Collingswood High School

Collingswood High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Collingswood in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Collingswood Public Schools.

Collingswood High School
Address
424 Collings Avenue

Collingswood
,
Camden County
,
New Jersey
08108

United States
Coordinates39°54′45″N 75°04′39″W
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoIt's where you want to learn.[1]
Established1910
NCES School ID3403420[2]
PrincipalMatthew Genna
Faculty64.4 FTEs[2]
Enrollment747 (as of 2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.6:1[2]
Color(s)  Blue and
  gold[3]
Athletics conferenceColonial Conference
Team namePanthers[3]
NewspaperPaw Print
Websitehs.collingswood.k12.nj.us

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 747 students and 64.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 270 students (36.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 58 (7.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Students in grades 9–12 from Woodlynne attend Collingswood High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Woodlynne School District. Students in grades 9–12 from Oaklyn attend the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oaklyn Public School District.[4][5]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 208th-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 262nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 267th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 237th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 235th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9]

Extracurricular activities
  • The Collingswood Panther Marching Band, under the direction of Joe Lerch since 2003, has captured titles for the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) All-States and New Jersey state championships in the years 2004 and 2005, and participated in the National Championships in 2006, 2007, and 2009. They have performed for the Philadelphia Phillies (three times), the Philadelphia Phantoms, and were the honorary band for the Susan G. Komen Walk for the Cure on Mother's Day 2008. Most recently the Collingswood High School Panther Marching Band captured the Tournament of Bands 2010, 2012 and 2013 Southern NJ Chapter One Championships, the 2012 and 2013 Tournament of Bands New Jersey state championship, and the 2013 Tournament of Bands Atlantic Coast Championship.
  • Clubs and organizations at Collingswood High School include: Anime Club, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, Latin Club, BeatMakers Club, Junior Black Student Union, Gender-Sexuality Alliance, Poetry Club, The Paw Print student paper, Mock trial , Interact Club and Boys and Girls State[10]
  • The Academic Challenge team has been ranked No. 1 in South Jersey.

Athletics

The Collingswood High School Panthers[3] compete as a member school in the Colonial Conference, which is comprised of small schools whose enrollments generally do not exceed between 750 and 800 students for grades 9–12 and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[11] With 548 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[12] The football team competes in the Colonial Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[13][14] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2018–2020.[15]

The school participates in joint boys / girls swimming teams with Audubon High School as the host school / lead agency. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[16]

Sports offered at the high school include:[3]

  • Boys
    • Fall – soccer, football, cross country
    • Winter – basketball, wrestling, bowling, swimming
    • Spring – track & field, baseball, tennis, volleyball
  • Girls
    • Fall – soccer, tennis, cross country, field hockey, cheerleading, volleyball
    • Winter – basketball, swimming, bowling
    • Spring – track & field, softball, lacrosse

The baseball team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship in 1964 and won the South Jersey Group III title in 1966 and 1967.[17]

The girls' lacrosse team won the sport's first overall state championship in 1976 (defeating Moorestown Friends School in the tournament final), and again in 1977 (vs. Moorestown High School), 1979 (vs. Moorestown Friends) and 1982 (vs. Moorestown); The program's four state championships are tied for third-most in the state.[18]

The field hockey team won the South I state championship in 1974, and won the Group II state title in 1993 (defeating Northern Highlands Regional High School in the tournament final), 2000 (vs. Voorhees High School) and 2004 (vs. West Essex High School).[19] The team won the 2000 South Jersey Group II state sectional championship with a 2–1 win against Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final.[20][21] The 2004 field hockey team won the Group II state championship, defeating West Essex in the tournament final.[22]

The girls basketball team finished the 1986 season with a 28–1 record, winning the Group II state title by a score of 76–66 in double overtime against Harrison High School in the championship game.[23][24] The 2007–08 team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships, defeating Glassboro High School by a score of 47–42 to earn the team's first sectional title since 1986.[25]

The wrestling team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional championship in 2006, 2016 and 2017, and the South Jersey Group I title in 2008.[26] In 2006, the team won their first South Jersey Group II state sectional championship, defeating Cinnaminson High School by a final score of 43–17.[27]

The 2007–08 boys' basketball team won the Colonial Conference and South Jersey Group II championships, edging Cinnaminson High School by a 70–69 score.[28]

The girls track team won the indoor relay championship in Group I in 2018.[29]

Administration

The school's principal is Matthew Genna.[30]

