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serving students in

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s from five communities in Burlington County,

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, United States. The district encompasses approximately and is comprised of the communities of Eastampton Township, Hainesport Township, Lumberton, Mount Holly and Westampton Township.History of the School
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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1938.Rancocas Valley Regional High School

Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 5, 2022. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,048 students and 140.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 14.6:1. There were 357 students (17.4% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 80 (3.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Rancocas Valley Regional High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.

History

The school was built on the ruins of the West Jersey Collegiate Institute, a private school for boys that was abandoned at the time of the

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. Mount Holly High School was founded in 1895, and after a vote to establish a regional high school, the name "Rancocas Valley Regional High School was chosen in April 1935. Constructed at a cost of $300,000, a crowd of 500 attended the school's formal dedication ceremonies in October 1937. Before

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opened in September 1958, students from Medford, Medford Lakes and Tabernacle Township had attended Rancocas Valley Regional High School. With students in these three communities in ninth and tenth grades attending Lenape, the Rancocas Valley district anticipated a drop in enrollment of 90 students for the 1958-59 school year."Rancocas Regional Completes Opening"
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'', September 10, 1958. Accessed May 16, 2021, via

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. "Rancocas Valley Regional High School, Jackonville rd., opens its new school year Thursday for freshman and sophomore students.... Harry Wenrich, school principal, anticipates the total enrollment this year will be 1170 students compared with 1260 last year. Students from Tabernacle, Medford and Medford Lakes who have previously attended classes here will be enrolled in the new Lenape Regional High School at Medford."

Academic programs

Rancocas Valley Regional High School offers a range of college prep, honors, accelerated,

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(AP) courses, business and technology education classes. Students can receive college credits by successfully completing specific high school courses through the

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Accelerated Program (CAP) and Seton Hall University Dual Enrollment Program. Rancocas Valley High School offers over 85 clubs and activities. RVTV is operated out of the school and showcases sporting events, concerts, graduations and student-created programming.

Annex

The Rancocas Valley Regional High School Annex on Smithville Road in Eastampton Township is home to the district's business offices and the Functional Life Skills Integrated Program (FLIP), a

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program run by the district. Renovations to the Annex facilities were completed in the summer of 2018 to house the new RV PREP education program opening in September 2018. The building formerly housed the Eastampton Elementary School.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 174th-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 255th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 223rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 242nd in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 243rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. In recognition of the school’s efforts and the positive outcomes resulting from newly formed programs and initiatives, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) designated RVRHS a No Place for Hate school in May 2018.

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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(BCSL), which is comprised of public and private high schools in Burlington,

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(NJSIAA). With 1,537 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Continental Division of the 95-team

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superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2018–2020. Rancocas Valley competes in the BCSL's Liberty Division. The school's mascot is the Red Devil and its colors are red and white. The boys' cross country team won the Group III state championship in 1960. With a time of 12:34.4, Carl Budden was the top runner at the Group III championship in 1961. The baseball team won the Group IV state championship in 1975 (defeating runner-up John F. Kennedy High School in the finals) and 1995 (vs.

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). The 1975 team finished the season with a 19-7 record after coming from behind to win the Group IV state title with a 6-5 win against Kennedy of Paterson, after tying the game in the seventh inning and scoring the winning run in extra innings. The team won the Group III title in 1995 with a 2-0 win against Norther Valley / Demarest on a series of hits in the game's first inning. The softball team won state championships in Group III in 1977 (vs. Ramapo High School) and 1994 (vs.

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), and won in 2005 in Group IV (vs.

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). The 1977 team had an 18-4 record after winning the Group III title by defeating Ramapo by a score of 1-0 in the championship game. The 1994 team won the Group III title and finished the season with a 26-1 record with a 12-0 win against Passaic Valley in the championship game. The team won the Group IV title in 2005 with a 2-0 victory against J.P. Stevens in the playoff finals.

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'' ranked Rancocas Valley as their number-one softball team in the state in 1994 and 2005. The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group IV state sectional championship, edging

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1-0 in the tournament final. The 1987 football team finished the season with a 9-2 record after winning the NJSIAA South Jersey Group III state sectional title with a 26-0 win against

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in the championship game. Just two years earlier, in 1985, the team failed to win a single game. RV has produced three first-round NFL draft picks in

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. The girls track team won the indoor track Group III state championship in 1987 and the Group IV title in 2017. The girls' field hockey team won the South Jersey Group III state sectional title in 1992 and the Central Jersey Group IV title in 2006, 2008 and 2018. The team took the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional title with a 2-1 win against Cherokee High School in the tournament final. The boys basketball team won the Group III state title in 1996 (with a win against

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in the tournament final) and won the Group IV title in 1998 (vs. John F. Kennedy High School) and 2008 (vs.

