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Governor Livingston High School

Governor Livingston High School is a comprehensive four-year co-educational public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Berkeley Heights, in Union County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, and operating as the lone secondary school of the Berkeley Heights Public Schools.

Governor Livingston High School
Address
Map
175 Watchung Boulevard

Berkeley Heights
,
Union County
,
New Jersey
07922

United States
Coordinates40°41′13″N 74°23′17″W / 40.686823°N 74.388027°W / 40.686823; -74.388027
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoExplore, Excel, Engage
Established1960
School districtBerkeley Heights Public Schools
NCES School ID340153000201[2]
PrincipalRobert Nixon[1]
Faculty88.2 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment936 (as of 2022–23)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.6:1[2]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Scarlet and
  navy blue[3]
Athletics conferenceUnion County Interscholastic Athletic Conference (general)
Big Central Football Conference (football)
MascotHank the Highlander[4]
Team nameHighlanders[3]
NewspaperThe Highlander[5]
YearbookThe Claymore[6]
Websitewww.bhpsnj.org/o/glhs

Governor Livingston provides programs for deaf, hard of hearing and cognitively-impaired students in the district and those who are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey who attend on a tuition basis.[7]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 936 students and 88.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1. There were 17 students (1.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 3 (0.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

History

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Union County Regional High School District was established in 1937, as the first regional high school district in New Jersey, for the students from the municipalities of Berkeley Heights, Clark, Garwood, Kenilworth, Mountainside, and Springfield.[8] At that time, all students residing in the district attended Jonathan Dayton High School in Springfield. As the district began to grow, additional schools were needed. In November 1953, voters approved a $1.95 million bond referendum that included funds to purchase a site in Berkeley Heights for a third high school. In April 1957, voters approved a $3.8 million bond referendum that included funds to construct a high school on the Berkeley Heights site.[9] The name "Governor Regional High School" was chosen in September 1959, though there was criticism about potential confusion with Livingston High School located 10 miles (16 km) away in Livingston, New Jersey.[10] In September 1960, the school opened its doors to 800 students from Berkeley Heights and Mountainside. The regional district's superintendent at the time was Dr. Warren Davis and Frederick Aho was the first principal of the high school.[11]

The school and its property have been expanded several times in subsequent years. In September 1960, just several weeks after opening, voters approved a $1.5 million referendum to construct two additions containing 20 classrooms, a boys' gymnasium, and a new library, as well as improve parking and athletic areas, which opened to students in September 1962 and January 1963.[12] The school was built adjacent to an active Nike Missile Control Station in the Murray Hill section of Berkeley Heights which had opened in 1956; after the base was closed, the federal government gave the school district 6.3 acres (2.5 ha) of land that had been used for the defunct missile site.[13] On May 4, 1971, voters approved a $4.7 million bond referendum to expand and renovate each school in the district.[14] At Governor Livingston, the addition of an instructional media center and instrumental music room, and various renovations and expansions were completed by September 1973.[15][16]

The high school's namesake is William Livingston, the first Governor of New Jersey and a signatory of the United States Constitution. The Royal Stewart tartan of the Stewart Clan (of whom Livingston was a member) is a symbol of the school and the tartan's red and blue colors are the high school's colors. The "Highlander" was chosen the school's mascot by student body vote in 1960, combining the tradition of the town's first baseball team and the location of the school at the highest point in Union County.[4] The school adopted Claymore as the name for its yearbook.[6]

Project Graduation, held the night of graduation and run entirely by volunteers, debuted in 1989, and provides a safe all-night celebration of each graduating class.[17]

In May 1996, the vote to de-regionalize the school district passed and the incoming freshmen in the fall of 1997 were the first to enter Governor Livingston High School, part of the Berkeley Heights School District.[8]

It is the sole secondary school for students from Berkeley Heights, along with approximately 300 students from neighboring Borough of Mountainside who are educated at the high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Mountainside School District that is covered by an agreement that runs through the end of 2021–22 school year.[18][19]

Awards, recognition and rankings

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In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 416th in the nation among participating public high schools and 35th among schools in New Jersey.[20] In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 32nd in New Jersey and 1,112th nationwide.[21] The school was ranked 416th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was ranked 8th in New Jersey, with 2.293 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 48% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 707th nationwide in 2008.[22] In Newsweek's 2007 rankings of the country's top 1,200 high schools, Governor Livingston High School was listed in 776th place, the 17th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[23] With the rankings calculated by Jay Mathews shifted to The Washington Post in 2011, the school was ranked 31st in New Jersey and 1,071st nationwide.[24]

