Livingston High School (New Jersey)

Livingston High School

A Tradition of Excellence
Address
30 Robert Harp Drive
Livingston, NJ, 07039
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1953
School district Livingston Public Schools
Principal Mark Stern[1]
Assistant principals Bronawyn O'Leary
Gregory Vacca
Jennifer Wirt[1]
Faculty 151.8 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,817[2] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 12.0:1[2]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s)      Forest Green and
     White[3]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Lancers[3]
Website School website

Livingston High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Livingston, in Essex County, New Jersey, operating as part of the Livingston Public Schools. It receives all eighth grade graduates from Heritage Middle School. It is the only high school in the Livingston Township. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1958.[4]

Livingston High School offers 28 Advanced Placement (AP) courses within eight department areas. The principal is Mark Stern.[1]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,817 students and 151.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 18 students (1.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 9 (0.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Building and facilities

As of 2011, LHS completed a $50 million renovation and expansion project featuring a new science wing, orchestra room, atrium and a "fitness and wellness center" (Gymnasium with Weight room). The cafeteria, auditorium, digital design room, freshmen locker room, and TV studio was refurbished as part of the multimillion-dollar renovation. All of the new additions feature LEED-certified energy saving fixtures. In addition, existing areas of the building, originally built in 1953, was upgraded with a host of new technology. This includes, but not limited to, a new security system, centralized HVAC, a state of the art fire safety system as well as new audio-visual equipment for every class rooms. Cosmetic changes to the interior include new ceiling tiles, lighting, flooring and paint.[5] The project was paid for with the proceeds of a $51.5 million bond issue approved in a 2005 referendum and included the addition and renovation of more than 160,000 square feet (15,000 m2) of space.[6]

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 1997–98 school year, Livingston High School was recognized with the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[7]

The school was ranked 9th in New Jersey, 3rd among non-magnet schools, and 142nd in the nation in the Newsweek 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools".[8] The school was ranked 153rd in the nation and 13th in New Jersey on the list of "America's Best High Schools 2012" prepared by The Daily Beast / Newsweek, with rankings based primarily on graduation rate, matriculation rate for college and number of Advanced Placement / International Baccalaureate courses taken per student, with lesser factors based on average scores on the SAT / ACT, average AP/IB scores and the number of AP/IB courses available to students.[9] Prior to 2011, Newsweek used a different methodology with calculation derived only from a single factor.[10][11] In Newsweek's June 8, 2009, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Livingston High School was listed as the 25th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The ranking was calculated using one main factor that is the ratio of Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate or Cambridge tests given at a school.[12]

The school was the 16th-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.[13] The school had been ranked 24th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 22nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[14] The magazine ranked the school 20th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[15] The school was ranked 14th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[16]

Livingston High School has a history of success in academics and the arts. Recent accomplishments are:[17]

Athletics

The Livingston High School Lancers[3] compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[44] With 1,373 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,108 to 2,479 students in that grade range.[45] Prior to the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment, the school had competed as part of the Iron Hills Conference, which was made up of public and private high schools in Essex County, Morris County and Union County.[46]

The boys wrestling team won the North II Group IV state sectional championship in 203.[47]

The football team won the 2008 North I, Group IV state sectional title, the program's first, with a 28–8 win over Hackensack High School in a game played at Giants Stadium.[48][49][50]

The boys tennis team won the Group IV state championships in 1976 vs. Cherry Hill East High School, in 1977 vs. Watchung Hills Regional High School, in 1989 vs. East Brunswick High School, in 2001 vs. Bridgewater-Raritan High School, in 2002 vs. Cherry Hill East and in 2002 vs. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, and won the Group III title in 1995 vs. Mainland Regional High School. The team won the overall state championship in 1977, defeating Christian Brothers Academy in the tournament final.[51] In 2011, the Livingston boy's tennis team earned their second overall state title when they won the Tournament of Champions over Delbarton School, completing a perfect 36-0 season.[52]

The girls soccer team won the North I Group IV state sectional championship in 2013 with a 1-0 win against Randolph High School in the tournament final.[53]

Notable alumni

Roger Y. Tsien, co-winner of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
Chris Christie, Governor of New Jersey.

