Lenape High School history

Eighteen months later, on March 21, 1957, 53 acres of land at the intersection of Church and Hartford roads in Medford Township were purchased as a site to accommodate Lenape High School.

Lenape High School opened in September 1958, before which students from Medford, Medford Lakes and Tabernacle Township had attended Rancocas Valley Regional High School.

As a result of the continuing population growth of the district, in July 1961 an addition to the original building was begun.

Lenape’s Alma Mater In the spring of 1962, the melody and poem of our Alma Mater were written by two Lenape students.

The school was named Shawnee and opened in the southeastern end of Medford Township on November 1, 1971.

By September 1975, a third high school, Cherokee, had been built on a 71 – acre tract at Tomlinson Mill and Willow Bend roads in Evesham Township.

During the 1980’s, the overall district population still continued to grow.

In December 1997, with enrollment soaring toward the 7000 mark, voters in all eight communities overwhelmingly approved a fourth high school in Tabernacle and an addition to Cherokee High School in Evesham.

The addition, Cherokee South, which includes a spectacular 1500 seat performing arts center, was dedicated in the fall of 2001.

On September 14, 2003, the Lenape District dedicated its fourth high school, Seneca, which opened its doors to the children of the Pinelands communities on Tuesday, Sept.