consists of an "A" team and a "B" team. These teams were determined by performance on multiple tryout examinations. The "A" team have received several accolades, including 3rd Place at the High Technology High School Quiz Bowl Competition, and 2nd place at the Biotechnology Quiz Bowl. Red Cross A branch of the Health Occupations Students of America, this club serves to primarily organize fundraisers and food drives for people in need. In the past, they have hosted successful Can Drives, Letters for Veterans, and blood drives. The club was founded by Ashlesha Thorat (Class of 2019), and the current President is Amol Shirodkar (Class of 2020). Other clubs Other clubs include HOSA, art club, tech club, yearbook, 4-H, pulse (started in 2013–2014 school year), and NHS. Awards and recognition The Academy of Allied Health & Science has been recognized for many awards, including: In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 12th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked fifth among all high schools in New Jersey. Ranked the 4th best high school in the country for STEM in 2013. Newsweek named the school 9th overall among the nearly 30,000 public high schools in the U.S. in their rankings of "America's Top High Schools 2015" released in August 2015; The school was ranked 6th in New Jersey. Blue Ribbon School, awarded by the United States Department of Education in 2001–02, 2007, and again for a third time in 2018 - the highest honor an American school can achieve. For the 1999–2000 school year, it was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve. The school was recognized by Governor Jim McGreevey in 2003 as one of 25 schools selected statewide for the First Annual Governor's School of Excellence award. National Service Learning Leader School 1998–1999, 2005 Intel / Scholastic School of Distinction 2005 Ranked 74th best high school in the country in 2009 by U.S. News & World Report. Ranked one of 16 schools tied for first out of 381 public high schools statewide in 2011 (unchanged from the 2010) by Schooldigger.com, based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy (100.0%) and mathematics (100.0%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA). The Asbury Park Press wrote