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61-639: Atlantic City High School ( ACHS ) is a comprehensive public high school in Atlantic City , in Atlantic County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . It is the lone secondary school of the Atlantic City School District . The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. The school serves students from Atlantic City, along with those from Brigantine , Longport , Margate City and Ventnor City , who attend

122-490: A "distraction from education" when the school suspended 150 students in one day for violating the uniform rules. For example, in the 2013–2014 school year, it was required that students wear collared shirts in only the two school colors plus black, with no logos except ACHS's own logo (or that of one of its sports teams). In August 2019, the Board of Education dropped its uniform policy for the 2019–2020 school year, opting instead for

183-530: A 15-minute drive from Princeton, New Jersey . In 1986, the old campus core of Lawrenceville School (built in 1884–85) was declared a National Historic Landmark . The landscape designer Frederick Law Olmsted planned the campus and grounds, and the Peabody & Stearns architectural firm designed the buildings, including Memorial Hall (now Woods Memorial Hall), which the National Park Service cited for

244-530: A 53–47 win against Elizabeth High School, marking the team's second state title. The Vikings repeated as Group IV state champions in basketball in 2013, defeating Linden High School in overtime by a score of 60–54 to become back-to-back champions. In 2007, Todd Busler was one of 50 recipients of the Maxwell Football Club 's Tri-State High School Award given to players from schools located in South Jersey,

305-629: A U.S. National Historic Landmark District . The 1883 reorganization of Lawrenceville successfully elevated the school's profile and turned it into nearby Princeton University 's most reliable feeder school. Princeton president James McCosh had been searching for a Mid-Atlantic alternative to New England boarding schools, which he thought funneled their best students to New England schools such as Harvard. He used John Cleve Green's fortune to fill this gap. Green had been one of Princeton's most important donors; his great-great-great-grandfather Jonathan Dickinson had founded Princeton in 1746. Accordingly,

366-560: A cost of over $ 1.75 million (equivalent to $ 31.3 million in 2023), it included a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 6,000-pipe organ. Atlantic Cape Community College , the second community college to be established in New Jersey, opened in 1966 in space leased from the high school and moved to its campus in Mays Landing in February 1968. The fourth, and current Atlantic City High School

427-520: A dress code. ACHS students are still restricted from a few garment types, such as bare midriffs, ripped jeans, leggings, and " do rags ", or garments the school deems to have "obscene" words or images on them. Chronic absenteeism, or truancy , is a problem for ACHS; in 2015, 21% of its students were deemed chronically absent. The school has established a Truancy Task Force to enforce state laws requiring school attendance. Atlantic City High School offers many Advanced Placement (AP) courses, in addition to

488-678: A dual meet, a Prep State A championship, or the MAPL championship since 2006. In winter 2014, the 4x55 Shuttle Hurdle Relay team was ranked number 2 in New Jersey and number 3 in the nation. On November 6, 2005, the Lawrenceville girls' varsity field hockey team defeated Stuart Country Day School 2–1 to capture their third straight Prep A state championship. On November 5, 2006, the varsity field hockey team defeated Stuart Country Day School 1–0 to capture their fourth straight Prep A state championship. In 2007 they tied rival Stuart Country Day School for

549-553: A fifth opened in 2010. There are 38 major buildings on Lawrenceville's campus, including the Bunn Library, which has space for 100,000 volumes. Lawrenceville has 18 athletics fields, a nine-hole golf course, 12 outdoor tennis courts, 2 1 ⁄ 4 -mile (400 m) all-weather and indoor tracks, a boathouse, a hockey arena, and a ropes course. During the summer, Lawrenceville is a popular site for youth sports camps and several academic programs for students and teachers, including

610-491: A former Lawrenceville teacher. The school is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools . In the fall of 2014, L10 News, the school's weekly ten-minute newscast, was founded on Lawrenceville's YouTube channel and Facebook page. Other student-run publications include The First Amendment , a monthly political magazine founded in 2010, The Ledger, a semesterly business magazine, LMAG ,

671-608: A large fortune investing in railroads, importing tea and textiles, and exporting opium to China . With no surviving children, much of his estate went to charitable causes. The trustees of the Green Foundation, including Green's widow Sarah, brother Caleb, nephew Charles, and friend John T. Nixon , aimed to turn Lawrenceville into a college-preparatory institution "with a more elite student body." With $ 1.25 million to spend (approximately $ 40 million in 2024 dollars), they hired Presbyterian minister James Cameron Mackenzie to study

