Lindenwold High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Lindenwold, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Lindenwold Public Schools.
| Lindenwold High School | |
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| Address | |
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801 Egg Harbor Road , , 08021 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°49′15″N 74°58′39″W / 39.820853°N 74.97752°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2001 |
| School board | Lindenwold Board of Education |
| School district | Lindenwold Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 340864000429[1] |
| Principal | Scott McCartney (interim) |
| Faculty | 57.0 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 727 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.8:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Navy blue Gold[2] |
| Athletics conference | Colonial Conference (general) West Jersey Football League (football) |
| Team name | Lions[2] |
| Website | www |
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 727 students and 57.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.8:1. There were 526 students (72.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 58 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
History
editConstructed at a cost of $17 million (equivalent to $29.3 million in 2023), the new high school opened in September 2001 with 630 students in grades 9-12, having been created following the dissolution of the Lower Camden County Regional School District.[3][4]
Awards, recognition and rankings
editThe school was the 283rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[5] The school had been ranked 196th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 254th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 256th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 267th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]
Lindenwold High School is a member of the Success Practice's Network, an organization of schools run by the International Center for Leadership in Education. LHS' Freshmen Seminar Program is recognized as a model "best practice" by the network. Freshmen Seminar is a year-long, character education and literacy mentor program required of all incoming 9th graders.
Princeton University recognized Lindenwold High School's Ann Ryan as one of four outstanding New Jersey secondary school teachers at its Commencement ceremonies on June 6, 2006. Ryan was selected for the award from among 68 nominations from public and private schools statewide.[9]
Extracurricular activities
editStaff and students produce a variety of plays and concerts that entertain the entire Lindenwold community. The high school also sponsors many other clubs that serve the community such as Interact Club, LEO Club, and Student Government Services. And, the theater program is not too shabby.
- Cheerleading (girls)
- Track and Field (boys and girls)
- Field Hockey (girls)
- Girls' Soccer
- Boys' Soccer
- Archery (boys and girls)
- Tennis (boys and girls)
- Iron Chef
- Girls' Cross Country
- Boys' Cross Country
- Boys' Hop Scotch
- Marching Band
- Theater
Athletics
editLindenwold High School Lions[2] compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750-800 students for grades 9-12 and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10][11] With 556 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group II South for most athletic competition purposes.[12] The football team competes in the Horizon Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13][14] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.[15]
During 2004-05 the Lindenwold High School boys' bowling team captured their third straight Olympic Conference championship and their first South Jersey state crown. The boys' bowling team won a fourth conference title during the 2006-07 season, and yet another in the 2008-09 season.
During the 2008-09 season the Lindenwold High School boys' track and field team captured their first Colonial Conference championship in school history. In 2009-10, the boys repeated as champions.
Administration
editThe school's interim principal is Scott McCartney. His administration team includes the vice principal and the athletic director.[16]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e School data for Lindenwold High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ a b c Lindenwold High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
- ^ Tinney, Kathleen. "Herbert Johnson; headed schools in Lindenwold", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 15, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2014. "In his last two years as superintendent, he laid the foundation for the district's expansion to K-12 by planning the new Lindenwold High School; it opened in 2001, after his departure."
- ^ Colon, Vanessa. "New year, new school for Lindenwold students", Courier-Post, September 11, 2001. Accessed April 13, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "At 7:30 a.m. Monday, 630 students at the newly constructed Lindenwold High School were in their homeroom classes shifting through school maps. Like many of the 5,500 former pupils in the disbanded Lower Camden County Regional School District, these students had to find their way around a new school.... Other students enjoyed the $17 million building and its facilities.... In 1999, Lindenwold voters approved a $23.2 million referendum to build a high school and convert Overbrook Junior High School Into Lindenwold Middle School."
- ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed July 2, 2012.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ Princeton honors outstanding secondary school teachers, Princeton University press release, dated June 2, 2006.
- ^ Schools, Colonial Conference. Accessed September 13, 2022.
- ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
- ^ NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2022.
- ^ Lindenwold Lions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023.
- ^ Home Page, West Jersey Football League. Accessed May 1, 2023. "The WJFL is a 94-school super conference that stretches from Princeton to Wildwood encompassing schools from the Colonial Valley Conference, the Burlington County Scholastic League, the Olympic Conference, the Tri-County Conference, the Colonial Conference, and the Cape Atlantic League. The WJFL is made up of sixteen divisions with divisional alignments based on school size, geography and a strength-of-program component."
- ^ NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated September 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
- ^ Our School, Lindenwold High School. Accessed May 7, 2023.