Bold names indicate members of the Livingston Education Foundation's Livingston High School Alumni Hall of Fame[54]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Main Office, Livingston High School. Accessed July 15, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Livingston High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  3. 1 2 3 Livingston High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  4. ↑ Livingston High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 30, 2012. Accessed March 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Additions and Alternations to the Livingston High School, Livingston High School. Accessed December 23, 2011.
  6. ↑ Khavkine, Richard. "Livingston opens expansion of high school", The Star-Ledger, October 6, 2009. Accessed December 23, 2011. "While 95,000 square feet were added to the school, another 68,000 square feet were renovated, most of it to accommodate state-of-the-art teaching and learning technologies.... The project, which was on time and on budget administrators said, was funded largely through a $51.5 million bond issue that residents approved in 2005."
  7. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  8. ↑ Streib, Lauren. "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast, May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.
  9. ↑ Staff. "America's Best High Schools 2012", The Daily Beast / Newsweek, May 20, 2012. Accessed May 24, 2012.
  10. ↑ America's Best High Schools 2011, The Daily Beast/Newsweek, 2011. Accessed May 30, 2012
  11. ↑ America's Best High Schools: The FAQ, Newsweek, 2011. Accessed May 30, 2012
  12. ↑ The Top of the Class The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools, Newsweek, June 8, 2000. Accessed September 4, 2009.
  13. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  14. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed November 18, 2012.
  15. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011.
  16. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  17. ↑ Board of Education Proclamations Meeting Agenda, Livingston School District, June 16, 2008. Accessed April 19, 2009
  18. ↑ April 2012 High School Score Report Summary, New Jersey Mathematics League, April 2012. Accessed April 13, 2012.
  19. ↑ April 2013 High School Score Report Summary, New Jersey Mathematics League. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  20. ↑ "Livingston Does it Again!!!", Livingston High School, July 26, 2013. Accessed December 15, 2015. "Livingston's record remains undefeated over the past 25 year for the Essex County Mathematics League."
  21. ↑ Staff. "Millburn math students win Math League Competition for the first time in 23 years", Independent Press, May 26, 2012. Accessed December 20, 2015. "Millburn Math students earned top honors in Essex County Math League Competition at Caldwell College on Wednesday, May 23. The team tied with Livingston for first place overall and took home the trophy."
  22. ↑ "Something to Count On", Livingston Public Schools. Accessed December 20, 2015. "Livingston students earned top honors in mathematics, winning first-place overall in the Essex County Mathematics League competition – for the 26th consecutive year – which was held at Caldwell College on May 21. "
  23. ↑ 2011 Merck State Science Day Combined School Scores, Merck Institute for Science Education. Accessed April 13, 2012.
  24. ↑ New Jersey Science Olympiad – State Championship Tournament, New Jersey Science Olympiad, March 12, 2013. Accessed June 1, 2014.
  25. ↑ 2015 Three Top Award Winners, Intel Science Talent Search. Accessed September 5, 2015
  26. ↑ Your Vote Counts for Autism Research, Livingston Patch, May 11, 2011. Accessed April 13, 2012.
  27. ↑ 2010-2011 FTC World Championship Award Winners, usfirst.org - accessed April 13, 2012
  28. ↑ Live results, Royal Dutch Shell. Accessed April 13, 2012.
  29. ↑ Shell Eco-marathon Americas Final results : Prototype Petrol (gasoline), Royal Dutch Shell, April 29, 2014. Accessed December 20, 2015.
  30. ↑ Siemens Foundation – 2009 Winners, Siemens Competition. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  31. ↑ 2010 Siemens Competition Math : Science : Technology REGIONAL FINALISTS, Siemens Competition. Accessed May 10, 2012.
  32. ↑ 2012 USA Biology Olympiad National Finalists, Center for Excellence in Education, Accessed May 10, 2012.
  33. ↑ 2010 USNCO National Exam Top Students, United States National Chemistry Olympiad. Accessed May 10, 2012.
