Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School

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Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School
Address
Map
301 Second Avenue

Haddon Heights
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08035

United States
Coordinates39°53′02″N 75°03′04″W / 39.884027°N 75.051153°W / 39.884027; -75.051153
Information
TypePublic middle school / high school
Motto"Where Tradition and Progress Meet"
Establishedc. 1898
NCES School ID340633001528[1]
PrincipalWarren Danenza
Faculty77.4 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades7 - 12
Enrollment983 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.7:1[1]
Color(s)  Garnet
  gold[2]
Athletics conferenceColonial Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameGarnets[2]
RivalHaddonfield Memorial High School[3]
NewspaperThe Scribe[4]
YearbookGarneeteer[4]
Websitehighschool.gogarnets.com

Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, previously known as Haddon Heights High School (HHHS), is a six-year comprehensive public middle school / high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, in New Jersey, operating as part of the Haddon Heights School District. The school also serves students from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting in the 2015–16 school year), who attend the high school for grades 9–12 as part of sending/receiving relationships.[5][6]

History[edit]

The first graduating class in June 1903 included students from Audubon.[7] The high school's current Tudor Gothic-style building, constructed at a cost of $500,000 (equivalent to $8.9 million in 2023) opened in September 1924.[8][9]

In September 1960, students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford left the high school to start attending the new Sterling High School.[10]

In 1992, the borough of Merchantville, which at the time was sending students to Pennsauken High School in Pennsauken Township as part of a longstanding sending/receiving relationship with the Pennsauken Public Schools, made plans to switch its high school students to Haddon Heights High, but the New Jersey Commissioner of Education did not allow these plans to go forward. In 2012, the board of the Merchantville School District decided to send its students to Haddon Heights High.[11] The Haddon Heights district approved a plan in September 2013; it would add nearly 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[12] The plan was approved by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, and students from Merchantville began attending the school in September 2015.[13] Students from Merchantville already in high school before 2015 will continue to attend Pennsauken High until their graduation.[14][15] Scott Strong, the chief administrator of the Merchantville district, stated that "Haddon Heights offers the right programs, the right diversity and really met our needs."[16]

Demographics[edit]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 983 students and 77.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1. There were 128 students (13.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (1.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings[edit]

The school was the 207th-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.[17] The school had been ranked 151st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 129th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[18] The magazine ranked the school 168th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[19] The school was ranked 135th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[20] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 159th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 69 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.0%) and language arts literacy (91.8%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[21]

Athletics[edit]

The Haddon Heights High School Garnets[2] compete in the Colonial Conference, which comprises public high schools in Camden and Gloucester counties[22] operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[23] With 657 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes.[24] The football team competes in the Constitution Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[25][26] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 480 to 674 students.[27]

The school has Boys and Girls Basketball teams,[28][29] soccer,[30] boys track,[31] field hockey,[32] boys cross country,[33] as well as a softball[34] and baseball team.[35]

Extracurricular activities[edit]

Marching band[edit]

The marching band was Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Champions in Group 1 in 1994.[36] They were also the TOB Chapter 1 Champions in Group 1 from 1992 to 1997.

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.[37]

At the USSBA Yamaha Cup competition in October 2012, the marching band came in first in the 1 Open group, winning awards for Best Visual and Best Guard.[38]

In November 2013, at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, the unit took home their first ever USBands Group 1 Open National Championship, with a score of 90.25.

The following season (2014), the unit went undefeated in the regular season in both the USBands and Tournament of Bands circuits. They proceeded to go a combined 4–1 in their championship performances in both circuits (the only loss being the Atlantic Coast Championships where they finished third). The unit won their second consecutive national championship, scoring a 94.450, over a four-point improvement from the previous season's national championship victory.

During the 2015 campaign, the unit won the Tournament of Bands Group 1 Open New Jersey State Championship at Toms River High School North, on October 24, 2015.

The 2018 season saw the unit take home their first USBands Group 1 Open New Jersey State Championship since the 2014 season, taking down the defending national champion in Burlington City High School, after going 0–2 when seeing them in the regular season.

Following the 2018 season, the unit lost 14 of its 35 total members, leaving the unit with only three senior members on the roster entering the 2019 season. Despite this, the unit went on to have by far their most successful season since the 2014 season, highlighted by taking home their second consecutive USBands Group 1 Open New Jersey State Championship, again defeating the defending national champion (again being Burlington). The championships were held at Wayne Valley High School on November 3, 2019.

