Brick Township High School

Infobox_School
name = Brick Township High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Brick Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Dennis Filippone
viceprincipal = William Kennedy
William Kleissler
Ronald Sutter
enrollment = 1,691 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 127.5 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.3
nickname = Green Dragons [http://www.shoreconference.org/school_info_details.php?id=21 Brick Township High School] , Shore Conference. Accessed March 11, 2008.]
conference = Shore Conference
colors = Green & White
publication =
location = 346 Chambers Bridge Road
Brick, NJ 08723
information = 732-262-2500
website = [http://www.brickschools.org/brickths/site/default.asp School website]

Brick Township High School is a four-year public high school located at 346 Chambers Bridge Road in Brick Township, New Jersey, as part of the Brick Public Schools. The school day lasts 6 hours and 40 minutes (7:10 AM - 1:50 PM).

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,691 students and 127.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402220&ID=340222004582 Brick Township High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 9, 2008.]

The school was the 251st-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 212th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

Athletics

The Brick Township High School Green Dragons compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore. [ [http://www.shoreconference.org/school_info.php School Info] , Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Brick Township has 19 sports, including Baseball, Basketball, Bowling, Cheering, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Ice Hockey, Indoor Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track, and Wrestling.

In the past couple of years, the gymnastics team has excelled, having placed fourth in state sectionals in 2006. [ [http://www.njgymnastics.com/sgym06.htm 2006 South Jersey Gymnastics] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 23, 2007.]

The school is known for its powerful ice hockey program which produced NHL player Jim Dowd. Head Coach Bob Auriemma Sr. is New Jersey's all-time highest-winning high school ice hockey coach recently getting his 600th career win (Jan. 21, 2008), third highest winning high school coach in the nation, and the only hockey coach in the school's history. To date, Brick is the only public school ice hockey team to ever win the NJSIAA Overall State TitleFact|date=June 2007.

BTHS is noted for its strong football program led by Head Coach Warren Wolf, the Green Dragon's original head coach and New Jersey's all-time winningest football coach, with a 350-113-11 through the end of the 2006 season. Wolf will be staring his 50th season as coach in 2007, a tenure unmatched in New Jersey football history. ["The Fountain of Youth? Keep Coaching High School Football", "The New York Times", July 15, 2007.]

BTHS also is notable for its performing arts program, which includes Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Chorus and Advanced Chorus. Their marching band has had great success competing in the USSBA circuit where they won the regional championship in 1998 and 2000 under their band director David Lyncheski.

Mascot

BTHS's mascot is the "green dragon". Originally, "Bobby Brick" was the school's mascot.

Clubs

There are 31 active clubs in Brick Township High School including Art & Poetry Society, Bible Club, CBE, "Challenge" Yearbook, Chess Club, DECA, Dance Club, Drama, FBLA, Fashion Design, Forensics, HOSA, Interact Club, Key Club, LEO Club, Math Club, Multicultural Club, National Honor Society, Regaler, Student Government Association, School Store, Ski Club, Spirit Club, Sweep, Table Tennis, "The Flame" - School Newspaper, TV Club, Marching Band, Chorus, Color Guard, Jazz Band, Junior State of America and Sewing Club.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.brickschools.org/714690722105038/site/default.asp BTHS Administrators] , Brick Township High School. Accessed August 25, 2008.]
*Dennis Filippone, Principal
*William Kennedy, Vice Principal - South Office: Freshmen, Seniors H-O
*William Kleissler, Vice Principal - East Office: Sophomores, Seniors P-Z
*Ronald Sutter, Vice Principal - West Office: Juniors, Seniors A-G

Notable alumni

* Jim Dowd (born 1968), hockey player who played most of his career for the New Jersey Devils. [Yannis, Alex. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0CE6DE1231F93AA25751C1A965958260 "HOCKEY; No Weak Links for Devils, Including 2 Newest Players"] , "The New York Times", December 19, 1993. Accessed October 11, 2007. "The only New Jersey native on the Devils, Dowd was drafted in the seventh round in 1987 out of Brick High School, but he went to Lake Superior State, where he scored 91 goals and led the team to the national title in the 1987-88 season."]
* Art Thoms (born 1947), NFL defensive tackle for the Oakland Raiders (1969-1975) and Philadelphia Eagles (1977). [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THOMSART01 Art Thoms player profile] , database Football. Accessed August 11, 2007.] [ [http://www.raiders.com/common/article.aspx?id=1314 Art Thoms] , Oakland Raiders. Accessed August 11, 2007. "I started playing football in high school. It was the freshman team at Wayne High School in Wayne, N.J. I played two years there and then my family moved to Brickjohnsic, NJ. I played the last two years of high school ball there."]
* Joe Testa, lefty pitcher at Division I Wagner College, expects to be taken in this years MLB First-Year Players Draft.Fact|date=August 2008

References

External links

* [http://www.brickschools.org/brickths/site/default.asp Brick Township High School]
* [http://www.brickschools.org Brick Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|29|0530|0|Brick Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402220 Statistical data for the Brick Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.digitalsports.com/school/id/3084.aspx DigitalSports Brick Homepage]