Camden High School (New Jersey)

Infobox_School
name = Camden High School
imagesize = 120px
motto =
established =
district = Camden City Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Al Davis
enrollment = 1,563 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 148.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 10.6
colors = Purple & Gold
nickname = Golden Panthers
conference = Olympic Conference
location = 1700 Park Boulevard
Camden, NJ 08103
information = 856-966-5100
website = [http://www.camdenhs.org/ School website]

Camden High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from the city of Camden, New Jersey, United States. The school is part of the Camden City Public Schools, which is classified as an Abbott District. [ [http://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/abbotts/abbotturls.pl?string=code&maxhits=100 Abbott Districts] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 31, 2008.]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,563 students and 148.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.6. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402640&ID=340264001346 Camden High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 7, 2008.]

The school was the 316th and lowest 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 314th 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.]

In 2003, Bonsall Family School, Camden High School and East Camden High School were identified as three of the seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey. [ [http://www.cnn.com/2003/EDUCATION/09/25/unsafe.schools.glance.ap/ List of dangerous schools] , CNN, September 25, 2003. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

Athletics

The Camden High School Golden Panthers compete in the Olympic Conference, an athletic conference consisting of public and private high schools located in Burlington County, Camden County and Gloucester County. [ [http://www.olympicconference.com/ Olympic Conference] . Accessed July 25, 2007.] The Olympic Conference operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

The boys' basketball team went undefeated in both 1959 and 1960, winning state championships each year. The team won a total of seven state championships in the 1970s and 1980s. "USA Today" ranked the 1986 team as number one nationwide.

The 2000 boys basketball team won the South Jersey Group III state championship as the seventh-seeded team, with an 89-64 win against top seed Lakewood High School, as Dajuan Wagner topped all scorers with 43 points. [Narducci, Marc. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EB7353621C81A81&p_docnum=49&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=K5CH50PHMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "WAGNER POWERS CAMDEN TO S.J. TITLE WITH 43 POINTS THE SUPER JUNIOR TOOK ADVANTAGE OF A MAN-TO-MAN DEFENSE BY LAKEWOOD. THE RESULT WAS AN 89-64 CAMDEN ROMP."] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", March 8, 2000. Accessed August 19, 2007.] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=323&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20III Public Sectionals - South, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 19, 2007.]

Notable alumni

* John Brown (born 1939) former American football tackle who played 10 seasons for two NFL teams. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=BROWNJOH02 John Brown player profile] , database Football. Accessed August 16, 2007.]
* George Hegamin (born 1973), former offensive lineman in the NFL for the Dallas Cowboys, Philadelphia Eagles, and Tampa Bay Buccaneers. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HEGAMGEO01 George Hegamin] , database Football. Accessed September 30, 2007.]
* Aaron McCargo, Jr. (born c. 1971), television chef. [Callahan, Kevin. [http://www.courierpostonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080608/NEWS04/806080305 "Competitor stirs love of cooking"] , "Courier-Post", June 8, 2008.]
* Billy Thompson (born 1963), former small forward for the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers.
* Dajuan Wagner (born 1983), NBA basketball player and winner of the 2001 Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award.Strauss, Robert. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9903E5DE103EF930A25751C0A9669C8B63 "IN PERSON; Hoop Dreams Revisit Camden"] , "The New York Times", February 13, 2000. Accessed July 25, 2007. "There has often been hope in that gym. Camden High has been winning state basketball championships for more than four decades now. It went undefeated all the way to the title in 1959 and 1960. Its 1986 team was ranked best in the nation by USA Today. And there were seven other state championships in the 1970's and 1980's.... Legends have grown up around its stars, from the Sunkett brothers and Itchy Smith in the 1960's to Billy Thompson and Milt Wagner, teammates in the early 1980's, both of whom went on to play for the Los Angeles Lakers.... On game day, the gym is usually filled and attention is almost always focused on one young man, DaJuan Wagner, son of Milt, touted by scouts as the top high school junior in the nation.]
* Milt Wagner (born 1963), former point guard for the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers, and father of DaJuan Wagner.

References

External links

* [http://www.camdenhs.org/ Camden High School]
* [http://www.camden.k12.nj.us/ Camden City Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|07|0680|0|Camden City Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402640 Data for the Camden City Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/camden/ South Jersey Sports: Camden HS]