East Orange Campus High School

East Orange Campus High School
"Rising to a Standard of Excellence"
Location
340 Prospect Street
East Orange, NJ 07017
Information
Type Public high school
Established 2002
School district East Orange School District
Principal Dr. Kelvin Harris
Asst. Principal John Edwards
James Pedersen
Thelma Ramsey
Faculty 128 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 10 - 12
Enrollment 1,682 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 13.14[1]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Nickname Jaguars
Website School website

East Orange Campus High School is a public high school located in the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in grades 10-12, located in the former campus of Upsala College. The school is part of the East Orange School District, classified as an Abbott District.[2] The school has been accredited since 1928 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.[3]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,682 students and 128 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.14.[1] The enrollment is about 90% African American

The school was the 292nd-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 263rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] The school was ranked 286th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5]

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History

East Orange Campus High School was opened in 2002, resulting from the merging of the former Clifford Scott High School and East Orange High School. The school is located in the largest building of the refurbished campus of Upsala College and has been expanded to accommodate increased demand for enrollment. As a result of the merger, students now have access to new and much improved educational facilities. The former Clifford Scott High School facility was home to East Orange Campus Nine High School, the home for all 9th grade high school students in East Orange. Announced in November 2010, East Orange Campus Nine was updated to become East Orange STEM Academy, which will serve students from 9-12th graders.[6]

Athletics

The East Orange Campus High School Jaguars compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[7] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Iron Hills Conference, an athletic conference made up of high schools located in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.

The girls basketball team won the 2003 North II, Group IV state sectional championship with a 74-55 win over Barringer High School.[8]

On December 2, 2007, the team won the North I, Group IV state sectional championship with a 31-13 win over Montclair High School, in a game played at Giants Stadium. The win was the team's first sectional title since the playoff era began in 1974.[9][10][11]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[12]

Notable alumni

Gallery

References

  1. ^ a b c d East Orange Campus High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Abbott Districts, New Jersey Department of Education, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 15, 2009. Accessed June 17, 2011.
  3. ^ East Orange Campus High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed June 17, 2011.
  4. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  6. ^ East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  7. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  8. ^ 2003 Girls Basketball - North II, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed July 9, 2007.
  9. ^ Kinney, Mike. "Pendleton rallies East Orange past Montclair", The Star-Ledger, December 3, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "And so he did, completing six of eight passes for 112 yards and a touchdown in the second half to rally East Orange Campus, No. 12 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, to a 31-13 victory over No. 19 Montclair for the NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 title yesterday at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford. It was the school's first crown since the playoff format began in 1974."
  10. ^ 2007 Football - North I, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  11. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  12. ^ East Orange High School. Accessed March 30, 2011.
  13. ^ Nash, Margo. "JERSEY FOOTLIGHTS", The New York Times, March 16, 2003. Accessed December 19, 2007. "Yet when Janis Ian went to East Orange High School, she was kicked out of the chorus."
  14. ^ Warwick, Dionne. "We All Walked Together: East Orange native Dionne Warwick reminisces about growing up in New Jersey, and how the music of the streets that surrounded her helped propel her to super-stardom.", New Jersey Monthly, November 15, 2010. Accessed June 17, 2011. "That was at Oval Park in East Orange, which is still there. I was nothing special as an athlete, then or later, at East Orange High School."

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