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Secaucus High School
Address
Map
11 Mill Ridge Road

Secaucus, New Jersey
,
Hudson County
,
New Jersey
07094

United States
Coordinates40°48′07″N 74°03′01″W / 40.801948°N 74.050333°W / 40.801948; -74.050333
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtSecaucus Board of Education
NCES School ID3414850[2]
PrincipalSteve Viggiani[1]
Assistant PrincipalAmanda Wargocki[1]
Faculty54.3 FTEs[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment627 (as of 2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio11.5:1[2]
Color(s)  Scarlet
  White and
  Blue[3]
Athletics conferenceNorth Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team namePatriots[3]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
Websiteshs.sboe.org

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 the lone secondary school of the Secaucus Board of Education. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.[4] Since 2010, the school has improved its academic ratings. Students are able to compete in interscholastic sporting events, and one of the school's teams won multiple state championships in the 2000s.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 627 students and 54.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.5:1. There were 144 students (23.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 60 (9.6% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 155th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[5] The school had been ranked 90th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 102nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[6] The magazine ranked the school 103rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[7] The school was ranked 107th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[8] 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).[9] In 2017, the school was ranked #71 in New Jersey and earned a silver medal in the U.S. News and World Report rankings of Best High Schools.[10]

Athletics

The Secaucus High School Patriots[3] participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[11][12][13] With 398 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015–16 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 73 to 487 students in that grade range.[14] 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.[15] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020.[16]

The school participates with North Arlington High School in a joint ice hockey team in which Kearny High School is the host school / lead agency. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[17]

The baseball team won the Group I state championship in 1980, defeating Monroe Township High School by a score of 6-0 in the final game of the tournament.[18][19]

The girls volleyball team won the Group II state championship in 1983 (defeating Tenafly High School in the tournament's final match), 1984 (vs. Fort Lee High School), 1985 (vs. Hawthorne High School and 1986 (vs. Hawthorne), won the Group I title in 1988 (vs. Emerson Jr./Sr. High School), 1989 (vs. Wood-Ridge High School), 1991 (vs. Wallington High School, 1992 (vs. Eastern Christian High School), 1993 (vs. Bogota High School), 1995 (vs. Wallington), 1996 (vs. Emerson), 1997 (vs. Boogota), 1998 (vs. Bogota), 1999 (vs. Cresskill High School), 2000 (vs. Bogota), 2001 (vs. Cresskill), 2005 (vs. Bogota), 2006 (vs. Midland Park High School) and 2014 (vs. Bogota). The program's 19 state group titles are the most in the state.[20] The 1983 team won the program's first state title, defeating Park Ridge in two games (15-8 and 15-12) in the finals of the Group II tournament.[21] The 1985 team won their third straight Group II title with a 15-9, 15-9 win against Hawthorne in the finals to finish the season at 22-0.[22] The team won the 2000 Group I state championship over Bogota High School, dropping the first set by a score of 10-15 and then winning the final 15-13 and 15–9.[23] The 2001 team repeated with a win over Cresskill High School in the tournament final.[24] The team took the title in 2005 with a 25–20, 25-18 straight set win over Bogota High School.[25] The 2006 team repeated as Group I champion with a 25–13, 25–12 win in the finals against Midland Park.[26] In 2014, the team beat Bogota 25-22 and 25-15 in the Group I title match to win the program's 19th state championship.[27]

The 2013 softball team won the North II Group I sectional championship, the program's first, defeating defending state champion Whippany Park High School by a score of 1–0.[28]

The 2019 softball team won the Hudson County Tournament after defeating Bayonne High School by a score of 5–4 in the tournament final.[29]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[1]