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732-569: A nearly 30-acre, net-metered, 6.1-megawatt solar facility. The school operates the Big Red Farm, a working agricultural facility with three greenhouses, 4 acres (1.6 ha) of farmland, 20 acres (8.1 ha) of pastureland for the school's sheep, chickens and pigs, and several honey-producing beehives. Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Schools Association , a group of leading American secondary schools informally founded during

793-576: A semesterly fashion magazine, In the Margins , a Diversity magazine, The Contour , a newspaper on global issues, El Artículo , a Spanish publication, The Calliopean , a journal of literary criticism, and The Lit , a literary magazine published once a term, three times a year. The Lit was founded in 1895 by author Owen Johnson , who went on to write the Lawrenceville Stories . Annual student publications include The Lawrenceville Historical Review,

854-601: A shared victory in their fifth straight Prep A state championship with a 2–2 tie on a late Lawrenceville goal. On February 12, 2006, the Lawrenceville varsity boys' squash team won the National Championship for the third year in a row. In May 2006, the boys' varsity baseball team won the New Jersey Prep A championship over Peddie School in a doubleheader (14-0 and 6–1), earning their second state championship in three years. Lawrenceville defeated Peddie again in

915-540: Is a way to group students into different class levels based on their academic abilities in comprehensive high school. For example, the English course is a mandatory course for all students; there are four tracks: gifted, advanced, average, and remedial. This tracking system allows teachers to guide students more efficiently with customized learning needs and speeds and make sure students match courses with their ability levels. However, it also brings equity problems that reinforce

976-520: Is important to incorporate digital learning tools and personalized education plans, which allow a more equitable education system and ensure all students can access high-quality education. This article relating to education in the United States is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Lawrenceville School The Lawrenceville School is a private coeducational preparatory school for boarding and day students located in

1037-410: Is more likely to happen bullying issues, and schools in low-income areas tend to have bullying in school. The future of comprehensive high schools may involve reforms that deal with the limitations of the current tracking systems. By reducing the hierarchy of tracks and implementing more flexible courses, comprehensive high schools will be more supportive of students from diverse backgrounds. Also, it

1098-701: The Cape-Atlantic League , an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic, Cape May , Cumberland and Gloucester counties, operating under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . With 1,398 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group IV South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in

1159-870: The Lawrence Township Historic District . Lawrenceville utilizes a house system , similar to many British schools. Students reside in four distinct groups of Houses—the Lower School, the Crescent (girls), the Circle (boys), and the Fifth Form (Senior) Houses. Faculty members are associated with each House. The Circle Houses were designed by Peabody and Stearns , as part of the original campus plan, and are part of Lawrenceville's National Historic Landmark. Four Crescent House dorms designed by Short and Ford Architects of Princeton, New Jersey, were opened in 1986;

1220-717: The Lawrenceville School coming in second and The Peddie School in third. The next year, at a meet held in Philadelphia , the swim team won the national interscholastic championship, breaking the streak of four championships won by Mercersburg Academy . In March 1925, the Atlantic City swim team were the guests of President Calvin Coolidge at the White House, in recognition of their championship. The girls' basketball team won

1281-605: The Mid-Atlantic Prep League . In addition, through the Eight Schools Athletic Council, the members of the Eight Schools Association organize sports events and tournaments among ESA schools. Lawrenceville competes with other schools in baseball, basketball, crew, cross-country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, hockey, indoor and outdoor track, lacrosse, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tennis, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling. In addition,

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1342-526: The New Jersey Scholars Program . The school recently finished building the Tsai Commons and Field House, which comprises a new dining hall, new community space, and additions to existing athletic facilities; this project was completed and opened for the first time in the 2024-25 school year. In the spring of 2012, the school began to draw its energy needs from a solar farm , which consists of

1403-597: The public schools of the United Kingdom, and later appointed him Head of School. Mackenzie's British-inspired innovations included Lawrenceville's house system, "the [first] small-unit housing plan ... in America." He argued that a "home-like atmosphere was better for an adolescent boy and made him a better student." Upon his return to the United States, the trustees commissioned a new campus from Frederick Law Olmsted and Peabody and Stearns , which has since been designated

1464-659: The unincorporated community of Lawrenceville within Lawrence Township in Mercer County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . Lawrenceville is a member of the Eight Schools Association and the Ten Schools Admission Organization . Lawrenceville School was founded in 1810 as the Maidenhead Academy by Presbyterian clergyman Isaac Van Arsdale Brown . One of the oldest preparatory schools in

