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| Queen of Peace High School | |
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| Address | |
| 191 Rutherford Place North Arlington, NJ Bergen County, 07031 |
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| Coordinates | 40°47′12″N 74°07′55″W / 40.786628°N 74.131809°WCoordinates: 40°47′12″N 74°07′55″W / 40.786628°N 74.131809°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Sisters of St. Joseph |
| Established | 1930 |
| Principal | Br. Lawrence Lavallee |
| Asst. Principal | George Linke Charles Syby, Sr. Joan Suberati, SSJ |
| Pastor | Msgr. William Fadrowski |
| Chaplain | Rev. Scott Attanasio |
| Faculty | 45.8 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 517 [1] (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11.3:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
| Team name | Golden Griffins |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
| Publication | Kindlings (literary journal) |
| Newspaper | 'The Paw Print' |
| Yearbook | 'Peace Pact' |
| Tuition | $8,250 |
| Admissions Director | Ed McKeown |
| Athletic Director | John Ahmuty |
| Website | http://www.qphs.org |
Queen of Peace High School is a Roman Catholic, coeducational parochial secondary school operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It is located in North Arlington, New Jersey. The school has been honored two times by the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest award an American school can receive.[3][4] It is overseen by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[5] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1969.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 517 students and 45.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.3[1]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
During both the 1992-93 and 1997-98 school years, Queen of Peace High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education.[6][7]
[edit] History
Monsignor Peter B. O'Connor, first pastor of Queen of Peace Church, invited the Sisters of St. Joseph of Chestnut Hill to staff the newly formed Queen of Peace High School in September 1930. The sisters brought the spirit and spirituality of their congregation to their ministry of education at Queen of Peace by living out their mission: "We live and work so that all people may be united with God and with one another." For 30 years the Sisters of St. Joseph, the parish priests, and a few lay people formed the faculty and staff of Queen of Peace.
In 1960, the De La Salle Christian Brothers came to Queen of Peace to teach the boys while the Sisters of St. Joseph continued to teach the girls, making Queen of Peace a co-institutional high school. In 1981, Queen of Peace moved from being a co-institutional to a co-educational high school staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph, the De La Salle Christian Brothers, and a dedicated lay faculty. St. Joseph and the De La Salle Christian Brothers "alive and well" at Queen of Peace.
[edit] Athletics
The Queen of Peace High School Golden Griffins compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County.[8] Prior to the league realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Queen of Peace was a member of the American Division of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL).[9]
St. Mary High School had filed a complaint against Queen of Peace High School with the NJSIAA in 2007, claiming that a new wrestling program run by former Gaels coach Scot Weaver at Queen of Peace will induce St. Mary's wrestlers to transfer schools.[10]
In 1990, the Golden Griffin football team battled Don Bosco Preparatory High School in the NJSIAA Parochial final, ultimately losing 21 - 20.[citation needed]
[edit] Recent events
In 1999, William "Sonny" Connors, grandfather to Derek Jeter and long time head of school maintenance, died. Because of Sonny's service to Queen of Peace, the Jeter family, through Jeter's Turn2 Foundation, started the Connors/Jeter Scholarship Fund. This fund was started to help exceptional, well-rounded students and to memorialize Derek's grandfather, William "Sonny" Connors. A total of ten different Queen of Peace students have received scholarships from the fund.
On January 4, 2007, several Queen of Peace Students traveled to Rome in order to sing in a private audience to Pope Benedict XVI.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Kathleen Donovan (born 1952), Bergen County Executive.[11]
- Frank Iero (born 1981), rhythm guitarist for My Chemical Romance.[citation needed]
[edit] Notable faculty
- Ryan Grant (born 1982), assistant coach for the school's football team in 2006 who would later play for the Green Bay Packers.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Queen of Peace High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed September 6, 2011.
- ^ a b Queen of Peace High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed September 6, 2011.
- ^ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ "Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ Bergen Catholic High Schools, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed September 6, 2011.
- ^ Glovin, David. "Schools basking in Glow of Top Award", The Record (Bergen County), May 28, 1998. Accessed May 30, 2007. "Forgive Queen of Peace High School for skirting the Bible's teachings....And is also a waste of money. For the second time in five years, this small parochial school in North Arlington at the southern tip of Bergen County has won recognition from the U.S. Department of Education...."
- ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 6, 2011.
- ^ School Info, Bergen County Scholastic League American Division. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ Schutta, Gregory. "St. Mary seeks ruling to prevent transfers", The Record (Bergen County), May 31, 2007. Accessed May 31, 2007. "St. Mary is taking Queen of Peace in front of the NJSIAA next week in a preemptive strike, hoping to stem an anticipated wave of transfers of its wrestlers to the fledgling program being built by former Gaels coach Scot Weaver at the North Arlington school."
- ^ Stile, Charles. "Donovan wasn't a match", The Record (Bergen County), July 21, 2009. Accessed March 29, 2011. "Donovan's roots are in the South Bergen soil, first as a graduate of Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington and later as a lawyer in her hometown of Lyndhurst."
- ^ Bishop, Greg. "From Hard Knocks to Crunch Time: Packers’ Grant Began Career as Giant", The New York Times, January 17, 2008. Accessed September 6, 2011. "The new assistant football coach reported for work at Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, N.J., before the 2006 season.... So when coaches told players the name of the new assistant — Ryan Grant — they were met with blank stares."
[edit] External links
- Queen of Peace High School Website
- Statistical data for Queen of Peace High School, National Center for Education Statistics
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