The school was the 36th-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.[25] The school had also been ranked 36th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 24th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[26] The magazine ranked the school 15th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[27] The school was ranked 21st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[28] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 26th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 48 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (95.4%) and language arts literacy (98.4%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[29]

In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", Governor Livingston was ranked 192nd out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 30th among all high schools in New Jersey and 14th among non-magnet schools.[30]

Academics

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The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1965.[31]

Governor Livingston was the winner of the 1994, 1995, and 1996 New Jersey Science Olympiad Division C Championship, 1997 Division 5 National Champions for the Junior Engineering Technical Society's TEAMS competition and winners of the 1997 New Jersey Regional Science Bowl.[32]

Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program

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Governor Livingston has an extensive Deaf and Hard of Hearing program for students around Union County that has operated since 1976.[33] The school's American Sign Language (ASL) and Junior National Association for the Deaf (JrNAD) clubs promote the cultural aspects of deafness that support a strong deaf peer group.[34] The program offers a self-contained resource center, with general education classes offered on all academic levels, with elective classes and clubs, sports and after school activities offered on an inclusive basis, including a shared program available with Union County Vocational Technical School. Teachers of the deaf instruct using total communication techniques and support is provided for students with cochlear implants.[35][36]

American Sign Language is offered to general students as a three-year world language program, and students enrolled in ASL classes have the opportunity to interact with the deaf and hard of hearing students which enables the students to both practice and enhance their signing skills.[37][38]

Athletics

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The Governor Livingston High School Highlanders[3] compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Union County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[39] Before the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had competed in the Mountain Valley Conference, which included high schools in Essex County and Union County.[40] With 747 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[41] The football team competes in Division 2A of the Big Central Football Conference, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Somerset, Union and Warren counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location.[42] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II South for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 514 to 685 students.[43]

School colors are navy and scarlet. The school fields teams in varsity, junior varsity, and freshman football, boys and girls soccer, cross country, cheerleading, wrestling, basketball, indoor and outdoor track, baseball, softball, golf, swimming, tennis, field hockey, bowling, lacrosse, fencing and ice hockey.[3] In September 2006, the school finished installing a FieldTurf on its football field, which is used primarily for football, soccer, lacrosse and field hockey.[44]

The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint ice hockey team with New Providence High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[45]

In 1965, the Governor Livingston Regional High School football team, coached by Jack Bicknell, was awarded by the NJSIAA with the school's first state championship, a North Jersey Group II title (as co-champion with Millburn High School), for a team that was undefeated, untied and nearly unscored on.[46][47] In 2008, the football team qualified for the playoffs and reached the state sectional final, where it lost to James Caldwell High School at Giants Stadium by a score of 22–7.[48]

The boys' varsity soccer team won the Group II title in 1977 (defeating Lawrence High School in the finals), 1979 (vs. Freehold High School), 1984 (vs. Freehold) and 1994 (vs. Hopewell Valley Central High School).[49] In 1977, the team finished the season with a 15-6-1 record after winning the Group II title, the school's first state championship, defeating Lawrence High School in overtime at Mercer County Park by a score of 3–2.[50] The team won the Group II title for a second time in 1979, with a 3–2 defeat of Freehold Borough in the finals.[51] In 1984, the team won the Group II state championship against Freehold Borough and was ranked by The Star-Ledger as high as number 4 in the state after finishing the season with a 22-1 record.[52] In 1994, the team won the Group II state championships with a 2–1 overtime win over Hopewell Valley.[53]

The wrestling team won the North II Group II state sectional title in 1980 and 1981. 42 years later, they beat Caldwell High School for the 2022-23 North II Group II sectional title.[54] In 1993, Ricky Ortega won the state championship in wrestling at 130 lbs. In 2024, Cristian Gioia placed 8th in the 165 lb bracket.[55]

The girls volleyball team won the Central Jersey Group II sectional title in back to back years in 2022 (vs. Wall High School) and 2023 (vs.Raritan High School), both 2-0.[56]