1525-541: The "richness of [its] materials" and "the high quality of the decorative details." The campus core also includes a gymnasium, the headmaster's house, the Circle House dormitories, and a chapel. The landmark covers 17.74 acres; the present-day campus includes over 700 acres. In 1972, the village of Lawrenceville, including parts of the school campus, was placed on the National Register of Historic Places , as part of

1586-533: The 1973–74 school year and formally established in 2006. Lawrenceville is also a member of the Ten Schools Admissions Organization . The school was formerly part of G20 Schools , an international group of secondary schools. Lawrenceville is affiliated with The Island School in Cape Eleuthera , The Bahamas , to which it sends students for semesters abroad. Island School was founded by

1647-784: The 2010 finals to win its second consecutive Prep A title. In May 2023, the boys' varsity lacrosse team won the Prep Nationals championship game over Brunswick School by a score of 14-13 in double overtime. They finished the season on an 18-game winning streak, to end with a record of 19-1. Lawrentians in the arts include writers Owen Johnson , James Merrill , Frederick Buechner , and Bill Berkson ; musicians Huey Lewis and Dierks Bentley ; and screenwriter Merian C. Cooper . Those active in media and entertainment include author and ecologist Aldo Leopold (1904–1905), socialite and Real Housewife of New York Tinsley Mortimer , and athletes Joakim Noah and Bobby Sanguinetti . Lawrenceville

1708-449: The 21st century. In 2017, Alibaba founder Joseph C. Tsai '82 and his wife Clara Wu contributed the largest gift in school history. The exact size of the gift was undisclosed, but it was larger than the $ 60 million donation from Janie and Henry Woods in 2007. Lawrenceville has a self-contained campus, separated from central Lawrenceville by U.S. Route 206 (Main Street). The campus is

1769-706: The Group IV state championships in 1981 vs. Eastside Paterson and repeated in 1982 vs. Plainfield High School . The 1981 team finished the season with a record of 29–1 after winning the Group IV state title with a 45–43 victory in the finals against an Eastside team that came into the game undefeated. The 1994 Boys Varsity 8 Crew had an undefeated season and took the Triple Crown, winning the Philadelphia City Championships, Stotesbury Cup Regatta and National Rowing Championships. The V8 went on to place second in

1830-769: The Princess Elizabeth Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in England. The 1999 football team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship at Rutgers Stadium with a 31–29 win over Eastern High School of Voorhees, a victory that marked the program's first sectional title. The boys' basketball team won the NJSIAA Group IV state championship in 2012 (defeating Ridgewood High School in

1891-618: The School offers a variety of intramural sports, including Ultimate Disc for the girls' Crescent Houses and 8-man flag football for the boys' Circle Houses. Lawrenceville's rival is The Hill School of Pottstown, Pennsylvania , another member of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League. On the first or second weekend of November during "Hill Weekend," the two schools celebrate the nation's eighth-oldest high school football rivalry and fifth-oldest private school rivalry, dating back to 1887. In

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1952-472: The United Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 1,333 to 2,324 students. The boys swimming team won the state non-public championship from 1921 to 1929. In 1924, the team won the state swimming championship for a fourth time, setting three meet records in the process, with

2013-735: The United States Jr. National Team or row at D1 universities such as Cal, Wisconsin, Yale, Georgetown, and Northeastern, or the United States Jr. National Development Team. In the fall of 2010, the Lawrenceville boys' varsity crew team won the Head of the Christina Regatta in Delaware, then placed 14th in a field of 75 at the Head of the Charles Regatta in Boston, Massachusetts, later in the season. In

2074-519: The United States, it has had several names, including Lawrenceville Classical and Commercial High School and Lawrenceville Academy . In 1883, the John Cleve Green Foundation purchased the school from its aging headmaster Samuel Hamill and renamed it The Lawrenceville School . Green, who had died in 1875, was born in the village of Lawrenceville and was one of Maidenhead Academy's original students. A successful merchant, he amassed

2135-420: The academic divisions in the education system. There are critics of the tracking system that it affects students placed on lower tracks by providing less challenging education, lowering their self-worth and self-esteem, which can restrict their potential academic achievement, personal growth, and future aspirations. Other than the comprehensive high school, there are many other types of high schools. Studies show

2196-400: The comprehensive high school. Other than studying the outcomes, researchers examined the bullying problem between these two types of high schools and revealed that students in career academy high schools experience less bullying than students in comprehensive high schools. The potential factors are the size of the school and income level. Comprehensive high schools are usually larger, which

