersey Sports: Winslow Township HS
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| About This Zip Code (08004) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
14,299 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
24% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
36 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.9 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$57,261
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
6.6 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
31 years old |
47 years old |
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| % Owning / % Renting |
87% / 13% |
62% / 38% |
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