Belleville High School (New Jersey)
Belleville High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Belleville, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Belleville School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1964.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,452 students and 114 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student–teacher ratio of 12.74.[1]
The school was the 214th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 228th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 241st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4]
Athletics
The Belleville High School Buccaneers now compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[5] They had previously participated in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which was made up of high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Essex County. Its school colors are blue and gold.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[6]
- Joseph Petrillo, Principal
- Russell C. Pagano, Jr., Vice Principal, Grades 11 & 12
Notable alumni
- Phil Cuzzi (born 1955), Major League Baseball umpire.[7]
- Tommy DeVito (born 1936), lead guitarist for The Four Seasons who dropped out of school following eighth grade to pursue his music career, but was named an honorary graduate of Belleville High School in 2007.[8]
- Connie Francis (born 1938, class of 1955), singer.[9]
- Ines Rosales (Class of 2000), traffic reporter for Good Day New York.[10]
- The Delicates, singing group consisting of Denise Ferri, Arleen Lanzotti, and Peggy Santiglia from the Class of 1962.[11]
- Gerard Way (born 1977, class of 1995), frontman of My Chemical Romance and writer of The Umbrella Academy.[12]
- Ray Toro (born 1977, class of 1995), Lead Guitarist of My Chemical Romance
- Mikey Way (born 1980, class of 1998), Bass guitarist My Chemical Romance
References
- ^ a b c d Data for Belleville High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 5, 2011.
- ^ Belleville high School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed August 12, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 12, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ League Memberships – 2010-2011, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 12, 2011.
- ^ Home page, Belleville High School. Accessed November 25, 2011.
- ^ Uschak, Roman J. "Six added to Belleville High School’s Wall of Recognition", Belleville Post, October 20, 2010. Accessed June 5, 2011. "The Wall of Recognition honors those with notable achievements after they graduate from Belleville High. The master of ceremonies last week was Major League Baseball umpire Phil Cuzzi, himself a Wall of Recognition member."
- ^ Fink, Jerry. "Vegas man knows ‘Jersey Boys’: Before Tommy DeVito came to town, he started the Four Seasons, gave Frankie Valli a platform", Las Vegas Sun, April 2, 2008. Accessed April 13, 2011. "He quit school after the eighth grade. (Belleville High made him an honorary graduate last year.)"
- ^ Bondy, Halley. "Belleville to honor hometown girl, the resilient Connie Francis", The Star-Ledger, October 22, 2009. Accessed April 13, 2011. "Francis graduated from Belleville High School in 1955. Her first hit, 'Who’s Sorry Now?' took off in 1958 after airing on Dick Clark’s 'American Bandstand."
- ^ Karidis, Maria. "Fox anchor's career dream started at BHS", Belleville Times, September 30, 2010. Accessed April 13, 2011. "Good Day New York anchor Ines Rosales visited her alma mater on Thursday, speaking with Belleville High School mass communication students."
- ^ Grushkin, Paul. Rockin' Down the Highway: The Cars and People That Made Rock Roll, p. 190. Voyageur Press, 2006. ISBN 0760322929. Accessed June 5, 2011.
- ^ Macadam, Harry. "Geeks become No1 emo stars", The Sun, October 23, 2006. Accessed April 13, 2011. "But old snaps reveal just how much the American goth rocker has changed from his days as a tubby teen. His is taken from the 1995 yearbook for Belleville High School, New Jersey, when Gerard, then 18, posed for the camera alongside other students in his leaving year."
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