Type Public high school Principal Anthony Colasurdo Faculty 44.0 FTEs Phone +1 201-422-6130 Number of students 520 (2014–2015) Lowest grade Seventh grade | Established 1940 (building) Asst. principal Robert Ferullo Grades 7–12 Founded 1940 Colors Black, Red | |
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Address 53 Liberty Pl, Weehawken, NJ 07086, USA | ||
Weehawken high school talent show 2014
Weehawken High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Weehawken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Weehawken School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.
Contents
- Weehawken high school talent show 2014
- Campus and student body
- Awards recognition and rankings
- Curriculum
- Marching band
- Athletics
- Clubs
- Administration
- Notable alumni
- References
As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 520 students and 44.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.8:1. There were 248 students (47.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 61 (11.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Campus and student body
The campus, located across the Hudson River from New York City, just west of Boulevard East atop the New Jersey Palisades, consists of a three-story brick structure located in a residential area completed in 1940. The building includes three computer labs, a STEAM lab, an ITV room, a modern library/media center, science labs, an auditorium that can accommodate 800 and a newly renovated gymnasium with a seating capacity of 1,200. The facility has been used by Hudson Theatre Works, a non-profit regional performance group based in Weehawken.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 189th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 91st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 104th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 119th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 109th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. SchoolDigger.com ranked the school 170th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 34 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (82.5%) and language arts literacy (91.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Curriculum
Students are offered Advanced Placement (AP) classes in many subjects, including AP United States History, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics and AP Spanish Language. College preparatory classes throughout high school, as well as electives offered in conjunction with St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Weehawken allows Juniors to take a free Princeton Review SAT prep class on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays.
Marching band
In 2012 and 2013, the Weehawken High School Marching Band, under the direction of Michael Lichtenfeld and his band staff, ranked first in the state of New Jersey winning the USBands Group 1A state championship title. (Group 1A division is a band with 40 or fewer people on the field during competition). In November 2013, the band won the USBands Group 1A National Championship title.
Athletics
The Weehawken High School Indians compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which includes private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). With 245 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 487 students in that grade range. Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Weehawken was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) National Division.
The school participates in a joint wrestling program in partnership with Bogota High School as the host school / lead agency, under an agreement that expires at the end of the 2017-18 school year; the school also participates in a joint junior varsity ice hockey program with Kearny High School as host school, under an agreement that expires after the 2016-17 school year.
Interscholastic sports teams offered at the school include:
The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1933 (defeating Hamilton High School in the tournament final) and 1938 (vs. Rutherford High School), and won the Group II title in 1942 (vs. Neptune High School), 1943 (vs. Highland Park High School), 1946 (vs. Verona High School), 1953 (vs. Red Bank Regional High School), 1954 (vs. Sayreville High School) and 1955 (vs. Palmyra High School). The eight group championships won by the program is tied for seventh-most among all schools in the state and the third-most among public schools.
The boys' soccer team was awarded the Group II state championship in 1951 and 1952.
Clubs
Extracurricular clubs offered include:
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
Notable alumni
Notable alumni include those inducted into the school's hall of fame.