New Brunswick High School

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New Brunswick High School
Location
1125 Livingston Avenue
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Information
School district New Brunswick Public Schools
Principal David M. Aderhold
Vice principal Anthony Hadzimichalis
Tyrone Harrison
Ashanti Holley
Lester Voorhees
Enrollment

1,432 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 94.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 15.2[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Greater Middlesex Conference
Team name Zebras
Established 1875
Information 732-745-5300
Homepage School website

New Brunswick High School (NBHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in New Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the New Brunswick Public Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,432 students and 94.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.2.[1]

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[edit] Facilities (past, present, and future)

The 1875 NBHS building
The 1875 NBHS building
The 1916 NBHS building (before expansions)
The 1916 NBHS building (before expansions)

The first dedicated high school facility in New Brunswick, known as Livingston Avenue High School, was built in 1875 on the Livingston Avenue property where Roosevelt Elementary School currently stands. Previously, the "high school department" took up the second and third floors of the Bayard Street School.

The second high school facility was completed in 1916, and contained 30 classrooms and an 800-seat auditorium. A new gymnasium was built as part of an addition in 1941, and another addition was built in 1945. This facility was repurposed as A. Chester Redshaw Elementary School following the construction of the current high school facility. Redshaw Elementary was closed in 2005 and demolished in 2006, and a new elementary school is being constructed on the site.

The current facility is located on Livingston Avenue, near the North Brunswick Township border. Construction was completed in 1964. The 166,000-square-foot (15,400 m²) facility contains 67 classrooms (including dedicated classrooms for music and industrial arts classes), a gymnasium, a cafeteria, an auditorium, a library, and office space. The school was originally built to hold 1,200 students, and overcrowding has necessitated the use of modular classrooms. Memorial Stadium is located in the rear of the school, and is used for outdoor sports, physical education classes, and other school functions.

A new high school is currently in development and is expected to open in 2009. The 400,000-square-foot (37,000 m²) facility will be located on Route 27. The school is being designed to fit current needs, and will also allow for the potential future expansion of such programs as theatre arts, culinary arts, and media studies. It will feature "small learning communities", with classrooms that can be combined for the instruction of larger groups. After the new high school is completed, the current high school will be converted into a middle school for grades 6 through 8.

[edit] Student body

The Class of 2007 had a 76.2% graduation rate. 26.7% of NBHS' 2007 graduates pursued education at four-year colleges after graduating, while 41.3% pursue education at two-year colleges and 20.5% went on to full-time employment.[2]

The school's population is predominantly Hispanic (66 percent) and African-American (31 percent). The remaining three percent are from China and Morocco. 56.7% of students speak Spanish as their first language at home and 42.7% speak English, with 0.3% speaking Arabic and 0.2% speak Korean.[3]

The school has a Student Exchange Program, with various nations. Some neighboring countries went through with the program and students from NBHS went to China, India, and Japan. Recently, the school's principal, Dr. Aderhold, has traveled to Ireland in hopes of forming an exchange program with its sister city by meeting with Ireland's current advisor, James Joyce.

[edit] Athletics

NBHS is a member of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) and holds membership in the Greater Middlesex Conference (GMC). Athletic programs offered by NBHS include football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, cross country, tennis, golf, bowling, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling. The school's athletic facilities include a gymnasium, a football stadium (Memorial Stadium), baseball diamonds, and a racing track. The school's mascot is the zebra.

[edit] Electives and extracurricular activities

NBHS currently offers a significant variety of extracurricular activities for students, including over 40 clubs, and nearly 20 student organizations. There are clubs devoted to languages and cultures, academic fields, sports, fitness, music, art, computers, and other interests and skills. Student organizations include chapters of the National Honor Society and the Key Club, as well as a student council, a school newspaper, and a group that designs the school's yearbook. NBHS also offers the U.S. Army JROTC program as an elective.

[edit] Theatre program

NBHS offers courses and clubs focusing on various aspects of theatre arts, including music and acting. In the spring of 2002, participants in these groups, as well as several art-related classes, became involved in the school's first musical theatre production in 24 years - a production of Once on This Island. The production proved to be a success, and since then, NBHS has put together productions of such shows as West Side Story, A Chorus Line, and Grease.

[edit] Administration

  • David M. Aderhold - Principal
  • Tyrone Harrison - Vice-Principal
  • Lester Voorhees - Vice-Principal
  • Ashanti Holley - Vice-Principal
  • Anthony Hadzimichalis - Vice-Principal
  • Clair Ransom - Head of Secondary Education

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d New Brunswick High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2007.
  2. ^ NEW BRUNSWICK HIGH 2006-07 SCHOOL REPORT CARD, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed [{April 29]], 2008.
  3. ^ NEW BRUNSWICK HIGH 2006-07 SCHOOL REPORT CARD, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed May 1, 2008.
  4. ^ Gary Brokaw, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed September 17, 2007.
  5. ^ Finley, Bill. "COLLEGE FOOTBALL; Big East's Defections Send Recruit Elsewhere", The New York Times, February 5, 2004. Accessed October 19, 2007. "Southern California strengthened its impressive group of incoming talent when it signed wide receiver Dwayne Jarrett of New Brunswick (N.J.) High School, another who had been uncommitted."
  6. ^ Eric Young, The Baseball Cube. Accessed September 16, 2006

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