Seneca High School (New Jersey)

This article is about Seneca High School in New Jersey. For other high schools with the same name, see Seneca High School (disambiguation).
Seneca High School
Location
Seneca High School
Seneca High School
Seneca High School
110 Carranza Road
Tabernacle, NJ 08088
Information
Type Public high school
Established 2003
School district Lenape Regional High School District
Principal Jeff Spector
Asst. principals Brad Bauer
John Bowden
William Cornell
Patricia LaBouff
David Maier
Faculty 119.8 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,249[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 10.4:1[1]
Color(s)      Vegas Gold and
     Forest Green[2]
Athletics conference Olympic Conference
Team name Golden Eagles[2]
Website School website

Seneca High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Burlington County, New Jersey that operates as part of the Lenape Regional High School District. The district serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Evesham Township, Medford Lakes, Medford Township, Mount Laurel Township, Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[3][4] Seneca High School serves students from four of the communities: Shamong Township, Southampton Township, Tabernacle Township and Woodland Township.[5] Seneca is the newest of the Lenape Regional High School District's four high schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 2008.[6]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,249 students and 119.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.4:1. There were 85 students (6.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 48 (3.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 111th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[7] The school had been ranked 119th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 135th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[8] The magazine ranked the school 134th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[9] The school was ranked 258th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[10]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 82nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 14 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.5%) and language arts literacy (95.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[11]

Athletics

The Seneca High School Golden Eagles[2] participate in the Olympic Conference (New Jersey), which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County and operates under the auspices of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[12] With 885 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as South Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 772 to 1,082 students in that grade range.[13] Seneca has an abundance of activities available to its students through its sports programs. The school goes by the moniker the Golden Eagles, which narrowly beat out other contending names, such as the Sacagaweas, Apaches, and the Squantos.

The boys track team coached by Rich Watson, a physics teacher at Seneca, has enjoyed moderate success with standouts such as the 2006 shuttle hurdle team, and record setting performances by Drew Kanz-Oshea in the High Jump: 7'1 (2009), and Michael Maira in the Pole Vault: 15'0" (2008-2010). Both were multiple-time state champions.

The baseball team won the 2007 NJSIAA Group III state championship, defeating Ocean Township High School 5-4 in the semifinals and Cranford High School 5-2 in the group final.[14] The Baseball team also won the Group III state championship in 2011 defeating Paramus High School by a score of 12-3 in the tournament final.[15]

The 2006 Football team made it to South Jersey Group III Final and lost to Lacey Township High School 12-0.[16] The loss ended the team's undefeated season. The team finished 11-1, ranked #1 among South Jersey Large Schools by the Courier-Post.

The 2006 girls tennis team won the South, Group III state sectional championship with a pair of 5-0 wins, defeating Ocean City High School in the semifinals and Shawnee High School in the finals.[17][18]

The 2014 and 2015 boys lacrosse teams advanced to the South Jersey Group II state championship games.[19] Attackman Kevin Gray named 2015 US Lacrosse High School All American.[20]

Joe Manchio became the school's first individual state champion in wrestling on March 6, 2016 at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. He won the 106 pound state title, defeating Paulsboro High School's Nick Duca 5-4.[21]

Other high schools in the district

Other schools in the district (with 2013-14 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics[22]) are:[23][24]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[28]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Seneca High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 2, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Seneca High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 2, 2016.
  3. ↑ Lenape Regional High School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 28, 2016. "The Lenape Regional High School District (LRHSD) serves the eight municipalities of Evesham, Medford, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships and Medford Lakes Borough."
  4. ↑ Staff. "Regional School Districts", Burlington County Times, April 26, 2015. Accessed May 28, 2016. "LENAPE REGIONAL Serves: Evesham, Medford, Medford Lakes, Mount Laurel, Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle, Woodland"
  5. ↑ Seneca High School 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 2, 2016. "ATTENDANCE AREA: Shamong, Southampton, Tabernacle and Woodland Townships"
  6. ↑ Seneca High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed October 5, 2011.
  7. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed October 5, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  11. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 1, 2012.
  12. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 2, 2016.
  13. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for South Jersey, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  14. ↑ 2007 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 13, 2007.
  15. ↑ Anastasia, Phil. "Comer, Seneca win state Group 3 championship", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 11, 2011. Accessed October 5, 2011. "Joe Banes was supposed to bunt. He hit a three-run homer instead. 'I missed the sign,' Banes said after leading Seneca to a 12-3 victory over Paramus on Saturday in the Group 3 state championship game. Kevin Comer pitched six strong innings to earn his fifth tournament victory, and Ryan Williams rapped three hits as the Golden Eagles won their second state title in front of a large crowd at Toms River East."
  16. ↑ 2006 Football Tournament - South, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 7, 2008.
  17. ↑ "Seneca earns first sectional tennis title Moorestown makes it 18 straight; Moorestown Friends falls short", Burlington County Times, October 14, 2006. Accessed August 19, 2007. "When Nicole Portner shook hands with Emily Scott after their first singles match in the South Jersey Group 3 tennis championship, Portner's Seneca High School teammates asked coach Fran Siedlecki if it was OK to go and congratulate her. The Golden Eagles can be forgiven if they didn't know what the protocol is when a team wins a school's first sectional title, a 5-0 win over Shawnee."
  18. ↑ 2006 Girls Team Tennis - South, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 19, 2007.
  19. ↑ "Boys lacrosse: Olympic Conference Player of the Year and other postseason awards, 2015". NJ.com. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  20. ↑ "2015 US Lacrosse Boys' High School All-Americans". www.uslacrosse.org. Retrieved 2015-12-23.
  21. ↑ Evans, Bill. "Seneca's Joe Manchio holds off Paulsboro's Nick Duca, 5-4, in 106-pound state final", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2016. Accessed June 2, 2016. "Seneca sophomore Joe Manchio became his school's first state champion when he held off Paulsboro's Nick Duca, 5-4, in the NJSIAA 106-pound state final on Sunday afternoon."
  22. ↑ Data for the Lenape Regional High School District, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 2, 2016.
  23. ↑ Profile and History, Lenape Regional High School District. Accessed June 2, 2016. "The Lenape District's four high schools are: Lenape, Shawnee, Cherokee North and South and Seneca. Students from Mount Laurel attend Lenape; students from Medford, Medford Lakes attend Shawnee; students from Evesham (Marlton) attend Cherokee North and South and students from Tabernacle, Shamong, Southampton and Woodland attend Seneca."
  24. ↑ New Jersey School Directory for Lenape Regional High School District, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  25. ↑ Cherokee High School, Lenape Regional High School District. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  26. ↑ Lenape High School, Lenape Regional High School District. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  27. ↑ Shawnee High School, Lenape Regional High School District. Accessed November 24, 2014.
  28. ↑ Administration, Seneca High School. Accessed June 2, 2016.

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