On November 12, 2022, the marching unit won their first ever Cavalcade of Bands Independence Open Championship with a score of 96.10. This victory earned Rob Renninger, the unit's longtime and heavily respected director, his fourth major championship win of his storied fifty-one year career (‘94, ‘13, ‘14).

Color guard[edit]

The school's indoor color guard, known as High Voltage (or HV for short), was the Scholastic Open Class champions at the Tournament Indoor Association (TIA) All-Chapter Championships in 1994 and 1996.

High Voltage was WGI (Winter Guard International) finalists in the years 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006. They finished as high as 6th place in both 2005 and 2006.

They were the Scholastic World Class Champions from 1998 to 2001, the Independent Open Class Champions in 2005 and 2006, and the Independent A Class Champions in 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, and 2009. Their run from 1998 to 2009, in which they won an All-Chapter championship in 11 out of 12 seasons, is widely regarded as the best championship run in TIA history.

They were the Independent A Class Champions in the MAIN circuit in 2004, 2005, and 2009.

High Voltage was also 2014 USBands Indoor Color Guard Scholastic 3A champions.

Indoor percussion ensemble[edit]

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 and 2008 WGI (Winter Guard International) World Championships in Dayton, Ohio.

In 2008, the percussion ensemble was the 2008 Tournament Indoor Association Scholastic Open All Chapter Champions performing their award-winning show entitled, Illusions.

In 2011, at the Tournament Indoor Association Atlantic Coast Championships, the percussion ensemble won the Scholastic Intermediate A Prelims round with a score of 92.500, yet in just after two days in their finals performance, they jumped to a 97.975, becoming the 2011 Scholastic Intermediate A Atlantic Coast Champions.

In 2014, the percussion ensemble won the Scholastic Novice Atlantic Coast Championship, earning their fourth title in nine seasons.

Administration[edit]

The school's principal is Warren Danenza. His core administration team includes two assistant principals and the athletic director.[39]

Notable alumni[edit]

See also: Category:Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School alumni