The girls soccer team has won the Group II title in 1985 (defeating runner-up Delran High School in the tournament final) and 2018 (vs. Ramsey High School).[57] In 1985, the Highlander girls' varsity soccer team finished the season 19-1-1 after winning the school's first girls' state championship, taking the Group II title with a 1–0 victory against Delran.[58] In 2018, the team ended the season 21-4 after having won the Group II state championship with a 3–2 win against Ramsey in the finals of the playoffs.[59]

The Highlander baseball team won the Group II state championship in 1999 (defeating runner-up Gateway Regional High School in the finals of the tournament), 2011 (vs. West Essex High School), 2015 (vs. Bernards High School) and 2024 (vs. Pascack Valley High School).[60] The program won its second Group II state title in 2011 with a win in the finals against the West Essex High School Knights by a score of 8–2.[61] In 2015, the team won its third Group II state championship with a 10–4 win in the tournament final against Bernards High School.[62] In 2016, the baseball team captured their first ever Union County Tournament championship with a 3–2 win against Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School.[63] The team repeated as champion in 2018, 2021 and 2024, each time beating Westfield.[64][65]

In 2004, Mike Carmody won the state championship in the 800m.[citation needed]

In 2005, Anthony Abitante won the state championship in the pole vault.[66]

The softball team won the 2007 Central, Group II state sectional championship with a string of shutout wins over Roselle Park High School (10-0), Shore Regional High School (6-0) and Delaware Valley Regional High School (1-0) in the tournament final.[67] The team moved on to win the Group II state championship with wins over James Caldwell High School (4-2) and Pascack Hills High School (2-0) in the final game of the playoffs.[68][69][70]

In 2008, the boys fencing team won the state title in the sabre; in 2015 the team won the foil team title.[71] In 2009, the girls squad won the overall team title and the sabre title; in 2012, the team won the foil state title.[72]

The 2008-09 ice hockey team qualified for the 2009 UCIHL playoffs and finished second in the county. The team also qualified for the New Jersey Public High School state championship and went on to the school's first state playoff victory over Sparta High School with a score of 1–0.

In 2011, Anthony DeFranco was the North II Group II pole vault state champ as well as a first team All-State track and field selection by The Star-Ledger.[73] and the track team won their fourth state sectional championship in the previous seven years.[74]

In 2013, the boys track team won their fifth state sectional championship.[75]

The boys track team won the Group II spring / outdoor track state championship in 2017.[76]

The co-op hockey team won the Public Group C state championship in 2022 with a 2-0 win in the tournament final against the Morris Knolls High School / Morris Hills High School co-op team.[77] The 2023 team repeated as Public C champion with a 5-4 win in the fourth overtime period against Woodbridge High School.[78]

Marching band

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The Governor Livingston Highlander Band competes against other bands associated with an organization called Tournament of Bands (TOB). TOB is organized into regions called "chapters", with the Highlander Band being in Chapter X. The championship competition is known as the Atlantic Coast Championship held each November. The school's band has won many of the organization's championships.

Clubs

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The school has many clubs including foreign language clubs, drama, and various student outreach programs:[79]

GLTV

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The Berkeley Heights local access cable channel (GLTV) Comcast: 34 / FiOS: 47 broadcasts from the Governor Livingston Television Studio; the station is run almost entirely by students with the help of a single adult advisor. The student member of the GLTV Crew shoot various events in the school such as sports, concerts, plays and events.[80]

The school's principal is Robert Nixon. His administration team includes the two assistant principals and the athletic director.[1]

Notable alumni

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See also: Category:Governor Livingston High School alumni

