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St. Mary of the Assumption High School

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Type
  
Private, Coeducational

Established
  
1930

Phone
  
+1 908-352-4350

Founded
  
1930

Religious affiliation(s)
  
Roman Catholic

Superintendent
  
Dr. Margaret Dames

Founder
  
Sisters of Charity

Colors
  
White, Blue

Motto
  
Celebrating Our Past, Focused on Our Future!

School district
  
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark

Address
  
237 S Broad St, Elizabeth, NJ 07202, USA

Similar
  
Elizabeth High School, Benedicti Academy, Roselle Catholic High Sch, Mother Seton Regional, St Patrick High School

Profiles

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St. Mary of the Assumption High School is a small Catholic high school on Broad Street in Elizabeth, in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The old high school building consists of a three-story brick building with a basement serving as additional classroom space for a total of four floors of education space. The school is affiliated with its parent parish, St. Mary's Church, and operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1992.

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As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 200 students and 14.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.8:1.

Athletics

The St. Mary of the Assumption High School Hilltoppers compete in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, which includes public and private high schools in Union County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). Prior to the 2010 NJSIAA's realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference, which consisted of public and parochial high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey.

School colors are blue and white. The school is classified as Non-Public Group B for competition purposes. Sports offered include baseball (men), basketball (men and women), bowling (men and women), cross country (men), soccer (men), softball (women), tennis (women) and volleyball (women).

Notable alumni

  • Chris Bollwage (born 1955; class of 1972), mayor of Elizabeth, New Jersey.
  • Hubie Brown (born 1933; class of 1951), two-time NBA Coach of the Year (1978, 2004) and member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.
  • Chuck Feeney (born 1931, class of 1949), businessman, philanthropist and the founder of The Atlantic Philanthropies, one of the largest private foundations in the world; his 2016 donation of $250,000 was the largest in school history.
  • Kevin M. Tucker (1940-2012), Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department from 1986 to 1988.
  • References

    St. Mary of the Assumption High School Wikipedia


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