  34. ↑ 2011 USNCO Top 152 Students, United States National Chemistry Olympiad. Accessed May 10, 2012.
  35. ↑ Egelberg, Scott. LHS Students Rank High in USA Chemistry Olympiad, Livingston Patch, May 9, 2012. Accessed December 20, 2015.
  36. ↑ 2007-08 Winners, Young Epidemiology Scholars. Accessed May 10, 2012.
  37. ↑ 2010-11 Winners, Young Epidemiology Scholars. Accessed May 10, 2012.
  38. ↑ FBLA Competitive Events, FBLA-PBL. Accessed July 29, 2012
  39. ↑ 2006–07 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement, Siemens Foundation. Accessed April 19, 2009.
  40. ↑ Proposed Budget for 2008 - 2009, Livingston Public Schools. Accessed September 14, 2014.
  41. ↑ National High School Honors Orchestra, 2010 American String Teachers Association National Conference, American String Teachers Association. Accessed September 14, 2014.
  42. ↑ National High School Honors Orchestra, 2012 American String Teachers Association National Conference, American String Teachers Association. Accessed September 14, 2014.
  43. ↑ http://www.firstinspires.org/sites/default/files/uploads/resource_library/ftc/2015-world-championship-results.pdf
  44. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  45. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed September 14, 2014.
  46. ↑ Home Page, Iron Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 2, 2011. Accessed December 3, 2014.
  47. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Team Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  48. ↑ Staff. "Livingston 28, Hackensack 8 (High school Football scores & results)", The Star-Ledger, December 6, 2008. Accessed August 4, 2011. "The big fullback ran 22 times for 148 yards and scored twice, and also did his routinely stellar job as a kicker and punter, to direct Livingston to its first state sectional title, 28–8 over Hackensack last night at Giants Stadium in the NJSIAA/Gatorade North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final."
  49. ↑ 2008 Football – North I, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  50. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  51. ↑ History of Boys Team Tennis Championship Tournament, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  52. ↑ Karn, Jeff. "Delbarton (1) at Livingston (4), Tournament of Champions, Final Round - Boys Tennis", The Star-Ledger, June 3, 2011. Accessed July 27, 2014. "Luster threaded the needle with a perfect volley down the middle to close out a 4-6, 6-2, 6-4 victory and give Livingston, No. 1 in The Star-Ledger Top 20, its third point during a 4-1 triumph over No. 6 Delbarton in the Tournament of Champions final yesterday at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. Livingston captured its first overall title since 1977 while capping a 36-0 campaign."
  53. ↑ History of NJSIAA Girls Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 15, 2015.
  54. 1 2 3 LHS Alumni Hall of Fame, Livingston Education Foundation, accessed October 15, 2014
  55. ↑ Miss USA 2007 Behind the Crown, March 23, 2007. Accessed May 17, 2007. "Erin graduated from Livingston High School in 2002 and has completed her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Montclair State University in 2006."'
  56. ↑ Jason Alexander, TVtropolis, May 26, 2006.
  57. ↑ Staff. "Benjamin August's Film To Premier in New Jersey", West Essex Tribune, January 14, 2016. Accessed January 24, 2016. "Screenwriter Benjamin August, a 1997 graduate of Livingston High School, will discuss his film, Remember, at its New Jersey premiere on Saturday, February 6, at 7:30 p.m."
  58. ↑ Lehren, Marilyn Joyce. "Michelle Obama's new Press Secretary is Livingston's Hannah August: Michelle Obama's new Press Secretary is Livingston's Hannah August: LHS graduate will join the First Lady's Office on May 25.", LivingstonPatch, May 15, 2011. Accessed July 9, 2012. "August is a 2001 graduate of Livingston High School and 2005 graduate of University of Pennsylvania."
  59. ↑ Innovation, VAShiva.com, copy of article from West Essex Tribune, October 30, 1980. Accessed July 9, 2012. "Shiva Ayyadurai, 16, then a senior at Livingston High School developed the E-Mail system as a part of an Independent Study Program."
  60. ↑ District News, Livingston Board of Education. Accessed June 2, 2007. "The Big L Club fund raising event, Lancers on Parade Fashion Show and Tricky Tray, will be held at LHS on Saturday, April 16. Prizes include a private NBC Studio tour with LHS graduate and NBC sports anchor Bruce Beck."
