Rahway High School Expecting, Achieving and Celebrating Excellence Achievements 2012-2013- Rahway High School identified in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine as one of the 10 "most-improved" high schools in New Jersey 2012 - Principal John Farinella presents at national freshman transition conference and is named "Edupreneur of the Year" and Rahway High School is recognized as a Silver Medal award-winning high school by Academic Innovations, publishers of Career Choices, the freshman transition curriculum 2011-2012 - Students take part in the National Day of Writing 2011-2012 - Rahway High School Teacher serves as Co-Director of Kean University Writing Project 2011-2012 - Rahway High School ESL Student wins State essay contest 2011-2012 - 2 students win Foreign Language Teachers of New Jersey (FLENJ) video podcast contest, scholarship 2010-2011 - Rahway High School English Teacher selected as AP Reader 2013 – 1 AP Scholar with Distinction 2013 – 1 AP Scholar with Honor 2012 - 1 AP Scholar with Honor 2011 - 2 AP Scholars with Honor 2010 - 1 AP Scholar with Honor 2013 – 10 AP Scholars 2012 - 12 AP Scholars 2011 - 5 AP Scholars 2010 - 6 AP Scholars (AP Scholar with Distinction - Average score of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams) (AP Scholar with Honor - Average score of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams) (AP Scholar - Completion of three or more AP Exams with scores of 3 or higher) 2010 -11 National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP) Scholar 2010 - Rahway High School designated as a "New Jersey Model School in the Arts for exceptional excellence in arts education" by the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership 2012 - 2 recent Rahway High School graduates accepted to Harvard Law School, 5 recent graduates complete medical school 2006 - Winner of $10,000 Scholarship in Oprah's National High School Essay Contest on the Holocaust 2014 - Semi-finalists in the New Jersey Idea Competition of The Rothman Institute Community Service 2011 - RHS Water Champions honored by the New Jersey Chapter of the US Green Building Council 2010 - Union County Freeholders Resolution and Rahway City Council Resolution commending Rahway High School Water Champions Yearbook 2007 and 2008 - Garden State Scholastic Press Association Yearbook 1st Place Gold Award in Content and Design Model UN 2010 - Overall Team Winner at Elizabeth High School Model UN Competition Mock Trial Mock Trial Team Participated in numerous New Jersey Bar Association Competitions Debate Team 2012 - 2nd, 3rd - Public Forum JV Division, Newark Catholic Forensic League 1 Rahway High School Expecting, Achieving and Celebrating Excellence Theatre and Dance 2013 - Paper Mill Playhouse Show Choir- 2 Rahway High School students selected 2011-2012 - Rahway High School selected by the Paper Mill Playhouse to participate in the "Adopt-A-School" project for the next four years, 2012-2016 Recent graduate dancing with Alvin Alley Troupe Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards 2010-2011 - Educational Impact Award 2009-2010 - Student Achievement Award Set Construction & Stage Crew 2008-2009 - (Best Overall Musical, Best Director, Best Costumes And Best Chorus) Rising Star Nominations 2009-2010 - 5 and 2008-2009 - 13 Band 2013-2014 – 2 Students in All-State Orchestra 2013-2014 – 4 Students in Region II Honors Band & Orchestra 2012-2013 - Students in Region II Jazz and Symphonic Band Ensemble / All-State Symphonic Band and Orchestra 2012- 6th in State, US Bands New Jersey State Marching Band Championship 2011-2012 - NJ Region II Wind Ensemble Member 2011-2012 - NJ Region II Symphonic Band Member 2011 - Led "Parade of Lights" in Disney World USSBA State Championship: 2003 and 2005, 1st place, 2008 2nd place, 2010-2011, 4th Place and "Best Music" MCJROTC 