Lower Cape May Regional High School

The Lower Cape May Regional High School (LCMRHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Lower Township, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District. LCMRHS serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from four communities in Cape May County as part of the Lower Cape May Regional School District, which includes Lower Township, Cape May, West Cape May, and Cape May Point; students from Cape May Point attend the district as part of a sending/receiving relationship.[4]

Lower Cape May Regional High School
Address
687 Route 9

Cape May
,
Cape May County
,
New Jersey
08204

United States
Coordinates38.982458°N 74.903753°W / 38.982458; -74.903753
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1961
School districtLower Cape May Regional School District
NCES School ID3409090[1]
PrincipalLawrence Ziemba[2]
Faculty74.8 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment828 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.1:1[1]
Color(s)  Columbia blue and
  black[3]
Athletics conferenceCape-Atlantic League
MascotTiger
Team nameCaper Tigers[3]
Websitewww.lcmrschooldistrict.com/lcmr/index.php

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 828 students and 74.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.1:1. There were 287 students (34.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 76 (9.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

In 2013, the district received a proposal that had been prepared for the Cape May City Council that addressed concerns that the city's property tax base meant that it was paying a disproportionate share of the district's tax levy. Cape May raised possible means in which the imbalance could be addressed.[5]

History

LCMRHS replaced the former Cape May High School, which closed effective December 22, 1960. The Cape May superintendent, Paul W. Schmitdtchen, decided to create a new high school, and therefore he is considered the "father" of the school. In December 1958 the voters of Cape May City, West Cape May, and Lower Township passed a $1.4 million bond to build a new high school in Lower Township. Construction began in November 1959. The school district hired employees in April 1960. LCMRHS opened in 1961.[6] The first class to graduate from LCMRHS was that of 1961.[7]

Campus

The LCMR district describes its facilities as being in Erma, with the postal address being "Cape May, New Jersey";[8] the schools are not in the Erma census-designated place.[9]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 236th-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.[10] The school had been ranked 243rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 236th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[11] The magazine ranked the school 205th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[12] The school was ranked 185th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[13]

Athletics

The Lower Cape May Regional High School Caper Tigers[3] compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, and operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[14] With 654 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.[15] The football team competes in the United Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[16][17] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2018–2020.[18]

The boys' wrestling team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1982.[19]

In 2015, the girls' basketball team won the South Jersey Group II state sectional title with a 58-55 overtime win over Sterling High School, earning the program's first state championship.[20]

Administration

The school's principal is Lawrence Ziemba. His core administration team includes two vice principals.[2] The athletic director is Erik K. Simonsen.[21]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References
  1. School data for Lower Cape May Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. LCMR General Information, Lower Cape May Regional School District. Accessed January 16, 2021.
  3. Lower Cape May Regional High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. Home page, Lower Cape May Regional High School. Accessed July 10, 2011. "Lower Cape May Regional High School is a four year public school that serves students from four communities including Cape May, Lower Township, West Cape May and Cape May Point."
  5. Crowley, Terrence J. "A Response to the Cape May Study to Reconfigure the Lower Cape May Regional School District", Lower Cape May Regional School District, January 6, 2014. Accessed November 23, 2016.
  6. Flud, Tom (June 6, 2011). "Schmidtchen Called 'Father' Of LCMR". Cape May County Herald. Retrieved October 11, 2020. For the four southernmost Cape May County municipalities, [...] [which would be Cape May, Cape May Point, West Cape May, and Lower Township]
  7. Degener, Richard (June 20, 2019). "Lower Cape May Regional High School graduates its 50th class". Press of Atlantic City. Retrieved October 11, 2020.
  8. "Board of Education". Lower Cape May Regional School District. Retrieved September 28, 2020. [...]in the Administration Building, located at 687 Route 9, Erma, Township of Lower, County of Cape May, State of New Jersey.[...]687 Route 9 • Cape May, NJ 08204 - All LCMR School District facilities have the same postal address.
  9. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Erma CDP, NJ" (PDF). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved September 23, 2020. - The airport is not in the CDP as per the physical location.
  10. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  11. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
  12. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011.
  13. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  14. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  15. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  16. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.
  17. 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."
  18. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  20. Russo, John. "Holden powers Lower to first South Jersey title", The Press of Atlantic City, March 10, 2015. Accessed February 14, 2016. "Holden scored Lower's last 18 points as the Caper Tigers won their first South Jersey championship, beating Sterling 58-55 in overtime in the Group II final."
  21. Assemblyman Erik K. Simonsen, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed January 16, 2021. "Director of Athletics and Activities, Lower Cape May Regional School District"
  22. Avedissian, Eric. "A soldier's story: Bob Andrzejczak lost a leg, not his resolve", Ocean City Sentinel, May 20, 2015. Accessed December 24, 2019. "Following his graduation from Lower Cape May Regional High School in 2004, Andrzejczak attended the Williamson Free School of Mechanical Trades in Media, Pa. on a full scholarship, where he studied machine tool technology."
  23. Weinberg, David. "Cape man pursues glory in World Series of Poker starting Sunday", The Press of Atlantic City, November 7, 2015. Accessed August 20, 2020. "Tom Cannuli, 23, Cape May — 12,250,000... Now, the 2010 Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate is on the brink of poker stardom."
  24. Miller, Joshua Rhett. "Former Cape May Student Returns To Alma Mater To Rock With Band", The Press of Atlantic City, May 25, 1998. Accessed August 22, 2012. "After graduating from Lower Cape May Regional High school in 1996, Chris Jay went on a mission. He drove his car to California to start a career as a singer and songwriter."
  25. Chris, Army of Freshmen. Accessed October 21, 2007. "High School: Lower Cape May Regional "
  26. Brown, Scott. "Pilczuk Finds Fulfilling Career In Pool \ The Cape May Point Native Says He Is Successful, Without A Trip To The Olympics.", The Philadelphia Inquirer, April 18, 1999, Page D15. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Pilczuk graduated from Lower Cape May High in 1989 with a sub-2.0 grade point average and the dreaded Proposition 48 label."
  27. Lulgjuraj, Susan. "Lower Cape May graduate Matt Szczur to donate bone marrow for child with leukemia", The Press of Atlantic City, November 19, 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Szczur, a Lower Cape May Regional High School graduate, learned Monday he could help save a life, but received just basic information on the baby because of patient confidentiality rights."
  28. Lupica, Mike. "Star of Villanova's FCS title, Matt Szczur, may help save the life of a 15-month-old girl", New York Daily News, December 20, 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012. "A kid out of Cape May, and Lower Cape May Regional, who laughs as he reminds you he comes from Exit 0 off the Garden State, next stop Delaware."
  29. Cunniff, Brian. "Report: Matt Szczur to sign with Phillies", Coast Sports Today, December 13, 2019. Accessed May 11, 2020. "After graduating from Lower Cape May in 2007, Szczur went on to become a two-sport star in baseball and football at Villanova."
  30. Weinberg, David. "Lower Cape May football coach remembers 'year of the scab'", The Press of Atlantic City, September 16, 2017. Accessed October 3, 2017. "Former Washington Redskins quarterback Ed Rubbert is now an assistant football coach at Lower Cape May Regional."

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