Bound Brook High School

Bound Brook High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bound Brook, in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bound Brook School District. Students from South Bound Brook attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the South Bound Brook School District.[3][4]

Bound Brook High School
Address
111 West Union Avenue

Bound Brook
,
Middlesex County
,
New Jersey
08805

United States
Coordinates40.567163°N 74.53649°W / 40.567163; -74.53649
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoEnter to Learn, Go Forth to Serve
School districtBound Brook School District
NCES School ID3402100[1]
PrincipalEdward Smith
Asst. principalsChristine Larson
Jeffrey Steele
Faculty47.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment597 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.7:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSkyland Conference
Team nameCrusaders[2]
Websitebbhs.bbrook.org

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 597 students and 47.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.7:1. There were 314 students (52.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 60 (10.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Bound Brook High School is the only high school in Somerset County with the "School Choice" designation. Students outside of Bound Brook can apply to attend one of Bound Brook's two academies: Bio-medical Sciences or Engineering.[5] The school began a 1:1 iPad initiative program in the 2012–13 school year. Since then, the school has gone wireless providing each student and teacher with an iPad and equipping every classroom with smart boards and projectors.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 290th-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.[6] The school had been ranked 290th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 288th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 243rd in the magazine's September 2008 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8]

The school has improved drastically over the past few years, with the average SAT score improving from 2008 to 2012 by 14.9%, the highest percentage increase during that time period among the 11 community public high schools in Somerset County and the 27th-highest percentage increase in SAT scores among the schools included in the survey.[9]

Curriculum

Honors placement

Students may be recommended for Honors placement if they have an average grade of 92 or above, if they have completed summer assignments/projects that are assigned. Honors placement also requires teacher's recommendation. If at any time during the school year, a student from an Honors placement course grade point drops below an expected range, he/she will be dismissed from the course and be placed into an academic level course.

Advanced Placement offerings

Bound Brook High School offers few Advanced Placement courses, due to its small student population and limited resources. AP courses rotate yearly.

The following AP programs are offered by Bound Brook High School:

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

The Bound Brook High School Crusaders[2] compete in the Skyland Conference, which consists of public and parochial high schools covering Somerset County, Union County and Warren County in northern New Jersey and operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10] With 472 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range.[11] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020.[12]

The boys basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1937 (defeating Weehawken High School in the final game of the tournament playoffs) and 1957 (vs. Hillside High School).[13]

The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1980, 1981, 1984, 1998–2001, 2003 and 2012–2014, andwon the North II Group I title in 2015. The team won the Group I state championship in 2012–2015.[14] In March 2011, Andrew Campolattano became just the second four-time New Jersey state champion, when he pinned Cherokee's Mike Zeuli in just 47 seconds in the state final, finishing his high school wrestling career with a 175–1 record.[15] Craig DeLaCruz won the 2013 state championship in dramatic fashion, becoming Bound Brook's 19th state champion, the most of any in Somerset County.[16] The 2012 boys wrestling team, guided by head coach Kyle Franey, the Courier News Coach of the year, won its first Group I state championship, defeating Hanover Park High School in the final. The 2013 team, led by head coach Shaun Cleary, won its second consecutive Group I state championship, again defeating Hanover Park.[17]

The boys track team won the spring track state championship in Group I in 1989.[18]

The softball team won the Group I state championship in 1994 (defeating Pompton Lakes High School in the finals of the playoffs), 1995 (vs. Pequannock Township High School) and 1997 (vs. Wallington High School).[19] The 1994 team finished the season with a 24-2 record after winning the Group I title with a 1-0 win against Pompton Lakes in the playoff finals.[20] The team won its second consecutive title in 1995 with a 6–5 win in the Group I championship game against Pequannock, a team that was making its first appearance in the finals.[21] The 1997 team finished the season with a record of 31-0 after winning the Group I title with a 3-0 defeat of Wallington in the championship game.[22]

The boys soccer team won the 2004 Central, Group I state sectional championship with a string of three shutout wins, defeating Jonathan Dayton High School 3–0 in the first round, Highland Park High School 2–0 in the semifinals, and edging Metuchen High School 1–0 in the finals to take the title.[23]

The 2013 spring track and field team were the Somerset County champion in 100m, 200m and 400m races and also state finalist.

