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1176:. Accessed December 13, 2021. "Early September 1965, the doors of Ocean Township High School (OTHS) opened for the first time. It was a momentous day—the culmination of an impassioned campaign and a turning point for both Ocean Township and Asbury Park, the district that up to then had educated most of the township’s teens.... Graduating eighth graders had a choice: Asbury Park or Long Branch. Most chose Asbury. By 1962 Ocean students at Asbury High outnumbered city students 713 to 558. Ocean was booming and more than 1,000 high school-age students were projected by 1966. Asbury High, on split session since 1959, was already overcrowded. Something had to be done.... Ocean High opened in 1965 without a senior class. Ocean seniors had returned to Asbury to graduate with their class." 1195:, July 31, 2014. Accessed February 5, 2020. "Borough students have attended West Long Branch schools and Shore Regional High School for a number of years, but finally received formal approval of the three districts’ agreement two weeks ago. Despite attending both schools for years, Interlaken students were still in a send-receive relationship with Asbury Park School District, an agreement that has existed for decades, according to Jennifer Osborne, an attorney who represents Interlaken’s Board of Education. But that changed two weeks ago, when acting state Education Commissioner David Hespe approved an end to Interlaken’s agreement with Asbury Park and the creation of a new send-receive relationship with West Long Branch and Shore Regional." 1440:, March 13, 2011. Accessed March 3, 2021. "With two scouting tapes on the Dayton boys basketball team, Asbury Park coach Dave Johnson found all the information he needed to map out a strategy for the Blue Bishops in the NJSIAA Group 1 state championship game. The plan worked to perfection as the Blue Bishops gained control in the second quarter and never looked back in beating Dayton, 64-50, to end Asbury Park’s 23-year boys basketball state championship drought.... Asbury Park hasn’t won a state title since 1987 when the school was in Group II and defeated Orange and Dayton hasn’t won a state title since 1950, then as Springfield Regional, when it defeated Union Hill." 1231:, August 7, 2017. "Allenhurst is following in the footsteps of its two neighboring towns and will begin to send its students to West Long Branch Elementary School and to Shore Regional High School on a per-pupil tuition basis. Board of Education President Larry O’Rourke said that Allenhurst school board officials saw Interlaken and Loch Arbour recently make the same move with permission of state Acting-Commissioner of Education Kimberly Harrington.... O’Rourke said Allenhurst has about 38 school-age children and that some may be able to start attending their new schools this September but he added that no contracts with the two schools have yet been signed." 1214:, July 20, 2017. "It Is Ordered on this 20th day of July, 2017 that – pursuant to N.J.S.A. 18A:38-13 and N.J.A.C. 6A:3-6.1 – Allenhurst’s application for authorization to sever its sending-receiving relationship with Asbury Park, and enter into sending-receiving relationships with West Long Branch and Shore Regional, as set forth in its petition of appeal, is Approved, thereby terminating the sending-receiving relationship between Allenhurst and Asbury Park, and establishing sending-receiving relationships with West Long Branch and Shore Regional, which will permit Allenhurst students to attend school in these two districts." 2686: 1125:, July 8, 2019. Accessed July 9, 2020. "A major school shake-up is being proposed by the Asbury Park School District that would mean fewer elementary schools and more grades in the high school, officials announced. The move is aimed at offsetting a sharp state aid reduction and expected future cutbacks from Trenton, along with ongoing enrollment declines.... Martin Luther King Middle School would switch from sixth grade to eighth grade and become fourth grade to sixth grade. Asbury Park High School would then become seventh grade to 12th Grade 12th grade." 1532:. "All-State Pam Reaves stole the show of the Group 3 State tournament match by scoring a career and tournament final record 48 points to lead Asbury Park to a 70-47 victory over Paramus Catholic yesterday in North Brunswick. Reaves, a 5-11 senior, shot 21 for 36 from the field and six for 11 from the line, breaking her old scoring record of 39.... Asbury Park (31-1), which defeated Paramus Catholic last year for the title, broke the game open early with a nine point spurt, taking the score to 11-6." 2174:, November 13, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2019. "A decade before Bruce Springsteen released his debut album, "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.," Lenny Welch was that city's pop-music hero, particularly within Asbury Park's black community. 'He was the one who put the map,' says Carl Williams, 64, of Lakewood, who attended Asbury Park High School a year behind Welch in the late '50s and remembers how the city stood still during the singer's first appearance on Dick Clark's 1709:, December 3, 2016. Accessed December 9, 2016. "Asbury Park got possession of a game-changing onside kick due to a penalty and scored three unanswered touchdowns in the fourth quarter to rally for a 26-17 victory over Keyport to win the NJSIAA Central Jersey, Group 1 Championship on Saturday at Kean University's Alumni Stadium.... The victory by Asbury Park was its seventh sectional title and first since 2011, and it avenged a 14-7 loss to Keyport in September." 1421:. "Fighting back challenge after challenge Asbury Park high school's basketball team won the state championship for the second time in history last night with a brilliant 35 to 32 victory over favored Memoria high of West New York in a bitterly-contested battle before 3,500 spectators in the Elizabeth armory.... The victory carried Asbury Park back to the heights it first scaled in 1936 and gave Coach James M. (Chippy) Coleman the happiest moment of his life." 441:

schools. The school was ranked 296th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 379th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 12 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (16.7%) and language arts literacy (46.6%) components of the

1782:, Asbury Park High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. Accessed January 23, 2018. "James M. Coleman - Class of 1942; Inducted: 2003. After graduating Asbury Park High School in 1942, the Honorable James M. Coleman Jr. joined the Army Air Force from 1943 until 1945 and served in Italy. He then furthered his education graduating from Dartmouth College in 1948, and Cornell Law School in 1951." 1141:, Spring 2020.Accessed July 11, 2020. "Effective September 2020, we will undergo a building realignment where all Pre-K to 3 students will attend Bradley and Thurgood Marshall Elementary Schools; the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School will house grades 4 to 6, and be reclassified as an upper elementary school; and the Asbury Park High School will be home to grades 7 to 12." 469:(NJSIAA). With 324 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 school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I South for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 185 to 482 students. 1059: 1744:, August 15, 1987. Accessed January 23, 2018. "Growing up in Asbury Park, Dave Aron didn't know much about Elvis Presley. When he wanted to get real, real gone, his preference was for Led Zeppelin or Pink Floyd.... Aron, after graduation from Asbury Park High School and a year at Rutgers University, transferred to Memphis State University to study sound recording." 1692:, December 4, 2011, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed November 9, 2020. "Asbury Park’s potent, speedy attack was bound to get on track eventually, and it did after halftime, scoring touchdowns on four of its next five possessions to lift the top-seeded Bishops to a 42-18 victory over the Flashes and the Group I Central crown yesterday at The College of New Jersey." 1657:, December 1, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "It was one of three TD passes from Johnson to Bell as Asbury Park recorded a 32-18 victory over Keansburg last night in the NJSIAA/Gatorade Central Jersey, Group 1 championship at Rutgers Stadium. The victory marked the first state title for Asbury Park (11-1) since it went undefeated in 1984." 2040:, October 10, 1988. Accessed June 12, 2012. "'She was always with her guitar,' says Marie McLoughlin Cascone, who was a year ahead of Patti at Asbury Park High.... Patti's teachers at Asbury Park High School remember her as 'very quiet' and 'intelligent,' though she didn't push herself and got only average grades" 1040: 1206:

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for grades 9-12. In July 2017, the DoE's Acting Commissioner approved a plan by Allenhurst to end its sending relationship with Asbury Park and join Interlaken in sending to West Long Branch and Shore Regional. The nearly 40 public school students from Allenhurst would start transitioning to the new

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The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group III in 1977, in Group II in 1978 and 1981–1985, and won the Group I title in 1988–1995; the 15 championships won by the boys program are the third-most in the state and the streak of eight titles from 1988 to 1995 is one of two of that

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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 177th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 280th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 281st in 2008 out of 316

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The school's football team won the Central Jersey Group II title in both 1980 and 1984, before winning the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championship in 2007–2009, 2011 and 2016. The 2007 football team won the Central Jersey, Group I state sectional championship with a 32–18 win over