2257-477: The difference in multiple aspects of the difference comparing comprehensive high schools and STEM-focused high schools or career academy high schools. In comparison with STEM -focused high schools , comprehensive high schools don't show a significant difference in providing STEM opportunities for students, which breaks people's assumption that specialized programs must offer more in that area. In comparison with career academy high schools , researchers compared

2318-505: The editorial board and all decisions for the paper, consulting with two faculty advisors at their discretion. The Lawrence has won numerous awards, including the Columbia Journalism Award in consecutive years. In 2019, The Lawrence also won an editorial award from Youth Journalism International. Notable contributors include sportswriter Bob Ryan in 1964 and businessman Joseph Tsai . Lawrenceville athletics compete in

2379-600: The first time in the program's history, going 14–0 before falling to West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South in the state semifinals. The school's gymnasium was home to the United States Basketball League (USBL) Atlantic City Seagulls from 1996 to 2001. The Seagulls won the USBL Championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999. The principal of Atlantic City High School is Donald Harris. His administration consists of four vice principals. Beginning in 2007, in

2440-622: The five-county Philadelphia area and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. The boys' soccer team was 2008 inaugural Brigantine Cup champions. In 2009, the girls' tennis team won the South Jersey Group IV title beating Millville High School 3–2, the program's first group title. In 2010, the girls' swim team won the CAL American Conference title and defeated Vineland High School to win the South Jersey Public A championship for

2501-592: The freshman class and more than the next two schools ( Phillips Exeter and Mercersburg ) put together. In the 1950s, the College Entrance Examination Board tested an early version of today's Advanced Placement program at Lawrenceville, Exeter, and Andover , with input from Princeton as well as Harvard and Yale . In 1936, Lawrenceville adopted the Harkness system of seminar-based classes. Time magazine reported that Edward Harkness offered

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2562-409: The hopes of preventing gang identification , Atlantic City High School required students wear a uniform , putting it in a minority of public schools to do so in the United States. Other high schools in South Jersey, such as Middle Township High School , Vineland High School , and Bridgeton High School , followed suit. The change was immediately controversial, with some parents saying that it became

2623-402: The longtime president of the board of trustees (an opponent of integration) stepped down. Upon their admission, the new board president remarked that Lawrenceville was the last major American boarding school to admit students of color. In 2024, the school renamed the atrium of the school gym (previously named for the earlier board president) to honor its first two black students. That year, 55% of

2684-681: The new Lawrenceville School was established "for the express purpose of preparing students for Princeton." Lawrenceville was a large success; the school sent 20 students to Princeton in 1886 alone, and enrollment leaped from 112 students in 1883 to 362 by 1898. The school's successful relaunch marked the start of a large boom in the American boarding school industry, which also included Groton (founded 1884), Taft (1890), Hotchkiss (1891), Choate (1896), St. George's (1896), Middlesex (1901), Kent (1906), and Loomis (1914). In 1932, Lawrenceville sent 62 students to Princeton, nearly ten percent of

2745-420: The school "a blank check" to adopt his preferred system, which Exeter had previously adopted in 1930. When Ivy League schools refocused their admissions practices on academic excellence in the 1950s and 1960s, the admissions director at Yale University was R. Inslee Clark Jr. , a former Lawrenceville faculty member. Lawrenceville admitted its first two African-American students in 1964, one year after

2806-547: The school 334th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The Atlantic City High School Vikings compete in the Atlantic Division of

2867-445: The school as part of sending/receiving relationships with their respective school districts. As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,764 students and 146.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 1,306 students (74.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 114 (6.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Atlantic City's first high school building

2928-731: The school commits to provide need-based financial aid covering 100% of an admitted student's demonstrated financial need. In the 2023-24 school year, 34% of the student body was on financial aid, with an average boarding aid grant over $ 60,000 and an average day grant over $ 44,000. In the 2024-25 school year, Lawrenceville reported 189 families with boarding students on scholarship. 64 of these families had household incomes under $ 125,000/year; after financial aid, they paid an average contribution of $ 703. 36 families had household incomes over $ 350,000/year, with an average contribution around $ 36,000. The school did not provide corresponding statistics for day students. Lawrenceville does not publicly report

2989-560: The school's history periodical, Olla Podrida , the school yearbook; Lawrencium , the science research journal; and Prize Papers , a compilation of the best academic work in the English Department by that year's IV Form (junior) class. There is also a WLSR radio club. The school's weekly, The Lawrence , is the third oldest secondary school newspaper in the United States, after The Phillipian and The Exonian . The Lawrence has been published regularly since 1881. Students make up