The girls basketball team won the Group I state championship in 2017 (against runner-up University High School in the playoff finals) and was declared as South I regional champion in 2020 after the finals were canceled in the wake of COVID-19.[24] The team won the 2016 Central Jersey Group I championship, their first sectional title since 1989, defeating Middlesex High School by a score of 67–52 in the tournament final.[25]

Sports offered

Interscholastic sports offered at the school include:[2]

  • Boys and Girls Cross County
  • Boys and Girls Soccer
  • Boys and Girls Tennis
  • Football
  • Cheerleading
  • Wrestling
  • Boys and Girls Basketball
  • Spring Track and Field
  • Softball
  • Baseball

Active clubs

National Honor Society

The National Honor Society is an organization that recognizes outstanding students from grades 10 through 12. It was formed in 1921 as a result of the desire of educators to promote student excellence. The Bound Brook High School chapter was founded in June, 1962. The pillars of the Society are Scholarship, Character, Service, and Leadership. Chapter meetings are held bi-monthly and community services are provided through various ongoing projects.

Team 56-Robbe Xtreme

Team 56 is the result of a 17-year partnership between Bound Brook High School and Ethicon. Team 56 was the first team created by Johnson & Johnson, and one of the first FIRST Robotics teams in the state of New Jersey. '56 was part of the four teams that organized a competition at Drexel University in Pennsylvania, which led to the establishment of the Philadelphia Regional Competition for FIRST. Bound Brook' and Ethicon have had a long history of FIRST spirit.

Robotics has led to the high school's involvement with programs Project Lead the Way like the engineering and Biomedical Program, where students practically have firsthand experience as to what professionals do in their respective fields, Bound Brook High School Robotics has also brought about the start of robotics in the Smalley Middle and elementary schools, so students can begin an interest with STEM (science, math, and technology) at an even younger age.

The team has won numerous awards and made many improvements over the years and brought great publicity to the town:

  • 1997: 3rd place, J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, and J&J Mid-Atlantic regional Chrysler spirit award
  • 1998: AutoDesk Animation finalist, Philadelphia invitational finalist,and 3rd place J&J Mid-Atlantic regional
  • 1999: 1st place national AutoDesk animation contest, 4th place Philadelphia Alliance Regional, and Best Offensive at Philadelphia Alliance Regional
  • 2000: J&J Mid-Atlantic regional Chrysler spirit award, Made scholarships available to BBHS students, 1st place "Havoc at the Hill" invitational,4th place Philadelphia Regional,and AutoDesk animation finalist
  • 2001: 1st place at J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, Philadelphia Regional, Mt. Olive invitational, Leadership in control at Philadelphia Regional, and Divisional semi-finalist, nationals at Epcot
  • 2002: SBPL regional imagery award, FIT FIRST scholarship,3rd place Long Island regional and a feature in Design News
  • 2003: J&J Mid-Atlantic regional sportsmanship Award, semi-finalist at Philadelphia regional
  • 2004: 1st place, J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, 2nd seed finish Philadelphia regional and featured in Discovery Channels " first Robotics"
  • 2005: 1st place, Philadelphia regional, New Jersey regional finalist,General Motors Industrial Design Award,4th-place finish Sacramento regional,finalist at J&J Mid-Atlantic regional, Motorola Quality Award at J&J Mid-Atlantic regional,National Galileo Divisional champions,and National Championship Finalist
  • 2006: General Motors Industrial Design Award,Chesapeake Regional,and NJ regional judges award
  • 2007: Finalist and Rockwell automation innovation in control award at Florida regional Finalist and Rockwell automation innovation in control award at New York City regional
  • 2008: Chief Delphi technology Award and Xerox creativity award
  • 2009: New York City regional winner,Philadelphia Regional winner,and National Galileo Divisional Finalist
  • 2010: Philadelphia Regional winner
  • 2011: Philadelphia Regional semi- finalist and Xerox creativity award
  • 2012: RU district Champions

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[26]

  • Edward Smith, Principal
  • Christine Larson, Assistant Principal
  • Jeffrey Steele, Assistant Principal / Athletic Director