2146: 2079:. Accessed August 13, 2018. "E. Donald Sterner, after passing through the public schools of Belmar and graduating from the Asbury Park High School, entered Rutgers University and was associated with his father in the lumber industry when the United States entered the First World War." 1945:, May 11, 1997. Accessed August 12, 2018. "She went to Asbury Park High School and studied to be a nurse at what is now Jersey Shore Medical Center. It was at the Neptune hospital that she met her husband, Richard Jarecki, also of Asbury Park High, who was studying to be a doctor." 1030:, April 24, 2012. Accessed June 12, 2012. "While Young starred as a running back at a high school one county away and Curry played for Asbury Park's longtime rival, Neptune High, Jones attended tiny Academy Charter, a school of 140 students two towns over in Lake Como." 1160:, June 20, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2012. "From Belmar Elementary, students are slotted to go to either Manasquan High School or Asbury Park High School, according to a 56-44 percent formula worked out with the New Jersey Department of Education in the late 1940s." 1798:. Accessed September 2, 2024. "Honorary Degree Linda Deutsch ’65... Born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, she was raised in the seaside town of Bradley Beach, graduated from Asbury Park High School, and earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Monmouth in 1965." 500:. A crowd of 3,500 watched the 1941 team win the Group IV state title with a 35-32 win against West New York in the championship game played at the Elizabeth Armory. The 2011 team defeated Jonathan Dayton by a score of 64-50 in the Group I tournament final. 1838:. "Lester J. 'Coach' Dugan, 80, raised in Neptune City, died Jan. 25 at Lockport Memorial Hospital after a short illness.... He was a star athlete at Asbury Park High School, and played on the state championship football and basketball teams." 521:. The 1977 team finished the season 31-1 after winning the Group III state title with a 70-47 victory against Paramus Catholic in the championship game. The team won the Group II title in 1984 with a 61-39 finals win against Whippany Park. 385:

Constructed at a cost of $ 1 million (equivalent to $ 17.2 million in 2023), the school building opened in September 1926 for 800 students, though the auditorium had not yet been completed when the building opened for the year.

1106:, September 14, 1926. Accessed September 3, 2015. "Asbury Park, N. J., Sept. 13. - The doors of the new million dollar high school here, which has been under construction for two years, were thrown open this morning to 800 students." 2021:, p. 211. E.J. Mullin, 1990. Accessed February 21, 2024. "Senator Russo attended Asbury Park High School and the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated cum laude in 1955. He took his law degree at Columbia University in 1958." 1919:"Carol Jarecki, Respected Chess Referee, Dies at 86; She was known for her practical, no-nonsense approach at scores of major tournaments. She was also a pilot and a nurse and, with her husband, conquered the game of roulette." 2007:, November 8, 2014. Accessed November 15, 2014. "Cesar Romero - The actor who created the role of the Joker lived in Bradley Beach as a child, and attended Bradley Beach Elementary School and Asbury Park High School." 1957:, BridgeGuys.com. Accessed August 13, 2018. "Joli Quentin Kansil was born Joel Dennis Gaines in Manhattan, New York, United States. He graduated the Asbury Park High School in 1960 and Rutgers University in 1964." 1927:, June 14, 2021. Accessed June 16, 2021. "Ms. Jarecki went to Asbury Park High School, studied anesthesia at the Graduate Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania and began working as a nurse in New Jersey." 1049:, September 20, 2003. Accessed June 12, 2012. "I am wondering how many Asbury Park residents remember the annual Thanksgiving Day rivalry between the Asbury Park High School and Neptune High football teams." 2101:. "Stetter, a Wanamassa resident, was a defensive standout in his own right. The former Asbury Park High School performer played the entire first half at defensive halfback and the second half at safety." 2376: 393:

had been sent to Asbury Park and by 1962 accounted for a majority of students in am increasingly overcrowded high school. Ocean Township voters approved a referendum to cover the cost of construction of

1971:, p. 265. E. J. Mullin, 2008. Accessed August 13, 2018. "David P. Rible, Rep., Wall... He graduated from Asbury Park High School, and attended Brookdale Community College and Seton Hall University." 1134: 2200:. "Miss Idabelle Yeiser. one of the Asbury Park high school graduates, entertained a few of her friends at her home, 11 Ridge avenue, immediately after commencement exercises last night." 1068:, October 25, 2003. Accessed June 12, 2012. "The most pressing question by the middle of 1953 was how Asbury Park would fare in its game with Long Branch, its main rival in those days." 529:

length statewide and the five consecutive titles from 1981 to 1985 is the state's fourth-longest. The girls team won the Group I/II title in 1981, won the Group II title in 1992, 1993.

