Winslow Township High School

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Winslow Township High School
Address
Winslow Township High School
10 Coopers Folly Road

Atco in Winslow Township
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08004

United States
Coordinates 39°44′45″N74°54′27″W / 39.7458°N 74.9076°W / 39.7458; -74.9076
Information
Type Public high school
Established2000
School district Winslow Township School District
NCES School ID341806000437 [1]
PrincipalKurtis Marella
Faculty112.5 FTEs [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment1,273 (as of 2022–23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio11.3:1 [1]
Color(s)  Forest Green
  White [2]
Athletics conference Olympic Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Team nameEagles
Website highschool.winslow-schools.com

Winslow Township High School (WTHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Atco section of Winslow Township, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Winslow Township School District. Until 2000, the facility that is now Winslow Township High School was part of the Lower Camden County Regional School District and was known as Edgewood Regional High School, which was the sister school of Overbook Regional Senior High School in Pine Hill (now known as Overbrook High School).

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Students from Chesilhurst, a non-operating district, attend the district's schools as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Chesilhurst Borough School District. [3]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,273 students and 112.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3:1. There were 463 students (36.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 69 (5.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. [1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 271st-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. [4] The school had been ranked 299th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 309th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. [5] The magazine ranked the school 274th in 2008 out of 316 schools. [6] The school was ranked 297th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [7] In 2014-15 the boys' basketball team won the group OV state championship.

Extracurricular activities

Television production

Winslow Township High School Television Production, also known as "Studio 106," has won three National Student Television Awards (Student Emmy Awards) for both Writing and Technical Achievement from the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. It has taken home top honors from the New Jersey State Teen Arts Competition (Film and Television Awards). Studio 106 produces a daily live morning show called "Bird's Eye View", which is a broadcast via closed-circuit television to the students and staff of Winslow Township High School.

Drama club and stage crew

Sports

The Winslow Township High School Eagles [2] participate in the Olympic Conference, which comprises public and private high schools located in Burlington and Camden counties, and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. [8] With 953 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group 3 for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. [9] The football team competes in the Independence Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference [10] [11] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 893 to 1,296 students. [12]

Winslow Township High School hosted games as part of the 2004 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup soccer tournament. [13]

In spring 2006, Winslow Township created an ice hockey club team for students of Winslow Township High School, playing competitive hockey in the South Jersey league out of the Flyers Skatezone in Voorhees, New Jersey. In fall 2006 and early 2007, Winslow Ice Hockey competed in the Independent High School league out of the Vineland Ice Arena in Vineland, New Jersey.

The boys indoor / winter track team won the Group IV state championship in 2003 and won in Group III in 2004. [14] The girls team won the Group IV indoor track title in 2003 and in Group III in 2006, 2012-2015 and 2018–2020; the program's 10 group titles is tied for the most of any school in the state. [15]

The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 2003, and won the Group III title in 2004 and 2008. The girls team won the Group III title in 2011, 2013 (as co-champion), 2015 and 2018–2020; The girls program's five state titles are tied for seventh-most in the state [16]

The girls team won the NJSIAA spring track Group IV state championship in 2004 and won the Group III title in 2013, 2014 and 2016–2019. The program's eight state titles are tied for fourth in the state. [17]

The high school marching band won the 2017 Group 2A Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship and the 2021 Group 1A Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship with a score of 95.25, a school record. Both, the 2017 and 2021 seasons were undefeated by Winslow.

Army JROTC

The Winslow Township High School is host to a branch of U.S. Army JROTC. The Battalion, named Soaring Eagle, is well known in the community and even conducts annual food drives. It is currently an Honor Unit. The school's program currently does not have an army instructor, so for the time being, the program has ceased.

Shooting plot

Winslow Township High School gained national attention in 2006 because of a shooting plot which was to take place during a lunch period. Two females, sophomores at the high school, had heard rumors of a plot in close relation to the 2003 movie 'Elephant' and alerted school officials who in turn notified the Winslow Township Police Department. The students involved were arrested before the plot could be carried out. The only subject to be sentenced at this point has received four years probation and must undergo counseling and psychological evaluations. [18]

Administration

The school's principal is Kurtis Marella. His core administration team includes four assistant principals and the athletic director. [19]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

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  2. 1 2 Winslow Township High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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