Roselle Park High School

Roselle Park High School
Location
185 West Webster Avenue
Roselle Park, NJ 07204
Information
Type Public high school
School district Roselle Park School District
Principal Sarah Costa
Vice principal Kathleen Carlin (Academics)
John Wagner (Athletics)
Faculty 52 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 653 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 12.56[1]
Color(s) Cardinal and White
Athletics conference Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference
Website School website

Roselle Park High School is a four-year public high school located in Roselle Park, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Roselle Park School District. Starting as of 2007, Roselle Park High School serves grades 9-12. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 653 students and 52 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.56.[1]

The school was the 190th-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 145th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 156th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4]

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History

The current location is the fourth home for the high school. On April 30, 1931, the cornerstone was laid for a new building for the high school that was to be constructed at a cost of $350,000.[5] In January 1961, Roselle Park voters rejected a proposal for the construction of a new high school that would have cost $2.5 million to build.[6]

The high school was originally located at the site of today's Robert Gordon Elementary School. The school moved to a second building, now demolished, on Locust Street. The third incarnation of the high school was located in what is now the current Roselle Park Middle School. In 1993, a new wing was constructed, adding three additional classrooms.[7]

Athletics

Roselle Park High School now competes in the Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[8] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference.

Administration

Core members of the district's administration are:[9]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d Roselle Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  2. ^ Roselle Park High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  3. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  5. ^ Staff. "Lays Stone for Roselle Park School.", The New York Times, May 1, 1931. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  6. ^ Staff. "Jersey School Voted Down", The New York Times, January 18, 1961. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  7. ^ About The School, Roselle Park High School. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  8. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  9. ^ Student Handbook 2010-2011, Roselle Park High School. Accessed September 6, 2011.
  10. ^ "Best in the West", Time (magazine), January 13, 1975. Accessed May 19, 2007. "Barry has worked for a long time to become the game's premier forward. He took to the basketball court at age five to play against his older brother Dennis when the Barrys lived in Roselle Park, N.J."
  11. ^ Keith Loneker, database Football. Accessed August 18, 2007.

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