  61. ↑ "Book looks at what drives teens JERSEY INK", The Star-Ledger, May 25, 2006. "Coben, who was born in Newark and grew up in Livingston, graduating from Livingston High School, has relatives in Livingston and often goes there. He has lived in Ridgewood since 1992."
  62. ↑ Kocieniewski, David. "New Jersey Governor's Brother: Asset and a Risk", The New York Times, January 5, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011. "During Christopher Christie's three-year stint as president of his class at Livingston High School from 1978–80, his brother eagerly helped hang campaign posters and distribute leaflets."
  63. ↑ Lucille Day, Office of the Governor of New Jersey, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 2, 2008. Accessed March 22, 2011. "Davy is a lifelong New Jersey resident and a graduate of Livingston High School."
  64. 1 2 2011 LHS Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees, Livingston Education Foundation, accessed September 15, 2011
  65. ↑ Jaffe, Charles A. "Jaffe: in this economy, heroes provide for their family", The Star-Ledger, October 31, 2011. Accessed July 16, 2014. "Over a span of about 15 years, Livingston (N.J.) High School, gave the world 'George Costanza' (actor Jason Alexander), 'the dream candidate for many Republicans' (New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie), 'President Barack Obama's economic guy' (Alan Krueger, the president's nominee to lead the Council of Economic Advisers), and 'Chelsea Lately' (comedienne Chelsea Handler)."
  66. 1 2 Tony Awards: Look Who Is Nominated, Livingston Patch, May 3, 2011. Accessed September 15, 2011. "LHS alumni Stephen Oremus and Nikki M. James receive nod for their work in The Book Of Mormon"
  67. ↑ Gans, Andrew. "Leslie Kritzer Returns to Joe's Pub with Beautiful Disaster, Beginning April 22", Playbill, April 22, 2013. Accessed April 28, 2013. "'The year is 1995, and Jersey girl Leslie Kritzer is a senior at Livingston High School,' according to press notes."
  68. ↑ Rejected applicant alleges bias against Asians, Daily Princetonian, November 13, 2006.
  69. ↑ Lee, Michelle. "And The Award Goes To...; Sophia Lin, who grew up in Livingston, won an Independent Spirit Award.", West Orange Patch, April 17, 2012. Accessed September 5, 2015. "Sophia Lin, who grew up in Livingston, knows this first-hand having toiled on 25 films and television shows over the span of 15 years.... Lin said she first became interested in the performing arts at Livingston High School while working behind the scenes on productions of Damn Yankees, Anything Goes and My Fair Lady."
  70. ↑ via Associated Press. Former Hofstra Star has Yen to Coach, p. 15, The Daily Register, October 17, 1972. Accessed July 16, 2014. "Steve H. Nisenson, former Livingston High School star and later a record-breaker at Hofstra College, starts his resume with the above wordage."
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  72. ↑ Cross, Kelly. "LEA Announces Festive Fundraising Weekend; Inaugural Hall of Fame Homecoming Weekend, which is scheduled for October, will raise money for Livingston schools.", Livingston Patch, June 11, 2010. Accessed December 20, 2015. "Major Glenn K. Rieth (Class of 1976), appointed as the 30th Adjutant General of New Jersey, who commands Soldiers and Airmen of the NJ Army and Air National Guard, directs, controls and manages the NJ Department of Military and Veterans Affairs in the execution of federal and state missions"
  73. ↑ Resume of Richard Tanne, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed September 3, 2015.
  74. ↑ Swayze, Bill. "Jersey teens call science a winner: Two finalists say just being in Westinghouse talent competition is prize enough", The Star-Ledger, March 11, 1997. Accessed September 18, 2007. "Only one New Jersey teenager has ever captured top honors in the history of the competition. That was Roger Tsien in 1968. The then-16-year-old Livingston High School math-science whiz explored the way subatomic particles act as bridges between two dissimilar metal atoms in various complex molecules."
  75. ↑ Sherman, Ted; and Strunsky, Steve. "Port Authority scandal: The rising star and the mystery man inside a growing investigation", The Star-Ledger, December 15, 2013. Accessed September 14, 2014. "Growing up in Livingston, where he first met Christie, Wildstein's senior portrait in the Class of '79 Livingston High School yearbook reveals a cherubic young man gazing straight into the camera through large dark-rimmed glasses."

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