Cedar Grove High School (New Jersey)

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name = Cedar Grove High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Cedar Grove Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Charles B. Sampson
viceprincipal = Elizabeth J. Torriello
enrollment = 415 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 33.8 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.3
nickname = Panthers
conference = Colonial Hills Conference
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location = 90 Rugby Road
Cedar Grove, NJ 07009
information = 973-239-6400
website = [http://www.cedargrove.k12.nj.us/cghshome.htm School website]

Cedar Grove High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from the Cedar Grove, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Cedar Grove Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 415 students and 33.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409210&ID=340921000568 Cedar Grove High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 3, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 70th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 55th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 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.]

History

Cedar Grove High School was originally named Memorial High School. With the establishment of [http://www.cedargrove.k12.nj.us/mmshome.htm Cedar Grove Memorial Middle School] in the same building as the high school, the name of the high school was changed to Cedar Grove High School.

Athletics

The Cedar Grove High School Panthers compete in the Colonial Hills Conference which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in west central New Jersey, under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

In 2003, the baseball team took the North II, Group I state title with a 10-7 win over New Providence High School in the tournament's final game. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=38116&tclass=North%20II,%20Group%20I 2003 Baseball Tournament - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.]

The football team won the 2004 North II Group I state sectional championship by defeating Hoboken High School 6-0 in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=84343&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2004 Football Tournament - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.]

In 2007, the team defeated Belvidere High School 17-0 to win the North II, Group I state sectional championship in a game played at Rutgers Stadium. The win was the team's fifth sectional title, all of which have come without giving up a point, including shutouts in 1983, 2000 and 2004, and the team was declared champion in 1978 as the only team eligible for the playoffs in its section. [Behre, Bob. [http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-1/1196660359294840.xml&coll=1 "Cedar Grove stymies Belvidere, 17-0"] , "The Star-Ledger", December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "It stifled Belvidere's inside running game, blanketed its talented wideouts and frustrated the Warren County school at every turn en route to a 17-0 victory and Cedar Grove's fifth NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 championship yesterday at Rutgers Stadium in Piscataway."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2007 Football - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.]

The softball team defeated Midland Park High School 2-0, to win the 2004 Softball - North I, Group I championship. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=67062&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I 2004 Softball - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 4, 2007.] The 2006 Softball team returned as sectional champion, edging Wallington High School 5-4 in the tournament final. [Miller, Sheila G. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=11201D86E959C120&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=C53A58TPMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Cedar Grove rallies in 7th - Erases Wallington lead to capture sectional crown"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", June 2, 2006. Accessed August 2, 2007. "After scoring first and holding a lead for most of the game, Wallington watched its sectional title hopes disappear Thursday as it lost a nail-biter in the North 1, Group 1 final to Cedar Grove, 5-4."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=161251&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I 2006 Softball - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 2, 2007.]

The boys basketball team won the 2008 North I, Group I state sectional title with a 43-34 win over Verona High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=260152&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I 2008 Boys Basketball - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed March 9, 2008.] The victory was the team's first sectional title in over three decades. [Deegan, Matt. [http://www.nj.com/starledger/stories/index.ssf?/base/sports-0/120472882296180.xml&coll=1 "Cedar Grove foils Verona for title"] , "The Star-Ledger", March 5, 2008. Accessed march 9, 2008. "Cedar Grove scored the first five points of the second half and never surrendered the lead, defeating Verona, 43-34, in the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 final to earn its first sectional championship in more than 30 years in front of two raucous student sections at St. Peter's College in Jersey City."] Essex county tournment runner up 2008 thanks to beating livingston high school in the second round and then beating bloomfield and lossing to msd

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.cedargrove.k12.nj.us/BOEhome.htm Board of Education] , Cedar Grove Schools. Accessed August 20, 2008.]
*Charles B. Sampson - Principal
*Elizabeth J. Torriello - Vice Principal

References

External links

* [http://www.cedargrove.k12.nj.us/cghshome.htm Cedar Grove High School]
* [http://www.cedargrove.k12.nj.us Cedar Grove Schools website]
*NJReportCard|13|0760|0|Cedar Grove Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3402850 Data for the Cedar Grove Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics