Toms River High School East

Toms River High School East is a comprehensive four-year public high school, the third high school built in Toms River in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. It was built in 1979, as the first and second high schools, Toms River High School South and Toms River High School North, were too small for the rapid population growth in the district.

Toms River High School East
Address
1225 Raider Way

Toms River
,
Ocean County
,
New Jersey
08753

United States
Coordinates39.967813°N 74.14267°W / 39.967813; -74.14267
Information
TypePublic
Motto"The Compass of Excellence Always Points East"
Established1979
School districtToms River Regional Schools
NCES School ID3416230[1]
PrincipalPatrick Thomas[2]
Faculty113.6 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,416 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.5:1[1]
Color(s)  Black
  gray and
  Columbia blue[3]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[4]
Team nameRaiders[3]
Websitewww.trschools.com/hseast/

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,416 students and 113.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 241 students (17.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 62 (4.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school won several awards for its heating system, which utilizes heat generating lighting fixtures. Its school colors are black, gray and Columbia blue (blue was not an original color when HSE started). The school mascot is the Raider.[5] The school day lasts six hours and 20 minutes. The Toms River high school day ends at 1:35 PM, one of the earliest daily closing time of any high schools in New Jersey.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 171st-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 225th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 239th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 204th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 205th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9] In 2017, the school became the seventh school in the state to be selected by Character.org as a National School of Character.[10]

Athletics

The Toms River High School East Raiders[3] compete in Division A South of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of private and public high schools in Monmouth and Ocean counties along the Jersey Shore.[4][11] The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[12] With 1,046 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as South Jersey, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 794 to 1,076 students in that grade range.[13] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020.[14]

The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Toms River High School South. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[15]

The boys' soccer team won the 1985 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship against Jackson Memorial High School[16] and went on to win the Group IV state title with a 3-1 win against Westfield High School in the championship game to finish the season with a 19-5-1 record.[17][18]

The girls' cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1988 and 1996.[19]

The girls' track team won the Group IV state indoor relay championship in 1990.[20]

The 1997 ice hockey team won the Handchen Cup with a 5-4 win against River Dell Regional High School.[21][22]

The girls' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1997 and won the Group IV title in 2009.[23]

The 2001 baseball team finished the season with a record of 29-2 after winning the 2001 Group IV state championship by defeating North Bergen High School by a score of 4-3 in the tournament final.[24][25][26]

The softball team won the 2007 South Jersey Group IV state sectional championship with a 5-2 win over Absegami High School.[27]

The football team has won the Shore Conference Championships in 2003, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2009. The school's major rivalry is with the Mariners of Toms River High School North. Every Thanksgiving weekend, the football teams play in the annual "Battle of Bay Avenue."[28]

Lip Dub videos

Toms River High School East was recognized across the state and even the country for their Lip Dub 1[29] and Lip Dub 2[30] videos. The lip dub videos feature East students lip-syncing and dancing through the halls and campus of the school. The videos were created and produced by the Toms River Regional Schools TV Network and television production class. The students spent roughly three months planning Lip Dub 1, planning camera movement and timing out cues for the students who were lip-syncing in the video. Lip Dub 1 features about 150 students involved in many different sports, clubs and activities at East.

In that same school year, Lip Dub 1 received so much recognition that it inspired students and faculty at East to request a second lip dub be filmed. Lip Dub 2 involved over 400 students and faculty at East and was featured on News 12 New Jersey[31] as well as WOBM.com,[32] a local radio station.

