Long Branch High School

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Long Branch High School
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Address
404 Indiana Avenue

, ,
07740

United States
Coordinates40°17′31″N 73°59′37″W / 40.291915°N 73.993512°W / 40.291915; -73.993512Coordinates: 40°17′31″N 73°59′37″W / 40.291915°N 73.993512°W / 40.291915; -73.993512
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtLong Branch Public Schools
NCES School ID340894003904[2]
PrincipalJames Brown (Lead Principal)
Erin Lamberson (School of Leadership)
Vanessa Giammanco (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics)
Angela Torres (Visual and Performing Arts)[1]
Faculty128.0 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,514 (as of 2019–20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.8:1[2]
Color(s)  Green and
  white[3]
Athletics conferenceShore Conference[4]
Team nameGreen Wave[3]
RivalsNeptune High School, Shore Regional High School, Red Bank Regional High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
Websitewww.longbranch.k12.nj.us/Domain/15

Long Branch High School is a comprehensive, four-year community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades in the city of Long Branch, in Monmouth County, United States, operating as part of the Long Branch Public Schools. LBPS, one of 31 special-needs Abbott districts in the state,[6] serves the city of Long Branch. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.[5]

As of the 2019–20 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,514 students and 128.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 997 students (65.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 197 (13.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

The high school was also the original home of Monmouth University, then known as Monmouth Junior College, from 1933 to 1955 until Monmouth moved to Shadow Lawn in West Long Branch.[7]

Awards, recognition and rankings[]

The school was the 228th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[8] The school had been ranked 167th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 206th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[9] The magazine ranked the school 246th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[10] The school was ranked 290th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[11]

Athletics[]

The Long Branch High School Green Wave[3] compete in Division A North of the Shore Conference, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Monmouth County and Ocean County along the Jersey Shore.[4][12] The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[13] With 1,146 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.[14] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV South for football for 2018–2020.[15]

The boys track team won the Group III spring track state championship in 1933-1938, 1949 and 1967. The six-year streak of consecutive titles in the 1930s is tied for the fourth-longest streak in the state.[16]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1958, edging Bloomfield High School by 20 pins to take the NJSIAA's first state tournament in the sport.[17]

The boys track team won the Group III indoor track state championship in 1967, 1975 (as co-champion) and 1982.[18]

The boys' basketball team won the Group III championship in 1970 (vs. Orange High School in the final game of the playoff tournament), 1977 (vs. Ridgefield Park High School), 1980 (vs. Weequahic High School) and 1998 (vs. Parsippany High School), and won the Group II title in 1997 (vs. Dwight Morrow High School).[19] The team finished the 1970 season with a 26-0 record and won the Group III title, the program's first, with a 90-74 win against Orange High School in the tournament final.[20] The 1977 team finished the season with a 30-0 record after winning the Group III title with an 81-62 victory at the Jadwin Gymnasium against Ridgefield Park in the championship game.[21] The 1980 team finished the season with a 26-3 with a 35-31 win against Weequahic in the Group III playoff finals.[22]

The girls spring track team was the Group III state champion in 1980.[23]

The boys' track team won the Group III state indoor relay championship in 1982-1984.[24]

The girls bowling team was overall state champion in 1983.[25]

The football team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional championship in 1986 and 1999, and the Central Jersey Group IV title in 2017 and 2018.[26] In 2017, the team won its third sectional championship with a 43–42 overtime win against Freehold Borough High School in the playoff final of the Central Jersey Group IV state sectional tournament, played at High Point Solutions Stadium.[27][28] The team repeated as Central Jersey Group IV champion in 2018 with a 21-1 win against Brick Township High School.[29] The 2018 team went on to win the inaugural Group IV Central-South Jersey Bowl Game with a 20-17 win against Shawnee High School, to finish the season with a 12-1 record, the program's first 12-win season.[30]

The field hockey team won the Central Jersey Group III state sectional title in 1998.[31]

The wrestling team won the Central Jersey Group II state sectional title in 2008-2011 and 2013; the team won the Group II state title in 2008–2010.[32] The school wrestling team won the 2008 Group II team state championship, its first ever, finishing the season with a perfect record of 26–0.[33]

Administration[]

Core members of the school's administration are:[1]

  • James Brown, Lead Principal
  • Vanessa Giammanco, Principal of STEM Academy
  • Erin Lamberson, Principal of Leadership Academy
  • Angela Torres, Principal of Visual and Performing Arts Academy

Notable alumni[]

Notable faculty[]

  • Gerry Matthews (born 1941), 30-year college basketball coach who coached the Long Branch High School basketball team.[50]

References[]

