Eric Smith Middle School

Eric S. Smith Middle School
Location
2 Monroe Street
Ramsey, NJ 07446
Information
Type Middle school
School district Ramsey School District
Principal Stacey Poelstra
Asst. Principal Kari Scimanico
Faculty 67.5 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 6 - 8
Enrollment 785 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 11.6[1]
Color(s) Blue and Gold
Information 201-785-2313
Website School website

Eric Smith Middle School is a public middle school located in Ramsey, New Jersey, and includes grades 6, 7, and 8. It is the only middle school in the Ramsey Public School District.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 785 students and 67.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.6.[1]

It receives most of its students from Dater Elementary School, grades 4 and 5. It also receives students from Wandell School, grades K–5, in Saddle River, New Jersey as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Saddle River School District.[2]

Awards and recognition

For the 1995-96 school year, Eric S. Smith Middle School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[3]

In 2006, a student at the school Sawyer Rosenstein was paralyzed from the waist down after a bully punched him in the abdomen. After a lengthy lawsuit, the school district agreed to settle for $4.2 million.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Eric Smith Middle School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed July 31, 2008.
  2. ↑ Receiving Schools, Saddle River School District. Accessed September 7, 2006.
  3. ↑ Star School award recipient, New Jersey Department of Education, Archived December 18, 2006. Accessed November 30, 2009.
  4. ↑ "Sawyer Rosenstein, New Jersey Middle School Student, Nets $4.2 Million Settlement For Bully's Paralyzing Punch". Huffington Post. 18 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2012.

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