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A Diverse Community of 11,600 Students and 1,500 Professional Staff

Colts Neck High School 59 Five Points Road, Colts Neck, NJ 07722 (732) 761 - 0190

Freehold High School 2 Robertsville Road, Freehold, NJ 07728 (732) 431 - 8360

Freehold Township High School 281 Elton Adelphia Road, Freehold, NJ 07728 (732) 431 - 8460 Howell High School 405 Squankum-Yellowbrook Road, Farmingdale, NJ 07727 (732) 919 - 2131 Manalapan High School 20 Church Lane, Englishtown, NJ 07726 (732) 792 - 7200 Marlboro High School 95 North Main Street, Marlboro, NJ 07746 (732) 617 - 8393 Central Administration 11 Pine Street, Englishtown, NJ 07726 (732) 792 - 7300 Who We Serve Colts Neck Township, Englishtown Borough, Farmingdale Borough, Freehold Borough, Freehold Township, Howell Township, Manalapan Township and Marlboro Township Freehold Regional High School District Mission The schools of the Freehold Regional High School District form a diverse and supportive community offering innovative and comprehensive programs that inspire students to maximize their potential, preparing them to navigate an evolving global society.

Colts Neck High School unveiled a new Veterans Memorial Garden. NJROTC Cadet Daniel Elice designed the space

Freehold High School Principal Linda Jewell accepts the 2013-2014 Freehold Regional High School District State of the Schools Spirit Award

Freehold Township High School’s field hockey team wins the 2014 Central Jersey Group IV Championship

Howell High School’s wrestling team celebrates their victory as the 2013-2014 Central Jersey Group IV Champions

Manalapan High School’s Save a Brave Club won first place in the UGotBrains competition sponsored by the Brain Injury Alliance of New Jersey

Marlboro High School students visited the New York Stock Exchange

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It is hard to recognize all the fantastic accomplishments seen last year in the Freehold Regional High School District (FRHSD) in the limited pages of this report.

The FRHSD continues to serve as a lighthouse district for school districts in providing the highest quality educational experience for students. We are now in year three of our Strategic Plan, also known as

Compass, and continue to implement new practices and policies to best serve our students.

Among the many accolades that the FRHSD has received over the past several years, I enjoyed the opportunity to represent our district at President Obama’s ConnectEd Summit at the White House back in November. This summit brought together superintendents from across the country who had moved their districts forward in the transition to digital learning. The old paradigms--traditional classroom settings, isolated and disconnected discipline-specific conversations, and lecture-based linear learning--no longer suffice. Today’s and certainly tomorrow’s problems demand that we use technology to connect students to one another and the larger world in more profound ways. Most importantly, the trappings of the industrial age are finally melting away, giving rise to the development of tools that allow students to pursue their passions and educators to provide a more personalized educational path.

The FRHSD’s Workplace Training Program earned recognition by the New Jersey School Boards Association as a part of their 2014 Innovations in Special Education Awards. The awards program recognizes exemplary programs in special education. The award-winning FRHSD Workplace Training Program offers eligible students exceptional transitional services that emphasize functional academics, career exploration, and life skills development. The program closely links school-based classroom instruction with community-based workplace training to help prepare students for life beyond high school. The 2014 Innovations in Special Education Award is one of four consecutive Program of the Year awards bestowed upon the FRHSD in various categories by the New Jersey School Boards Association.

For the fourth year we were placed on the annual AP® District Honor Roll. This award recognizes districts who have increased access to AP course work while simultaneously maintaining the percentage of students earning scores of 3 or higher on AP Exams. Since 2012, FRHSD has dramatically increased the number of students participating in AP classes while maintaining the number of students earning AP Exam scores of 3 or higher.

While there were many successes this past year, we continue to look for ways to improve the educational experience for all of our students. I look forward to another exciting school year of teaching, learning, and extraordinary student accomplishment.

Warmest regards,

Charles Sampson

Charles Sampson, Superintendent of Schools

F r o m O u r S u p e r i n t e n d e n t

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Comprehensive Educational Program The Freehold Regional High School District offers a variety of programs to allow students to reach their highest academic potential and prepare them for success in achieving their postsecondary goals. Learning Centers and Academies Our Learning Center and Academy programs continue to provide opportunities for students to engage in academic study related to their individual interests and abilities. We offer twelve magnet programs focused on particular topics, ranging from humanities and law to medical sciences and engineering. By joining one of these unique learning communities within our six high schools, students have access to advanced level courses, including Advanced Placement and college level classes. Students also engage in real-world activities with recognized experts in fields related to each program. Students in these programs distinguish themselves on the national and global stages. They earn millions in scholarships, place at the highest levels in competitions, and attend the nation’s best colleges, universities, and trade schools. Competition to enter our learning centers and academies is quite high. This year, 1,168 eighth graders applied to our Learning Centers and Academies.

