Science Park High School (Newark, New Jersey)

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Newark Public Schools Science Park High School

Principal	Christine Taylor
Established	1974
School type	Public Magnet HS
Location	Newark, NJ
Enrollment	TBA
Campus	Urban
School colors	Blue & Gold
Nicknames	Science, Chargers,
Website	NPS Official Site[1] School Private Website [2]

Science Park High School AKA Science High School, is a public magnet public high school located in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey. The school opened in 1974. In 2005 it had an enrollment of 575 students.

Science High School was the 53rd-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].

The school selects applicants based an application including test scored in reading and mathematics, and also requires an entrance test.

Ethnically, the student population is 40% black, 30% Hispanic, 28% white and 2% Asian/Pacific Islander.

For 32 years the school was located at 40 Rector Street, which was originally the Ballantine Brewery. After being a brewery it was acquired by Rutgers University-Newark and was converted into a facility for chemistry research and training. Finally in the 1970s, the Newark Public Schools leased the structure and converted it for use as a school. Science High School left the building in 2006 to move to Science Park High School, which was constructed near Newark's Science Park and has have a capacity of 800 students and a 6-acre campus.

The property on which the former Science High School resided, was originally a beer factory with a unique Art Deco architectural design. There is not yet a certain plain for the property. There were plans to reuse it as a facility for the new "American History High School", however it is being considered for sale by the city of Newark to a development company run by Newark native Shaquille O'Neal, who wants to build a 30-floor condominium and retail complex in the heart of Newark's historical district.

1 Science High School
2 Science PARK High School
3 Athletics
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[edit] Science High School

The original Science High School started as a school within a school in the early 1970's. After a successful year, it moved to its 40 Rector street location "temporarily". There were several issues due to the condition of the building. Among these were the amount of classrooms and classroom sizes, the absence of a gym requiring the use of the nearby YMCA for gym classes, and issues with lunch scheduling. The Science Park High School was promised for a long time to the Science High family. The existence in the Rector Street facility at all was only supposed to be temporary. Two walkouts occurred within the past 5 years in order to push for the new facility.

Science Park Logo

[edit] Science PARK High School

There were many changes in the new school. One change was the inclusion of seventh and eighth grade classes. Their classes consist of rigorous preparation in math, science, and English in order to prepare them for the college prep courses to be taken in their ninth grade year.