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Bridgewater-Raritan High School (commonly abbreviated as BRHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school. It is the lone secondary school of the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Bridgewater Township and Raritan in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. The school has been recognized by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program,〔 the highest award an American school can receive.〔"CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", ''Journal Inquirer'', November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."〕〔Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; ''The Washington Post''. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,835 students and 220.7 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.85:1. There were 151 students (5.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 45 (1.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Bridgewater-Raritan Regional High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 15, 2015.〕 ==History and symbols== Until the 1950s, high school students from the Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District attended Somerville High School and Bound Brook High School. Bridgewater-Raritan High School was constructed in the late 1950s, with Dr. Norman A. Gathany serving as the school's first principal. Increasing enrollments in the early 1960s led to the construction of a second high school, which was named Bridgewater-Raritan High School East (The Minutemen), while the original high school was renamed Bridgewater-Raritan High School West (The Golden Falcons). Declining enrollments led to their consolidation into a single high school during the 1990s. The former High School West was expanded and updated over a period of several years, during which all of the district's high school students attended what had been High School East. In 1995, the former High School West reopened as the new consolidated Bridgewater-Raritan High School, and High School East became the district's Middle School. The mascot of BRHS is the panther. BRHS's school colors are black and silver, with red serving as an accent color.〔 The red in uniforms of the past has been mostly replaced by black, white and silver. The football, baseball, boys lacrosse, girls basketball, and various other teams have eliminated red from their uniforms. A minority of teams, including boys basketball and boys cross country, have continued use of red as an accent color. The uniforms for the marching band are black and red with silver buttons and helmets. The high school's football field is named "Basilone Field", named for John Basilone, a World War II recipient of the Medal of Honor who grew up in Raritan. On the wall of the field house next to the field is a mural honoring Basilone.〔(Marines join together to honor one of their own ), ''The Reporter'', September 6, 2004.〕 The high school offers classes ranging from AP European History to Introduction to Culinary Arts. In December 2009, two minors, a 16-year-old Bridgewater-Raritan student and a 17-year-old student from nearby Immaculata High School, were arrested in connection with an alleged Columbine-like plan to attack the school.〔Stirling, Stephen. ("Bridgewater-Raritan High School student accused of threatening 'Columbine'-like attack" ), ''The Star-Ledger'', December 11, 2009. Accessed june 16, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bridgewater-Raritan High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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