Special Services The Freehold Regional High School District is committed to the principles established by both the Individuals with Disabilities Educational Improvement Act (IDEIA) and the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as these acts support the educational experiences of students. FRHSD offers a continuum of program options and specialized services to meet the social, emotional, and educational needs of students with disabilities within the least restrictive environment. Each of the high schools offer special programs designed to accommodate individual student needs, talents, and interests. Knowledgeable and caring professionals are hired and trained to support our diverse student population, to enable students to reach their full potential. Our high schools’ child study teams, related service specialists, guidance counselors, and teachers plan collaboratively with students and families to pursue students’ short and long -term academic and career goals. Transition planning and goal setting are essential to a student’s program plan and are realized through educational and post-secondary planning activities throughout their high school career. Guidance & Counseling Services The Freehold Regional High School District’s school counseling staff members provide quality comprehensive services to students throughout their high school career. Our professional staff offer and coordinate multiple programs and activities that address the unique developmental as well as emergent needs of each student. The department’s initiatives, programs and activities highlighted include: Counseling Curriculum: The counseling curriculum contains structured developmental lessons designed to assist students in achieving the desired competencies and to provide all students with the knowledge and skills appropriate for their developmental level. The counseling curriculum is infused throughout the school’s overall curriculum and is presented systematically through classroom and group activities. Individual Student Planning: School counselors coordinate ongoing activities designed to assist students individually in establishing personal goals and in developing future plans. Responsive Services: The school counselors provide professional responsive services whenever they are necessary to address urgent student issues. These services include counseling, consultation, referral, or other supportive measures and are usually necessitated by life events or conditions that impact our students. Career Planning: School counselors initiate a series of learning experiences that foster career awareness, facilitate career planning, and develop career decision-making skills through the Family Connection component on Naviance. Counselors facilitate students’ career exploration activities including their completion of a comprehensive self-assessment, and interest and aptitude testing, as well as developing an individual career plan and choosing a post-secondary path.

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Middle States Association of Colleges & Schools The Freehold Regional High School District is completing an important self-study which started in 2014 as the basis for system-wide accreditation by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSA). The MSA, is a nonprofit, peer-administered organization and was established in 1887 as one of six regional accrediting organizations that together serve schools in the United States and in many countries around the world.

Excellence by Design, A Self-Study and Accreditation Protocol (Systems Version) is an accreditation protocol that defines the process of and requirements for accrediting a school system and its component schools through one self-study and accreditation process. The protocol was designed to recognize and honor the reality that, when a school is a component of a larger system, achieving the levels of student performance desired and expected by the school’s community of stakeholders is best achieved when the system of which it is a part is organized and operates as an organic whole rather than a confederation of component schools.

The self-study and accreditation protocol is organized around the 12 Middle States Standards for Accreditation of School Systems. These Standards provide a succinct description of what quality looks like in an effective, accredited school system.

Foundational Standards: Standards addressing best practices in the components of a school system that provide the foundations for quality in the education program, services, and results in terms of student learning.

Standard 1: Philosophy/Mission

Standard 2: Governance and Leadership

Standard 3: Planning for Growth and Improvement Standard 4: Finances

Standard 5: Facilities

Standard 6: System Climate and Organization

Operational Standards: Standards addressing best practices in delivering the education program, services, and activities to the students.

Standard 7: Health and Safety

Standard 8: Educational Program

Standard 9: Evidence of School System Effectiveness

Standard 10: Student Services

Standard 11: Student Life and Student Activities

Standard 12: Information Resources

The district is asked to reflect deeply on what it has been able to accomplish as well as what it is aiming to achieve. Reflection, evaluation, and planning for growth and improvement in the quality of programs and/or services are also important elements of the self-study process. In setting a course for continuous growth and improvement, a district must not only describe its current state, but it must also thoughtfully and critically identify its major areas of strength and areas in need of growth and improvement so that improvement plans can be developed. Accreditation through the protocol ensures that a school system’s work is focused sharply on its most important responsibility — producing student performance at the levels expected of it by the district’s community of stakeholders. An on-site accreditation team will visit Freehold Regional High School District in fall 2015.

