Neptune High School

For the fictional high school on the television series "Veronica Mars", see Neptune High.

Neptune High School
Address
55 Neptune Boulevard Neptune Township, NJ 07753
Information
School type	Public high school
Motto	School of Excellence and No Excuses
School district	Neptune Township Schools
Superintendent	David A. Mooij
Principal	Richard W. Allen
Vice principal	Titania M. Hawkins James H. Whitson Jr.
Faculty	90 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,287 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	14.30[1]
Color(s)	red and black
Athletics conference	Shore Conference
Mascot	King Neptune
Team name	Scarlet Fliers
Rivals	Asbury Park High School Long Branch High School
Newspaper	'The Blazer'
Yearbook	'Trident'
Website	School website

Neptune High School is a comprehensive, four-year community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Neptune Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Neptune Township Schools. Neptune Township Schools is one of New Jersey's 31 Abbott Districts.^[2] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1929.^[3]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,287 students and 90 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 14.30.^[1]

The school was the 283rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 268th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[4] The school was ranked 221st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[5]

Athletics

The Neptune High School Scarlet Fliers compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.^[6] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Bob Huzzy was the 2007 coach of the year in the Shore Conference.

The basketball team won the 2001 Central Jersey Group III sectional championship with a 56-52 win against Middletown High School South.^[7]

The girls basketball team won the 2011 state championship, topping St. John Vianney High School by a score of 67-48 in the finals of the Tournament of Champions in a game played at the Izod Center, earning the first championship for the school and for any school in the Shore Conference.^[8]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[9]

• Principal - Richard Allen
• Vice Principal - Titania M. Hawkins
• Vice Principal - James H. Whitson, Jr.

Notable alumni

• Jack Armstrong (born 1965), former Major League Baseball pitcher.^[10]
• Pat Battle (born 1959), WNBC-TV's New Jersey Bureau Reporter, Saturday Today (NBC) in New York co-anchor, and occasional fill in anchor.^[11]
• Bob Davis (born 1945), former NFL quarterback whose career included three seasons with the New York Jets.^[12]
• Taquan Dean (born 1983), basketball player.^[13]
• Haydn Proctor (1903–96), politician and judge who served as President of the New Jersey Senate and Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court.^[14]
• Ed Radwanski (born 1963), former professional soccer player, 1985 US National team, Head Coach UNC-G Women's soccer team.^[15]
• Nate Ramsey (born 1941), football player, safety and cornerback who played for the Philadelphia Eagles for most of his 11-year NFL career (1963–1973).^[16]
• Isaac Schlossbach (1891–1984), polar explorer, submariner and aviation pioneer.^[17]
• Southside Johnny (born 1948 as John Lyon), singer-songwriter and frontman of the Asbury Jukes.^[18]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} Neptune High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed May 27, 2011.
2. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed May 27, 2011.
3. ^ Neptune High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 14, 2011.
4. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed May 27, 2011.
5. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
6. ^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
7. ^ Public Sectionals - Central Jersey Group III 2001, NJSIAA. Accessed May 31, 2007.
8. ^ Lerner, Gregg. "Girls Basketball - 2009-10 NJSIAA Tournament - Tournament of Champions - Round 3 - Game 1 - Girls Basketball", The Star-Ledger, March 23, 2010. Accessed July 14, 2011. "Sparked by its playmaker performing at a feverish rate, Neptune, No. 2 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, pulled away in the fourth quarter to secure a 67-48 victory over third-seeded and defending champion St. John Vianney, ranked No. 5, last night in the NJSIAA/Meadowlands Sports Complex Tournament of Champions final before 2,817 at the Izod Center in East Rutherford. Neptune (30-1) claimed its first T of C crown and became the first public school from the mighty Shore Conference to win the prestigious event."
9. ^ School Information, Neptune High School. Accessed May 27, 2011.
10. ^ "Armstrong Disarms Mets", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 1990. "OK, let's get the obvious out of the way.Born in Englewood and a star at Neptune High School who went on to pitch at Rider College and the University of Oklahoma, 6-foot-5, 220-pound Cincinnati right-hander Jack Armstrong fulfills the qualifications for the obvious nickname, All-American Boy, like the fictional character of the same name."
11. ^ Lewis, Evelyn Stryker. "Neptune and Shark River Hills", p. 88. Arcadia Publishing, 1998. ISBN 0738556998. Accessed May 27, 2011.
12. ^ Bob Davis, database Football. Accessed December 15, 2007.
13. ^ Pelzman, J.P. "Feeling the pain of troubled lives", The Record (Bergen County), April 2, 2005. "Dean's college career hasn't been easy, either, although his various injuries and maladies pale in comparison to what he's already been through. The former Neptune High School standout was hampered by a sports hernia last season, when he averaged 10.8 points."
14. ^ via Associated Press. "Haydn Proctor, Former N.J. Supreme Court Justice, 93", The Press of Atlantic City, October 4, 1996. Accessed June 4, 2011. "Proctor was born in Asbury Park grew up in Ocean Grove and graduated from Neptune High School in 1922."
15. ^ Jandoli, Ron. "The Century's Best -- Boys Soccer: Top 10 Players of each decade", The Star-Ledger, November 7, 1999, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 10, 2003. Accessed September 11, 2008.
16. ^ Nate Ramsey profile, database Football. Accessed June 19, 2007.
17. ^ Summer Newsletter, Bradley Beach Public Library, Summer 2003. Accessed September 24, 2007. "Ike graduated from Neptune High School and then, in 1915, graduated from the Naval Academy."
18. ^ Kaz, Ed. "IT'S HIS PARTY, AND HE'LL SING THE BLUES IF HE WANTS TO", Asbury Park Press, December 29, 2000, copy of article on AsburyJukes.net. Accessed August 26, 2008. "JERSEY ALIVE: And where did you guys go to high school? SOUTHSIDE JOHNNY: Neptune High School. The Scarlet Flyers, man."

External links

• Neptune High School
• Neptune Township Schools
• Neptune Township Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the Neptune Township Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°12′42″N 74°02′09″W / 40.211755°N 74.035734°W / 40.211755; -74.035734