References

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  4. ^ a b Mayer, Troy. "The Return of Hank the Highlander", TAPinto Berkeley Heights, December 5, 2022. Accessed September 19, 2023. "Governor Livingston High School athletes have another supporter on the field and on the court with mascot 'Hank the Highlander' making a return to events after his brief break from the school's public eye. The origins of the Governor Livingston High School mascot can be traced back all the way to 1960, when the Highlander was chosen to be the face of the school’s identity, after a school board vote decided on it."
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  9. ^ "Voters OK Funds For New School". Courier News. May 1, 1957. Retrieved November 9, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "'Unfortunate' Galled Good School Name", Courier News, September 2, 1959. Accessed April 12, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Governor Livingston Regional High School, the name chosen for the school by the board's school name committee of Everett A. Fay and Dr. Minor C. K. Jones, came under immediate fire from board member John L. Banyasz. Banyasz said, 'The greatest deed the board could do is to name it Memorial High School in honor of the memory of the boys from the school district who gave their lives for their country. As a matter of fact, there's a Livingston High School and a Livingston town within a few miles of us.'"
  11. ^ "Schools to Offer Electronics Course", Courier News, August 13, 1960. Accessed September 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Fredericks joins with Superintendent Warren M. Davis and Principal Frederick Aho in their enthusiasm for the new featured course at the Governor Livingston School."
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  17. ^ "Schools study plans for graduation party", Courier News, December 18, 1988. Accessed September 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Preliminary plans for Project Graduation, an all-night, drug- and alcohol-free party for seniors, are being made at Governor Livingston Regional High School in Berkeley Heights. Project Graduation will provide high school graduates a place to gather as a class one last time without any alcohol or drugs."
  18. ^ Berkeley Heights Public School District 2015 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 7, 2016. "In addition to serving the public school students of Berkeley Heights, high school students from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside are educated at Governor Livingston High School."
  19. ^ Mustac, Frank. "Contract Signed to Continue Sending Mountainside Students to Governor Livingston High School", TAP into Mountainside, October 12, 2016. Accessed February 5, 2020. "With the Berkeley Heights Board of Education's recent approval of a renegotiated send/receive agreement, new terms are now in place by which the Mountainside School District will be sending its students in grades nine through 12 to Governor Livingston High School.... The new contract runs for five years from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2022, with a renewal option for an additional five years... The business administrator explained that 30 percent of the Mountainside School District annual budget goes to paying the Berkeley Heights district for sending about 300 students who live in Mountainside to Governor Livingston High School."
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  33. ^ Baum, Victoria. "Governor Livingston High School’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program Celebrates 42 Years of Innovation and Excellence", TAPinto Berkeley Heights, October 29, 2019. Accessed April 4, 2024. "Since 1976, Governor Livingston High School’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program has been offering unique opportunities for high school students throughout the state of New Jersey."
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  44. ^ Frezza Jr., Harry. "Piscataway, Immaculata easily should move to 3-0", Courier News, September 21, 2006. AccessedSeptember 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The Highlanders christened their new FieldTurf surface last week, but A.L. Johnson was able to win that important Mountain Valley Conference Mountain Division game on that surface, building a 19-0 lead before winning 19-7. Governor Livingston will rebound."
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  47. ^ Staff. "Bicknell Added to B.C. Staff", The Boston Globe, January 21, 1968. Accessed June 14, 2011. "Bicknell coached at three high schools in New Jersey and Governor Livingston to the state title in 1965."
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  51. ^ "State title eludes gamely Freehold", Asbury Park Press, November 17, 1979. Accessed December 30, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "For about 10 and one-half minutes of the third quarter, last night's NJSIAA Group II championship matchup at Mercer County Park took on the aura of a wild west shootout. When the smoke cleared, Freehold and Berkeley Heights had scored two goals apiece. The final difference, then, became a first-half goal the only first-half goal by Berkeley striker Roger Norman at 18:48 on a shot deflected off the shoulder of a Colonial defender. And with that, Berkeley won the state title, 3-2."