2011-2012 - Armed Drill Team - 1st Place Overall Armed Division at Colts Neck High School NJROTC Drill Competition 2008 - Devil Pup Armed Drill Team - National Champions Robotics 2013 – Quarter-finals at US FIRST Robotics Regional Competition, placing 19th out of over a hundred teams, with $24,000 scholarship for one team member 2013 - Wins “Imagery Award” and "Excellence in Engineering Award" at two district level US FIRST robotics competitions 2011-2012 - Wins "Judges Choice Award" at the NY/NJ Regional Botball Tournament 2011 - Wins $5,000 grant from NASA 2011 - 4th overall in US First Competition 2010 - 3rd in Regional Botball Championship Science 2014 – Student scored 55 out of 60 on the Chemistry Olympiad, a multi-tiered competition 2013 – 2 Students Nominated for 4-H National Science Day 2 Rahway High School Expecting, Achieving and Celebrating Excellence Sports 3 recent graduates with professional sports contracts (1 basketball, 2 football) 1 Collegiate National Wrestling Champion 1 Collegiate National Champion in Track & Field 2014 - Boys Winter Track – 400m - 3rd in state at Meet of Champions 2014 - Boys Winter Track “State Record,” 6th Consecutive Winter Track NJSIAA Sectional Championship 2014 - Track & Field - Full scholarship recipient – University of Arkansa, Pine Bluff, 2013 - Football- Full scholarship recipient – University of Delaware 2013 - Football – Mid-State 38 Mountain Division 2nd Place 2013 - Boy’s Spring Track – Watchung Division, Team Second Place 2013 - Penn Relays Invitational Long Jump Competition, one of two students selected from New Jersey 2013 - Boy's Winter Track High Jump, 4th in State 2013 - Fifth Consecutive Boy's Winter Track NJSIAA North 2 Group II Sectional Champions 2013 - Star-Ledger Winter Honors: All-Central Jersey-1; All County-10; All Area-1; All Group 2 Track-6 2013 - Boy's Bowling North II Sectional Champion (Individual Winner) 2013 - Wrestling – Mid-State Conference 39 Mountain Valley Division – Team Second place 2012 - Fourth Consecutive Boy's Winter Track NJSIAA North 2 Group II Sectional Champions 2012 - Boy's Basketball Mountain Division of Union County Conference Champions 2012 - Boy's Basketball NJSIAA Tournament North 2, Group 3, Sectional Semi-finalists 2012- Football- Full scholarship recipient – Temple University 2012- Football- Mid-State 38 Mountain Division 2nd Place 2011 - Wrestling - Union County Tournament –Team finished fourth and nine students finished in the top six places for their weight category, including one first, one second, and one third 2011 – Wrestling – Mid-State Conference 39 Mountain Valley Division – Team First place, nine students chosen for First Team All Conference and 2 Honorable Mention 2011 – Wrestling – Rahway Tournament – First place, Hanover Tournament – Sixth place 2011 – Wrestling – District 11 – Fourth place 2011 - Spring Track Team State Sectional Champions 2011 - Winter Track Union County Freshman/Sophomore Champions, 2nd place in Union County Tournament, 3rd consecutive NJSIAA State Sectional Champions 2011 - Four Track Team Members Receive Full Tuition Scholarships to College 2011 - Football – Full Scholarship Recipient – Ball State University 2011- Football – Mid-State 38 Mountain Division 2nd Place 2010 - Winter Track: Union County Teams of the Year, Student Performance of the Year, Coach and Staff of the Year 2010 - Winter Track—State Sectional Championship (both Boys and Girls) 2010 - 7 All-Americans in Track 2010 - All-American in Wrestling 2010 - Girls Basketball wins 2010 Christmas Tournament 2009 - Meet of Champions Winners—400 Meter Hurdles, 4 x 400 Relay 2009-2010 - 8th in State in Wrestling 2008 - Football State Sectional Runner-up 2008 – Football Mountain Valley Conference Champions 2006 - 5 All-Americans in Wrestling, Basketball, Track 2006- Meet of Champions Winner – Girls High Jump Indoor 3 .