Coles High School Program

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Coles High School Program
Location
Coles High School Program
1750 Kresson Road

Cherry Hill
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08003

United States
Coordinates 39°54′49″N74°59′33″W / 39.913506°N 74.992376°W / 39.913506; -74.992376
Information
Type Alternative public high school
Established1969
School district Cherry Hill Public Schools
NCES School ID340300000223 [1]
PrincipalAaron Edwards [2]
Faculty8.0 FTEs [1]
Grades 9th-12th
Enrollment32 (as of 2023–24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio4.0:1 [1]
Website www.chclc.org/Domain/24

The Coles High School Program (formerly known as Cherry Hill Alternative High School or Estelle Malberg Alternative High School) is an alternative public high school in Cherry Hill in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, for students who need behavioral and emotional support.

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Starting in the 2024-25 school year, the Cherry Hill Alternative High School was moved from the Lewis Administration Building and renamed as the Coles High School Program]], operated as a school-within-a-school at Cherry Hill High School East. [3]

History

Malberg was built in 1969 [4] and was originally an early childhood center, [5] then became an alternative high school in 1997. [6] Malberg, as it is commonly known to most Cherry Hill residents, is also the location of the Cherry Hill Public Schools administration building, which was previously at the Rosa Administration Building (formerly Heritage Middle School until 1985 and was renamed Rosa International Middle School in 1999). [7]

As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 32 students and 8.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 4.0:1. There were 11 students (34.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 1 (3.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Awards, rankings and recognition

The school was recognized as a New Jersey School of Character in 2013 and as a National School of Character in 2014 by the Character Education Partnership. [8] [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 School data for Alternative High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
  2. ↑ Our Schools, Cherry Hill Public Schools. Accessed September 14, 2025.
  3. ↑ Liu, Emily. "District announces new location for alternative high school Program to be relocated to Cherry Hill East this fall", Cherry Hill News, April 2, 2024. Accessed September 14, 2025. "The Cherry Hill board of education has announced that Coles Alternative High School program will move from the Lewis Administration Building to East High as “a school within a school” beginning in the fall.... A school within a school is defined as having 30 to 250 students, a separate administrator or teacher in charge, and a space specifically dedicated to it within another public school."
  4. ↑ Kristen A. Graham (January 16, 2002). "Fix schools now or pay later, Cherry Hill urged The aging buildings are in dire need of upgrades, a report says. It calls for spending millions". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  5. ↑ Jennifer Farrell (October 3, 1999). "Malberg Early Childhood Center Opens At Former Barclay School The Move Not Only Kept Cherry Hill's Special-education Program From Being Divided Up, But Found It A New Home". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  6. ↑ Brenowitz, Stephanie. "Cherry Hill Tries In-school Program For Problem Pupils Disruptive Students Will Attend Special Classes. They Will Receive Behavior Modification Counseling.", The Philadelphia Inquirer , August 31, 1997, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 28, 2011. Accessed October 21, 2016.
  7. ↑ "History of CH Schools". southjersey.com. Retrieved March 10, 2011.
  8. ↑ 2016 New Jersey Schools of Character Ceremony Archived October 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine , New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional, and Character Development. Accessed October 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Cherry Hill Alternative High School, Character Education Partnership. Accessed October 21, 2016.
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