Orange High School (New Jersey)

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Orange High School
Location
400 Lincoln Avenue
Orange, NJ 07050

Information
School district Orange Board of Education
Principal Dr. Lee McCaskill
Enrollment

1,095 (as of 2005-06)[1]

Faculty 89.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 12.3[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Northern Hills Conference
Nickname Tornadoes
Information 973-677-4050
Homepage

Orange High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Orange in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Orange Board of Education.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,095 students and 89.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.3.[1]

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[edit] History

The current building housing Orange High School is the fourth site used for the school, in three different parts of the city. The first, dedicated on September 13, 1869, was located next to the First Church of Orange (Presbyterian). The second site was located at Main and Cleveland Streets. The third is now being used as Orange Middle School. The fourth, and current site, was dedicated on October 7, 1973, after opening to students on September 5 of that year.

[edit] Administration

  • Dr. Lee D. McCaskill - Principal
  • Dr. John H. Young, Jr. - Assistant Principal
  • Mrs. Ursula S. Derios - Assistant Principal
  • Mr. Eder Joseph - Assistant Principal

[edit] Athletics

The Orange High School Tornadoes compete in the Northern Hills Conference, an athletic conference of private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris and Passaic County Counties in Northern New Jersey. Orange High School participates in the conference's Skyline Division. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Orange High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 18, 2007.
  2. ^ Giants Select Penn State DT Jay Alford in Third Round, New York Giants, April 28, 2007. Accessed May 1, 2007.
  3. ^ Cory Boyd profile, South Carolina Gamecocks. Accessed October 30, 2007.
  4. ^ Beatrice Alice Hicks, 1919-1979, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Accessed December 18, 2007. "After graduating from Orange High School in 1935, she enrolled in Newark College of Engineering, later renamed the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)."

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