Maple Shade High School

Maple Shade High School is a comprehensive community public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grades from Maple Shade Township, in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Maple Shade School District.

Maple Shade High School
Address
180 Frederick Avenue

Maple Shade
,
Burlington County
,
New Jersey
08052

United States
Coordinates39.948468°N 75.006624°W / 39.948468; -75.006624
Information
TypePublic
Established1972
School districtMaple Shade School District
NCES School ID3409660[1]
PrincipalMatthew La Grou
Faculty68.4 FTEs[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment861 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.6:1[1]
Color(s)  Royal blue and
  gold[2]
Athletics conferenceBurlington County Scholastic League
Team nameWildcats[2]
Websitemshs.mapleshade.org

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 861 students and 68.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 306 students (35.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 67 (7.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Prior to the school's opening in 1972, the township's students had attended Merchantville High School in neighboring Camden County for 40 years. With the loss of Maple Shade students, the Merchantville School District closed its high school after the end of the 1971-72 school year and started sending its students to Pennsauken High School for grades nine through twelve.[3]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 267th-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.[4] The school had been ranked 281st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 301st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 271st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 253rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 189th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 19 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (80.0%) and language arts literacy (91.9%).[8]

Mission statement

"The students, parents, staff, and administrators of the Maple Shade school district are a community of learners, each responsible for supporting one another in reaching our highest potential."[9]

Academics

Students complete both midterms and final examinations. The test scores make up ten percent each of the student's final grade, with each academic quarter constituting twenty percent each.[9] Academic awards are given as Principal's Honor Roll (4.0-5.2; nothing below 90), High Honor Roll (3.4-3.999; nothing below 80), and Honor Roll (2.8-3.399; nothing below 77).[9] For entrance into National Honor Society students must have a cumulative average of 3.5.[9] In 2008, the MPHS school board approved a new honors program that would allow eighth grade students to begin taking high school courses. Acceptance into the honors program is based on not just on grades, but also more subjective criteria including student interviews, essays, and parent nominations.[10] MPHS students have the opportunity to earn college credits through Burlington County College for taking certain courses at the school. The credits are potentially transferable to a student's future institution of higher education.[11]

Athletics

Maple Shade High School[2] compete in the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) a sports association under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA), comprised of public and private high schools covering Burlington, Mercer and Ocean counties in Central Jersey.[12] With 442 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.[13] The football team competes in the Freedom Division of the 95-team West Jersey Football League superconference[14][15] and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2018–2020.[16] The mascot of Maple Shade is the Wildcat; the school's colors are royal blue and gold.[2]

The boys cross country running team won the Group I state championship in 1993 and 1997.[17]

The girls cross country team won the Group I state championship in 1995.[18]

The boys' baseball team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 2008 against Pitman High School, their first sectional title victory since 1982.[19]

The boys' soccer team reached the South Jersey Group I sectional finals in 2010 but lost 3-0 against Pitman High School.[20] The boys' 2011 soccer team again reached the South Jersey Group I finals, this time losing to eventual state champion Haddon Township High School by a score of 3-2.[21]

The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group I state sectional title in 2012.[22]

Administration

The school's principal is Matthew La Grou. His administrative team includes three assistant principals and the athletic director.[23][24]

References
  1. School data for Maple Shade High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Maple Shade High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 30, 2020.
  3. McPherson, Gary. "Looking back through the Maple Shade archives", The Central Record, December 8, 2010. Accessed September 2, 2014. "With the then brand new Maple Shade High School slated to open its doors in 1972, Merchantville residents were faced with a dilemma. Keep the high school open and support a 200 student building or close the school and send local students to Pennsauken High School instead."
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 4, 2012.
  6. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 13, 2011.
  7. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 10, 2012.
  9. 2016-17 Student Handbook, Maple Shade High School. Accessed December 27, 2016.
  10. "Students get fast-tracked". Maple Shade Progress. 22 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 February 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
  11. Murphy, Sean Patrick (January 22, 2009). "College program meeting set for Jan. 27". Maple Shade Progress. Archived from the original on February 14, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  12. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  14. Divisions, West Jersey Football League. Accessed September 5, 2020.
  15. 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."
  16. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Girls Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. Staff. "Maple Shade beats Pitman in sectional baseball final", The Philadelphia Inquirer, May 31, 2008. Accessed May 31, 2011. "Pitman, 5-4, in this South Jersey Group 1 sectional final at Maple Shade. It was the Wildcats' first sectional title since 1982."
  20. McPherson, Gary. "Wildcats fall to Pitman in finals", Maple Shade Progress, November 12, 2010. Accessed May 31, 2011. "The Wildcats fell 3-0 to top seed Pitman in the South Jersey Group 1 Championship game on Thursday, ending their dream run through the postseason."
  21. McPherson, Gary. "Maple Shade soccer gets handed heartbreak in Haddon Township", The Progress, November 17, 2011. Accessed September 2, 2014.
  22. History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  23. Principal's Page, Maple Shade High School. Accessed May 24, 2020.
  24. 2019-2020 Student Handbook, Maple Shade High School. Accessed May 24, 2020.
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