Glassboro High School is a comprehensive community

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that serves students in

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through

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s from

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, in Gloucester County, in the

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. It is the sole secondary school of the

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 522 students and 53.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.8:1. There were 176 students (33.7% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 21 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Glassboro High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

The school was originally established in 1913 at the corner of High Street and Lake Street. With increased enrollment, a new facility located on

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was constructed at a cost of $400,000 (equivalent to $ million in ) and dedicated in May 1930. In 1965, the school moved to its current building located at 550 Joseph L. Bowe Boulevard, across from

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. The school's two cafeterias were, in effect, segregated until 1974. This was called out in a student article in the school newspaper and the following year the cafeterias were fully integrated. On June 19, 1986, President

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became the first sitting president to speak at a high school graduation when he spoke at the Glassboro High School commencement ceremonies.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 221st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 231st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 188th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 197th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 242nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Athletics

The Glassboro High School BulldogsGlassboro High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete as one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools located in Camden,

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, Gloucester and Salem counties.Member Schools
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(NJSIAA). With 386 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group I South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the Patriot Division of the 94-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2022–2024. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for joint cooperative boys / girls swimming and boys / girls tennis teams with Clayton High School, while Clayton is the host school for a co-op wrestling team. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. The boys track team won the Group I spring track state championship in 1967 and 2009. The baseball team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional title in 1970. The

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team won the South II sectional title and the overall state championship in 1972 and won the Group I state title in 1975, defeating West Morris Mendham High School in the tournament final. The 1972 team finished the season with an 18–0 record, winning the South Jersey II section title with a 1–0 win against

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and taking the state championship with a 7–0 win against a

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team that came into the finals with a 55-game winning streak. Tied at the half, the 1975 team pulled ahead of Mendham in the second half to win the Group I state title by a score of 4-1 and finish the season with a record of 14-1-2. In 2007, the field hockey team won the South Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 3–2 win over St. Joseph High School in the tournament final. The football team won the South Jersey Group I state sectional championships in 1974 (declared as champion), 1975, 1981, 1983, 1987, 1999, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011 and 2013. The 1981 team finished the season with a 9–2 record after winning the South Jersey Group I state sectional title by defeating

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by a score of 28–7 in the championship game. A home-field crowd of 4,000 watched the 1983 team finish the season with an 11–0 record after winning the South Jersey Group I sectional championship game with a 16–8 victory against

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. The team won the 2007 sectional title with a 24–7 win over rival

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. A 28–8 win over

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in the 2008 sectional championship game was part of a season in which the team finished with a 12–0 record. The 2010 team won the sectional title with a 36–0 win over Paulsboro in the playoff finals to finish the season with a 10–2 record. The team won the South Jersey Group I title in 2011 with a 41–13 win in the championship game against

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, finishing the season with a 10–2 record in a season where the two losses included a 55–35 loss to Pennsville. In 2013, the team won its tenth playoff-era sectional title and finished with a 7–5 record after a 44–0 win against Penns Grove in the championship game. The boys' basketball team won the Group I state championship in 1978 (defeating

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in the tournament final), in 1991 (vs. Verona High School) and in 1994 (vs.

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). The 1994 team won the Group I title with a 72–59 win against Cresskill in the championship game. Sam Laspata won the 1988 state championship at 140 lbs., becoming the school's only state wrestling champion, in a season in which he won all 34 of his matches. He is a member of the Glassboro High School Sports Hall of Fame and was inducted in 2006 to the Gloucester County Hall of Fame. The 1993 boys' cross country team went undefeated. The boys track team won the Group I indoor state championship in 2009. The team won the Group I indoor relay state championship that same year The boys soccer team won the Group I state championship in 2018, defeating runner-up

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on penalty kicks in overtime in the tournament finals.

Marching band

The school's marching band was

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Chapter One Champions in 1982.

Mock trial

Glassboro High School's Mock Trial team is annually competitive in the New Jersey's Vincent J. Apruzzese Mock Trial Competition, winning the Gloucester County regional competition in 2016, 2017, 2020, and 2022."Glassboro H.S.’s Mock Trial Team wins Gloucester County title for the third time in 5 years"
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, February 28, 2020. Accessed April 12, 2021. "Glassboro High School’s Mock Trial Team captured the Gloucester County Championship this year after defeating Williamstown, Washington Township, Kingsway and Gateway high schools. This marks the third time in five years that the school has reigned as a county champion. In 2017, the school also won the South Jersey regionals." The team would go on to win South Jersey regional competition and finish third in the state for the 2016–2017 season.

Administration

The principal is Monique Stowman-Burke. Her administration team includes the assistant principal and the director of athletics.

Notable alumni

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(1935—2002),

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and

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for the

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and the

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(born 1980, class of 1998), NFL linebacker of the

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champion

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(1911–1973),

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leader who served as president of the

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from 1936 to 1941. *

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(1861—1925), photographer. *

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(born 1994, class of 2012), NFL

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of the

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champion

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who set a South Jersey record with 6,245 rushing yards. * Sean F. Dalton (born 1962),

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who previously served two terms in the

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, where he represented the 4th Legislative District. * George Johnson (born 1987, class of 2006), former NFL

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(born 1996),

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(born 1965, class of 1984), attended Holy Cross College and twice finished in the top five in the

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balloting. * Jarvis Lynch (born 1933, class of 1951), retired

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References

External links

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