Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive
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of the
Somerville Public SchoolsThe Somerville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States...
serving students from
SomervilleSomerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 12,423. It is the county seat of Somerset County....
and
Branchburg TownshipBranchburg Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 14,566....
in
Somerset CountySomerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2000, the population was 297,490. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville....
,
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,
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. Timothy O'Halloran is the school's principal. Other administrative positions are filled by Patricia Bucci (assistant principal), Gerard Foley (head of guidance), and Jeffrey Caulfied (disciplinarian).
Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a
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with the
Branchburg Township School DistrictThe Branchburg Township School District is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States....
.
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(AP) courses (such as
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) and the Senior Options Program at
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allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school.
Somerville High School is a four-year comprehensive
public high schoolA public high school is a secondary school in the United States of America that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues and administered exclusively by state and local officials. On the other hand, private schools are typically funded by tuition and private donations....
of the
Somerville Public SchoolsThe Somerville Public Schools are a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in prekindergarten through twelfth grade from Somerville, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States...
serving students from
SomervilleSomerville is a borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the borough population was 12,423. It is the county seat of Somerset County....
and
Branchburg TownshipBranchburg Township is a Township in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the township population was 14,566....
in
Somerset CountySomerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2000, the population was 297,490. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville....
,
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,
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. Timothy O'Halloran is the school's principal. Other administrative positions are filled by Patricia Bucci (assistant principal), Gerard Foley (head of guidance), and Jeffrey Caulfied (disciplinarian).
Students from Branchburg Township attend Somerville High School as part of a
sending/receiving relationshipA sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. This is often done to achieve costs savings in smaller districts or continues after districts have grown as part of a historical relationship...
with the
Branchburg Township School DistrictThe Branchburg Township School District is a community public school district serving students in kindergarten through eighth grade from Branchburg Township, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States....
.
Advanced Placement ProgramThe Advanced Placement program offers college level courses at high schools across the United States and Canada. According to the Good Schools Guide International, it is "usually much more rigorous than the general course offerings." The most taken AP exam in 2008 was AP United States History with...
(AP) courses (such as
AP United States Government and PoliticsAdvanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, or AP Gov is a college-level course and examination offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...
) and the Senior Options Program at
Raritan Valley Community CollegeRaritan Valley Community College is an accredited, coeducational, two-year, public, community college located in North Branch , New Jersey...
allow students the opportunity to earn college credits while attending high school. During the 2004-05 school year, students enrolled in thirteen AP courses. The 2005-06 school year offerings include
AP BiologyIn the United States, Advanced Placement Biology is a course and examination offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level biology course....
,
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(AB/BC),
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,
AP English Literature and CompositionAdvanced Placement English Literature and Composition is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program.-The Course:This course is designated for motivated students with a command of standard English, an...
,
AP French LanguageAdvanced Placement French Language is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States as an opportunity to earn placement credit for a college-level French course...
,
AP United States Government and PoliticsAdvanced Placement United States Government and Politics, also known as AP US Gov & Pol, AP US Gov, or AP Gov is a college-level course and examination offered through the College Board's Advanced Placement Program...
,
AP Comparative Government and PoliticsAdvanced Placement Comparative Government and Politics is an examination given by the College Board through the Advanced Placement Program...
,
AP Music TheoryAdvanced Placement Music Theory is a course and examination offered in the United States by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program to high school students who wish to earn credit for a college level music theory course.-The course:Some of the material covered in the course...
,
AP PhysicsAP Physics includes two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Board's Advanced Placement Program.*AP Physics B is a science course that is separated into five different sections of study: Newtonian Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Fluid Mechanics and Thermal Physics,...
,
AP Spanish LanguageAdvanced Placement Spanish Language is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. -The course:...
and
AP United States HistoryAdvanced Placement United States History is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program...
.
As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,038 students and 81 classroom teachers (on a
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basis), for a
student-teacher ratioStudent-Teacher ratio refers to the number of teachers in a school or university with respect to the number of students who attend the institution. For example, a student teacher ratio of 10:1 indicates that there are 10 students for every one teacher. The term can also be reversed to create a...
of 12.8.
Awards and Recognition
The school was the 3rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide for gang fights and drug bust in
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magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's
Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 74th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.
Athletics
Somerville High School competes in the
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, which is made up of public and parochial high schools covering
Hunterdon County Hunterdon County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 121,989. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Flemington....
,
Somerset CountySomerset County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of 2000, the population was 297,490. It is part of the New York Metropolitan Area. Its county seat is Somerville....
and
Warren CountyWarren County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2000 Census, the population was 102,437. Its county seat is Belvidere....
in west
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. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the
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(NJSIAA).]
The boys soccer team won the 2006/2007 Central, Group II state sectional championship with a 3-1 win over
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in the tournament final. In 2007, the boys soccer team repeated as sectional champion with a 2-0 win over
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in the tournament final.
The girls soccer team defeated Shore Regional High School 3-1 to win the 2006 Central, Group II sectional title.
The Boys Track team has been the most dominant sport in the school during the past decade. Going into the 2009 spring season, the team has won 68 dual meets in a row. They have been the Central Jersey Group II sectional champions the past eight years, and have won six Group II State Championships in that period.
SHS Marching Band
The Somerville High School Pioneer Marching Band finished off their 2007 season performing their theme,
The Land of Make Believe at a Competition at Giants Stadium. They scored an overall superior rating of 93.175. The band was led by band director Matthew Krempasky and assisted by Mr. Stephen Lorretti.
Robotics
Somerville's robotics team is Team 102, The Dexterous Gearheads. Team102 participates in the Trenton and Long Island
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regionals. Recent awards include the Judges award in Trenton (2008) and the
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Enginnering Design Award at Long Island (2007). The team has been to Atlanta in 2007 and other years prior.
Notable alumni
- Raymond Bateman
Raymond H. Bateman is an American Republican Party politician, who represented the 16th District in the New Jersey Senate in the 1960s and 70s, and was the Republican candidate for Governor of New Jersey in 1977...
(born 1927), New Jersey SenateThe New Jersey Senate was established as the upper house of the New Jersey Legislature by the Constitution of 1844, replacing the State Council. From 1844 until 1965 New Jersey's counties elected one Senator, each. Under the 1844 Constitution the term of office was three years. The 1947...
president (1970-1972) and Republican candidate for Governor of New JerseyThe Governor of New Jersey is the chief executive of the U.S. state of New Jersey. The current holder of that office is Jon Corzine, who re-assumed executive powers on May 7, 2007 from acting Gov. Richard Codey, after recuperating from an automobile accident on April 12, 2007...
(1977).
- Ben Carnevale
Bernard Louis "Ben" Carnevale was an American college men's basketball coach. He is known for coaching the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill from 1944 to 1946 and the Navy between 1947 and 1967, compiling a 257-160 record despite the Naval Academy height restrictions, at that time 6'5"...
(1915-2008), basketball coach inducted into the Basketball Hall of FameThe Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame honors exceptional basketball players, all-time great coaches, referees, executives, and other major contributors to the game.Named after basketball inventor Dr...
in 1970.
- Paul Robeson
Paul LeRoy Bustill Robeson was an internationally renowned American basso profundo concert singer, scholar, actor of film and stage, All-American and professional athlete, writer, multi-lingual orator and lawyer who was also noted for his wide-ranging social justice activism...
(1898-1976), American athlete, bass-baritone, concert singer, and civil rights activist.
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