AchieveNJ New Jersey's TEACHNJ Act mandates many requirements for statewide educator evaluation and links tenure decisions to evaluation ratings. In 2013, the State Board of Education approved regulations outlining specific evaluation policies for the 2013–2014 school year — the first full year of statewide implementation of this new system, known as AchieveNJ.

The Freehold Regional High School District implemented the new educator evaluation law with a commitment to ongoing staff and observer training. Teacher evaluation consists of two primary components: Teacher Practice, measured primarily by classroom observations, and Student Achievement, measured by Student Growth Objectives (SGO). The 2014-2015 school year saw a redistribution of the system components from the initial year as follows: teacher practice decreased from 85% to 80%, and SGO scores increased from 15% to 20%.

The district utilizes the educator evaluation framework known as iObservation based upon the research of Dr. Robert Marzano to assess teacher and administrator performance. The system integrates data gathering, information sharing, and professional growth resources. Twice each year, the District Evaluation Advisory Committee convenes to discuss the implementation of the educator evaluation system including any state regulatory changes, staff concerns with system implementation, and the need for additional professional development trainings on the system.

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Assessment for College and Career Readiness Our standardized district assessment program this past year included the ACT Aspire. This digital assessment system fully connects student performance to ACT College Readiness Benchmarks aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Student performance was measured through summative assessments in English, mathematics, reading, and writing. Student performance was the focus of ongoing, targeted individual academic assistance to our students. Prioritizing a strong foundation of targeted support for grade nine students is critical for student success throughout the high school years.

PARCC Implementation The Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) is a multi-state, mostly online test administered to about five million students.

PARCC test questions go through a rigorous multistep process before being selected and approved. PARCC consortia teachers and other educators were involved in nearly every step of the creation and field-test process and review all items before they make it onto a test. Test items are reviewed for cultural and other bias or insensitivity, to be sure that the content of a question or the way it is worded does not put any group of students at a disadvantage.

The PARCC assessments in high school, measure whether students are on track for college and high skilled careers. The tests measure understanding of concepts, reasoning, and problem-solving; they also measure students’ ability to write in every grade. Students whose PARCC test scores indicate that they are on track to be “college and career-ready” may be able to bypass college placement tests and remedial, non-credit bearing courses. Public colleges and universities in PARCC states have stated that they intend to accept PARCC assessments with sufficient scores as evidence that students are ready for college-level work for credit.

The first set of test results will be available to parents in the fall of 2015. The district will review individual results to provide ongoing, targeted academic support to our students.

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Outstanding Performance Freehold Regional High School District students excel on every indicator, outperforming state averages on the SAT, ACT and HSPA. Our magnet programs rival the top schools in the state and the country.

Pursuing Their Dreams

Brown University

Columbia University

Cornell University

Dartmouth College

Duke University

Georgetown University

Harvard University

Johns Hopkins University

The Julliard School

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

New York University

Princeton University

Rutgers University

Stanford University

University of Chicago

University of Michigan

University of North Carolina

University of Notre Dame

University of Pennsylvania

University of Virginia

Yale University

Graduates in the Class of 2014 received invitations to the attend some of the nation’s most highly selective colleges and universities, including:

Abundant Learning Opportunities The Freehold Regional High School District is a diverse school community bringing students together from Colts Neck, Englisht own, Farmingdale, Freehold, Freehold Township, Howell, Manalapan and Marlboro to a first -class learning environment offering access to college level courses, Advanced Placement courses, honors courses and vocational courses. We offer our students approximatel y 250 courses in various subject areas. Students also have opportunities to obtain internships through community partnerships with local businesses that often lead to future employment.

Dual Enrollment The Freehold Regional High School District articulates with Brookdale Community College, Culinary Institute of America, Johnson & Wales University, Fairleigh Dickinson University and Mercer County College to allow students to earn college credits while in high school.

Advanced Placement Courses (AP) The Freehold Regional High School District has many opportunities for students to take Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Students who enroll in AP courses are better prepared for college level courses. They can even earn college credits towards college course requirements. Participation in AP courses has risen to 24 percent in the FRHSD. In fact, many of our students are AP Scholars.

It was an extreme honor for the FRHSD to bring home the College Board’s Advanced Placement Recognition Award for a fourth year. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program® (AP®) is recognized as a national standard of educational excellence. The AP Recognition Award recognizes individuals, such as Superintendent Sampson, who have demonstrated significant involvement with Advanced Placement and have made substantial contributions to their school or district’s program. All FRHSD staff work collaboratively to increase Advanced Placement enrollment and access for all students, believing strongly that more students should be exposed to the challenge of AP coursework.

