Weehawken High School

Weehawken High School
Address
53 Liberty Place
Weehawken, New Jersey, 07086
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1940 (building)
School district Weehawken School District
Principal Steven Spinosa
Asst. Principal Suzanne Dorsey
Faculty 46.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 7–12
Enrollment 480[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 10.43:1[1]
Color(s) Red/black
Team name Indians
Newspaper Indian Ink
Yearbook The Zenith
Website School website

Weehawken High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Weehawken, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Weehawken School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[2]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 480 students and 46.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.43:1. There were 199 students (41.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 63 (13.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Campus and student body

The campus, located across the Hudson River from New York City, just west of Boulevard East atop the New Jersey Palisades, consists of a three-story brick structure located in a residential area completed in 1940.[3] The building includes three computer labs, an ITV room, a modern library/media center, science labs, an auditorium that can accommodate 800 and a newly renovated gymnasium with a seating capacity of 1,200.[4] The facility has been used by Hudson Theatre Works, a non-profit regional performance group based in Weehawken.[5]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 189th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[6] The school had been ranked 91st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 104th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 119th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 109th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[9] SchoolDigger.com ranked the school 170th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 34 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (82.5%) and language arts literacy (91.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[10]

Curriculum

Students are offered Advanced Placement (AP) classes in many subjects, including AP United States History, AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB, AP Macroeconomics and AP Spanish Language.[11] College preparatory classes throughout high school, as well as electives offered in conjunction with St. Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.[12]

Weehawken also allows Juniors to take a free Princeton Review SAT prep class on Wednesday evenings and Saturdays.[12][13]

Extracurricular activities

Marching band

In 2012 and 2013 the Weehawken High School Marching Band, under the direction of Michael Lichtenfeld and his band staff, ranked first in the state of New Jersey winning the USBands Group 1A State Championship title. (Group 1A division is a band with 40 or fewer people on the field during competition).[14][15] In November 2013, the band won the USBands Group 1A National Championship title.[16]

Athletics

The Weehawken High School Indians compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which includes private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, operating under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[17] With 216 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 61 to 478 students in that grade range.[18] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Weehawken was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) National Division.[19]

Fall sports teams

Winter sports teams

Spring sports teams

Clubs

The school has a considerable number of clubs. They include:

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Weehawken High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Weehawken High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 1, 2012.
  3. ↑ Sherman, Lauren; Gaulkin, Ellen Robb (February 2009). Weehawken (PAPER). Images of America (1st ed.). Arcadia Publishing. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-7385-6268-1.
  4. ↑ "History". Weehawken High School. Accessed July 2, 2012.
  5. ↑ Hoersch, Joanne. "‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ in our future; Theater group emphasizes community involvement, low ticket prices", Hudson Reporter, March 30, 2014. Accessed July 29, 2014. "Hudson Theatre Works, a not-for-profit regional group based in Weehawken, will launch its second production at the theater at Weehawken High School in early May."
  6. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. ↑ "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical". New Jersey Monthly. August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2010 Top High Schools". New Jersey Monthly. August 16, 2010. Accessed March 23, 2011.
  9. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank". New Jersey Monthly. September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011. SchoolDigger.com Accessed March 6, 2012.
  11. ↑ Weehawken High School 2013 School Performance Report, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed July 29, 2014.
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 "Weehawken High School 2014 New Jersey School Report Card Narrative", New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 30, 2015. "In partnership with St. Peter’s University, Weehawken High School also offers two popular college-level program-for-credit courses: Poetry and Drama Honors, and Perspectives on Sociology Honors."
  13. ↑ "Weehawken High School Receives Middle States Accreditation", Weehawken Schools Report, Summer 2010. Accessed July 2, 2012. "In addition, to help seniors prepare for college, the school will continue to conduct Princeton Review Courses and pre-PSAT mini workshops for Weehawken students taking SATs. The Princeton Review program consists of nine sessions of four hours each, six on Saturdays and three at night."
  14. ↑ Passantino, Joseph. &id=23969607&instance=weehawken_top_story "Band wins major awards; Weehawken H.S. squad garners back-to-back state titles; home festival on Nov. 3", The Hudson Reporter, November 3, 2013. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  15. ↑ Lin, Jonathan. "Weehawken High School: The best little marching band in the state", The Jersey Journal, October 17, 2013. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  16. ↑ Michaelangelo, Conte. "Weehawken High's marching band captures USBands national title", The Jersey Journal, November 24, 2013. Accessed March 30, 2015. "The Weehawken High School Marching Band completed an undefeated season by winning its first national title at the USBands 'Group 1A' National Championships at in Allentown, Pa., earlier this month."
  17. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 17, 2014.
  18. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 17, 2014.
  19. ↑ League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 17, 2014.
  20. ↑ 2014-2016 Co-operative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 17, 2014.
  21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 21.2 Administration, Weehawken High School. Accessed July 29, 2014.
  22. ↑ "Impreveduto dies from heart complications". Hudson Reporter. August 7, 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012. "A 1967 graduate of Weehawken High School, Impreveduto grew up in Hoboken, where his family operated a food store."

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