  52. ^ Zedalis, Joe. "Gov. Livingston outguns Freehold for Group II title", Asbury Park Press, November 17, 1984. Accessed September 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "The silence came from the Freehold side, which oddly enough thundered regularly last night at Wall High School But what could be said after the Colonials were soundly beaten, 3-0, by Governor Livingston of Berkeley Heights in the NJSIAA Group II final. The Highlanders (22-1) were a tall and exceptionally quick team."
  53. ^ Zeevalk, John. "Gov. Livingston wins it all! Paviolitis' OT goal secures state title", Courier News, November 18, 1994. Accessed September 19, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "For the Governor Livingston's boys soccer team Thursday, the bus ride to Trenton State College was very long. But the ride home was short, and sweet. Senior Jim Paviolitis goal 45 seconds into the first overtime lifted Governor Livingston to a 2-1 victory over Hopewell Valley, giving the Highlanders the state North Jersey 2, Group 2 boys soccer championship before an estimated 1,000 people at Lions field."
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  59. ^ Knego, Lauren. "Girls Soccer: Gov. Livingston wins first Group title since 1985", Courier News, November 18, 2018. Accessed December 17, 2018. "The NJSIAA Group II title was a long time coming for the Governor Livingston High School girls soccer team. The Highlanders (21-4), which hadn't won a Group title since 1985 and hadn't been to a final since 1986, won their first Group II title in 33 years on Sunday night with a 3-2 victory over Ramsey at Kean University."
  60. ^ Baseball Championship History: 1959–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated June 2024. Accessed September 1, 2024.
  61. ^ Behre, Bob. "Gov. Livingston (8) at West Essex (2), NJSIAA Group Tournament, Final Round, Group 2 - Baseball", The Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), June 11, 2011. Accessed June 14, 2011. "Roof's boys did go to Toms River, site of the NJSIAA baseball championships, and the team returned to Berkeley Heights yesterday afternoon as the Group 2 champion after it struck for six runs in the top of the seventh inning to defeat -- interestingly enough-- West Essex, 8-2, at Toms River North. It is Gov. Livingston's second Group 2 championship. It won its first group title in 1999."
  62. ^ Kratch, James. "Baseball: Gov. Livingston defeats Bernards to win Group 2 championship", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 6, 2015. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Mike Falk went 2-for-3 with a home run, double and four RBI and Dan Belfer threw 5 1/3 strong innings as Gov. Livingston downed Bernards, 10-4, to win the Group 2 state championship here Saturday at Ken Frank Baseball Stadium on the campus of Toms River South. The victory gives Gov. Livingston (28-6) its third state championship in school history and its first since 2011."
  63. ^ Greco, Richard. "Third time's a charm as Gov. Livingston claims first Union County Tournament title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 15, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2016. "Doren polished the bout off in style as he struck out the final batter, tossed his glove towards first base and embraced catcher Dan Baroff before the long-awaited dog pile on the pitcher's mound as third-seeded Gov. Livingston defeated top-seeded Scotch Plains-Fanwood, 3-2, in the Union County Tournament final at Kean University's Jim Hynes Stadium on Sunday afternoon... Although the Highlanders won Group 2 championships in 1999, 2011 and 2015, this season marks Gov. Livingston's first county tournament title."
  64. ^ Union County Baseball Tournament Champions, Union County Conference. Accessed August 19, 2024.
  65. ^ Parachini, JR. "Governor Livingston baseball wins fourth G2 state title", Union News Daily, June 14, 2024. Accessed August 19, 2024. "Gov. Livingston wins UCT and Group 2 in same season for first time UCT titles: 2016, 2018, 2021 and 2024 Group 2 crowns: 1999, 2011, 2015 and 2024"
  66. ^ Harleston, Gregory. "Boys Track & Field Meet Of Champions"[dead link‍], Courier News, February 28, 2005. Accessed October 25, 2012. "Governor Livingston pole vaulter Anthony Abitante didn't match his personal best of 15 feet, but he did jump 14 feet, 6 inches to claim gold."
  67. ^ 2007 Softball - Central, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 8, 2007.
  68. ^ 2007 Softball - Public Semis/Finals, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 12, 2007.
  69. ^ Softball Championship History 1972–2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated July 2023. Accessed April 1, 2024.
  70. ^ "Catalano leads Governor Livingston to first state title", Asbury Park Press, June 10, 2007. Accessed January 6, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Governor Livingston rode the arm of Capri Catalano and one swing of the bat from Nicole Koszowski to an NJSIAA Group II championship over Pascack Hills on Saturday at Toms River High School East. Koszowski put Governor Livingston on top with an RBI triple in the top of the fourth and Catalano pitched seven shutout innings as the Highlanders topped the Cowgirls, 2-0, for then-first state championship."