The Advanced Placement offerings available to FRHSD students include:

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�� Macroeconomics

�� Microeconomics

�� Physics I

�� Physics II

�� Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism

�� Physics C: Mechanics

�� Psychology

�� Spanish Language

�� Statistics

�� Studio Art—Drawing Portfolio

�� U.S. History

�� U.S. Government and Politics

Many of our students are AP scholars. An AP

scholar is a student who demonstrates outstanding college-level achievement through AP courses and

exams. The student must score a three or higher on at least three AP exams.

�� Biology

�� Calculus AB

�� Calculus BC

�� Chemistry

�� Comparative Government and Politics

�� Computer Science A

�� English Language and Composition

�� English Literature and Composition

�� Environmental Science

�� European History

�� French Language

�� Human Geography

�� Italian Language and Culture

The Freehold Regional High School District consistently takes a prudent approach to fiscal planning by balancing the community’s expectations with the organization’s financial capacity. The financial oversight of an educational organization with an operating budget of $196 million dollars is an expansive task. Our fiscal management professionals are exceptional in their ability to manage the rigorous demands of long- and short-term budgetary development in a shifting and uncertain economic environment.

Appropriations by Function Budgeted Fiscal Year 2014-2015

Revenue Budgeted Fiscal Year 2014-2015

The Freehold Regional High School District’s fiscal outlook is in great standing based on the 2013-2014 yearly audit conducted by Suplee, Clooney & Company. Suplee, Clooney & Company is a firm of certified public accountants, registered municipal accountants, and licensed school accountants who have provided services to governmental, non-profit, and commercial entities for more than 50 years.

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Lowest spending among high school

districts in our socioeconomic

grouping for the last four years

Below Tax Levy Cap for the fourth consecutive year

Continuation of progress on

technology infrastructure and student computers;

alignment to curriculum mandates; and development

of professional staff

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Committed to President Obama’s ConnectEd Initiative Superintendent Charles Sampson was invited to attend the inaugural “ConnectEd to the Future” summit at the White House in November after taking the #FutureReady pledge. The Future Ready effort provides districts with

resources and support to ensure that local technology and digital learning plans align with instructional best practices, are implemented by highly trained teachers, and lead to personalized learning experiences for all students, particularly those from traditionally under-served communities. Mr. Sampson and other exemplary district leaders from across the United States were recognized for their leadership in helping transition their districts to digital learning. Model schools and districts across the country are using technology to create personalized learning environments. The convening brought leaders together to share promising approaches for using technology to impact teaching and learning.

Technology in the Classroom Technology is driving district data analysis efforts. Students use systems like Empower 3000 to grow in their reading levels, and to provide teachers information about specific strengths and weaknesses. Teachers use data warehouses like Performance Matters to understand student achievement across multiple assessments, and will soon be able to administer common online assessments through our Bring Your Own Device network. The Technology Education Department at Colts Neck High School has been using a new 3D printer for students to gain a better understanding of product design by designing and printing cell phone cases. Students in the Computer Science Academy at Freehold High School used video streaming as a part of their efforts to teach middle school students about computer coding. Students visited middle schools in Freehold Township to show their younger peers that computer coding is not as intimidating as it may seem. Portable devices have led to station learning in some Howell High School classrooms. Students move about the room to several different learning stations. Each station has students accessing websites providing visual and audio information. Principal Dr. Adam Angelozzi and Manalapan High School were recognized by the Technology Student Association for providing exemplary science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) resources to students. The school also received a $10,000 grant from the OceanFirst Foundation, a portion of which will be used to upgrade one of the technology classrooms.

Guiding Our Students’ Futures Students at the Freehold Regional High

School District use Naviance, a web-based comprehensive college and career readiness tool that helps align

student strengths and interests to post-secondary goals.

Naviance provides the tools and resources to bridge the gap between

student aspirations and student achievement. Naviance is a

comprehensive and engaging blended program that allows students to take a

personality assessment, explore careers, create a resume, research colleges, and organize their college

applications. Naviance also utilizes a Scattergram tool that allows students to compare GPA, standardized test scores, and

other statistics to actual historical data from FRHSD students who have

applied and been admitted.

Teachers of the Year

2013 - 2014

Kathleen Churchill, CNHS - Math Teacher

Brian Simpson , FHS - Social Studies Teacher

David Patterson, FTHS - Math Teacher

Regina McAllen, HHS - Music Teacher

Jackie Landers, MNHS - English Teacher

Patrick Scinto , MRHS - Business Teacher

Exceptional Educators

Freehold Regional High School District has phenomenal educators with outstanding teaching abilities who make extraordinary contributions to student academic achievement.

