Secaucus High School

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Secaucus High School
Location
11 Mill Ridge Road
Secaucus, NJ 07094

Information
Type Public high school
School district Secaucus Board of Education
Principal Dr. Robert Berckes
Vice principal Frank Costello
Faculty 44 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 621 (as of 2009-10)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 14.11[1]
Athletics conference North Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Nickname Patriots
Website

Secaucus High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Secaucus, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Secaucus Board of Education. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[2]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 621 students and 44 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.11.[1]

The school was the 102nd-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 103rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[3] The school was ranked 107th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 215th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 34 positions from the 2009 rank) 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]

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[edit] Athletics

The Secaucus High School Patriots compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which includes private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Hudson County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[6] Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Secaucus was a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) National Division.

The girls volleyball team won the 2000 Group I state championship over Bogota High School, dropping the first match by a score of 10-15 and then winning the final two matches by scores of 15-13 and 15-9.[7] The 2001 team repeated with a win over Cresskill High School in the tournament final.[8] The team took the title in 2005 with a 25-20, 25-18 straight set win over Bogota High School.[9] The 2006 team repeated as Group I championship with a 25-13, 25-12 win in the finals vs. Midland Park High School.[10]

[edit] Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[11]

  • Dr. Robert Berckes, Principal
  • Frank Costello, Vice Principal

[edit] Notable faculty

Notable current and former faculty members include:

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Secaucus High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 7, 2011.
  2. ^ Secaucus High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  3. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 18, 2011.
  4. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  5. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  6. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  7. ^ 2000 - Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  8. ^ 2001 NJSIAA Girls Volleyball - Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  9. ^ 2005 Girls Volleyball - Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  10. ^ 2006 Girls Volleyball - Group I, NJSIAA. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  11. ^ Staff, Secaucus High School. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  12. ^ Livio, Susan K.; and Graber, Trish G. "Former N.J. Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto dies at 61", The Star-Ledger, August 6, 2009. Accessed August 7, 2009.

[edit] External links

Coordinates: 40°48′07″N 74°03′01″W / 40.801948°N 74.050333°W / 40.801948; -74.050333

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