page_title: Holmdel High School
section_title: Campus
hierarchical_section_title: Holmdel High School / Campus
caption_attribution_description: Photo showing the front of Holmdel High School in Holmdel Township, New Jersey.
context_page_description: Holmdel High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades located in Holmdel Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school in the Holmdel Township Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1977.
  As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 962 students and 83.2 classroom teachers, for a student–teacher ratio of 11.6:1. There were 8 students eligible for free lunch and 6 eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
  Holmdel High School is known for academic, athletic, and artistic excellence. The school regularly ranks highly in academic competitions. Holmdel sports teams, notably the field hockey team has been New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association State Champions. Holmdel also places several students in the NJMEA All-State music programs every year.
context_section_description: Holmdel High School is physically connected to the William R. Satz Middle School and is notable for its unusual hexagonal architecture.  The oldest part of the building structure is the English/Humanities Hallway, with classroom numbers running in the 100s.  The main part was completed in 1973, including the Commons, the 400s, the 500s, the Library, the Gym, the Complex Auditorium, and the TV Studio. The 400s (and 500s on the second floor) are eccentrically designed in a circular fashion, with both ends reaching the Commons. They surround the Library and Conference area. In addition to classrooms, the 400s wing also houses the Humanities Department Office, The Sting newspaper office, and Creation yearbook office.
  The Commons is the main meeting area of the school, with lunch, school events, and many after-school activities taking place there. Within the Commons is the Chartwells Lunch Service, where students buy food. The Commons is also a main advertising area for school events, such as club fundraisers, activities, sports events, and annual functions like Powderpuff and Spirit Week. The Complex Auditorium features state-of-the-art sound systems and hosts a multitude of events, ranging from the Holmdel Theater Guild annual productions to Holmdel Board of Education meetings. The large gym hosts basketball games and daily physical education classes. The TV studio hosts classes and TV production after school. The Library consists of several thousand volumes, and also contains nearly 40 desktop computers for student use. In 2000, construction of a new 600s/700s wing was completed, bringing new science facilities to the school. In 2004, construction of a new 800s/900s wing was completed, hosting both language and science classrooms. A new multipurpose gymnasium/cafeteria and the adjacent kitchen were constructed in 2004. However, the gymnasium's length is three feet short of the minimum that is required to host varsity basketball games and the kitchen has never been used because it was constructed without the proper ventilation systems.  The Board of the Holmdel was disappointed with the implications of the construction error.  States former president Mark Mawerds, "The carelessness that took place has resulted in a space that is not functional.  The next rebuild will be done by professionals only."
  Because of the open space Holmdel houses, the several dozen acres behind the school contain soccer, baseball, softball, field hockey, lacrosse, football, tennis, and track sports areas. The combination football/track field is known as Bob Roggy Field, named after the Holmdel alumnus who set the world javelin record. It was renovated as part of a project that began in 2006, which included the construction of a new six-lane track and a synthetic turf to replace the existing grass field.
  On Holmdel High School grounds is the Duncan Smith Theater, named after a Holmdel alumnus, in which Holmdel Theater Company and Holmdel Theater Guild productions are regularly performed.
caption: Front of the school as seen from Crawfords Corner Road
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