3050-527: The size of its financial endowment . However, from 2016 to 2021, its endowment increased from $ 381.1 million to $ 632.9 million. In its IRS filings for the 2021-22 school year, Lawrenceville reported total assets of $ 1.06 billion, net assets of $ 937.7 million, investment holdings of $ 631.0 million, and cash holdings of $ 78.0 million. The school also reported $ 65.0 million in program service expenses and $ 15.5 million in grants (primarily student financial aid ). Lawrenceville has attracted several major donors in

3111-450: The spring of 2008, the Lawrenceville boys' and girls' varsity track and field team completed its season undefeated, placing first in the NJISSAA and MAPL. In the winter of 2011, the 4x200 team was the fastest in the nation, earning each one of them the status of All-American. By January 2014, the Lawrenceville boys' varsity track team had won 103 dual meets in a row; the boys' team has not lost

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3172-786: The spring of 2015, the Lawrenceville Boys' varsity crew team won the MAPL League Championship, beating out Peddie, Hun, and Blair; placed first at the US Rowing Mid-Atlantic Youth Championship; and then went on to place 4th at the US Rowing Youth Nationals held in Camden, NJ. The crew was selected for the Henley Royal Regatta and is widely regarded as the greatest crew in the school's history. Multiple members of this crew either went on to race for

3233-607: The standard college-prep and Honors classes. ACHS offers 20 AP courses: AP Biology ; AP Calculus AB ; AP Calculus BC ; AP Chemistry ; AP Studio Art ; AP Microeconomics ; AP Macroeconomics ; AP English Language and Composition ; AP English Literature and Composition ; AP Environmental Science ; AP French Language and Culture ; AP United States Government and Politics ; AP Latin ; AP Music Theory ; AP Physics 1 ; AP Physics C ; AP Psychology ; AP Spanish Language and Culture ; AP Statistics ; and, AP United States History . Comprehensive high school The tracking system

3294-401: The state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 214th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 247th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 255th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 270 in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked

3355-504: The student body were classified as non-white. In the 2021-22 school year, the school reported that of its 818 students, 371 (45.4%) were white, 159 (19.4%) were Asian, 79 (9.7%) were Black, 50 (6.1%) were Hispanic, and 159 (19.4%) were multiracial. The survey did not permit the school to classify its students in multiple categories. Lawrenceville began admitting girls in 1987. In 1999, the student body elected its first female student body president, Alexandra Petrone; in 2003, Elizabeth Duffy

3416-486: The students’ engagement in college and career readiness activities as an outcome of adopting students in future preparation. The researchers found that students in schools with high-level fidelity NAF (an organization aid to evaluate and improve schools) have higher engagement than students in comprehensive high school, while students in schools with low or medium fidelity in the NAF don't show a significant difference from students in

3477-469: The tournament final), 2012 (vs. Elizabeth High School ) and 2013 (vs. Linden High School ). The team won the Group IV tournament in 2005, defeating Trenton Central High School 71–70 in the semifinals, and Ridgewood High School by a score of 56–42 in the championship game at Rutgers University. In 2012, the Viking's boys' basketball team won the South Jersey Group IV title and the Group IV state championship with

3538-587: Was 20.5% in the 2017-18 school year. Applications increased nearly 20% during the COVID-19 pandemic, "with part of the increase driven by Black applicants and families seeking financial aid." In 2010, Lawrenceville set the world record for the largest custard pie fight. Heads of school include: Tuition and fees for the 2024-25 school year are $ 79,500 for boarding students and $ 65,420 for day students. From 2010 to 2014, Business Insider ranked Lawrenceville as America's most expensive private high school. However,

3599-521: Was appointed the School's first female headmaster; and in 2005, Sasha-Mae Eccleston '02 became Lawrenceville's first alumna to win a Rhodes Scholarship . In 2001, The New York Times wrote that Lawrenceville was "[o]nce - and perhaps still - as much a symbol of the establishment as Far Hills or the Social Register ," but was currently trying "to reinvent itself as an instrument of meritocracy rather than aristocracy." The school's admissions rate

3660-430: Was constructed in 1895 at Illinois and Arctic Avenues, though the building's small site did not allow much room for growth. In 1901, the high school relocated to a building at Ohio and Pacific Avenues. After the high school relocated a third time, the former building was reused as Central Junior High School for many years. The third building, located at Albany and Atlantic Avenues, opened on September 17, 1923. Constructed at

3721-528: Was constructed on "Great Island," opening to students in November 1994, at a cost of $ 83 million and had its formal dedication ceremony later that month before a gathered crowd of 4,000. The building was designed by Blumberg Associates Architecture. The school was the 262nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on

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