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  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e School data for Long Branch High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2021.
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  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, Shore Conference. Accessed November 15, 2020.
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  18. ^ NJSIAA Indoor Group Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  19. ^ NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  20. ^ Elfand, Sam. "Woodrow Wilson or Branchers - Who's No. 1?", Asbury Park Press, March 23, 1970. Accessed November 26, 2020. "This year the challenger has to be Long Branch, 26-0 and the Group III champion by virtue of an easy 90-74 romp over Orange Friday night."
  21. ^ "Bradley's 35 + Long Branch's 30 - Group 3 Title", New York Daily News, March 20, 1977. Accessed January 3, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Behind a career best 35-point effort by Alex Bradley, Long Branch strengthened its claim as the No. 1 team in the state by rolling past Ridgefield Park, 81-62, for the state Group 3 championship and a perfect season at Princeton's Jadwin Gym. 'Alex is by far the best player I've ever coached,' said Long Branch coach Gerry Matthews after his troops had convincingly sealed the lid on a perfect 30-0 season."
  22. ^ Graham, Tony. "Patient Long Branch captures state crown", Asbury Park Press, March 22, 1980. Accessed January 15, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "As the Long Branch High School basketball team filed out of the Thomas Dunn Sports Center last night, Mrs. Louise Young planted a kiss on the cheek of Green Wave coach Gerry Matthews.... 'It's raining but it is a nice night,' said Matthews after Mrs. Young's son, Ronald, scored 14 points and nailed two jump shots down the stretch, and Ken Brown added two clutch free throws with eight seconds to play leading the Green Wave to a gripping 35-31 victory over Weequahic in the 1980 NJSIAA Group III championship game at Elizabeth High School.... The Green Wave had won the title in 1977 with a 30-0 team led by Alex Bradley and Joel Dobrin and lost in the finals last year to Malcom X. Shabazz of Newark, 63-54."
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  27. ^ Deakyne, Brian. "Football: Long Branch completes epic comeback to stun Freehold Borough in OT", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 2, 2017. Accessed December 4, 2017. "Long Branch coach Dan George took Worthy out of the equation and put his season in the hands of his seniors as he elected to go for the game-deciding two-point conversion in the second half of the first overtime in Saturday night's Central Jersey, Group 4 sectional final at High Point Solutions Stadium in Piscataway. The result was well worth it: quarterback Juwan Wilkins connected with Elijah Sherin to deliver one of the biggest wins in Long Branch history. Long Branch 43, Freehold Borough 42 in an unforgettable sectional final."
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  29. ^ Edelson, Steven. "NJ football playoffs: Back-to-back championships signals Golden Era for Long Branch", Asbury Park Press, November 16, 2018. Accessed October 14, 2020. "On a bitterly cold, windy evening inside Bresett Stadium, a pair of Jersey Shore high school football programs steeped in history met for the first time in 45 years, as Long Branch and Brick played to decide the NJSIAA Central Group IV championship.... A year after a dramatic overtime victory over Freehold at Rutgers in this game, and two years after going 2-8, Long Branch scored a pair of touchdowns in the opening six minutes of the third quarter to break a 7-7 halftime standoff, rolling to a 21-14 victory."
  30. ^ Fonseca, Brian. "NJ football playoffs: Long Branch storms back to win bowl game", Asbury Park Press, December 1, 2018. Accessed October 14, 2020. "Long Branch found itself in unfamiliar territory on Saturday night — facing an early deficit. The Green Wave, who entered Saturday standing at 11-1, were down 17-0 to Shawnee early in the second quarter of the first ever NJSIAA Group IIII Central-South Jersey Bowl game.... Then a switch flipped. Long Branch stormed back, scoring 20 unanswered points, and won 20-17 in the final New Jersey high school football game of the year.... The victory pushes Long Branch to a final record of 12-1, the first time the program reached the 12-win mark in its history."
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  32. ^ NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  33. ^ Adelizzi, Joe. "Dan George, Long Branch, wrestling", Asbury Park Press, March 29, 2008. Accessed August 14, 2008. "George was the driving force behind a Long Branch team that finished the year undefeated and won four championships, including the NJSIAA Group II championship and the Shore Conference Tournament title. Long Branch, which won its first state group team championship; its first sectional title and its first SCT championship, earned the No. 1 ranking in the final Asbury Park Press Top 10 and was ranked No. 2 in the final Gannett New Jersey Top 20."
  34. ^ Cieri, Kevin. "The best ever", Asbury Park Press, May 19, 2014. Accessed December 5, 2017. "During the winter of 1976-1977, back when I was a senior at Shore Regional High School, a lot of buzz was going on coming out of crosstown rival Long Branch High School. The Green Wave had a phenomenal basketball team that winter, going undefeated during the regular season and winning the NJSIAA Group 3 state championship - an overall 30-0 record.... The team was headed up by two players who later went on to play in the NBA - Alex Bradley and Clinton Wheeler."
  35. ^ "Gagliano, S. Thomas, Age: 87, Red Bank", The Two River Times, April 19, 2019. Accessed June 30, 2019. "Tom was born and raised in Long Branch and graduated Long Branch High School in 1949, where later he would be inducted into the High School Scholastic Hall of Fame. He lived in Holmdel and Rumson before moving to Red Bank in 2001."
  36. ^ Frank, Noah. "Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson, baseball pioneer, dies at 82", WTOP-FM, December 19, 2017. Accessed April 25, 2021. "The first woman to ever pitch in the Negro Leagues, Long Branch High School graduate and youth sports advocate Mamie 'Peanut' Johnson died Tuesday at the age of 82."
  37. ^ Burke, Siobhan. "On the Rise: Raja Feather Kelly", Dance Magazine, May 31, 2016. Accessed June 30, 2019. "Training: Jazz, tap, modern, musical theater and competition dance at Long Branch High School, NJ; theater at the Governor's School of the Arts, NJ"
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  44. ^ "NFL official Jim Quirk proud of his Long Branch roots", Atlanticville, June 28, 2001, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 29, 2006. Accessed December 5, 2017. "Jim Quirk is one such person. A National Football League umpire since 1988, Quirk looks back on his beginnings at Long Branch with reverence, and remains thankful for the experiences he had as a member of the Green Wave's program. After graduating in 1963, Quirk served a two-year stint at Fort Monroe, Va., as a first lieutenant in the Continental Army Command Headquarters Honor Guard Company, while attending George Washington University in the evening to earn a master's degree in personnel administration."
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