Notable alumni

References
  1. Home page, Collingswood High School. Accessed February 2, 2013.
  2. School data for Collingswood High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  3. Collingswood High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. Collingswood High School, South Jersey magazine. Accessed May 28, 2011. "Collingswood High School serves about 850 students in grades nine through twelve from the Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne school districts."
  5. Giordano, Rita. "N.J. puts pressure on schools to share Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne are just three districts being pushed to combine services – or more.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 11, 2009. Accessed September 3, 2014. "Collingswood, Oaklyn, and Woodlynne, she said, are reasonable candidates for administrative sharing.... Collingswood Superintendent Scott Oswald is established and well-regarded. Oaklyn and Woodlynne students attend Collingswood High School."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 10, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. Student Activities Booklet, Collingswood High School. Accessed August 11, 2017.
  11. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  12. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.
  14. Minnick, Kevin. "Football: Entering 10th season, a new leader for state’s second-largest conference", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, August 8, 2019. Accessed September 5, 2020. "The WJFL was created in 2010 as a way to help teams play a full schedule and face opponents of similar size, ability and geographical location.... The league is comprised of 16 divisions and includes better than 90 high schools."
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  16. NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Girls Lacrosse Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  19. NJSIAA History of Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  20. Brett, Phil. "Collingswood rallies past Camden Catholic for Group 2 title", Courier-Post, November 10, 2000. Accessed August 19, 2007. "Trailing third-seeded Camden Catholic 1–0 late in the game, the top-seeded Panthers scored two goals in the final 10 minutes to defeat the Irish 2–1 and win the South Jersey Group 2 championship."
  21. 2000 – South, Group II Archived September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 19, 2007.
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  23. NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  24. "Collingswood's late rally trims Harrison in 2 OT", The Record, March 23, 1986. Accessed November 15, 2020. "The question: What caused the Harrison girl's basketball team to lose a 12-point, fourth-quarter lead and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 2 title game, 76-66, in double overtime, to Collingswood yesterday at Rutgers Athletic Center?... Collingswood (28-1) was able to stem the Blue Tide (26-3) because senior Jeanne Mooney scored 37 points, including 18 of her team's 27 points in a thrilling fourth quarter."
  25. Staff. "Panthers hold off the Bulldogs, South Jersey Group 2 Girls' Basketball Final: Collingswood 47, Glassboro 42", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 5, 2008. Accessed August 8, 2012. "Gregg scored a team-high 17 points and grabbed 16 rebounds to lead Collingswood to a 47–42 victory over Glassboro, as the Panthers won their first NJSIAA South Jersey Group 2 crown since 1986. Collingswood, 25–4 overall and ranked 10th in South Jersey by The Inquirer..."
  26. NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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  29. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
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  31. Franks, Serena. "Atlas Shrugged Film Event @ Camden County College", Gloucester Township, NJ Patch, March 26, 2012. Accessed August 7, 2019. "The CCLR is pleased to present Atlas Shrugged, produced by Camden County native, John Aglialoro, who graduated from Collingswood High School and Temple University."
  32. The Philadelphia Inquirer Newsmakers column: an 'Amazing' win for Collingswood alum, The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 19, 2006. "A true winner? That'd be Collingswood High School. Wednesday night, best buds BJ Averell, 26, and Tyler Macniven, 25, won the cosmic challenge that is CBS's The Amazing Race – collecting a $1 million prize (well, before taxes)."
  33. "Jacqueline R. Crahalla (Republican)". Official Pennsylvania House of Representatives Profile. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Archived from the original on January 10, 2006.
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  35. Hall of Fame Member Bios 1992, Collingswood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Accessed September 23, 2019.
  36. Hall of Fame Member Bios 2004, Collingswood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Accessed September 3, 2014. "Dickey suffered an eye injury at 16 which exempted him from active military service, but after graduating from Collingswood High in 1939 he did serve in the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves and also helped the war effort by working the midnight shift at New York Shipyard."
  37. Downey, Sally A. "William K. Dickey, 1920–2008 Ex-speaker of Assembly, DRPA chair", The Philadelphia Inquirer, November 6, 2008. Accessed September 3, 2014. "The Westmont native graduated from Collingswood High School."
  38. Hall of Fame Member Bios 1993, Collingswood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Cathy Engelbert: Cathy is known to be the only Collingswood High athlete to achieve All-South Jersey honors in three sports."
  39. Frambes, Doug. "Colls Rock Rancocas", Courier-Post, March 3, 1967. Accessed November 23, 2020. "Again Collingswood prospered from a splendid team effort. Steve Kaplan (6-6) led the scoring with 23 points and did yeoman work off both backboards."
  40. "His Early Days Were Fun, Pals Recall Some Refute Image of A Troubled Childhood", Philadelphia Daily News, July 2, 1991. "In a 1985 interview, Landon claimed he ate lunch alone at Collingswood High School, that he never had a date as a teen-ager because no Christian father in the town would allow his daughter to go out with a Jew."
  41. Track and Field News, December 1953
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  43. Mills, Edwin 1928–, International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Accessed August 7, 2019. "Edwin Smith Mills is an emeritus professor of real estate and finance at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. He was born on June 25, 1928, in Collingswood, New Jersey. After graduating from Collingswood High School in 1946, he served two years in the U.S. Army and was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Corps of Engineers."
  44. Hall of Fame Member Bios 1993, Collingswood High School Athletic Hall of Fame. Accessed September 3, 2014. "In high school, besides his pitching prowess, he lettered as a reserve quarterback on the championship football team of 1946 and then served as co-captain of the 1947 unit."
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  49. Vecsey, Peter. "Bad Boys Leader Had Heart of Gold", New York Post, May 10, 2009. Accessed October 2, 2017. "Bucky Waters, who played for McCloskey at Collingswood (N.J.) High School and already was a Blue Devil assistant, recommended Daly."
  50. Callahan, Kevin. "Gary Williams headed to Hall of Fame", Courier-Post, April 8, 2014. Accessed August 7, 2019. "Gary Williams has gone from playing pickup basketball on the old courts outside Collingswood High School to the prestigious Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame."
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