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**Jackson Memorial High School**
	Jackson Memorial High School
Location
	101 Don Connor Boulevard; Jackson, NJ 08527;
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1964
School district	Jackson School District
Principal	Anthony Gaita
Vice principal	Lynn Coddington; Carl J. Perino
Asst. Principal	Thomas Tarver
Faculty	141.0 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9 - 12
Enrollment	2,263 (as of 2006-07)
Student:teacher ratio	16.0
Color(s)	Red, Black & White
Athletics conference	Shore Conference
Mascot	Jaguars
Information	732-833-4670
Website	School website

Jackson Memorial High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Jackson Township, in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Jackson School District. It is the sister high school of Jackson Liberty High School, which first opened in the late summer of 2006.

In the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,263 students and 141 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 16.0.^[1]

The school was the 214th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 193rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[2]

[edit] History

Jackson Memorial High School first opened in 1964. Before then, students living in Jackson attended Lakewood High School. The school was originally a single, one story building with three wings. Around 1970, a second story was added to one wing. In the 1980s, it was expanded to include the nearby middle school which became known as the Clayton building. The original high school building was known as the memorial building in the early 1990s; later it was renamed the Bernie Reider Hall, for a longtime wrestling coach and former principal. The Fine Arts building, added ca. 1993, connects the once separate Clayton building, previously a middle school, and the two-story Bernie Reider Hall.

[edit] Athletics

The Jackson Memorial High School Jaguars compete in the Shore Conference, an athletic conference made up of private and public high schools centered at the Northern Jersey Shore.^[3] All schools in this conference are located within Monmouth County and Ocean County. The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

Jackson is a powerhouse in many sports and its rivals are Toms River North, Toms River South, Toms River East, Brick Memorial, Of Champions Winners - 2006 - 2007

Wrestling

Team Championships
- Group 4 Champions - 2006, 2007 (38-22 vs. Southern Regional High School^[4]), [1972, 1973, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- Division Champions - 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1980, 1981, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007
State Champions (Individual)
- 1974 - Hector Rivera (122)
- 1974 - Ed Rivera (135)
- 1975 - Ed Rivera (135)
- 1978 - Lou Durant (122)
- 1990 - Jumel Kinchen (125)
- 1990 - Rob Johnson (160)
- 1991 - Rob Johnson (171)
- 2001 - Doug Withstandley (140). Now a Physical Education teacher and head wrestling coach at JMHS.
- 2006 - Scott Winston (145)
- 2007 - Scott Winston (152)
- 2007 - Ken Carney (160)
- 2008 - Tyler Biscaha (103)
- 2008 - Sean Byrnes (145)
- 2008 - Scott Winston (160). First high school wrestler in New Jersey with over 100 wins to go undefeated in career.

Soccer

Team Championships
- Shore Conference Tournament Champions - 1988 (co-champs), 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992,2007
- South Jersey Group IV Sectional Champions - 1990
- New Jersey Group IV State Champions - 1990

[edit] Notable alumni

Bill Muirhead, former president and general manager of Six Flags Great Adventure and current CEO of Starparks Europe (1973)
Zakk Wylde, guitarist for Ozzy Osbourne and Black Label Society (1985).^[5]
Scotty Cranmer, professional BMX rider, including four X Games medals (2005).

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:^[6]

Anthony Gaita - principal
Lynn Coddington - vice-principal
Carl J. Perino - vice-principal
Thomas Tarver - assistant principal

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Jackson Memorial High School, National Center for Education Statistics.
^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
^ School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.
^ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - Group IV Championship NJSIAA. Accessed July 24, 2007.
^ LaGorce, Tammy. "MUSIC; Thor, With an Electric Hammer", The New York Times, November 27, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. "But the frustrating part for Zakk Wylde -- born in Jersey City, raised in Jackson and possessed of a gift for heavy-metal noise that regularly earns him the cover of any magazine with guitar in its title -- is that the six-string inner circle rarely widens.... I was in Sayreville at this place called Close Encounters with my buddies in Stone Henge, a band formed with friends from Jackson Memorial High School in the mid-80's, Mr. Wylde said in a recent phone interview from Columbus, Ohio, where he was touring in support of Mafia (Artemis), a Black Label disc that entered the Billboard Independent Album chart at No. 1 last March."
^ Administration, Jackson Memorial High School. Accessed August 24, 2008.

[edit] Sources

Erbe, E. Robert (1999). Cranberries, Coops, and Courts: A History of Jackson Township.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°06′23″N 74°20′48″W / 40.106412°N 74.346623°W / 40.106412; -74.346623

[NCES-0] Jackson Memorial High School, National Center for Education Statistics.

[1] "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.

[2] School Info, Shore Conference. Accessed March 9, 2008.

[3] 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - Group IV Championship NJSIAA. Accessed July 24, 2007.

[4] LaGorce, Tammy. "MUSIC; Thor, With an Electric Hammer", The New York Times, November 27, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. "But the frustrating part for Zakk Wylde -- born in Jersey City, raised in Jackson and possessed of a gift for heavy-metal noise that regularly earns him the cover of any magazine with guitar in its title -- is that the six-string inner circle rarely widens.... I was in Sayreville at this place called Close Encounters with my buddies in Stone Henge, a band formed with friends from Jackson Memorial High School in the mid-80's, Mr. Wylde said in a recent phone interview from Columbus, Ohio, where he was touring in support of Mafia (Artemis), a Black Label disc that entered the Billboard Independent Album chart at No. 1 last March."

[5] Administration, Jackson Memorial High School. Accessed August 24, 2008.

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