Administration

The school's principal is Patrick Thomas. His core administration team includes three assistant principals.[2]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Toms River High School East, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Student Handbook, Toms River High School East, revised August 2020. Accessed January 14, 2021.
  3. Toms River High School East, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020.
  5. Toms River High School East, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 29, 2015.
  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 December 2, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. Rotolo, Chris."Toms River East named National School of Character",Asbury Park Press, May 21, 2017. Accessed November 1, 2020. "In a recent announcement by character.org, Toms River High School East was named a 2017 National School of Character, becoming just the seventh New Jersey High School in 20 years – the organization was founded in 1998 – to be designated as such."
  11. Member Schools, Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020.
  12. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  14. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  15. NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  16. "CZ's underdog soccer-playin' Toms River East Raiders", Mark Classic, November 23, 2014. Accessed November 10, 2015. "And three of the four wins to capture the NJSIAA South Jersey Group IV came via overtime shootout, the last one against standout goalie Chris Gillis and Jackson Memorial in the SJ IV championship at the school I was going to at the time, Ocean County College."
  17. NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  18. LoGiudice, Daniel. "NJ boys soccer: 30 greatest Jersey Shore teams ever", Asbury Park Press, June 16, 2020. Accessed December 8, 2020. "1985 Toms River East (19-5-1) - Following its northern in-town rivals two years afterwards, Toms River East pulled off a Cinderella run of its own that culminated with a 3-1 triumph over Westfield in the Group IV final, the program's first and only group title."
  19. NJSIAA Girls Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  20. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  21. NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  22. "O'Leary's goal gives TRE a title", Asbury Park Press, March 2, 1997. Accessed January 10, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Sophomore Sean O'Leary scored the game-winning goal to cap Toms River East's comeback, as the Raiders defeated River Dell 5-4 at South Mountain Arena. The win gave Toms River East the first Handchen Cup title in its 14-year history."
  23. NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  24. NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  25. "Valiant effort falls short for Bruins", The Hudson Reporter, June 15, 2001. Accessed December 8, 2020. "In the days leading up to last Saturday’s NJSIAA Group IV state championship game against Toms River East, North Bergen Head Baseball Coach Brian Boyce was asked how he prepared to face the No. 1 team in the state.... It didn’t help that Doherty was staked to a 4-0 lead before his team ever took the field, but the Bruins hung tough from there, losing a tough, yet valiant, 4-3 decision in the state title game at Toms River North High School last Saturday."
  26. Graham, Tony. "Dohertys control seals 1st title for Raiders", Asbury Park Press, June 10, 2001. Accessed January 5, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "As he prepared to take the mound in he bottom of the seventh inning against North Bergen in yesterday's New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group IV championship game, Toms River East pitcher Ryan Doherty had words of assurance for cnanh Bill Frank.... Doherty, a junior who struck out 10, pitched shutout ball after the third inning against the Bruins (22-9), enabling the Raiders (29-2) to capture their first state title at Toms River North's Ryan Field."
  27. 2007 Softball - South, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 5, 2007.
  28. Clayton, Scott. "Baldaccini's 4 TDs lead East Senior's 188 yards help Raiders to ninth win", Asbury Park Press, November 26, 2004. Accessed December 15, 2011. "'This is the biggest game in my mind that we played all season,' senior linebacker Derrick Egan said of the 'Battle of Bay Avenue.'"
  29. "Toms River East Lip Dub 1". YouTube. Toms River High School East.
  30. "Toms River East Lip Dub 2". Vimeo. Toms River High School East. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  31. "VIDEO: Toms River H.S. East seniors lip-dub". News 12 New Jersey. News 12 NJ. June 14, 2014. Archived from the original on November 4, 2014. Retrieved November 4, 2014.
  32. Louis, Justin. "Toms River East Gets Really Creative with a "Lip Dub"" (video). WOBM.com. WOBM. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
  33. Jordan, Chris. "Springsteen photog Danny Clinch focus of 60 Minutes", Asbury Park Press, February 10, 2015. Accessed September 26, 2017. "Clinch, a 1982 graduate of Toms River High School East, studied under Annie Leibowitz and at the New England School of Photography and two programs at the Ansel Adams Workshop in New York City."
  34. Stump, Scott. "7-Foot-1 Pitcher Cut By Team In Minors Is Next Big Thing In Beach Volleyball", The Pst Game, November 19, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Doherty grew up in baseball-mad Toms River, N.J., home of the two-time Little League World Series champions and a trio of strong high school programs. After starring as a hard-throwing right-handed starter at Toms River High School East, Doherty became an All-Big East closer at Notre Dame in 2004."
  35. Feitl, Steve. "Back to His Roots: Frank Edgar part of fight card in UFC's return to New Jersey", Home News Tribune, November 15, 2007. Accessed December 28, 2007. "After an accomplished wrestling career — one that saw him place twice at states while at Toms River High School East and qualify for nationals all four years as an All-American at Clarion University in Pennsylvania — Edgar chose to train for the combat sport that merges numerous disciplines from wrestling to jiu-jitsu to kickboxing."
  36. Lagomarsino, Andrew. "Hurt Locker star and N.J. native Brian Geraghty turns 'sociopath' at Tribeca Film Festival" Archived May 2, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, NewJerseyNewsroom.com, April 28, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2011. "New Jersey native Brian Geraghty, who received acclaim for his performance in the Academy Award winning best picture The Hurt Locker, is showing his versatility as an actor. The 34-year-old Toms River native who graduated from Toms River East High School in 1993 plays an insecure soldier in The Hurt Locker..."
  37. Frank Giannetti, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed October 12, 2019. "Born: March 14, 1968 (Age: 51-212d) in Toms River, NJ... High School: Toms River East (NJ)"
  38. Christopher, Chris. "Ted Gillen - Back Where He Belongs" Archived January 3, 2005, at the Wayback Machine, copy of article from Ocean County Observer, October 30, 2002. "Gillen has been around. He starred at Toms River East, helping the Raiders win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association 1985 Group IV state title."
  39. Baldwin, Chris. "Jovanovic gets the call Dover Township bobsledder makes Olympics on USA 1", Asbury Park Press, December 16, 2001. Accessed December 15, 2011. "Pavle Jovanovic just knew his obsession was one huge leap closer. Jovanovic - a 24-year-old Toms River High School East graduate - has been named to the US Olympic bobsledding team, completing a stunning five-year journey."
  40. Chris Konopka, Providence Friars. Accessed April 8, 2008.
  41. Canavan, Tom. "Johnson takes reigns as Princeton coach", Ocean County Observer, April 21, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2007. "The only three-time basketball captain at Princeton, the 32-year-old Johnson replaces Joe Scott, a Toms River High School East graduate who resigned to take the head coaching job at the University of Denver shortly after the Tigers finished in last place."
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