Achievements: Kathleen Andrejco: W. Carey Edwards State Volunteer of the Year

Camille Blair: Elected Vice-President of Programs for the NJ Association of Family and Consumer Sciences Executive Committee

Todd Briggs: 2013-2014 Star-Ledger State Coach of the Year

Joseph Cantaffa: Grammy Music Educator Award Nominee

Michael Carbonaro: Teacher Who Rocks Award

Dave Clampffer: 2014 National Federation Coaches Association Award

Joseph Fritsche: Teacher Who Rocks Award

John Gagliano: District 21 Coach of the Year and New Jersey Wrestling Coaches Association Coach of the Year

Edward Gattsek: Elected President of the All Shore Band Director’s Association

Laurie Hunter: Elected Board member to the New Jersey Writers Alliance

Mary Lubrano: 2014 New Jersey Education Association Achievement Award for Educational Support Personnel

Amy Meyers: Starred in a production of “The Light in the Piazza” at Villanova University

Amanda Morman: 2014 New Jersey Council for the Humanities Teacher of the Year Nominee

John Natoli: Central Jersey Coach of the Year

Major Gregory Penczak: Teacher Who Rocks Award

Sherry Roses: Keynote speaker at Technology and Engineering Conference at Brigham Young University

Jim Schlentz: Shore Conference Coach of the Year

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Freehold Township’s Kathleen Andrejco accepts the W. Carey Edwards Sate Volunteer of the

Year Award

Howell’s Regina McAllen was recognized as Teacher of the Year

Exceeding Expectations Colts Neck High School �� Named to Newsweek’s 2014 Top High Schools List

�� Eighty-eight Cadets from the Navy Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (NJROTC) traveled to Maryland on the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Baltimore and the group also presented our Nation’s Colors at a Yankees vs Orioles baseball game

�� Won 1st place in the 2014 Team Challenge event sponsored by the Greater Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

�� Albert Cao was selected as a 2014 YoungArts Winner, a part of the National YoungArts Foundation

�� Margaret Powell earned a perfect score on the SAT Math and Writing sections and a 760 in Critical Reading for a total of 2360

�� Nicolette Gurgone earned a perfect score on SAT Writing

�� Girls Basketball won the Central Jersey Group IV title

�� Girls Soccer won the Central Jersey Group IV title

�� The CNHS Mock Trial Team won the Monmouth County Championship

�� Two Video II students have been working with the Colts Neck Business Association to assist them in developing a series of videos

�� Michael Cappelluti was accepted to the All Shore Jazz Ensemble

�� Amanda Grieco was selected for the New Jersey State Honors Choir

�� A new Veterans Memorial Garden was unveiled in front of CNHS which was designed by NJROTC Cadet Daniel Elice as his Eagle Scout project

�� The Dance Team raised more than $1,700 for the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk

�� Emma Tucker won the Monmouth Judiciary’s Law Day 2014 Essay Contest with her entry focused on the issue of protecting civil rights from ballot initiatives in a politically polar climate

�� The Free the Children chapter at CNHS reached their year goal of $10,500 to help build a school in Nicaragua

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Colts Neck High School NJROTC presented our Nation's Colors at a Yankees vs Orioles

baseball game in Maryland

Colts Neck High School won the 2014 Team Challenge sponsored by the Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce

Exceeding Expectations Freehold High School �� Named to The Daily Beast list of top high schools in

America

�� Recipient of the 2013-2014 Freehold Regional High School District State of the Schools Spirit Award

�� Tessa Valentien and Andrew Lee were ranked 3rd place overall in the 9th Annual Widener University High School Programming Contest

�� The Culinary Arts & Hospitality Management Academy was featured in National Geographic for its unique comprehensive program

�� Liezel Puzon received a $2,500 National Merit scholarship and the $10,000 Generation Google Scholarship

�� Applied Art I students created a totem pole made of ceramic that was displayed in the 2014 K-12 Student Art Exhibition at The College of New Jersey

�� John Bostic received the Vince Lombardi Outstanding Linemen Award

�� Lindsay Cerio received the 2014 John Cobb Girls Senior Excellence Award by the Shore Soccer Officials Association

�� Twenty-six students competed in the New Jersey DECA conference with five of the students winning multiple awards

�� Six students were selected for the All Shore Chorus

�� Field Hockey earned Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Champions

