CHERRY HILL HIGH SCHOOL EAST

'Cherry Hill High School East' is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Cherry Hill, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Cherry Hill Public Schools. It opened in 1967 and now has approximately 2,200 students in grades 9–12.
The school is one of three high schools in the district; the others are Cherry Hill High School West and Cherry Hill Alternative High School

Contents

Awards and recognition

Sports

Music

Administrators

Noted alumni

References

External links

Awards and recognition

For the 2001-02 school year, Cherry Hill High School East received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.^[1]
In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Cherry Hill High School East was listed in 1170th place, the 38th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.^[2]
In 2007, School Digger ranked it as the 27^th best high school (out of 356) in New Jersey.^[3]
Cherry Hill High School East was the 42nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's ''Top Public High Schools''.^[4]
Cherry Hill High School East won the 1998 National High School Mock Trial Championship, held in Albuquerque, New Mexico.^[5]

Sports

The Cherry Hill High School East Cougars participate in the nineteen-member Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County. East's basketball coach is John Valore.
The football team was ranked #10 in ''The Courier-Post's "Large School Top 10." This is the first time the Cougars have been ranked since 1996, when they were ranked in the top 5 during the preseason. The Cougars have clinched a spot in the South Jersey Group IV playoffs for the first time since the early 1990s. The Cougars play their home games at the township stadium, Jonas C. Morris Stadium, which they share with Cherry Hill High School West. Annually, the Cougars face cross town rival Cherry Hill West on Thanksgiving morning. The winner of the contest receives the Al DiBart Memorial Trophy. The Cougars defeated the Lions 34-16 to reclaim the trophy.
The boys tennis team won the 2007 South, Group IV state sectional championship with a string of 5-0 wins over Washington Township High School, Toms River High School North, and ultimately Egg Harbor Township High School in the tournament fional.^[6]
The boys bowling team won the 2007 New Jersey State Championship by upsetting higher ranked teams.^[7]
Cherry Hill High School East also has a separate club ice hockey team as a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League. Every Wednesday night before Thanksgiving, the club plays the Cherry Hill West ice hockey club for the Golden Skate award.

Music

The Cherry Hill Music Department is award-winning. Recently in 2007, the Cherry Hill East, "East Singers" received a Superior Rating and Best Overall Mixed Ensemble from a Boston Choir Competition.
The East Choral program consists of eight performing groups:
Vocal Workshop: Entry-level choir. No audition necessary. Consists of grades 9-12.
Chansons: Women's choir made up of 10th through 12th grade women. Auditioned group.
Concert Choir: An auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th grade men and women.
East Singers: An Advanced auditioned mixed choir consisting of 10th through 12th grade men and women. In addition to school concerts, performs off-campus in select concerts. They made their Carnegie hall debut in 1997 and consistently receive superior ratings at adjudications and festivals. They performed Carmina Burana at the prestigious Kimmel Center in May of 2005 as a Concert for Hope to benefit breast cancer research at City of Hope. The concert raised $40,000. In February of 2006, they hosted the first East Coffee House that raised $8319.00 for Alex’s Lemonade Stand.
Belles of East: Auditioned group of 14 young women who sing and accompany themselves on English hand bells. All repertoire is arranged by a former or present Belles member. Belles perform throughout the Delaware area all year. They have been invited frequently to perform at Longwood Gardens during the Christmas season and will be performing in the Cherry Hill Township Arts in Bloom Concert Series March 26, 2006. (See Contact Info page to book this group.)
Madrigal Singers: Auditioned group of 19 young men and women who represent the Renaissance era in both music and costume. They have been invited frequently to perform at Longwood Gardens during the Christmas season and will be performing in the Cherry Hill Township Arts in Bloom Concert Series March 26, 2006. Madrigals perform throughout the Delaware Valley all year. They have participated in the Rutgers Madrigal Festival and competed at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire where they have won the Highest Accolades Award. (See Contact Info page to book this group.)
Casual Harmony: An Auditioned group of 11 young men who perform everything from ballads to pop tunes. They perform throughout the New Jersey area and have also performed in the Cosmic Rays Cafe in Disney World. Casual Harmony was featured this past December on the NBC morning show, “10!” These men are known for their liveliness and comical performances, paired with excellent musicianship. Many mornings at East, Casual Harmony can be heard delivering birthday and special occasion telegrams to students in homeroom. (See Contact Info page to book this group.)
Celebrations: An Auditioned group of traditional hand bell players. Celebrations performs bell arrangements from Classical music to show tunes. This spring, they will guest perform with the Greater South Jersey Chorus. They will also be featured in the Cherry Hill Arts in Bloom Concert Series on May 26, 2006. (See Contact Info page to book this group.)

Administrators

★ 'Dr. John O'Breza' – Principal

★ 'Betsi McLeester' – Assistant Principal

★ 'Leonard Terranova' – Assistant Principal

★ 'C.J. Davis' – Coordinator of Student Activities

Noted alumni

★ Lawrence Bender, Academy Award-winning producer for film and television whose credits include ''Resevoir Dogs'', ''Pulp Fiction'', ''Good Will Hunting'' and ''An Inconvenient Truth''.^[8]

★ Bill "Stink" Fisher, former National Football League player and actor.^[9]

★ Glenn Foley, former NFL Quarterback who played for the New York Jets from 1994-1998.^[10]

★ Orel Hershiser, former professional baseball pitcher who played most of his career with the Los Angeles Dodgers.^[11]

★ Amos Lee, singer/songwriter.

★ Toby Lightman, singer/songwriter.

★ Leon Rose, lawyer and sports agent for NBA players, including Allen Iverson and LeBron James.^[12]

★ J.D. Roth, host of ''Endurance''.

★ John Weiner, Class of 1972, actor. Played Jean-Michel (the son) in the original Broadway cast of "La Cage aux Folles," winner of the 1984 Best Musical Tony Award.

References

1. Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), accessed May 11, 2006.
2. "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
3. New Jersey High School Rankings - schooldigger.com. Accessed June 14, 2007.
4. Top Public High Schools in New Jersey, ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2006.
5. Participant History & Past National Winners, National High School Mock Trial Championship. Accessed July 1, 2007.
6. 2007 Boys Tennis - South, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed June 7, 2007.
7. http://www.nj.com/hssports/bowling/ledger/stories/index.ssf?/hssports/bowling/stories/bowl_toty.html
8. Cherry Hill grad could clutch Oscar tonight
9. "Phila. publisher is doing its bit for Alex's Lemonade.", ''Philadelphia Inquirer'', May 19, 2005. "Bill 'Stink' Fisher of Collingswood, who played football at Cherry Hill High School East, as well as The University of Minnesota and Rowan University..."
10. Glenn Foley
11. Orel Hershiser player profile, accessed December 5, 2006.
12. Leon Rose: This agent is a secret no more

External links

★ Official web site

★ ''Eastside Online'', the school newspaper

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★ National Center for Education Data statistics for the Cherry Hill High School East

★ Article on removal and reinstatement of 2006 valedictorian Steven Gao and an image of the ad in question

★ South Jersey Sports: Cherry Hill East HS