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EspañolMORRISTOWN HIGH SCHOOL
'Morristown High School' (or 'MHS') is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Morris County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Morris School District. The school serves students from Morristown and Morris Township, along with students from Morris Plains, who attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship.
Students feed into the high school from grades K-8 within the Morris School District from both Morristown, Morris Township, and various private schools. Students from Morris Plains in grades K-8 attend the Morris Plains Schools.
Morristown High School was the 65th-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]
The Morristown High School Colonials participate in the twenty-member Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference comprised of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey.
The Morristown baseball team won the Group III state championship in 2006 with wins over Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan and Ocean Township High School by 3-1 and 11-7 respectively.[2]
Morristown High School was opened in 1869 on Maple Avenue, four years after Morristown had seceded from Morris Township. It accepted students from both the town and the township. The first graduates were the class of 1874, consisting of eight students, five girls and three boys.
It currently receives students from Frelinghuysen Middle School, Morris Plains Borough School, and various private schools, such as Saint Virgils.
In 2005, Linda D. Murphy, an assistant principal at Morristown High School, was promoted to principal of Morristown High School, thus becoming the first Morristown High School graduate to fill the position.
Joyce Kilmer, poet and author, taught at Morristown High School 1908-1909.
★ James J. Barry Jr, Director of the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs and member of the New Jersey General Assembly (Class of 1964)
★ Tom Limoncelli, author and activists (Class of 1987).
★ Alexander Modzeleski, Writer and Director of award winning film ''Searching for Santa''.
★ Craig Newmark, creator of the web community craigslist.[3]
★ Andrew Reich, producer & writer of the popular sitcom ''Friends''
★ Lexington Steele (born 'Clifton Todd Britt'), an African American pornographic actor and director. (Class of 1987)
★ Rick Sofield, former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick & outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1979-1981 (Class of 1975).[4]
★ Ira Ungerleider, producer & writer of the popular sitcom ''Friends''
★ Gene Shalit, book and movie critic (class of 1948?)
1. Top Public High Schools in New Jersey: 51-100, ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2006
2. 2006 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 20, 2007.
3. "Web guru hails from Morristown", ''Daily Record (Morristown)'', June 26, 2004.
4. 1975 Baseball Draft Results - Round #1, accessed December 31, 2006
★ Morristown High School
★ Morris School District
★ Marching Colonials
★
★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Morris School District
Students feed into the high school from grades K-8 within the Morris School District from both Morristown, Morris Township, and various private schools. Students from Morris Plains in grades K-8 attend the Morris Plains Schools.
| Contents |
| Awards and recognition |
| Athletics |
| History |
| Trivia |
| Notable alumni |
| References |
| External links |
Awards and recognition
Morristown High School was the 65th-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]
Athletics
The Morristown High School Colonials participate in the twenty-member Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference comprised of twenty high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County in New Jersey.
The Morristown baseball team won the Group III state championship in 2006 with wins over Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan and Ocean Township High School by 3-1 and 11-7 respectively.[2]
History
Morristown High School was opened in 1869 on Maple Avenue, four years after Morristown had seceded from Morris Township. It accepted students from both the town and the township. The first graduates were the class of 1874, consisting of eight students, five girls and three boys.
It currently receives students from Frelinghuysen Middle School, Morris Plains Borough School, and various private schools, such as Saint Virgils.
In 2005, Linda D. Murphy, an assistant principal at Morristown High School, was promoted to principal of Morristown High School, thus becoming the first Morristown High School graduate to fill the position.
Trivia
Joyce Kilmer, poet and author, taught at Morristown High School 1908-1909.
Notable alumni
★ James J. Barry Jr, Director of the New Jersey Department of Consumer Affairs and member of the New Jersey General Assembly (Class of 1964)
★ Tom Limoncelli, author and activists (Class of 1987).
★ Alexander Modzeleski, Writer and Director of award winning film ''Searching for Santa''.
★ Craig Newmark, creator of the web community craigslist.[3]
★ Andrew Reich, producer & writer of the popular sitcom ''Friends''
★ Lexington Steele (born 'Clifton Todd Britt'), an African American pornographic actor and director. (Class of 1987)
★ Rick Sofield, former Major League Baseball first-round draft pick & outfielder for the Minnesota Twins 1979-1981 (Class of 1975).[4]
★ Ira Ungerleider, producer & writer of the popular sitcom ''Friends''
★ Gene Shalit, book and movie critic (class of 1948?)
References
1. Top Public High Schools in New Jersey: 51-100, ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2006
2. 2006 Baseball - Public Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 20, 2007.
3. "Web guru hails from Morristown", ''Daily Record (Morristown)'', June 26, 2004.
4. 1975 Baseball Draft Results - Round #1, accessed December 31, 2006
External links
★ Morristown High School
★ Morris School District
★ Marching Colonials
★
★ National Center for Education Statistics data for the Morris School District
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