Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School Explained

Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School
Motto:"Where Tradition and Progress Meet"
Principal:Warren Danenza
Enrollment:983 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:77.4
Ratio:12.7:1
Us Nces School Id:340633001528
Colors: Garnet
gold
Teamname:Garnets
Rival:Haddonfield Memorial High School[1]
Conference:Colonial Conference (general)
West Jersey Football League (football)
Address:301 Second Avenue
Zipcode:08035
Country:United States
Coordinates:39.884°N -75.0512°W
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Camden County#USA New Jersey#USA
Newspaper:The Scribe[2]
Yearbook:Garneeteer

Haddon Heights Junior/Senior High School, previously known as Haddon Heights High School (HHHS), is a six-year comprehensive public middle school / high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Haddon Heights, in Camden County, in New Jersey, operating as part of the Haddon Heights School District. The school also serves students from the neighboring communities of Barrington, Lawnside and Merchantville (starting in the 2015–16 school year), who attend the high school for grades 9–12 as part of sending/receiving relationships.[3] [4]

History

The first graduating class in June 1903 included students from Audubon.[5] The high school's current Tudor Gothic-style building, constructed at a cost of $500,000 (equivalent to $ million in) opened in September 1924.[6] [7]

In September 1960, students from Magnolia, Somerdale and Stratford left the high school to start attending the new Sterling High School.[8]

In 1992, the borough of Merchantville, which at the time was sending students to Pennsauken High School in Pennsauken Township as part of a longstanding sending/receiving relationship with the Pennsauken Public Schools, made plans to switch its high school students to Haddon Heights High, but the New Jersey Commissioner of Education did not allow these plans to go forward. In 2012, the board of the Merchantville School District decided to send its students to Haddon Heights High.[9] The Haddon Heights district approved a plan in September 2013; it would add nearly 80 students a year from Merchantville to the high school, in addition to the average of more than 260 students from Barrington and 120 from Lawnside that are sent to Haddon Heights each year.[10] The plan was approved by the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Education, and students from Merchantville began attending the school in September 2015.[11] Students from Merchantville already in high school before 2015 will continue to attend Pennsauken High until their graduation.[12] [13] Scott Strong, the chief administrator of the Merchantville district, stated that "Haddon Heights offers the right programs, the right diversity and really met our needs."[14]

Demographics

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 983 students and 77.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1. There were 128 students (13.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 17 (1.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[15]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 207th-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.[16] The school had been ranked 151st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 129th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[17] The magazine ranked the school 168th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[18] The school was ranked 135th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[19] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 159th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 69 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (84.0%) and language arts literacy (91.8%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[20]

Athletics

The Haddon Heights High School Garnets[21] compete in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of public high schools in Camden and Gloucester counties[22] operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[23] With 657 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.[24] The football team competes in the Constitution Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference[25] [26] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.[27]

The school has Boys and Girls Basketball teams,[28] [29] soccer,[30] boys/girls track,[31] field hockey,[32] boys cross country,[33] as well as a softball[34] and baseball team.[35]

Extracurricular activities

Marching band

The marching band was Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Champions in Group 1 in 1994.[36] They finished in third place at the 2007 United States Scholastic Band Association National Championships, competing as a Group I band at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, Maryland on November 16, 2007, with a score of 94.175, missing second place by 1/20th of a point.[37]

At the USSBA Yamaha Cup competition in October 2012, the marching band came in first in the 1 Open group, winning awards for Best Visual and Best Guard.[38]

The marching unit continued to win at championships into the 2020s.

