EASTERN HIGH SCHOOL (NEW JERSEY)

'Eastern High School' is a four-year comprehensive public high school for students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District. The school serves students from Berlin Borough, Gibbsboro and Voorhees Township. The high school is located in Voorhees Township.
Eastern has a multi-cultural and diverse population with 77% white, 8% African-American, 12% Asian, and 3% Latino. The district was established in 1965, with 35 professional staff and 495 students. It has grown rapidly with two additions to the original facility and the completion of Eastern Intermediate High School in 1992. There are over 1,000 students enrolled in grades 11 and 12 at Eastern Senior High School. Eastern Intermediate High School has approximately 1,150 students enrolled in grades 9 and 10. Eastern Senior and Eastern Intermediate are located on the same site, however, operate independently. There are presently approximately 2,225 students enrolled at the two high schools. Eastern has a professional staff of more than 200. As a comprehensive secondary school, Eastern is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The average academic class size is 24. Daily student attendance averages more than 92.5% and the annual dropout rate is less than 2%.

Contents

Awards and recognition

Sports

Field hockey dynasty

Extracurricular activities

Marching Band

Administration

Noted alumni

References

External links

Awards and recognition

Eastern High School was the 58th-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''.^[1]

Sports

The Eastern High School Vikings participate in the nineteen-member Olympic Conference, which consists of public and private high schools located in Burlington County and Camden County.^[2]
Eastern High School also has a separate ice hockey club that, while not officially affiliated with the school, is a member of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.^[3]
The girls soccer team won the 2005 South, Group IV sectional championship over Toms River High School East 1-0.^[4] The team repeated in 2006, defeating Washington Township High School 2-0.^[5]
The girls volleyball team won the Group IV state championship in 2001, defeating Hunterdon Central Regional High School. bThe marching band was 1981 Atlantic Coast Champion in Group 1.^[6]

Field hockey dynasty

Eastern is most famously known for its talented field hockey team, which has the longest consecutive unbeaten streak in the nation. The 2003 team won the Group IV State championship with a 1-0 win over Lenape High School in the semifinals and a 6-0 win against Hunterdon Central High School in the tournament's final match.^[7] The 2004 team repeated as Group IV champion, again defeating Hunterdon Central High School in the tournament final.^[8] On November 19, 2006, Eastern's field hockey team won the 2006 Tournament of Champions, defeating West Essex High School 2-1.^[9] With this win, the team had won eight consecutive Group IV state titles; holds the national record unbeaten streak, and, dating back to 1998, and has an ongoing streak of 186 consecutive games without a loss to an opponent from New Jersey.^[10] This 'Field Hockey Dynasty' was noted in an article in the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'', including brief bio's of team players and individuals.^[11]

Extracurricular activities

Eastern High School has run a very successful Model United Nations team and program. In 2001, the South Jersey Model UN Consortium was started by the former advisor, Janet E. Rabin.^[12] The program runs the South Jersey Model United Nations one-day conference every fall and visits college conferences in the fall and spring. The Model UN team has won such awards as Best Small and Large Delegation at Rutgers Model UN, Best Small Delegation at Harvard Model United Nations, as well as many others.

Marching Band

The school's marching band was Tournament of the Bands Chapter One Champions in 1976 and 1981 (Group 1).^[13]

Administration

★ 'Principal' - Mr. Robert Tull

★ 'Guidance Supervisor' - Patricia Breunich

Noted alumni

★ Kelly Ripa, co-host of ''Live with Regis and Kelly'' with Regis Philbin, and co-star with Faith Ford, in ''Hope & Faith''.^[14]

★ Adam Taliaferro, former Penn State Football player who overcame paralysis, and author of the book ''Miracle in the Making''.^[15]

References

1. Top Public High Schools in New Jersey: 51-100, ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2006
2. Olympic Conference, accessed April 11, 2007.
3. Varsity Tier I Teams, South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League. Accessed April 11, 2007.
4. 2005 Girls Soccer - South, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed May 11, 2007.
5. 2006 Girls Soccer Tournament - South, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed May 11, 2007.
6. 2001 NJSIAA Girls Volleyball - Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed May 11, 2007.
7. 2003 Field Hockey - Semifinals / Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
8. 2004 Field Hockey - Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
9. 2006 Field Hockey Tournament - Tournament of Champions, accessed November 26, 2006.
10. Heilig expects nothing but best, ''The Courier-Post'', November 20, 2006.
11. Impressed by Threepeats? How About a 23-Peat?, ''The New York Times'', January 7, 2007.
12. South Jersey Model UN Consortium" at Eastern MUN, accessed January 7, 2007.
13. Tournament of Bands - Chapter One History, Tournament of Bands. Accessed July 5, 2007.
14. Transcript of Interview With Regis Philbin, CNN Larry King Live, accessed April 11, 2007. "PHILBIN: Save your prom dress. We'll take a look at it now. Here is Kelly's prom dress from 1988. That's her at Eastern High School in Voorhees, New Jersey. The No. 1 song that year was "Faith" by George Michaels."
15. Gormley, Chuck. "Legal action shocks Samaritans", ''Courier-Post'', April 30, 2007. Accessed May 11, 2007. "Taliaferro, an Eastern graduate Spittal had coached, was paralyzed after making a tackle in a 2000 football game for Penn State."

External links

★ Eastern Camden County Regional High School District

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★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Eastern Camden County Regional High School District

★ South Jersey Sports: Eastern HS