CLAYTON MIDDLE/HIGH SCHOOL

'Clayton Middle/High School' are a comprehensive community middle school / public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Clayton, in Gloucester County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Clayton Public Schools.

Contents

Awards and recognition

Athletics

Curriculum and programs

Administration

References

External links

Awards and recognition

In the 1997-98 school year, Clayton High School was recognized by the New Jersey Department of Education as a Best Practice School for its Commercial Art program in the Public Engagement category.^[1]

Athletics

Clayton High School is one of twenty member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest school, Clayton, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students.^[2]

Curriculum and programs

The school operates "Clayton Place", a youth services program that provides counseling and tutoring for high school students."Report Card Narratives / Clayton Boro", New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.
The high school's "Communications Academy", started in September 2000, provides courses in video production, mass media, journalism, and computer graphics."Report Card Narratives / Clayton High", New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007. In 2000, a cable-television sitcom created by a student in one of Clayton High School's video production classes was broadcast on Comcast's Channel 31 in the community. The student, Steve Carr, played Jacob, and all scenes in the show, ..Jacob's Locker.., were seen through his eyes.^[3]
Clayton High School has received press coverage for offering students distance learning opportunities at Gloucester County College and elsewhere. In 1998, for instance, 15 students from the high school took a Psychology 101 course at the college via a closed-circuit television hookup.^[4] In 1999, three students from the school took a Spanish III class given at West Deptford High School via closed-circuit television.^[5]

Administration

★ 'Principal' - Marc Meillier; appointed September 1, 2006 after working 13 years as a teacher and then assistant principal. He replaced Cleve Bryan, who was principal for five years before he became superintendent of the district.

★ 'Assistant Principal' - Daniel Antonelli

★ 'Assistant Principal' - Lee Henry

References

1. New Jersey Department of Education Best Practices Award recipients, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 18, 2007.
2. NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification. Accessed July 31, 2007.
3. Harbach, Louise. "Star of Clayton High School cable sitcom is never actually scene", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', February 13, 2000, page CH04. Accessed June 18, 2007.
4. McDonald, Melody. "High schoolers get a high-tech taste of higher ed / Interactive, closed-circuit TV allows Clayton High students to take a college course in psychology", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', November 15, 1998, page GL01. Accessed [June 18]], 2007.
5. Hobbs, Erika. "HIGH SCHOOLERS ATTENDING CLASS VIA VIDEO A NETWORK OF CAMERAS, MODEMS AND TELEVISIONS ENABLES THEM TO TAKE COURSES AT OTHER HIGH SCHOOLS - OR COLLEGES", ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', October 24, 1999, page GL07. Accessed June 18, 2007.

External links

★ Clayton Middle/High School

★ Clayton Public Schools

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Clayton Public Schools

★ South Jersey Sports: Clayton HS

★ Clayton Forum