  71. ^ NJSIAA History of Boys Fencing Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  72. ^ NJSIAA History of Girls Fencing Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  73. ^ Andrew Miller, "Boys Track and Field 2011 All-State Selections", Star Ledger, "Pole Vault: Anthony DeFranco, Gov. Livingston, 5-8, 128, Senior; The Rider-bound DeFranco cleared 15-0 on his first attempt to capture the M of C title on fewer misses. He also won the vault at the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 title with a 14-0," June 26, 2011. Accessed December 23, 2018.
  74. ^ Frezza, Harry. "Governor Livingston, Bernards take home sectional titles", Asbury Park Press, May 28, 2011. Accessed June 23, 2011. "Drama chased the Governor Livingston boys and Bernards girls down the homestretch as both pursued NJSIAA Track and Field sectional crowns at Jost Field. Governor Livingston had its eye on Snyder of Jersey City in the North 2 Group II meet. Bernards was having a back-and-forth with Summit in the same section."
  75. ^ Martino, Joe. "Governor Livingston needs team effort for Group II title", Asbury Park Press, May 25, 2013. Accessed July 1, 2013. "The Governor Livingston High School boys track and field team outlasted second-place Matawan for its fifth sectional title in the NJSIAA Central Group II championships at Monmouth Regional High School on Saturday."
  76. ^ NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2021.
  77. ^ Bruno, Paul. "Ice Hockey: Gov. Livingston Wins Public C State Championship", TapInto Berkeley Heights, March 7, 2022. Accessed December 23, 2023. "That combination, along with a gritty defensive effort and a late empty net goal from Alec Nasredinne, allowed second-seeded Gov. Livingston/New Providence to forge a 2-0 victory over top-seeded and two-time and defending champion Morris Knolls/Morris Hills in the NJSIAA Public C championship on Monday at the Prudential Center in Newark."
  78. ^ Gurnis, Mike. "Ice Hockey: Exhaustion after Public C final goes 4OT, longest in state final history", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2023. Accessed December 23, 2023. "It was Siksnius who netted the game-winner 37 seconds into the fourth overtime, which gave Gov. Livingston its second-straight NJSIAA Public C title with a 5-4 win over Woodbridge Township at Prudential Center."
  79. ^ Clubs & Activities Overview, Governor Livingston High School. Accessed October 6, 2016.
  80. ^ Home Page, GLTV. Accessed March 25, 2015. "GLTV is a local access TV station that services the communities of Berkeley Heights and Mountainside, NJ. We are based out of the Governor Livingston HS Television Studio and are run almost entirely by students."
  81. ^ Knutzen, Eirik. "Stat star had no choice but to take part", The Morning Call, May 26, 1991. Accessed April 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Boutsikaris, a five-foot-six flyweight who was born in Newark, N.J., and reared in nearby Berkeley Heights, claims he had no choice but to become an actor while a student at Governor Livingston Regional High School. 'That's because I was too short to do sports and incapable of doing a number of other things. The only thing I excelled at was acting, so I stuck with it.'"
  82. ^ LePoidevin, Michelle H. "From Berkeley Heights to Berkeley, Gimple Finds Justice With Fillmore!" Archived August 29, 2014, at the Wayback Machine, The Westfield Leader, September 26, 2002, p. 24. Accessed February 27, 2011. "As the Creator and Executive Producer of Walt Disney Television Animation's new Saturday morning program, Fillmore!, Berkeley Heights native Scott Gimple has brought a new duo of crime-solving intermediate school superheroes to the screen – minus the violence.... Gimple, who attended fifth grade through senior year in Berkeley Heights, graduated Governor Livingston High School."
  83. ^ Jerry Ragonese, Premier Lacrosse League. Accessed February 5, 2020. "Jerry Ragonese is a Berkeley Heights, NJ native who attended Governor Livingston High School."
  84. ^ "Local students named to college dean's lists", Independent Press, September 11, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed February 5, 2020. "Juliette Reilly, a member of the class of 2016, is a music major from Berkeley Heights. She is the child of Mr. & Mrs. Hayes A Reilly and a graduate of Gov. Livingston Regional High."
  85. ^ Kaplan, Ron. "NJ native hosts gameshow with twist of the news", New Jersey Jewish News, July 13, 2006, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 20, 2013. Accessed October 6, 2016. "After graduating from Governor Livingston Regional High School (the 'Regional' was later dropped), Peter, 41, attended Harvard University, where he earned a degree in English literature."
  86. ^ Cedeira, Marian. "GL graduate adapts 'Tale of Two Cities' for the Broadway stage", Independent Press, August 19, 2008. Accessed February 27, 2011. "Jill Santoriello, Governor Livingston High School Class of 1983, has written the book, music and lyrics for A Tale of Two Cities, a new musical currently in previews at the Al Hirschfeld Theater, in New York City's theater district."
  87. ^ Shapiro, Michael M. "Jill Santoriello and A Tale of Two Cities: Reaching for the Stars and Obtaining Them" Archived July 16, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, TheAlternativePress.com, October 1, 2008. Accessed January 30, 2010. "She said that she played piano by ear and was in the chorus and school plays at Governor Livingston. It was at that time that she read A Tale of Two Cities and 'fell in love with the story.'"
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