  • Steve Viggiani, Principal
  • Amanda Wargocki, Assistant Principal

References

  1. ^ a b c Staff Directory, Secaucus High School. Accessed May 14, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for Secaucus High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Secaucus High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 2, 2016.
  4. ^ a b Secaucus High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed August 30, 2020.
  5. ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  6. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 22, 2012.
  7. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 18, 2011.
  8. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  9. ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 31, 2011.
  10. ^ "Secaucus High School", U.S. News and World Report. Accessed December 7, 2017.
  11. ^ Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
  12. ^ Member Schools, North Jersey Interscholastic Conference. Accessed August 30, 2020.
  13. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  14. ^ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  15. ^ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 23, 2014.
  16. ^ NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. ^ NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  18. ^ NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  19. ^ "Bittiger, Arcuri keys to Secaucus title win", The Record, June 8, 1980. Accessed December 31, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "It was a wedding, however, that oddly proved the secret weapon for the Patriots yesterday as they blanked Monroe, 6-0, for the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 1 baseball championship."
  20. ^ Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  21. ^ "Park Ridge, Secaucus, OT, Paladins win titles", The Record, November 20, 1983. Accessed December 31, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Bergen County Scholastic League National Division powerhouses Park Ridge and Secaucus each won their first New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association volleyball championships last night. Park Ridge won the Group 1 title by edging Bogota, 15-10, 15-13, and Secaucus defeated Tenafly, 15-8, 15-12 for the Group 2 crown."
  22. ^ Michnowski, Brian. "Fair Lawn, Park Ridge, OT follow Secaucus lead", The Record, November 25, 1985. Accessed January 27, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "A 15-9, 15-9 Group 2 victory over Hawthorne Saturday at Fair Lawn High School gave the Patriots a perfect season and their third consecutive New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association championship. Secaucus (22-0) also scored championship-round victories, over Fort Lee (1984) and Tenafly (1983)."
  23. ^ 2000 - Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  24. ^ 2001 NJSIAA Girls Volleyball - Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  25. ^ 2005 Girls Volleyball - Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  26. ^ 2006 Girls Volleyball - Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 19, 2007.
  27. ^ Hague, Jim. "Scoreboard: Just like old times for Secaucus volleyball", The Hudson Reporter, November 23, 2014. Accessed October 28, 2020. "Although Secaucus High School had won a state-record 18 NJSIAA Group state championships over the years, there hadn’t been a new banner to add to the walls of the Secaucus gymnasium since 2006.... Last weekend, the Patriots finally got to add another banner to the wall. They defeated arch-rival Bogota, 25-22 and 25-15, to finally bring home another state title to Secaucus."
  28. ^ Staff. "H.S. Softball: Secaucus defeats Whippany Park", The Record, June 1, 2013. Accessed September 21, 2013. "Secaucus 1, Whippany Park 0 (at Whippany Park): Secaucus did it in the Hudson County tournament final, and was at it again during Friday's North 2, Group 1 softball sectional championship. The fifth-seeded Patriots crashed, perhaps, the biggest party yet, shocking three-time defending sectional champion and last year's Group 1 state champion Whippany Park, 1-0, behind Danielle Roesing's four-hit shutout."
  29. ^ Bernstein, Jason. "Secaucus rallies in the 7th, defeats Bayonne in 8 for Hudson County title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 18, 2019, updated August 22, 2019. Accessed May 14, 2020. "After experiencing a roller-coaster of emotions in the late innings - from squandering a sixth inning lead, to overcoming a two-run deficit in the seventh to force extra-innings, sixth-seeded Secaucus emerged from it all with a 5-4 victory over top-seeded Bayonne, in eight innings, to win the Hudson County Tournament on Saturday at the Thomas M. Gerrity Athletic Complex in Jersey City."
  30. ^ Jeff Bittiger, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed May 14, 2020. "Born: April 13, 1962 in Jersey City, NJ... High School: Secaucus HS (Secaucus, NJ)"
  31. ^ Tuite, James. "Players; Jersey Pitcher A Gem For Mets", The New York Times, September 28, 1982. Accessed May 14, 2020. "Players from the Sun Belt, like Strawberry, have a distinct advantage, said the 20-year-old Bittiger, who is from Secaucus, N.J.... Bittiger said that while he was attending Secaucus High he was not especially attracted to either the Mets or the Yankees."
  32. ^ Hague, Jim. "Scoreboard: The reluctant homecoming Secaucus' Lukasiewicz never figured he'd be back pitching in Jersey", The Hudson Reporter, August 24, 2004. Accessed December 7, 2017. "After receiving his release from the Anaheim Angels last fall, Mark Lukasiewicz had a handful of offers to choose from over the winter. The Yankees called and asked if the Secaucus High School legend would be willing to sign on and pitch for them. So did the Chicago Cubs."
  33. ^ Regal, Celeste. "Adult chorus picks up speed New town chorale promises heavenly show in May", The Hudson Reporter, February 14, 2006. Accessed October 17, 2017. "Keith Volpone, a Secaucus High School student who won in 1990, went on to write the music for the hit series The Simple Life and lives and works in Los Angeles."
  34. ^ Livio, Susan K.; and Graber, Trish G. "Former N.J. Assemblyman Anthony Impreveduto dies at 61", The Star-Ledger, August 6, 2009. Accessed August 22, 2012. "Impreveduto, who held a master's degree in education administration from Seton Hall, had worked as a teacher and chairman of the business department at Secaucus High School, according to his biography in the Fitzgerald Legislative Manual."
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