James Caldwell High School

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James Caldwell High School is an American four-year comprehensive public high school in West Caldwell, in Essex County, New Jersey, as part of the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools. The school is named after American Revolutionary War figure Reverend James Caldwell.

Contents 1 Awards and recognition 2 Extracurricular activities 3 Administration 4 References 5 External links

[edit] Awards and recognition

James Caldwell High School was the 43rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools^[1].

[edit] Extracurricular activities

James Caldwell High School competes in the Suburban Division of the Northern Hills Conference.

In September 2005, six student editors and reporters of the high school's newspaper, The Caldron, reached a settlement with the Caldwell-West Caldwell School District, through the ACLU, forbidding most censorship by the high school principal and allowing an article about sexual mores to be published. ^[2]

On October 11, 2006, a 16-year-old football player by the name of James Bliss (Jamie) died during a football practice. ^[3]

[edit] Administration

• Dr. Kevin Barnes - Principal
• Mr. James Brown - Vice Principal
• Ms. Sallie Liberio - Supervisor of Secondary Education
• Mr. Richard Porfido - Director of Athletics
• Mrs. Maryanne Melnyk - Supervisor of Guidance
• Mr. Scott Chamberlain - Supervisor of Music

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• James Caldwell High School
• Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools
• Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Caldwell-West Caldwell Public Schools