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The Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District is a regional public school district serving students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the municipalities of Bridgewater Township and Raritan Borough in Somerset County, New Jersey, United States. All of the school facilities are in Bridgewater, except for John F. Kennedy School, which is in Raritan.〔Cheslow, Jerry. ("If You're Thinking of Living In/Bridgewater, N.J.; Where the Downtown Is a Shopping Mall " ), ''The New York Times'', December 29, 2002. Accessed October 5, 2014. "Among the newer residents, Mr. Cirianni said that he and his wife, Rita, were drawn by the 8,550 Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District, which the township shares with the 6,000-resident borough to its south."〕 As of the 2011-12 school year, the district's 11 schools had an enrollment of 8,810 students and 741.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.88:1.〔(District information for Bridgewater-Raritan Regional School District ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 30, 2014.〕 The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "I", the second-highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.〔(NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed October 5, 2014.〕 ==Awards and recognition== During the 1999-2000 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.〔(Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF) ), United States Department of Education. Accessed June 27, 2013.〕 For the 1997-98 school year, Bridgewater-Raritan High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.〔(Bridgewater-Raritan High School 1997-98 entry in the Star School database ), New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 18, 2006. Accessed June 27, 2013.〕 BRHS is one of only three high schools in the state to have received both awards.〔(About ), Bridgewater-Raritan High School, accessed May 23, 2006.〕 Bridgewater Middle school students qualified to participate in NJ State and National Mathcounts for 2012 and 2013. Bridgewater Middle school students placed 1st in the National Science Bowl competition for 2013 held at Princeton Plasma Lab. Science Bowl is a science competition sponsored by United States Department of Energy, involving general, physical, life, earth and mathematics. The Bridgewater Middle School Academic team won the A.T.O.M.S tournament for five of six years, in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2015.〔(2015 A.T.O.M.S Finals ), Bridgewater-Raritan Education Association. "On Thursday, April 16, 2015 the final round of A.T.O.M.S was held between Crossroads Middle School and Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School. After three rounds of play, Bridgewater-Raritan Middle School was named the champion."〕 In 2015, BRMS swept all of the 30+ schools during the Music in the Parks Festival and came in first in Jazz band, wind ensemble, orchestra, and girls choir.〔Blumberg, Audrey. ("BRMS Students Score Big at Music in Parks", TAPintotheBreeze, July 15, 2015. Accessed October 7, 2015. "The wind ensemble earned 95.30 points for the Overall Concert Band Award; the jazz ensemble earned 94.00 points for the Overall Jazz Band Award; the studio orchestra earned 97.30 points; and the select women’s choir earned 95.50 points for the Overall Choir Award." )〕 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 Regional School District」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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