Comprehensive high schools are the most popular form of public high schools around the world, designed to provide a well-rounded education to its students, as opposed to the practice in some places in which examinations are used to sort students into different high schools for different populations. Other types of high schools specialize in university-preparatory school academic preparation, remedial instruction , or vocational instruction . The typical comprehensive high school offers more than one course program of specialization to its students. Comprehensive high schools generally offer a college preparatory course program and one or more foreign language, scientific or vocational course programs.
19-1698: High School North may refer to: United States [ edit ] New Jersey [ edit ] Hamilton High School North , former name of Nottingham High School in Hamilton, New Jersey Middletown High School North , Middletown Township, New Jersey Toms River High School North , Toms River, New Jersey Vineland Senior High School North , Vineland, New Jersey West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North , Plainsboro, New Jersey Pennsylvania [ edit ] Council Rock High School North , Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg High School North , Dingmans Ferry, Pennsylvania New York [ edit ] Clarkstown High School North , New City, New York Sachem High School North , Lake Ronkonkoma, New York Texas [ edit ] Killough Lewisville High School North , Lewisville, Texas Lutheran High School North (Texas) , former name of Lutheran North Academy in Houston, Texas Other states [ edit ] Bloomington High School North , Bloomington Indiana Luther High School North , Portage Park, Chicago Lutheran High School North (Michigan) , Macomb Township, Michigan Lutheran High School North (Missouri) , St. Louis County, Missouri Nashua High School North , Nashua, New Hampshire Pickerington High School North , Pickerington, Ohio See also [ edit ] North High School (disambiguation) Northern High School (disambiguation) North School (disambiguation) [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
38-615: 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 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
57-488: Is Frank Ragazzo. His core administration team includes three vice principals and the athletic director. The two other high schools in the district (with 2022–23 enrollment data from the National Center for Education Statistics ) are: Comprehensive high school The tracking system is a way to group students into different class levels based on their academic abilities in comprehensive high school. For example,
76-748: Is a FIRST Robotics Competition team available. (TEAM 2191) The school has two core shows every year, the annual Murder Mystery Dessert Theater and the Spring Musical. Previous murder mysteries include "Offed at the Bake Off" (premiere workshop) - 2013, "Til Death Do Them Part" (premiere) - 2012, "An All You Can Murder Buffet" (premiere) - 2011, "Murderous Night at the Museum" (premiere) - 2010, and "A Family Reunion to Die For" (premiere) - 2009 Previous musicals include Damn Yankees (2011), High School Musical (2010) and Footloose (2009). The school's principal
95-546: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Hamilton High School North Nottingham High School (also formally known as Hamilton High School North ) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades located in Hamilton Township , in Mercer County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey , operating as one of
114-410: 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
133-622: The Colonial Valley Conference , which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . With 898 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range. The football team competes in
152-487: The Capitol Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 695 to 882 students. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint ice hockey team with Hamilton High School West and Steinert High School . The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at
171-477: 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 the academic divisions in the education system. There are critics of
190-507: The NAF don't show a significant difference from students in 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
209-507: The championship game. The 1990 team finished the season with a 24–3 record after a 6–4 victory against Morris Hills in the playoff finals. Nottingham's 2012 football team won the Central Jersey Group III state championship game after defeating Neptune High School by a final score of 35–24 in a game played at The College of New Jersey . The team finished with a record of 11–1, earning the program's first state title and becoming
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#1733086259793228-603: The end of the 2023–24 school year. Nottingham's wrestling team is referred as the Northstars. The Nottingham boys' swimming team had been to the NJSIAA state tournament for seven consecutive years from 2000 to 2006. The boys' baseball team won the 2008 Mercer County Tournament beating Notre Dame. The 2009 girls' spring track team was the first in Nottingham history to participate in the Penn Relays . The 2011 Nottingham boys track team
247-813: The first Mercer County team since 1989 to win a football championship. In 2018, the boys' basketball team defeated Chatham High School by a score of 60–53 in the tournament final at Rutgers University to win the school's first ever Group III state championship for basketball. The boys indoor / winter track team won the Group III state championship in 2020. Nottingham offers Advanced Placement program (AP) courses in AP United States History , AP European History , AP Computer Science , AP Biology , AP Psychology , AP Chemistry , AP Environmental Science , AP French , AP Spanish , AP English Literature and Composition , and AP United States Government . There
266-486: The same term This disambiguation page lists articles about schools, colleges, or other educational institutions which are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=High_School_North&oldid=1169352700 " Category : Educational institution disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
285-435: The state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 276th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 264th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 260th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 246th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. The Nottingham High School Northstars compete in
304-603: The three secondary schools of the Hamilton Township School District ; the other high schools in the district are Hamilton High School West and Steinert High School (Hamilton High School East). As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,005 students and 88.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.4:1. There were 349 students (34.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 110 (10.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch. Nottingham High School
323-593: 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 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
342-508: Was the first ever team in Nottingham history to go undefeated, winning the Mercer County Tournament and the Central Jersey Group III sectional championships. The girls' softball team won the Group III state championship in 1987 (defeating runner-up West Morris Mendham High School in the tournament final) and 1990 (vs. Morris Hills High School ). The 1987 team won the Group III title by a score of 2–1 against West Morris Mendham in
361-536: Was the recipient of U.S. News & World Report ' s Bronze recognition for America's Best High Schools in both 2017 and 2018. Nottingham received an overall Niche grade of a B+ and was ranked as the seventh most diverse public high school in New Jersey. This school was the 231st-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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