Administration

The school's principal is Warren Danenza. His core administration team includes two assistant principals and the athletic director.[39]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Miller . Zach . These are the 65 best NJ high school football rivalries, according to the fans . 2023-12-05 . North Jersey Media Group . en-US.
  2. http://p12cdn4static.sharpschool.com/UserFiles/Servers/Server_848229/File/Student%20Services/College_Planning_Guide.pdf College Planning Guide
  3. http://highschool.hhsd.k12.nj.us/UserFiles/Servers/Server_848229/File/Student%20Services/2015-2016_HHHS_Profile.pdf Haddon Heights High School 2015-2016 Profile
  4. https://www.merchantvilleschool.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=232794&type=d Send / Receive Trial
  5. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/168561202/ "Five Leave High School Special"
  6. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98778809/opening-of-new-haddon-heights-high/ "New Haddon Heights High is Opened Today"
  7. http://hhhistorical.org/home/history/borough/ Borough
  8. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98846667/new-high-schools-open/ "3 Counties Share Classroom Expansion"
  9. Colimore, Edward. "Merchantville board votes to send students to Haddon Heights High", The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 14, 2012. Accessed October 5, 2020. "It's unclear where Merchantville students will attend high school in the future. The borough's school board approved a plan this week to send its students to Haddon Heights High School. But if Merchantville's efforts to merge the borough with neighboring Cherry Hill are successful, the students could end up in the larger township's schools."
  10. Correa, Mark. "Haddon Heights board OKs plan to bring Merchantville students to high school", Barrington Bulletin, September 16, 2013. Accessed December 27, 2013. "The Haddon Heights School District Board of Education approved a contract with the Merchantville School District this month that would add Merchantville to Barrington and Lawnside as communities that send students to Haddon Heights High School, the district confirmed.... Barrington is projected in coming years to send about 263 students per year to Haddon Heights High School, the study said."
  11. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/1516/07/3110/000.html Merchantville School District 2016 Report Card Narrative
  12. Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville school decision 'historic'", Courier-Post, April 17, 2015. Accessed November 1, 2015. "The state's final authorization this week allowing Merchantville to choose Haddon Heights High School over Pennsauken, is a 'landmark decision' for a state focused on school choice, according to education officials."
  13. http://www.merchantvilleschool.org/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=323317&id=0 "Send/Receive Final Decision; The Commissioner of Education affirmed the Administrative Law Judge's decision to start a send/receive relationship with Haddon Heights for our High School students."
  14. Romalino, Carly Q. "Merchantville students head to Haddon Heights", Courier-Post, April 14, 2015. Accessed October 5, 2020. "An administrative law judge in March ruled in favor of Merchantville's request to end its student send-receive agreement with Pennsauken High School. The matter was sent to the final stage — New Jersey Commissioner of Education David C. Hespe. Hespe's signature, issued Friday, severs the relationship and allows for Merchantville to establish a five-year sending-receiving agreement with Haddon Heights School District. Merchantville students entering their freshman year will attend Haddon Heights High School starting in September 2015, according to Merchantville Chief School Administrator Scott Strong."
  15. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406330&ID=340633001528 School data for Haddon Heights Jr./Sr. High School
  16. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  17. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 29, 2012.
  18. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed January 7, 2012.
  19. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  20. http://www.schooldigger.com/schoolrank.aspx?Level=3&findschool=0633001528 New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011
  21. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/haddon-heights-high-school Haddon Heights High School
  22. http://thecolonialconference.org/schools/ Schools
  23. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  24. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/General%20Classifications%20%2722-%2723%20-%20%2723-%2724.pdf NJSIAA General Classifications - Public Schools 2022-2023 and 2023-2024
  25. https://www.gridironnewjersey.com/schoolDetail.aspx?schoolid=98 Haddon Heights Garnets
  26. https://www.westjerseyfootball.com Home Page
  27. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-08/football-2024-2026.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2024–2026
  28. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-basketball-history_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History
  29. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202578&tclass=South%2C%20Group%20II 2007 Girls Basketball - South, Group II
  30. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-boys-soccer-history.pdf NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer
