Extracurricular Activities
NBTHS offers close to 35 extracurricular activities for its students, many of which are integrated with the school’s academic curriculum. Its DECA program, linked with the school’s marketing coursework, has won championships at the regional, state, and the national levels. The Model United Nations has won honors at a variety of prestigious conferences, including those held at Harvard University, Georgetown University and Princeton University. Daedalus, the product of the school’s yearbook program, has won awards for excellence in yearbook production across New Jersey and at an annual conference held by Columbia University.
The school also serves as the host to a chapter of the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), Key Club, as well as honor societies like the National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, French Honor Society, German Honor Society, Latin Honor Society, and Italian Honor Society.
To accommodate growth of the school's arts program, the North Brunswick Board of Education approved a $67 million expansion that includes a 1,000 seat auditorium, music practice rooms, and theater and film production studios. The school has a marching band, which competes locally in the United States Scholastic Band Association (USSBA) circuit, along with a full orchestra, choir, a cappella group, jazz band, and winter percussion ensemble, who has been currently six years undefeated.
The school has a full theatre program (The Alchemist Theatre Company), which puts on three performances each year. During the 2011-2012 school year, the Alchemist Theatre Company performed The Laramie Project in the fall, "Theatre Revue 2011" in the winter, and Hairspray in the spring. The 2012-2013 lineup is Love of Three Oranges in the fall, Theatre Revue 2012 in the winter, and Beauty and the Beast (musical) in the spring.
Members of NBTHS also participate in the FIRST Robotics Program. Team 25, Raider Robotix, sponsored by local corporation Bristol-Myers Squibb, won the National Championships in 2000 and 2012, and finished as world championship finalists in 2003 and 2006. The team has also consistently won numerous state regionals all across the country as well and received international recognition for its achievements.
Other organizations include the school newspaper (The Banner), Environmental club, language clubs, Film production club, Care-to-Walk Club, Health Careers Club, Human Psych Club, Chemistry Club, Science League, the Academic Team, Mock Trial, the Debate Team, the LAMBDA Coalition and an award-winning literary magazine, Painted Words.
In the 2008-09 school year the mock trial team earned the titles of Middlesex County Champions, as well as Central Jersey, and ended third in the state. It was the first time in over 30 years that a Middlesex County team advanced to semi-regionals.
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