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The boys track team won the spring / outdoor track state championship in Group III in 1977, in Group II in 1978, 1982, 1983, 1985, 1993 and 1995, and won in Group I in 1988.

2054:, p. 259. E. J. Mullin, 2001. "Thomas S. Smith, Rep., Asbury Park - Assemblyman Smith was born Dec. 14, 1917, in Bloomfield. He is a graduate of Asbury Park High School." 3304: 1021: 2155:, August 10, 2003. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Villapiano surprised Russo when he informed him that he played his high school ball at Asbury Park and Ocean Township." 1816:. Accessed August 31, 2020. "Bob died at his home in Norwood, Colo., on Dec. 26, 2000, after a brief illness with acute leukemia. He prepared at Asbury Park H.S." 358:

As part of a reconfiguration of district schools announced in July 2019, students in grades 7 and 8 began attending classes in the high school in September 2020.

2481: 1856:, p. 108. Accessed June 5, 2020. "In 1923 Harry went from Asbury Park High School in New Jersey to Yale, where he initially majored in electrical engineering." 1482:"Asbury Park Shares State Tennis Diadem; Ties Millville for Championship as Parreott and Mudd Annex Douhles Crown - Torres Bows in Singles Final to Eisenberg" 3299: 2924: 1722: 1670: 1635: 1619: 1603: 1587: 1569: 1507: 1469: 1453: 1395: 1379: 1363: 1347: 989: 466: 1904: 2812: 2802: 2787: 1207:

Of Education Of The Borough Of West Long Branch, Monmouth County, And The Board Of Education Of The Shore Regional High School District, Monmouth County.

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the Group I title in 1988 and the Group II title in 1990, 1993, 1994; The four championships won by the girls program is tied for tenth-most statewide.

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The boys cross country team won the Group IV state title in 1950 (as co-champion) and won the Group II title in 1990 and 1993.

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in July 2014 to terminate its sending agreement with Asbury Park, which was replaced with a new relationship with the

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As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 607 students and 50.0 classroom teachers (on an

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by a score of 26–17 in the tournament final of the Central Jersey Group I state sectional championships.

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in the playoff finals. The program won its seventh playoff-era title in 2016, when the team defeated

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The school's principal is Bridget O'Neill. Her administration team includes two vice principals.

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The school was the 313th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in

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winning team, he attended Asbury Park HS through his sophomore year, before transferring to

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in the playoff finals in both years and won the Group II state championship in 1984 vs.

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The girls' basketball team won the Group III state titles in 1976 and 1977, defeating

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that have since been terminated. Interlaken received permission of the Commissioner

2920: 2385: 2241: 1331: 1008: 866: 862: 634: 617: 454: 362: 333: 232: 2496: 2166:"All About Lenny Welch; Future is still bright for '60s hitmaker from Asbury Park" 2416: 2133: 1936: 1779: 1760: 1735: 1653: 1519: 1408: 1225:"Allenhurst Ends Sending-Receiving Relationship with Asbury Park School District" 906: 887: 875: 741: 713: 700: 682: 541: 329: 1117:"Asbury Park Schools shake-up would close one school, expand high school grades" 2366: 2197: 2098: 1887: 1835: 1551: 1529: 1491: 1418: 858: 841: 791: 781:(1894–1978), All-American football player, head coach and athletic director at 755: 704: 643: 1703:"Asbury Park rallies for a 26-17 victory over Keyport in the CJ Group 1 final" 1541: 3278: 2735: 2351: 890: 813: 803: 790:(1907–1994), actor, singer, dancer, voice artist and comedian who played the 727: 695: 630: 600: 337: 301: 297: 190: 186: 92: 79: 2889: 2330: 921: 787: 678: 462: 290: 117: 2246: 681:

who is considered one of the "founding fathers" of the unifying theory of

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The Asbury Park High School Bishops compete in Division B Central of the

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of 12.1:1. There were 278 students (45.8% of enrollment) eligible for

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The girls spring track team was the Group II state champion in 1993.

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sending districts as the relationship with Asbury Park is severed.

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The boys basketball team won the Group IV title in 1936 vs.

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The Ocean of Truth: A Personal History of Global Tectonics

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School Performance Report for Asbury Park Public Schools

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Shore Conference Realignment for 2018-2019 and 2019-2020

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of 36 card games, word games, board games and dice games

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