Livingston High School (New Jersey)

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Livingston High School
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A Tradition of Excellence
Location
30 Robert Harp Drive
Livingston, NJ 07039
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1953
School district Livingston Public Schools
Principal Mark Stern
Asst. Principal Bronawyn O'Leary
Gary Suda
Jennifer Wirt
Faculty 126 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,678 (as of 2009–10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 13.2[1]
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Green      and white     
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Lancers
Website School website

Livingston High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade 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. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1958.[2]

Livingston High School offers 20 Advanced Placement (AP) courses within eight department areas. The Principal is Mark Stern.

As of the 2009–10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,678 students and 126 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.32.[1]

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[edit] Building and facilities

As of 2009, LHS had completed a $50 million renovation project, which featured a new science wing, music wing, atrium, auditorium, auto shop, gymnasium, weight room and cafeteria. All of the new additions feature LEED-certified energy saving fixtures. The existing building built in 1953 got an upgrade with a new security system, HVAC system and fire alarm system. Minor cosmetic changes include new ceiling tiles, lights, floors and locker paint.[3] 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.[4] A cafeteria extension was introduced in 2010.

[edit] Awards and recognition

For the 1997–98 school year, Livingston High School received the Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.[5]

The school was the 22nd-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 20th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 14th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 44th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 20 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (92.4%) and language arts literacy (97.8%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 28th in New Jersey and 951st nationwide.[9] In Newsweek's June 8, 2009, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Livingston High School was listed in 797th place, 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.[10]

Livingston High School participates in many competitions. Recent accomplishments are:[11]

  • Ranked #2 in 2009 New Jersey Mathematics League contest[12]
  • Placed first in the state in Integrated and Advanced Integrated Science in 2008 Merck State Science Day[13]
  • The Northern New Jersey Regional Champion of New Jersey Science Olympiad from 2004 to 2009. Livingston school district is one of the only three districts that have both middle and high schools in top ten of State Championship Tournament in 2009.[14]
  • Finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, 2009[15]
  • National Winner in the Siemens Competition, 2009[16]
  • Livingston High School students won first-place awards in the Pascrell Congressional Art Contest and Ducret School of Art Annual High School Student Art Show.
  • Livingston High School received recognition for its AP Program as a 2006–2007 State High School winner of the Siemen's Award for Advanced Placement[17]

[edit] Athletics

The Livingston High School Lancers compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[18] Until the 2009–10 school year, Livingston competed in the Iron Division of the 20-member Iron Hills Conference. With 1,279 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA for most sports as North I, Group II which includes schools with enrollment of 1,120 to 2,479.[19]

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.[20][21][22]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[36]

  • Mark Stern, Principal
  • Bronawyn O'Leary, Assistant Principal
  • Gary Suda, Assistant Principal
  • Jennifer Wirt, Assistant Principal

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Livingston High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  2. ^ Livingston High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  3. ^ Additions and Alternations to the Livingston High School, Livingston High School. Accessed December 23, 2011.
  4. ^ 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."
  5. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982–1983 through 1999–2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  6. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 22, 2011.
  7. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 26, 2012.
  9. ^ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Livingston High School", The Washington Post. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Board of Education Proclamations Meeting Agenda, Livingston School District, June 16, 2008. Accessed April 19, 2009
  12. ^ March 2009 High School Score Report Summary, New Jersey Mathematics League, March 2009. Accessed April 19, 2009.
  13. ^ 2008 Merck State Science Day School Team Scores, Merck Institute for Science Education. Accessed April 19, 2009.
  14. ^ New Jersey Science Olympiad – State Championship Tournament, New Jersey Science Olympiad, March 17, 2009. Accessed April 19, 2009.
  15. ^ Intel STS 2009, Intel Science Talent Search. Accessed April 19, 2009.
  16. ^ Siemens Foundation – 2009 Winners, Siemens Competition. Accessed December 21, 2009.
  17. ^ 2006–07 Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement,Siemens Foundation – accessed April 19, 2009
  18. ^ League Memberships – 2011–2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 21, 2012.
  19. ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, NJSIAA. Accessed January 21, 2012.
  20. ^ 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."
  21. ^ 2008 Football – North I, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  22. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  23. ^ 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."'
  24. ^ Jason Alexander, TVtropolis, May 26, 2006.
  25. ^ Michelle Obama's new Press Secretary is Livingston's Hannah August, Livingston Patch, May 15, 2011, accessed September 15, 2011
  26. ^ 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."
  27. ^ a b LHS Alumni Hall of Fame, Livingston Education Foundation, accessed September 15, 2011
  28. ^ "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."
  29. ^ 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."
  30. ^ 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."
  31. ^ a b 2011 LHS Alumni Hall of Fame Honorees, Livingston Education Foundation, accessed September 15, 2011
  32. ^ a b 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"
  33. ^ Rejected applicant alleges bias against Asians, Daily Princetonian, November 13, 2006.
  34. ^ "Former Hofstra Star has Yen to Coach". The Daily Register. http://209.212.22.88/data/rbr/1970-1979/1972/1972.10.17.pdf. Retrieved August 11, 2011. 
  35. ^ 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."
  36. ^ Who's Who at Livingston High School, Livingston High School. Accessed September 13, 2011.

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