Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden

Manchester Township High School

101 Hawks Way, Manchester, NJ

Mission of the Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden

The Manchester Township High School Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden was created in 2012 by members of the Class of 2014 to honor students and staff who passed away during their time at the Home of the Hawks.

The Peer Leadership Seminar students from the 2020-2021 school year took on the project of restoring, improving and reopening the garden, which is located in an interior courtyard of the high school. They refreshed the landscaping and added plaques on the wall for all of the Fallen Hawks. They also made a video explaining the project and created a bulletin board with photos and information about each of the students and staff members memorialized in the garden. They even met virtually with the original creators from the Class of 2014 to discuss their plans. The garden was rededicated at the end of the school year. 

The 2021-2022 Peer Leadership Seminar Students continued to add to the garden by creating a glass-enclosed bulletin board with images and tributes to the fallen hawks in the hallway facing the garden, as well as ensuring each has a bronze memorial plaque with accurate information.

In September 2022, a waterfall was installed and a tree was replaced in honor of Tara Gardner, English Teacher. 

How To Help

If you are interested in donating or in honoring a graduate or former staff member from Manchester Township High School, or if you know of a student/staff member who passed away during their time in the building but is missing from the Fallen Hawks Memorial Garden, please contact Principal Dennis Adams at dadams@mtschools.org or by calling him at (732) 657-2121.