Wallkill Valley Regional High School is a four-year

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and regional

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serving students in

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through

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s from four municipalities in Sussex County,

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, United States. The school is located in Hardyston Township, approximately northwest of

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. The district is comprised of four constituent municipalities: Franklin Borough, Hamburg Borough, Hardyston Township and Ogdensburg Borough. Each of these communities supports its own independent K-8 elementary school district. There are 14,000 residents in the constituent districts, which cover an area of . As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 616 students and 51.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.0:1. There were 76 students (12.3% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 20 (3.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Wallkill Valley Regional High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022. The school has four assistant principals and 70 certified full and part-time faculty members, of whom 64% hold a master's degree. The district is classified by the

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as being in

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"DE", the fifth-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common

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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

In the face of "badly overcrowded conditions" at Franklin High School, which served students from all four constituent municipalities, voters approved by a 4-1 margin a referendum in November 1972 for the creation of Wallkill Valley Regional High School. In December 1974, voters in the four constituent municipalities voted against a referendum that would have spent $10 million (equivalent to $ million in ) on the construction of a new building, as well as other questions that covered additions for a planetarium and a swimming pool. For the 1978-79 school year, Ogdensburg withdrew from Franklin High School and began sending students to Sparta High School. The district sought bids in 1979 for a building costing $8.3 million (equivalent to $ million in ), using funds from a referendum approved the previous year. The school building opened in September 1982 with an enrollment of 500 students.

Course offerings

Wallkill's program of studies features a wide range of courses taught on five levels of instruction. The levels are honors or advanced placement, academic, general, basic, and resource center. Areas of instruction include Art, Business, English, Foreign Language, Home Economics, Industrial Arts, Mathematics, Music, Computer Science, Physical Education, Science, and Social Studies.

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(AP) courses are offered in

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, and

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. Students may also elect to take AP Tests even if the class is not offered. Several courses are available for college credit; they are based on the curriculum at Sussex County Community College.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 184th-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 125th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 195th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 189th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 190th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.

Extracurricular activities

There are 21 different athletic activities available to the students at Wallkill Valley. Many of these activities have three levels of participation including freshmen, junior-varsity and varsity. Several non-athletic activities are also available and leadership positions are sometimes available in each area. Some examples include

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, Student Council,

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, Environmental Club, and

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(FBLA).

Athletics

The Wallkill Valley Regional High School RangersWallkill Valley Regional High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. participate in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in

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, Sussex and

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counties and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

(NJSIAA). The school had participated in the

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until the SCIL was dissolved in 2009. With 440 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. The football team competes in the National Blue division of the

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, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020. The Athletic Director is Daryl Jones. The school participates in joint ice hockey, boys lacrosse and boys / girls swimming teams with

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as the host school / lead agency. Wallkill Valley also participates in a co-op wrestling team, with

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as the host school. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Sports offered by the school include: * Football (Boys) * Soccer (Boys & Girls) * Cross Country (Co-ed) * Field Hockey (Girls) * Cheerleading (Year-round) * Tennis (Boys & Girls) * Basketball (Boys & Girls) * Wrestling (Boys) * Baseball (Boys) * Softball (Girls) * Golf (Co-ed) * Bowling (Co-ed) * Swimming (Co-ed) * Ski Team (Co-ed) * Indoor Track (Co-ed) * Outdoor Track (Co-ed) The field hockey team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1982-1984 and 2017, and won the North I, Group II title in 1988, 1991, 1992 and 2006. The wrestling team won the North I, Group II state sectional championship in 1987–1989. The 1994 football team finished the season with a 9-1-1 record after winning the North I Group II state sectional title with a 22–0 win against

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in the championship game. In each of the three years from 2012 to 2014, Craig Corti won the individual Group II cross-country running championship, making him the eighth runner in state history to earn three individual state titles.

Administration

Core members of the school's / district's administration are:School and Community Profile
Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Accessed March 12, 2022. "The Wallkill Valley Regional High School District is located in the eastern section of Sussex County, a rural area of New Jersey, which is approximately forty miles northwest of New York City. It is comprised of four constituent districts which include Franklin Borough, Hardyston Township, Hamburg Borough, and Ogdensburg Borough." *David Carr, Superintendent / Principal *Joseph P. Hurley Jr., Business Administrator / Board Secretary

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 aspects of the district.''Comprehensive Annual Financial Report of the Wallkill Valley Regional High School District''

, for year ending June 30, 2019. Accessed August 27, 2020. "The Board is an instrumentality of the State of New Jersey, established to function as an educational institution. The Board consists of elected officials and is responsible for the fiscal control of the District. A superintendent is appointed by the Board and is responsible for the administrative control of the District." Seats are allocated based on the populations of the constituent municipalities, with four seats assigned to Hardyston Township, two to Franklin, two to Hamburg and one to Ogdensburg.Dates and Board Members
Wallkill Valley Regional High School. Accessed March 12, 2022.

References

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{{Authority control Franklin, New Jersey Hamburg, New Jersey Hardyston Township, New Jersey Ogdensburg, New Jersey New Jersey District Factor Group DE Public high schools in Sussex County, New Jersey School districts in Sussex County, New Jersey