Students from Pennsauken Township left the high school with the opening of
Pennsauken High School in September 1959.[2]
With the loss of Maple Shade students to the new
Maple Shade High School in 1972, Merchantville closed its high school after the end of the 1971–72 school year and started sending its students to Pennsauken High School for grades nine through twelve.[3][4]
^"Pennsauken High classes of 1962-'65 to share reunion", NJ Advance Media for
NJ.com, August 22, 2018, updated January 30, 2019. Accessed March 12, 2022. "Pennsauken joined the ranks of towns to have its own high school in 1959. Prior to that, local students would have attended Merchantville High School."
^McPherson, Gary.
"Looking back through the Maple Shade archives", The Central Record, December 8, 2010. Accessed September 2, 2014. "With the then brand new Maple Shade High School slated to open its doors in 1972, Merchantville residents were faced with a dilemma. Keep the high school open and support a 200 student building or close the school and send local students to Pennsauken High School instead."
^Williams, Andre.
"At 50, Ex-buck Greacen Is Still A Gym Rat", The Morning Call, March 20, 1998. Accessed December 24, 2015. "'I was a typical suburban kid,' said the 50-year-old Greacen, who grew up in South New Jersey and attended the now-defunct Merchantville High."
^"Humphreys-Strong Nuptials in Sayville Church", Newsday, January 5, 1951. Accessed May 8, 2022, via
Newspapers.com. "Miss Joy Christina Strong, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roland Strong of Collins Ave., Sayville, became the bride 4 PM Saturday of Burrell Ives Humphreys, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Humphreys of E. Maple Ave., Merchantville, N.J., in the Sayville Methodist Church, the Rev. John F. Protheroe pastor officiating.... Her husband is an alumnus of Merchantville High School, Dickinson College and is attending Temple Law School in Philadelphia."
Students from Pennsauken Township left the high school with the opening of
Pennsauken High School in September 1959.[2]
With the loss of Maple Shade students to the new
Maple Shade High School in 1972, Merchantville closed its high school after the end of the 1971–72 school year and started sending its students to Pennsauken High School for grades nine through twelve.[3][4]
^"Pennsauken High classes of 1962-'65 to share reunion", NJ Advance Media for
NJ.com, August 22, 2018, updated January 30, 2019. Accessed March 12, 2022. "Pennsauken joined the ranks of towns to have its own high school in 1959. Prior to that, local students would have attended Merchantville High School."
^McPherson, Gary.
"Looking back through the Maple Shade archives", The Central Record, December 8, 2010. Accessed September 2, 2014. "With the then brand new Maple Shade High School slated to open its doors in 1972, Merchantville residents were faced with a dilemma. Keep the high school open and support a 200 student building or close the school and send local students to Pennsauken High School instead."
^Williams, Andre.
"At 50, Ex-buck Greacen Is Still A Gym Rat", The Morning Call, March 20, 1998. Accessed December 24, 2015. "'I was a typical suburban kid,' said the 50-year-old Greacen, who grew up in South New Jersey and attended the now-defunct Merchantville High."
^"Humphreys-Strong Nuptials in Sayville Church", Newsday, January 5, 1951. Accessed May 8, 2022, via
Newspapers.com. "Miss Joy Christina Strong, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Roland Strong of Collins Ave., Sayville, became the bride 4 PM Saturday of Burrell Ives Humphreys, son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis B. Humphreys of E. Maple Ave., Merchantville, N.J., in the Sayville Methodist Church, the Rev. John F. Protheroe pastor officiating.... Her husband is an alumnus of Merchantville High School, Dickinson College and is attending Temple Law School in Philadelphia."