  31. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-relay-history_0.pdf History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships
  32. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-girls-field-hockey_0.pdf History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships
  33. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-xc-group-team-champions_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Cross Country Group State Group Champions
  34. Web site: NJ.com . Bill Evans NJ Advance Media for . 2023-06-27 . Haddon Heights' Sophia Bordi is NJ.com's Softball Player of the Year . 2023-06-27 . nj . en.
  35. Staff. "Warriors edged in first title game appearance", Shore News Today, May 29, 2015. Accessed December 5, 2017. "Wildwood High School's baseball team proved it belonged in the South Jersey Group I championship game Friday afternoon.... But, ultimately, the Warriors didn't get enough runs against an excellent Haddon Heights club and fell, 4-2, in the sectional championship game.... Third-seeded Haddon Heights (18-7), which will play the Central Jersey champion in a state Group I semifinal game early next week, scored three times in the bottom of the fifth inning to break a 1-1 tie."
  36. http://www.tob-info.net/accchampions/accchampions.html Atlantic Coast Champions by Year
  37. http://www.yea.org/site/PageServer?pagename=1116nats Championship, Group I, M&T Bank Stadium, November 16, 2007
  38. https://s3.amazonaws.com/eventdocuments.ussba.trigonroad.com/A65335F3-1517-8A12-D947B2A65A04DD0C.pdf Yamaha Cup 2
  39. https://highschool.gogarnets.com/apps/staff/ Staff
  40. Graham, Kristen A. "Youth will serve, candidate hopes; Tommy Avallone, 20, aspiring filmmaker, is counting on fellow students to elect him mayor of Haddon Heights.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 18, 2003. Accessed August 6, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "'I know enough people who graduated with me, graduated before me, after me so maybe they'll all vote and I'll win,' said Avallone, Haddon Heights High School Class of 2001."
  41. Roeder, ida Mae. "Haddon Hts. Woman Finds Career In Writing Books for Children", Courier-Post, April 4, 1956. Accessed December 3, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Miss Mary Chalmers, of 1644 Oak ave., working under contract to Harper & Bro., is not only an author but her own illustrator as well.... 'After high school (she graduated from Haddon Heights High in 1944), I studied painting at Philadelphia Museum School of Art for four years, sold some street scenes and landscapes in water color and had full intention of becoming an artist,' Chalmers said sketching in some lines that would eventually become a character for one of her children's books."
  42. http://mgaleg.maryland.gov/webmga/frmMain.aspx?stab=03&pid=sponpage&id=elfreth01&tab=subject6&ys=2019RS Senator Sarah K. Elfreth
  43. http://hhsd.k12.nj.us/hhhs/files/hhhs_pointsofpride.pdf Points of Pride
  44. Morrison, John F. "Kristin Hunter Lattany, novelist and activist, dies at 77", Philadelphia Daily News, November 21, 2008, copied at AlYoung.org. Accessed September 28, 2017. "Kristin was born in Philadelphia to George L. Eggleston and the former Mabel Manigault. She graduated from Haddon Heights High School in 1947 and majored in elementary education at the University of Pennsylvania."
  45. http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ISRAESTE01 Steve Israel profile
  46. https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=jones-005jef Jeff Jones
  47. Blackwell, Charles W. "Flying High with Herb Kelleher: A Profile in Charismatic Leadership.", Journal of Leadership Studies, June 22, 1999. Accessed November 2, 2007. "Graduating from Haddon Heights High School where he distinguished himself as an athlete and student body president, Kelleher's first job was at Campbell Soup Company where he worked for six summers, joining his dad who was General Manager."
  48. Kern, Mike. "Widener legend Bill Manlove entering College Football Hall of Fame", The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 14, 2011. Accessed August 29, 2012. "Manlove graduated Haddon Heights High School in 1951 and enlisted with the U.S. Army."
  49. Hagenmeyer, S. Joseph. "Walter E. Pedersen, 87, Political And Union Leader", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 23, 1998, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 20, 2016. Accessed November 14, 2017. "Walter E. Pedersen, 87, a former Republican assemblyman and Camden County union leader, died Wednesday at his Clementon home. Mr. Pedersen, who was born in Berlin Borough, had lived in Clementon since he was 9. He was a 1929 graduate of Haddon Heights High School and, while a student, caddied at Pine Valley Golf Club for 10 years."
  50. Dunleavy, Ryan. "Temple's Haason Reddick, walk-on to NFL Draft fast-riser: 'I came so far: Literally from the bottom'", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 9, 2017. Accessed April 27, 2017. "To understand why Reddick is afraid to pinch himself, consider that he thought his football career was over after injuries marred his final two seasons at Haddon Heights High School."
  51. https://web.archive.org/web/20220913120629/https://www.profootballarchives.com/playerw/wood00600.html Bo Wood NFL Stats

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