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Steinert High School (also called Hamilton High School East) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, one of three secondary high schools that are part of the Hamilton Township School District, located in Hamilton Township in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. The other high schools in the district are Nottingham High School (Hamilton High School North) and Hamilton High School (Hamilton High School West). The school mascot is the Spartan.

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,595 students and 103 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.49:1.

Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 189th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 199th in 2008 out of 316 schools. Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 176th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 21 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).

Courses
Steinert offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses in AP United States History, AP European History, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States Government and AP Calculus.

Sports
The Steinert High School Spartans compete in the Colonial Valley Conference, which operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. With 1,126 students in grades 10 to 12, the school is classified as Central Jersey, Group IV, a category that includes schools with enrollment of 1,120 to 2,339 in those three grades.

The 1992 baseball team defeated Hoboken High School, 5-4, to win the NJSIAA Group III State Championship. The squad finished with a 31-1 record, the most wins ever recorded in a season by a Mercer County baseball school. The team was inducted into the Steinert Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008.

The 2006 baseball team won the Central, Group IV title, defeating South Brunswick High School 11-4 in the tournament final. The team then moved on to win the state Group IV championship, defeating Randolph High School 4-1 in the final game.

The girls' softball team won the 2004 NJSIAA Group IV State Championship.

In 2007, the field hockey team won the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Toms River High School South in the tournament final.

In 2007, the girls soccer team won the Central, Group IV state sectional championship with a 1-0 win over Jackson Memorial High School in the tournament final.

In 2011, Steinert's varsity lacrosse team finished its first season with a 6-10 record. Lacrosse Website: https://sites.google.com/site/steinertboyslacrosse/home

The 2011 football team won the first two rounds of the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group III state championship tournament, defeating Wall High School and Woodbridge High School, and will face Neptune High School in the tournament final in the first weekend of December, hoping to become the first team from Mercer County in over three decades to win a sectional football title.

Extracurricular activities
Steinert offers a wide variety of clubs and activities:
 * Breakfast Club
 * Environmental Activist Club
 * Awesome Anime Club
 * Latin, German, Spanish, Italian, French Language Clubs
 * Sports including-Cross Country, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Soccer, Tennis, Football, Track, Swimming, Basketball, Golf, and Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Lacrosse.
 * Creative Writing Club
 * Student government (SGA)
 * An annual play
 * The Spectrum (student newspaper)
 * GSA a gay and lesbian rights advocacy club
 * Computer Club
 * A music program which includes marching band, jazz band, concert band, and pit ensemble.
 * Mr. SHS - Male Beauty Pageant
 * Travel Club - offering students a venue to discuss and encourage travel
 * Parallax - student creative writing and art magazine
 * Science club
 * Class officers
 * FIRST Robotics Team - Steinert Robotics Team #2180
 * Chess Club
 * Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
 * Ping Pong Club
 * Ski Club
 * Lacrosse Club
 * Fashion Club
 * Web page Design Club
 * NASCAR Club
 * DECA

Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
 * Principal - Kelly Mattis
 * Vice Principal - Duane Robinson
 * Vice Principal - Roberta Schectel
 * Vice Principal - Steve Simek

Notable alumni

 * Samuel Alito (born 1950), Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
 * Bill Baroni (born 1971), Deputy Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who previously represented the 14th legislative district in the New Jersey Senate.
 * Greg Coleman (born 1974), Minor League Baseball executive, General Manager of the Modesto A's (2001–2004).
 * Wayne DeAngelo (born 1965), represents New Jersey's 14th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2008.
 * Dan Donigan (born 1967), retired United States soccer forward, former head coach of Saint Louis University Men's Soccer team and current head coach of Rutgers University Mens Soccer team. In 1999, he was named by The Star-Ledger as one of the top ten New Jersey high school soccer players of the 1980s.
 * Dave Gallagher (born 1960), former MLB outfielder.
 * Dahntay Jones (born 1980), G/F for the NBA's Dallas Mavericks.
 * Chris Pittaro (born 1961), former MLB 2nd baseman and current Oakland Athletics National Field Coordinator.
 * Art Smith, football player for the Arena Football League Arizona Rattlers.
 * Bobby Smith (born 1951), North American Soccer League All Star defender who won three league championships, one in Philadelphia and two with the New York Cosmos.

Notable staff

 * Duane Robinson (born 1968), was the 1990 # 1 overall pick of the Illinois Thunder of National Professional Soccer League.

Past events

 * In 2008, the Senior Gifted and Talented (GT) English class organized a 5K Run/Walk in order to raise money for Autism Speaks. The event was held in Veteran’s Park in Hamilton on June 7, 2008. The GT English teacher, Andy Sinkleris, organized and motivated his senior class to make this event happen through education and a personal responsibility to spreading awareness of Autism and Asperger's Syndrome. The student body was successful in holding the event, raising awareness, and raising money for Autism Speaks.