James J. Ferris High School
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| 35 Colgate Street Jersey City, NJ 07302 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Jersey City Public Schools |
| Principal | Jaime Morales |
| Vice principal | Deneen Alford Gary Gentile Myrta Melendez-Escotto Frank Skowronski Gloria Walker |
| Faculty | 101 (on FTE basis) [1] |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 1,555 (as of 2009-10)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15.40 [1] |
| Color(s) | Green/Yellow |
| Athletics conference | Hudson County Interscholastic League |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Website | School website |
James J. Ferris High School is a four-year public high school located in Jersey City, New Jersey, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1940.[2]
The school is named after James J. Ferris, who was a civil engineer and politician in Jersey City best known for supervising the construction of the Pennsylvania Railroad Harsimus Stem Embankment and the Powerhouse's concrete foundation.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,555 students and 101 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.40.[1]
The school was the 320th-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 280th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 284th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 341st out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5]
Ferris offers specialized learning centers focusing on Finance, Hospitality & Tourism, Management / Office Procedures, Marketing and International Studies. Students in the Finance Magnet are high achievers from all over the city. The magnet offers courses in Accounting, Economics, Banking, Financial Planning, Intro to Finance, Computers Business Applications 1&2. Juniors in this magnet attend Shadowing programs once a month at the Hyatt or Pershing LLC. During the students senior year, they have an opportunity to take a paid internship Co-Op program at Merrill Lynch, Hyatt, Pershing, Bank of Tokyo, or the Board of Ed. [6]
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[edit] Athletics
The James J. Ferris High School Bulldogs compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[7]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[8]
- Jaime Morales, Principal
- Deneen Alford, Vice Principal
- Gary Gentile, Vice Principal
- Myrta Melendez-Escotto, Vice Principal
- Frank Skowronski, Vice Principal
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Data for James J. Ferris High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 29, 2011.
- ^ Hoboken High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed December 29, 2011.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 24, 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 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 29, 2011.
- ^ James J. Ferris High School 2010 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed March 24, 2011.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 29, 2011.
- ^ School Administrators, James J. Ferris High School. Accessed December 29, 2011.
[edit] External links
- James J. Ferris High School
- Jersey City Public Schools
- Jersey City Public Schools's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for the Jersey City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
Coordinates: 40°43′15″N 74°03′14″W / 40.720845°N 74.053948°W
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