�� Girls Soccer was the B-North Division Champions

�� Girls Gymnastics was the B-North Division Champions

�� Girls Tennis was the B-North Division Champions and the Monmouth County Champions

�� The CyberPatriot team earned 3rd place in the New Jersey CyberPatriot VII State Round

�� Paintings by art teacher Daniel Finaldi were selected to hang in the U.S. Embassy in Djibouti

�� Students won People's Choice Gold, People's Choice Silver and Chef's Choice Bronze in the American Culinary Federation Winterfest

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The totem pole created by Applied Art I students was displayed in the 2014 K-12 Student Art Exhibition at The

College of New Jersey

The CyberPatriot team earned 3rd place in the New Jersey CyberPatriot VII State Round

Exceeding Expectations Freehold Township High School � Named to Newsweek’s 2014 Top High Schools List

� Honored as a “No Place For Hate” Gold Star school for continuous efforts and interventions against bias, hate and bullying by the Anti-Defamation League

� Ryan Spadola of the Miami Dolphins visited Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) to promote their safe-driving initiative

� Students Against Destructive Decisions was awarded the DCH Auto Group Teen Driver Safety Foundation's distinction of East Coast SADD Chapter of the Year

� Field hockey wins the 2014 Central Jersey Group IV Championship

� Anna Reich was named a National Merit Scholarship Winner. She also received a National Merit MetLife Foundation Scholarship

� Evan Lewis and Dominick Scalia were chosen to the All State Orchestra.

� Thirteen students made the All Shore Symphonic Band

� Seven students earned All Shore Chorus designations

� The Dance Team performed at the 2014 Orange Bowl Halftime Show in Florida

� Won 2nd Place in the 2014 Team Challenge event sponsored by the Western Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

� The Annual Food Drive was a huge success with a total of 8,589 pounds of food collected for the Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties

� Shaye DiPasquale was invited to attend the National Foundation of Women Legislators Conference

� Peer Leaders participated in the annual Walk for Alzheimer’s in Point Pleasant Beach. They raised more than $7,000

� Julius Saporito was named NJ 101.5 State Athlete of the Week for Baseball

� Kaitlyn Lodge won the FCCLA/CIA Apple Bake-Off Challenge and was awarded an $8,000 scholarship from the Culinary Institute of America

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Freehold Township High School was honored as a “No Place For Hate” Gold Star school for continuous efforts and

interventions against bias, hate and bullying by the Anti-Defamation League

FTHS Students Against Destructive Decisions was awarded the DCH Auto Group Teen Driver Safety Foundation's distinction of East Coast SADD Chapter of the Year

Exceeding Expectations Freehold Township High School Named to Newsweek’s 2014 Top High Schools List and also

The Animal & Botanical Sciences Academy won the New Jersey School Boards Association’s (NJSBA) Exemplary Program designation which is a part of their School Leader Awards program

Honored as a “No Place For Hate” Gold Star school for continuous efforts and interventions against bias, hate and bullying by the Anti-Defamation League

Students Against Destructive Decisions was awarded the DCH Auto Group Teen Driver Safety Foundation's distinction of East Coast SADD Chapter of the Year

Ryan Spadola of the Miami Dolphins visited Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) to promote their safe-driving initiative

Field hockey wins the 2014 Central Jersey Group IV Championship

Anna Reich was named a National Merit Scholarship Winner and also received a National Merit MetLife Foundation Scholarship

Evan Lewis and Dominick Scalia were chosen to the All State Orchestra

Thirteen students made the All Shore Symphonic Band Seven students earned All Shore Chorus designations

The Dance Team performed at the 2014 Orange Bowl Halftime Show in Florida

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Place in the 2014 Team Challenge event

sponsored by the Greater Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

The Annual Food Drive was a huge success with a total of 8,589 pounds of food collected for the Food Bank of Monmouth & Ocean Counties

Shaye DiPasquale was invited to attend the National Foundation of Women Legislators Conference

Peer Leaders participated in the annual Walk for Alzheimer’s in Point Pleasant Beach raising more than $7,000

Julius Saporito was named NJ 101.5 State Athlete of the Week for Baseball

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Freehold Township High School was honored as a “No Place For Hate” Gold Star school for continuous efforts and

interventions against bias, hate and bullying by the Anti-Defamation League

Freehold Township High School’s Students Against Destructive Decisions was awarded the DCH Auto Group Teen Driver Safety Foundation's distinction of East Coast

