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Toms River High School South is a comprehensive four-year public high school, and was the first high school established in Toms River (formerly Dover Township) in Ocean County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Toms River Regional Schools. The original Toms River High School graduated its first class in 1891 and the current building opened for students in 1951.〔(The History of Our School District ), Toms River Regional Schools. Accessed August 2, 2011. "The history of public education in Toms River goes back over 100 years to one room school houses in Cedar Grove, Chadwick Beach, East Dover, North Dover, Silverton, West Dover and downtown Toms River. The first high school graduating class was in 1891.... Eight schools comprised the newly organized district: T.R. High School (the current building which is now South) opened in 1951... Since that time, 11 more schools have been built: Toms River High Schools North (1969) and East (1979)..."〕 In 1969, when the high school was found to be too small, a second high school, Toms River High School North was opened and ''South'' was appended onto the school's original name, and a third high school in the district, Toms River High School East, was opened in 1979.〔〔O'Kidd, Lauren. ("Day in the Life of Toms River High School South: Feel the spirit at South" ), ''Asbury Park Press'', April 20, 2007. Accessed August 2, 2011. "Planer is the High School South "Indian." Since 1968, seniors have been trying out for the coveted mascot post to help keep school spirit at a high. Besides "the Indian," students try out for the positions of "Indian Princess," "Super Maroon," and "Spirit," Planer says. All four perform at South football games, he adds.... In 1969, Toms River High School North opened, and 10 years later Toms River High School East opened."〕 The school day starts at 7:15 AM〔Torrence, Marc; and Wall, Karen. ("Does School Start Too Early? In Toms River, Some Say Yes; Researchers say getting more sleep improves academic performance; some Toms River parents have lobbied the district to make a change." ), Toms River Patch, August 10, 2015. Accessed November 29, 2015. "Homeroom in Toms River’s three high schools and Intermediate North starts at 7:15 a.m., with Intermediate South and East starting at 7:45 a.m."〕 and lasts six hours and 20 minutes.〔(Toms River High School South 2013-14 School Performance Report ), New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed November 29, 2015.〕 Toms River high schools have some of the earliest daily closing high schools in New Jersey, closing at 1:35 PM every day. As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,434 students and 107.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.3:1. There were 310 students (21.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 71 (5.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Toms River High School South ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 8, 2015.〕 The school colors are maroon and White.〔 The school has four mascots: Indian, Indian Princess, Super Maroon, and Spirit.〔 For the 2014-15 school year, the mascots are Indian XLVII, Princess XLVI, Super Maroon XXXVII, and Spirit XVI. The mascots appear at every football game of the High School South Indians, which also feature the longtime "Voice of the Indians", P. David Correll Sr., as public address announcer.〔 ==Awards, recognition and rankings== For the 1993-94 school year, Toms River Alternate School - High School South was named as a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.〔(Star School Award recipient detail ), New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 26, 2009.〕 The school was the 230th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 229th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 269th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 27, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 264th in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed April 21, 2012.〕 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「Toms River High School South」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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