University High School (New Jersey)

University High School of Humanities
Location
55 Clinton Place
Newark, NJ 07108
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1977
School district Newark Public Schools
Principal Regina Sharpe
Vice principal Elizabeth Blackmon
H. Frederique
Cynthia Guinn
Ronald Morsey
Mike Passe
Faculty 49.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 7 - 12
Enrollment 572[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.67:1[1]
Color(s) Burgundy / Gold
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Phoenix
Newspaper Phoenix Flame
Website School website

University High School of Humanities (usually University High School) is a six-year public high school serving students in seventh through twelfth grades in Newark, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Newark Public Schools.

Originally created as a program called "School Within a School" at South Side High School, University High School became a standalone school in 1977.[2]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 572 students and 49.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.67:1. There were 407 students (71.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 71 (12.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 237th-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.[3] The school had been ranked 171st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 131st in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 66th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 146th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[6] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 55th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 27 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (91.6%) and language arts literacy (97.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[7]

In 2011 University High School seniors won the 2011 National Urban Debate Championship, a three-day tournament with over 7,000 students from 38 schools in 19 cities.[8]

Athletics

The University High School Phoeinix compete in the Super Essex Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9][10] With 458 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North II, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 61 to 478 students in that grade range.[11] Prior to the NJSIAA's realignment in 2010, the school had competed in the Colonial Division of the Colonial Hills Conference, which was made up of public, parochial, and private high schools covering Essex County, Morris County and Somerset County in North Jersey.[12]

The girls basketball team won the North II, Group I state sectional championship in 2007 with a 66-50 win over Bloomfield Tech High School.[13] The team moved on to win the Group I State Championship, defeating Palmyra High School 80-55 for the title.[14] The team made it to the 2007 Girls Basketball - Tournament of Champions, defeating Willingboro High School 71-58 in the first round, Trenton Catholic Academy 61-51 in the semis and Trenton Central High School 68-62 in the finals to win the tournament.[15] In 1989 the boys track team led by senior Darrell Davis won the North II, Group I state sectional championships. Davis was the 1988 and 1989 Group I sectional winner in the 100m and 200m races as well as the All Group 1 100m champion.

Academics

University High School is a college preparatory institution, where students can pick from three academies; Law, Teaching, or Fields of Humanities to specialize in and complete courses based on their choices, though students are free to specialize in the major of their choice.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[16]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for University High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ History of UHS, University High School. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  3. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012.
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 30, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 27, 2012.
  8. ↑ Giambusso, David. "No debating this: Newark students win national debate championship", The Star-Ledger, May 20, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  9. ↑ University High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  10. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  11. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  12. ↑ Home Page, Colonial Hills Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of November 19, 2010. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  13. ↑ 2007 Girls Basketball - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 10, 2007.
  14. ↑ 2007 Girls Basketball - Public Group Semis/Finals, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, May 9, 2007.
  15. ↑ 2007 Girls Basketball - Tournament of Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 10, 2007.
  16. ↑ Administration, University High School. Accessed September 11, 2014.
  17. ↑ Bonamo, Mark. "Newark mayor's race candidate profile: Ras Baraka", PolitickerNJ, May 8, 2014. Accessed September 11, 2014. "'I went to University High School and Howard University.'"
  18. ↑ Cutler, Jacqueline. "A conversation with Niobia Bryant", NJ.com, August 31, 2014. Accessed September 11, 2014. "'I went to University High. I wasn’t one of the top. I was floating in the middle, doing just enough to get by.'"
  19. ↑ Wilson Wesley, Valerie. "Faith's healing - Faith Evans, singer, mother and widow of rapper Notorious B.I.G - Cover Story - Interview", Essence (magazine), December 1997. Accessed July 10, 2007. "While attending University High School in Newark, she sang with the chorus and jazz bands and, encouraged by Helene, entered outside pageants, festivals and contests, where her voice would be noticed and praised."
  20. ↑ Sampson Davis, MD, The Three Doctors. Accessed September 20, 2012. "While attending University High School in Newark, Dr. Davis met Dr. Rameck Hunt and Dr. George Jenkins, two fellow students who, together, drastically altered the course of one another’s lives."

External links

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