SADD Chapter of the Year

recognized by The Daily Beast as one of the top schools in America

Exceeding Expectations

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Howell High School �� Named to The Daily Beast list of top high schools in

America

�� The only school in New Jersey to receive the 2013-2014 TSA Chapter Excellence Award and 13 students received TSA Awards

�� Eight students were nominated to the United States Achievement Academy for their outstanding abilities in the study of physics

�� The literary magazine, The Laureate, received 1st place with special merit rating from the American Scholastic Press Association and an Excellent rating from National Council of Teachers of English

�� Katie O’Toole, cast member of “Jersey Boys” on Broadway, conducted a dance workshop with HHS students

�� Ian Kirk won the Shore Track Association Indoor Field Performer of the Year and the Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year

�� Stephanie Bock was named Central Jersey Group IV State Champion for Discus

�� Nicholas Ferraro was named a 2014 Jefferson Scholar and earned a full scholarship to the University of Virginia

�� The Chorus performed at the White House Holiday Reception in Washington, D.C.

�� Alexa Seeburger participated on a panel for a taping of the Katie Curic Show about issues surrounding teens and body image

�� Entertainment Technology students earned top awards at the 2014 New Jersey High School Film Challenge

�� Won five Excellence in Theatre Awards at the Count Basie Theatre including Best Actress in a Drama and Best Actor in a Musical

�� The Wrestling Team had the most wins in school history being named A-North champions, Shore Conference Tournament winners, Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Title winners, and District 21 Champions

�� Relay for Life raised $71,000 for the American Cancer Society making HHS the number one school on the East Coast for the number of funds raised in 2014

Howell High School Chorus members performing at the White House for the President and First Lady during the White

House Holiday Reception

Alexa Seeburger (right) participated on a panel for a taping of the Katie Curic Show about issues surrounding teens and

body image. She is accompanied by Student Assistance Counselor Camille Mussari (left)

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Exceeding Expectations Manalapan High School �� Named to Newsweek’s 2014 Top High Schools List

�� The New Jersey Department of Education’s annual school performance report card showed MNHS as the only non-academy high school in the area to receive a 100 percent passing rate in literature

�� Melanie Cotton and Kenneth Luo were National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists and 13 students were named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students

�� Received a $10,000 grant from the OceanFirst Foundation which helped to upgrade one of the technology classrooms

�� Thomas Colen, Tarung Bhimnatwala, Krishna Gotur and John Klich were regional winners in the 2014 Toshiba/NSTA ExploraVision competition

�� Nineteen students were honored for outstanding skills during the 2014 New Jersey Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America’s (FCCLA) State Leadership Conference

�� Krishna Gotur scored a perfect 2,400 on the SATs

�� Kenneth Luo was named a Merck Scholar for being a top scorer in the Merck State Science Day test for the second time in his high school career

�� Richard Zhu won 2nd place in picoCTF 2014, a computer security competition, and was awarded a scholarship, an all expense paid trip to Carnegie Mellon University, and a monetary award for MNHS

�� The Braves Football Team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V 2014 State Championship

�� Boys Soccer won the Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Championship

�� Naomi Siegel won the Grand Prize in the Asbury Park Press Student Voices Essay Contest for her essay titled "Stroll with Mother Brought out the Sun"

�� Adriann Lai was honored by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with the Rensselaer Medal Award for outstanding academic achievement in the study of mathematics and science

�� Cara Sentanni and Nick Pimental were recipients of the Shore Conference Sportsmanship Award

�� Received a Basie Award for Best All Student Orchestra

Manalapan High School received a $10,000 grant from the OceanFirst Foundation, a portion of which was used to

upgrade one of the technology classrooms.

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The Braves Football Team won the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V 2014 State Championship

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Exceeding Expectations Marlboro High School �� Named to Newsweek’s 2014 Top High Schools List and also

recognized by The Daily Beast as one of the top high schools in the nation

�� Ranked 9th in New Jersey of schools with the highest Advanced Placement (AP) Test Performance

�� Girls Basketball won the Central Jersey Group IV Sectional Championship

�� Varsity Girls Tennis Team won the A-North Division for the 7th consecutive season

�� Joseph Vitale received the Messenger of Peace Hero Award from the King of Saudi Arabia

�� Dan Saraiva finished 3rd at the Mid Atlantic Wrestling Coaches “War at the Shore” national tournament

�� Thirty-four students attended the 2014 Rutgers Model Congress with six students receiving awards for their performance

�� Matthew Liu won 3 awards for composition: NJMEA Young Composer’s Award, National Association for Music Education Eastern Conference Composer’s Award, and The National YoungArts Foundation Award

