William L. Dickinson High School
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| William L. Dickinson High School | |
| Location | |
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| 2 Palisade Avenue Jersey City, NJ 07306-1202 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Jersey City Public Schools |
| Enrollment |
2,991 (as of 2005-2006) |
| Faculty | 197.0 (on FTE basis) |
| Student:teacher ratio | 15.2 |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association |
| Established | 1906 |
| Information | 201-714-4400 |
| Homepage | http://www.jcboe.org/dhs/ |
William L. Dickinson High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, in the United States. Dickinson is part of the Jersey City Public Schools.
Dickinson occupies a prominent location on a hilltop overlooking lower Jersey City and the New York Harbor. The largest school in Hudson County, it has a student population of 3,500, half of whom are Hispanic, 14% of whom are Black/African American, and the remainder of whom are of White, Asian, or Middle Eastern, Indian, or Pakistani descent.
Originally named Jersey City High School, the property was purchased in 1904 and the new building opened on September 6, 1906, in an attempt to relieve overcrowding in the city's public schools.[1] In 1913, the school was renamed William L. Dickinson High School for the superintendent who had advocated for creation of the school during his term from 1872 to 1883.[1]
A testament to the school's age, the rear of the building is the site of a late 1800s-era cannon mount built to protect the Hudson River shoreline from early invaders. Given the location of the cannon and the associated technology of the time, its doubted that the cannon would ever have been effective as a defensive emplacement. While the cannon has since been removed, the original mounting remains and is now the site of a black-granite monument to the victims of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In 1946 teachers went on strike. [2]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
In 2002–03, students Juliet R. Girard and Roshan D. Prabhu won the team competition of the Siemens Westinghouse Competition for "Identification and High Resolution Mapping of Flowering Time Genes in Rice." The duo shared a $100,000 scholarship with their victory.[3]
A student was recognized as a semi-finalist in the 2007 New Jersey Business Idea Competition conducted by Fairleigh Dickinson University.[4]
[edit] Athletics
The William L. Dickinson High School rams compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[5]
The Dickinson High School boys basketball team won the 2000 Public Sectionals - North I, Group IV, edging Memorial High School 43-41 in the tournament final.[6]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ed Franco (1915–1992), played football on the 1936 Fordham University team as one of the "Seven Blocks of Granite".[7]
- Mary Teresa Norton (1875–1959), served 13 consecutive terms in the United States House of Representatives, from 1925 to 1951.[8]
- Mary Philbrook (1872–1958), first female attorney in New Jersey.[9]
- Eddie August Schneider (1911-1940), set the transcontinental air speed record for pilots under the age of twenty-one in 1930.[10]
- Joe Sulaitis (1921–), running back for the New York Giants of the NFL from 1943 to 1953.[11]
- Frank Infante (1951- ), played bass, then switched to guitar for the popular band Blondie until they disbanded in the mid-1980s.
[edit] References
- ^ a b Dickinson High School, accessed January 6, 2007.
- ^ "400 of Dickinson High School, Jersey City, Join Others in Protest on Hours", New York Times, December 18, 1946. Retrieved on 2007-10-31. "The ranks of striking high school pupils here were enlarged today when 400 pupils of the William L. Dickinson High School left their classes in sympathy with the 1,000 ..."
- ^ Siemens Westinghouse Competition in Math, Science, and Technology, accessed November 22, 2006.
- ^ 2007 New Jersey Business Idea Competition, Fairleigh Dickinson University, accessed May 6, 2007.
- ^ Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 15, 2007.
- ^ 2000 Public Sectionals - North I, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed May 6, 2007.
- ^ Ed "Devil Doll" Franco, College Football Hall of Fame. Accessed July 22, 2007. "Ed Franco came from Dickinson High School in Jersey City, New Jersey, to Fordham."
- ^ Mary Teresa Norton, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed August 15, 2007.
- ^ Mary Philbrook, 1872-1958, accessed May 6, 2007. "Mary Philbrook was born in Washington, D. C. in 1872 but her family moved to Jersey City by the time she was six. She attended Public School #11 (now Martin Luther King, Jr. School) and then Jersey City High School (now Dickinson High School)."
- ^ "Biography of Eddie August Schneider (1911-1904) written to accompany his papers deposited at the George H. Williams, World War I Aviation Library at the University of Texas at Dallas", Gretchen Hahnen (1902-1986), 1948. Retrieved on 2007-08-21. "Eddie Schneider was born October 20, 1911 on Second Avenue, and 17th Street in New York City. Later his family moved to Red Bank, New Jersey where he attended grade school. From there his family moved to Jersey City, New Jersey and he graduated from Dickinson High School. ..."
- ^ Joe Sulaitis, database Football. Accessed October 1, 2007.
[edit] External links
- William L. Dickinson High School
- Jersey City Public Schools
- Jersey City Public Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics
- DHS January,1955 48th Reunion Web Site
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