Notable alumni

References
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  2. Bound Brook High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 10, 2020.
  3. Minutes of August 20, 2009 Regular Meeting Archived February 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine, South Bound Brook Board of Education. Accessed October 28, 2009. "Motion to accept the following costs for sending students to Bound Brook High School for the 2009-2010 school year (September 1, 2009- June 30, 2010)".
  4. Somerset County School Districts-Sending/Receiving/Regional, Somerset County, New Jersey. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Bound Brook PreK-12 Receives 9-12 From South Bound Brook"
  5. School Choice Approved Archived November 6, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, Bound Brook School District. Accessed September 8, 2013.
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  16. Kratch, James. "Wrestling state championships, 2013: Craig De La Cruz of Bound Brook wins 120-pound championship", The Star-Ledger, March 10, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2013. "Bound Brook's Craig De La Cruz has gotten pretty good at winning close the past few weeks, and it all paid off yesterday in the state tournament's final round at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. The sophomore stunned the two-time state champion, Brenden Calas of Seton Hall Prep, with a takedown in sudden victory for a 3–1 triumph and his first career state championship in the 120-pound final."
  17. Kratch, James. "Wrestling: Bound Brook stops Hanover Park in Group 1 final", The Star-Ledger, February 17, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2013. "Bound Brook defeated unranked Hanover Park for the second straight season in the Group 1 final, posting a 49-12 victory at the Pine Belt Arena in Toms River."
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  20. Chessari, Joe. "Miscues cost Pompton title", The Record, June 12, 1994. Accessed January 24, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Bound Brook (24-2), which managed only one clean single off senior Allison Moyle, pushed across the run in the seventh inning, breaking a scoreless tie, and securing its first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 1 Softball championship Saturday afternoon at Toms River North High School. 'We had nothing to lose. If I didn't score, we were headed for 4 extra innings,' Klecz said following the 1-0 victory."
  21. Schutta, Gregory. "Even in defeat, Pequannock shows pride of champions", The Record, June 11, 1995. Accessed November 25, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "A couple of the players in the yellow Pequannock jerseys were still wearing their batting helmets as they watched Bound Brook celebrate their second straight Group 1 State softball championship. But considering that the Panthers were just two seasons removed from a 7-15 season, a 6-5 loss to the defending State champ in their first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association championship game appearance was nothing to be ashamed of."
  22. Goldman, Jeff. "Perfection; Bound Brook wins state title to finish undefeated", Courier News, June 8, 1997. Accessed January 23, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It was the perfect final chapter to a perfect season for the Bound Brook Softball team. The Crusaders saved their best for last in Saturday's Group 1 state final, dominating Walling-ton from start to finish in a 3-0 victory to capture their third state title in four years and finish 1997 at 31-0."
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  25. Gould, Brandon. "Bound Brook girls basketball uses deep ball to win 1st sectional title since 1989", NJ Advance Media, March 7, 2016. Accessed November 22, 2016. "With the paint clogged all night, second-seeded Bound Brook dominated from beyond the arc to earn a 67-52 win over fourth-seeded Middlesex in the NJSIAA/ShopRite Central Jersey, Group 1 final on Monday. Junior Olivia Nilsen was the main culprit from deep for the Crusaders, who hit eight 3-pointers on their way to winning the program's first sectional title since 1989."
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  27. Tamari, Jonathan. "Jeff Chiesa settles in, with Senate debates looming", The Philadelphia Inquirer, June 20, 2013. Accessed September 8, 2013. "Chiesa, 47, has worked in the public eye but has not held elected office, he said, since being senior class president at Bound Brook High School."
  28. "Gets Princeton Assistant Post". Courier News. June 16, 1956. p. 12. Retrieved December 28, 2019.
  29. "Bound Brook Man Awarded Assistantship At Princeton", The Central Jersey Home News, p. 8. June 17, 1956. Accessed January 15, 2020. "Gallagher was graduated from Bound Brook High School and was the recipient of a Harvard Club of New Jersey Scholarship while a student at the Massachusetts college."
  30. Dunlap, LucyAnn. "A Play Where Art Imitates Art", U.S. 1 Newspaper, July 13, 2005. Accessed October 16, 2012. "A 1971 graduate of Bound Brook High School, he graduated from Salem University in West Virginia with a major in philosophy and theology, and earned a graduate degree from Notre Dame University in ethics."
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