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). The team won the 1996 Group III state championship with a 71-62 win against Henry Snyder High School and won the 1998 Group IV state championship with a 63-43 win against John F. Kennedy High School in the tournament final. In 2008, boys' basketball team won the Central Group IV state sectional championship with a 70-51 win over

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in the tournament final. The team went on to win the Group IV state championship, the programs' third title, with a 55-43 win against Piscataway High School. In 2011, the boys' basketball team added a sectional championship, by beating Jackson Memorial in the Central Jersey Group 4 title game. In 1998, the boys' spring track team went undefeated for the first time since 1979. In 2004, the boys' soccer team was Group IV co-champion with Kearny High School in a game that ended in a scoreless tie after regulation and two overtimes. The 2008 boys' soccer team won the Group IV state championship with a 2-0 win over Clifton High School. The girls' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 2011 (defeating John F. Kennedy High School in the tournament final) and 2013 (vs. Eastside High School). The team won the Group IV title in 2011 by a score of 67-52 score in the final game of the playoffs against John F. Kennedy High School. The team won the 2013 Group IV title with a 64-45 win against Eastside High School in the finals. The boys track team won the Group IV spring track state championship in 2015. The school is represented by an ice hockey team in Varsity Tier I of the South Jersey High School Ice Hockey League.

Extracurricular activities

Rancocas Valley is the home of the Rancocas Valley Regional High School dance team, which has been in existence since 1999 and is the only high school dance team in South Jersey. The team prepares two elite dances every year for their competitions and to perform at basketball games. The team hosts the Reach For The Stars Dance Show in January of every year for the community. Over the course of the year, the team competes in 4 to 5 competitions. One of those competitions is the New Jersey state championship. In the years 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, and 2015, the dance team has taken first place in both their Team Performance, and their Kick routine. Every year the team raises money for their trip to Florida to compete in the

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(NDA) National Dance Competition. The team dances amongst and against the best dance teams in the country. In 2010 the team took 1st place in their Circus-themed High Kick Routine. This was the first National Championship the team has ever won. In 2011 the team took 1st place again with their Time-themed Team Performance routine. In 2014, the team won its third National Championship, by winning the Small Varsity Kick division. In 2004, the RVRHS marching band won their first Group 3 National Championship Title in Allentown, PA for their piece "Pandora's Box". In 2009, The Marching Band won first place at the USSBA Group 3 Open National Championships with a score of 97.2 and came in first place at the USSBA Group 3 Open State Competition. These mark the highest accolades that the Rancocas Valley Marching Band have ever received. The band also won state championships in 2010 in Group 3 Open with a score of 91.825 and receiving the captions best color guard, best music, best overall effect, and best visual. On October 30, 2010 the band won first place at the Northern States Competition in Allentown, PA with a score of 95.900, also receiving caption awards for best percussion, best colorguard, best music, and best overall effect. They beat many group 3 Open bands from around the region, in states such as New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, New York, Virginia,etc. On November 7, 2010 the band won yet again and took home the title for USSBA Group 3 Open National champions with a score of 97.8. They also received best color guard, best music, and best overall effect. The Red Devil marching band took home a caption of best music, as well as The Cadets award of excellence at New Jersey state championships on October 18, 2014 at

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. In May 1971, the school's speech and drama team won 8 individual events, plus best drama and best actor awards at the Rutgers University Camden Speech Festival. In April 1972, a team member won first place in dramatic interpretation at the National Forensic League's New Jersey District Championships.

Notable alumni

Some of the notable alumni from Rancocas Valley include: * Shaun Bradley (born 1997),

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(born 1959), former professional soccer player. * Ryan Finley (born 1991), professional soccer player. *

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in the women's 4x100 medley relay.

Administration

Core members of the administration for the district and school are: *Christopher Heilig, Superintendent *Lisa Giovanelli, Business Administrator / Board Secretary *Joseph R. Martin, Principal

Board of education

The district's

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, comprised of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district. The seats on the board are assigned to the constituent municipalities based on population, with each district guaranteed a minimum of one seat. Of the nine seats, three are allocated to Lumberton, two each to Mount Holly and Westampton, and one each to Eastampton and Hainesport. The president and vice president are elected from its members at the annual reorganization meeting for a one-year term.Board of Education
Rancocas Valley Regional High School District. Accessed September 5, 2022.

References

External links

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