Haddon Heights High School

Infobox School
name = Haddon Heights High School


imagesize = 120px
motto = “Where Tradition and Progress Meet”
established =
type = Public high school
principal = D. Sandowich
asst principal = D. Chando
Ronald Corn
grades = 7 - 12
enrollment = 844 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 67.4 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.5
colors = Garnet & Gold
teamname = Garnets
conference = Colonial Conference
location = 301 Second Avenue
flagicon|New Jersey Haddon Heights, NJ 08035
information = 856-547-1920

Haddon Heights High School is a six-year comprehensive junior high school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Haddon Heights School District.

Haddon Heights High School also serves students from the neighboring communities of Barrington and Lawnside who attend the high school for grades 9-12 as part of sending/receiving relationships. [ [http://hhsd.k12.nj.us/hhhs/about_our_school About Our School] , Haddon Heights High School. Accessed June 16, 2008. "Haddon Heights High School serves over eight hundred students from three local towns: Haddon Heights, Barrington, and Lawnside."]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 844 students and 67.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710&ID=340471000380 Haddon Heights High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 18, 2007.]

The school was the 168th-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 135th 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 Haddon Heights High School Garnets compete in the Colonial Conference, which is composed of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12. [ [http://www.colonialconference.org/school_info.php Colonial Conference teams] , accessed April 5, 2007.]

Cross Country: The 1991 boys cross country team finished a perfect season of 11-0.Fact|date=September 2008

Basketball: The girls basketball team won the 2007 South, Group II state sectional championship with a 33-26 win against Cinnaminson High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202578&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20II 2007 Girls Basketball - South, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

Softball: In 2001, the softball team won their second consecutive South, Group II state sectional championship with a 2-0 win against Manchester Township High School. [ [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0FD883E508A7AED7&p_docnum=6&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=A68J5EWVMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Schlichtig lifts Haddon Heights to Group 2 title"] , "Courier-Post", June 1, 2001. Accessed August 18, 2007. "The Haddon Heights High School softball team won its second straight South Jersey Group 2 championship Thursday when when it turned back Manchester Township 2-0 in the title game at Washington Township."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=5816&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20II 2001 NJSIAA Softball - South, Group II] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 18, 2007.]

Extracurricular activities

Marching Band:The school's marching band finished in third place at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group I band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007, with a score of 94.175, missing second place by 1/20th of a point. [ [http://www.yea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=1116natsChampionship, Group I, M&T Bank Stadium, November 16, 2007] , United States Scholastic Band Association. Accessed November 18, 2007.]

The marching band was Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Champions in Group 1 in 1994. They were also the TOB Chapter 1 Champions in Group 1 from 1992-1997.

Color Guard:The school's indoor color guard, known as High Voltage, was the Scholastic Open Class champions at the Tournament Indoor Association All-Chapter Championships in 1994 and 1996. They were the Scholastic World Class Champions from 1998-2001, the Independent Open Class Champions in 2005 and 2006, and the Independent A Class Champions in 2002, 2004, and 2007. They were the Independent A Class Champions in the MAIN circuit in 2004 and 2005.

Indoor Percussion:The school's indoor percussion ensemble was the Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic A Champions in 2006. The school's indoor percussion ensemble also attended the 2007 WGI (Winter Guard International) World Championships in Dayton, Ohio.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration include: [ [http://www.hhsd.k12.nj.us/hhhs/staff_admin_administation Administration] , accessed February 21, 2007.]
*D. Sandowich - Principal
*D. Chando - Assistant Principal
*Ronald Corn - Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

* Steve Israel (born 1969), former American football cornerback who played nine seasons in the NFL. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ISRAESTE01 Steve Israel profile] , database Football. Accessed June 3, 2007.]
* Herb Kelleher (born 1931), co-founder, Chairman and former CEO of Southwest Airlines. [Blackwell, Charles W. [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-9340259_ITM "Flying High with Herb Kelleher: A Profile in Charismatic Leadership."] , "Journal of Leadership Studies", June 22, 1999. Accessed November 2, 2007. "Graduating from Haddon Heights High School where he distinguished himself as an athlete and student body president, Kelleher's first job was at Campbell Soup Company where he worked for six summers, joining his dad who was General Manager."]

References

External links

* [http://www.hhsd.k12.nj.us/hhhs/ Haddon Heights High School]
* [http://hhsd.k12.nj.us/ Haddon Heights School District Website]
*NJReportCard|07|1880|0|Haddon Heights School District
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406330 Data for the Haddon Heights School District] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/haddonheights/ South Jersey Sports: Haddon Heights HS]