Atlantic City High School

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Atlantic City High School is a four-year public high school located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. Students from Brigantine, Longport, Margate and Ventnor attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships.

In 2003, the school was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.^[1]

1 History
2 Athletics
3 Notable alumni
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Atlantic City's first high school building was built in 1895 at Illinois and Arctic Avenues, though the building's small size did not allow much room for growth.

In 1901, the high school relocated to a building Ohio and Pacific Avenues. After the high school relocated a third time, the building was reused as the Ohio Avenue School for many years. The third building, located at Albany and Atlantic Avenues, opened on September 17, 1923. Constructed at a cost of over $1.75 million, it included a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 6,000-pipe organ.

The fourth, and current, Atlantic City High School was constructed on “Great Island,” opening to students on November 4, 1994.^[2]

[edit] Athletics

In 1924, Atlantic City High School won the state swimming championship for a fourth time, setting three meet records in the process, with the Lawrenceville School coming in second and The Peddie School in third.^[3] The next year, at a meet held in Philadelphia, the swim team won the national interscholastic championship, breaking the streak of four championships won by Mercersburg Academy.^[4] The Atlantic City swim team were the guests of President Calvin Coolidge at the White House, in recognition of their championship.^[5]

[edit] Notable alumni

Rosalind Cash (1956), actress whose career endured on stage, screen, and television, despite her staunch refusal to portray stereotyped "black" roles. Cash was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of Go Tell It on the Mountain.^[6]
George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party.^[7]
Jessica Savitch, television broadcaster on NBC Nightly News and news reporter killed in a car accident on October 23, 1983.^[8]

[edit] References

^ List of dangerous schools, CNN, September 25, 2003
^ Article on the history of the old high school building, accessed [[{December 3]], 2006
^ "ATLANTIC CITY HIGH TAKES SWIM TITLE; Wins New Jersey Scholastic Championship for Fourth Time -- Three Records Broken.", The New York Times, March 9, 1924. p. S2.
^ "ATLANTIC CITY HIGH TAKES SWIM TITLE; Beats Mercersburg, Four-Time Winner, in National Championship Meet at Penn. THREE RECORDS BROKEN Mercersburg Relay Team and Scherer and Barnitz Make New Figures.", The New York Times, January 25, 1925. p. S1.
^ "President Coolidge Receives Atlantic City H.S. Natators", The New York Times, March 24, 1925. p. 18.
^ Biography for Rosalind Cash from the Internet Movie Database, accessed December 3, 2006
^ George Rockwell from NNDB, accessed December 3, 2006
^ IN A QUIET SERVICE, FAMILY AND FRIENDS MOURN FOR SAVITCH, The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 1983, "Savitch graduated from Atlantic City High School in 1964..."