609:. "Yes, the Kennedy High School boys' soccer team in the mid-1970s was something special. And last night three members of that team relived that time when, from 1972 to 1974, Kennedy had no peer in South Jersey and few in the state. Former Kennedy coach Charlie Duccilli, forward Cleve Lewis and midfielder David Grimaldi were inducted last night along with former Cinnaminson coach Jay Phillips, former Willingboro youth coach Al Caseiro, Pine Hill youth coach Charlie Kellogg, former Millville goalie Trey Beck, former Sterling forward Dave Rauer and South Jersey Amateur Men's Soccer League commissioner Jim Moyer."
415:. "Levittown Junior-Senior High School will open at five-sixths of capacity and will have pupils in all six classes, grades seventh through twelfth, it is designed accommodate....Levittown Junior-Senior High School is being built to accommodate 1200 pupils... The high school pupils attend either Burlington High School or Rancocas Regional High School, in Mt. Holly.... Plans call for the Junior-Senior High School to become a junior high school in 1962 or 1963. At that time Levittown's high school will open if the township's expansion continues at its present rate."
187:, located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) away on Kennedy Way, was opened in 1975 as a response to the overcrowded student population at John F. Kennedy High School, which had just graduated nearly 1000 in a single class. For a short time, residents were having a difficult time in deciding what to call the new Willingboro high school; some sought to name the new high school "J.F. Kennedy High School - East" while others debated on naming the school, "
392:. "This new Levittown Junior-Senior High School, located near the municipal building, was built by Levitt & Sons Inc. at an undisclosed price. Between 700 and 750 students arc expected for the first year. The facility has 3 classroom win'j;s with 10 rooms each. Last year Levittown students in the 9th and 12th grades attended Burlington High while those in the 10th and 11th grades attended Lenape Regional."
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Kennedy's name for the school (Kennedy had campaigned in then-new Willingboro in 1960) and mayor Eddie Campbell willingly conceded that the late addition to the referendum deserved to be dropped.
628:, June 11, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2019. "U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Charles Wayne Hooper, a native of Willingboro, has traveled all over the world during his 33-year military career, but he remains a Jersey boy at heart.... It was those roots that helped lead the 1975 graduate of John F. Kennedy High School to the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, N.Y."
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586:, September 24, 2014. Accessed October 31, 2015. "Kennedy High School graduate Anthony Griggs, a former NFL standout, will be a guest speaker talking about the college recruiting process and Taryn Gall, Lehigh University's assistant athletic director, will discuss NCAA compliance and college rules and regulations."
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Memorial Junior High School. The building was again re-purposed and utilized as a recreation center and rented space to various organizations.
191:" after the recently deceased Attorney General and senator from New York and President Kennedy's brother. A vote was taken and it was decided that the only appropriate name would be what the school is called today "Willingboro High School".
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