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c Haddon Heights High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ Miller, Zach. "These are the 65 best NJ high school football rivalries, according to the fans". North Jersey Media Group. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
  4. ^ a b College Planning Guide, Haddon Heights High School. Accessed March 31, 2022.
  5. ^ Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile, Haddon Heights School District. Accessed December 8, 2017. "The rich fabric of our student body is enhanced by a diverse population, coming to us from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting with the Class of 2019)"
  6. ^ Send / Receive Trial, Merchantville School District. Accessed May 10, 2021. "The Merchantville Board of Education is proud to announce that the Commissioner of Education has affirmed the Administrative Law Judge’s decision to sever its sending-receiving relationship with Pennsauken and enter into a new sending-receiving relationship with Haddon Heights.... We are excited to work with Haddon Heights and to phase in our students into their high school. The students will be phased into Haddon Heights High School. The current graduating 8th graders (Merchantville Class of 2015) will be able to attend Haddon Heights High School under the send/receive agreement."
  7. ^ "Five Leave High School Special", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 13, 1903. Accessed May 10, 2021, vis Newspapers.com. "The first class of the Haddon Heights High School was graduated last night. This school district embraces the towns of Audubon, Orston and Haddon Heights."
  8. ^ "New Haddon Heights High is Opened Today", Courier-Post, September 8, 1924. Accessed March 31, 2022, via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Borough, Haddon Heights Historical Society. Accessed May 10, 2021. "1910 · Haddon Heights High School graduates its first class... 1924 · Current High School building opens"
  10. ^ "3 Counties Share Classroom Expansion", Courier-Post, September 3, 1960. Accessed April 1, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Sterling Regional High School, third of the three new Camden County high schools, is located on Warwick rd. in Somerdale. It will accommodate students from Somerdale, Magnolia and Stratford who last year attended Haddon Heights High School."
  11. ^ Colimore, Edward. "Merchantville board votes to send students to Haddon Heights High", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2012. Accessed October 5, 2020. "It's unclear where Merchantville students will attend high school in the future. The borough's school board approved a plan this week to send its students to Haddon Heights High School. But if Merchantville's efforts to merge the borough with neighboring Cherry Hill are successful, the students could end up in the larger township's schools."
  12. ^ Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 27, 2013. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
  13. ^ Merchantville School District 2016 Report Card Narrative Archived September 29, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 28, 2017. "In the Spring of 2015, Merchantville School won a ruling to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights. We continue to work closely with Haddon Heights High School to ensure that our students are well prepared to meet their expectations. We will continue to phase in one grade level at a time into Haddon Heights High School until all high school students are enrolled for the 2018-2019 school year."
  14. ^ Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville school decision 'historic'", Courier-Post, April 17, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The state's final authorization this week allowing Merchantville to choose Haddon Heights High School over Pennsauken, is a 'landmark decision' for a state focused on school choice, according to education officials."
  15. ^ "Send/Receive Final Decision; The Commissioner of Education affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights for our High School students.", Merchantville School District. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The Merchantville Board of Education is proud to announce that the Commissioner of Education has affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision to sever its sending-receiving relationship with Pennsauken and enter into a new sending-receiving relationship with Haddon Heights.... The current graduating 8th graders (Merchantville Class of 2015) will be able to attend Haddon Heights High School under the send/receive agreement. However, students that are already attending Pennsauken HS or other high schools will not qualify to attend under the new send/receive agreement. Instead, every year for four years, a new class will be sent to Haddon Heights until all of our students are phased into Haddon Heights."
  16. ^ Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post, April 14, 2015. Accessed October 5, 2020. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School. The matter was sent to the final stage — New Jersey Commissioner of Education David C. Hespe. Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District. Merchantville students entering their freshman year will attend Haddon Heights High School starting in September 2015, according to Merchantville Chief School Administrator Scott Strong."
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  23. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  24. ^ NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
  25. ^ Haddon Heights Garnets, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  26. ^ Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component."
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  31. ^ History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
  32. ^ History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
  33. ^ NJSIAA Boys Cross Country Group State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
  34. ^ NJ.com, Bill Evans | NJ Advance Media for (June 27, 2023). "Haddon Heights' Sophia Bordi is NJ.com's Softball Player of the Year". nj. Retrieved June 27, 2023.
  35. ^ Staff. "Warriors edged in first title game appearance" Archived December 6, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, Shore News Today, May 29, 2015. Accessed December 5, 2017. "Wildwood High School's baseball team proved it belonged in the South Jersey Group I championship game Friday afternoon.... But, ultimately, the Warriors didn't get enough runs against an excellent Haddon Heights club and fell, 4-2, in the sectional championship game.... Third-seeded Haddon Heights (18-7), which will play the Central Jersey champion in a state Group I semifinal game early next week, scored three times in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie."
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  42. ^ Points of Pride Archived June 10, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, Haddon Heights High School. Accessed April 27, 2017. "Fisher, Class of 2005, has won the role of a cyborg in the upcoming Batman-‐Superman movie."
  43. ^ Morrison, John F. "Kristin Hunter Lattany, novelist and activist, dies at 77" Archived February 22, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, Philadelphia Daily News, November 21, 2008, copied at AlYoung.org. Accessed September 28, 2017. "Kristin was born in Philadelphia to George L. Eggleston and the former Mabel Manigault. She graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 1947 and majored in elementary education at the University of Pennsylvania."
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  47. ^ Kern, Mike. "Widener legend Bill Manlove entering College Football Hall of Fame", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Manlove graduated Haddon Heights High School in 1951 and enlisted with the U.S. Army."
  48. ^ Hagenmeyer, S. Joseph. "Walter E. Pedersen, 87, Political And Union Leader", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 1998, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 20, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Walter E. Pedersen, 87, a former Republican assemblyman and Camden County union leader, died Wednesday at his Clementon home. Mr. Pedersen, who was born in Berlin Borough, had lived in Clementon since he was 9. He was a 1929 graduate of Haddon Heights High School and, while a student, caddied at Pine Valley Golf Club for 10 years."
  49. ^ Dunleavy, Ryan. "Temple's Haason Reddick, walk-on to NFL Draft fast-riser: 'I came so far: Literally from the bottom'", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 9, 2017. Accessed April 27, 2017. "To understand why Reddick is afraid to pinch himself, consider that he thought his football career was over after injuries marred his final two seasons at Haddon Heights High School."
  50. ^ Bo Wood NFL Stats, Pro Football Archives. Accessed September 13, 2022. "Born: November 3, 1945 Camden, NJ High School: Haddon Heights (NJ)"

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