Emerson Jr./Sr. High School (Emerson, New Jersey)
| Emerson Junior-Senior High School | |
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| Location | |
| 131 Main Street Emerson, NJ 07630 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Emerson School District |
| Principal | Dr. Paula Valenti |
| Faculty | 41 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 7 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 525 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.80[1] |
| Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
| Team name | Cavaliers ("Cavos") |
| Website | School website |
Emerson Junior-Senior High School is a six-year public high school that serves students in seventh through twelfth grade from Emerson, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Emerson School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 525 students and 41 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.80.[1]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
The school was the 34th-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 55th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 51st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 99th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 8 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (85.7%) and language arts literacy (97.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]
EHS also has an award-winning journalism program, having won several prestigious awards for its Adopt-A-Journalist Program under the guidance of Ava Annese and The Record. Recent adopted journalists include Pulitzer Prize-nominated photographer Thomas E. Franklin, ESPN-online writer Bob Klapisch, and stand-up comic and The Record columnist Bill Ervolino. Awards received for the program include:
- 1999 NJ Best Practices.[6]
- 2000 A+ for Kids Network Grant
- 2002 Newspaper Association of America Innovators in Newspaper Education Award
In 2003, Ava Annese received the New Jersey High School Teacher of Civics Education award from the VFW. In the national contest, she received third place.[7]
In 2010, the Emerson Cavalier Marching Band won the award for best music in the Montclair band festival.
[edit] Athletics
The Emerson Cavaliers (commonly known as the Cavos) compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[8] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Emerson was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL). With 259 students in grades 10 to 12, the school is classified as North I Group I, a category that includes schools with enrollment of 157 to 489 in those three grades.[9]
The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional championship in 1983.[10]
Emerson is known for its wrestling team led by coach Stan Woods, who was named District, Region and New Jersey Coach of the Year for the joint Emerson/Park Ridge High School team of 2006-07. Woods has lead his teams to 30 League championships, 9 County championships, and 8 State Sectionals championships. Woods' 602nd career victory, achieved in February 2011 with a win against Nutley High School, made him the winningest coach in New Jersey wrestling history.[11]
The baseball team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship in 2001 with a 4-1 win over Midland Park High School in the tournament final.[12]
[edit] Extracurricular activities
Five students represented the school on News 12 New Jersey's and Power to Learn's NJ Challenge.
Five students represented the school again in 2009 in the NJ Challenge under the guidance of Lisa Thomas, media technology specialist, and Thomas Lambe, mathematics instructor. The show aired in November 2009.
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[13]
- Dr. Paula Valenti, Principal
[edit] Notable alumni
- Ian Deitchman, screenwriter of Life as We Know It.[14]
- Kevin Higgins, head football coach at The Citadel.[15]
- Andy Papathanassiou, a member of NASCAR's Hendrick Motorsports.[16]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Emerson Junior-Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 13, 2011.
- ^ Emerson Junior - Senior High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed August 21, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2011.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 3, 2012.
- ^ 1998-99 Best Practices Award for Emerson Junior-Senior High School, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed June 15, 2007.
- ^ Ms. Ava Annese-Media profile, Emerson Public School. Accessed November 1, 2007.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 21, 2011.
- ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, NJSIAA. Accessed February 15, 2012.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed February 15, 2012.
- ^ Fitzsimmons, Brian. "Woods is Second to None", MSG Varsity, February 4, 2011. Accessed August 21, 2011. "Emerson/Park Ridge wrestling coach Stan Woods notched career win No. 602 in a quad meet on Saturday, surpassing Ralph Ross of Highlands Regional as the state's all-time leader.The Cavos defeated Old Tappan to give Woods his 601st, and then upended Nutley, 54-25, for the record-breaking milestone."
- ^ 2001 NJSIAA Baseball - North I, Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.
- ^ Office of the Principal, Emerson Junior-Senior High School. Accessed June 13, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "Emerson scribe tells a funny tale of love", The Record (New Jersey), October 10, 2010. Accessed June 13, 2011. "Friendship, Deitchman says, is something he learned about in Emerson, where he moved from his native Englewood at age 6. 'I made lifelong friends growing up in Emerson that I still have to this day,' says Deitchman, a 1985 graduate of Emerson Junior Senior High School."
- ^ Kevin Higgins, Detroit Lions. Accessed February 20, 2008. "He was also the head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Emerson (N.J.) High School from 1977-78. A native of Emerson, N.J., Higgins attended Emerson High School where he was captain of the football, basketball and baseball teams during his senior year."
- ^ Schwartz, Paul. "Papathanassiou still owns Bergen shot put record", The Record (Bergen County), September 14, 2003. Accessed October 17, 2007. "At Emerson High School from 1982-1985, Papathanassiou anchored a line that led Emerson to an 11-0 football season in his junior year and the designation of the best team in school history."
[edit] External links
- Emerson Junior-Senior High School
- Emerson Public Schools
- Emerson School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Emerson School District, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°58′27″N 74°00′58″W / 40.97403°N 74.01609°W
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