�� Haley Unger was selected 1st team All Shore for Girls Volleyball

�� Won 3rd in the 2014 Team Challenge event sponsored by the Greater Monmouth County Chamber of Commerce

�� Donate for Life club raised more than $4,000 for the NJ Sharing Network 5K

�� MS for MS club donated more than $5,000 to the National Multiple Sclerosis Society

�� Thirty-six students in the Marlboro Chapter of Junior States of America attended the annual Winter Congress event in Washington, DC. with two students winning the best speaker award

�� Alyssa Edwards, Taylor Alveiro, Nick Pignato and Evan Alexoudis won the New Jersey Natural Gas Video Viewers’ Choice Award

�� Four students were awarded the Grand Prize in 2nd Annual Protect Me With 3 Video Contest to educate peers on importance of adolescent vaccinations

Peer Leaders took part in a walk to raise money for breast cancer research

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Joseph Vitale receives the Messenger of Peace Hero Award in Saudi Arabia

President: Debbie Gates - Kane

Vice President: James Huebner

Jessica Marshall

Leah Hardaway

FRHSD Parent Leaders The Freehold Regional High School District is fortunate to have parent and guardian leaders who relentlessly support and promote the educational interest of our students. The education of FRHSD students is a joint responsibility that we share wi th parents and guardians, and we are grateful for the mutual commitment to continue cultivating a strong culture of open communication between school and home. Colts Neck High School PTSO Randi Gugig, Co - President Karen Lallo, Co - President Jo-Ann McAvoy Shelia Knox Carly Gugig Cindy O'Brien Jola Osborne Special Education Advisory Council Faye Ambrosio Freehold High School PTSO Linos Frantzeskakis, Co-President Rosemary Horowitz, Co-President Kathy Ciccarone Jeanine Sharkey-Kudisch Christine Luttrell Special Education Advisory Council JoAnn Mc Avoy Freehold Township High School PTSO Maureen Fasano, President Eileen Avino, Vice President John Czajkowski Heidi Williams Jane Kablaoui Special Education Advisory Council Nancy DiBlasio

Manalapan High School Booster Club Peter Becker , President Dorine Shapiro, Vice President Robyn Stafflinger Colleen Ranieri Jeffrey Kravitz Special Education Advisory Council Beth Cohen

Marlboro High School PTSO Lucia Imperato, President Evelyn Semo, Vice President Catherine Navarro, Vice President Terry Mroz, Vice President Marianne DelGado Gail Vetrano Sonali Shah Specal Education Advisory Council Rupali Jain

Always

working together…

Always

in the educational

interest of our students...

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Freehold Regional Education Association

FREA members at the school convocation ceremony

Howell High School PTSO Tracy Haiter, President Terri Boncimino, Vice President Lois Cunningham Barbara Sheridan Kathy Barden Sandy Pennett Special Education Advisory Council Vinne Ann Bartow

Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education The Freehold Regional High School District Board of Education members are community leaders who represent eight communities in western Monmouth County, New Jersey and are committed to excellence in education.

President Heshy Moses Freehold Borough

William Bruno

Howell Township

Amy Fankhauser Howell Township

Vincent Accettola Colts Neck Township

Samuel Carrollo Freehold Township

Michael Messinger

Marlboro Township

Vice President Jennifer Sutera

Manalapan Township

Elizabeth Canario

Englishtown Borough

Kathie Lavin Farmingdale Borough 19

F R E E H O L D R E G I O N A L H I G H S C H O O L D I S T R I C T

Superintendent of Schools

Charles B. Sampson

Assistant Superintendent for

Business Administration/Board Secretary

Sean Boyce

Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Nicole Hazel

Director of Special Services

Renee Davis

Director of Research, Planning & Evaluation

Donna Evangelista

Director of Personnel

Jennifer Sharp

Director of Curriculum & Instruction

Dr. Jeffrey Moore

Director of Guidance & Operations

Shanna Howell

Principals

Colts Neck High School

Daniel Simon

Freehold High School

Linda Jewell

Freehold Township High School

Elizabeth Higley

Howell High School

Jeremy Braverman

Manalapan High School

Dr. Adam Angelozzi

Marlboro High School

Shaun Boylan

For more information on the Freehold Regional High School District, please see contact information below:

11 Pine Street Fax: (732) 446-9126

Englishtown, NJ 07726 Web: www.frhsd.com

Phone: (732) 792-7300 Facebook: wwww.facebook.com/FRHSD

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