Newark Tech High School

Newark Tech High School
Location
Newark Tech High School
Newark Tech High School
Newark Tech High School
91 West Market Street
Newark, NJ 07103
United States
Coordinates 40°44′23″N 74°10′55″W / 40.739794°N 74.181867°W / 40.739794; -74.181867Coordinates: 40°44′23″N 74°10′55″W / 40.739794°N 74.181867°W / 40.739794; -74.181867
Information
Type Vocational Public high school
School district Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
Principal Oge Denis Jr.
Asst. principal Carmen Morales
Faculty 55.6 FTEs[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 758 (as of 2015-16)[1]
Student to teacher ratio 13.6:1[1]
Color(s)      Purple and
     white[2]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Terriers[2]
Website School website

Newark Tech High School is a regional public high school located in Newark, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools.

As of the 2015-16 school year, the school had an enrollment of 758 students and 55.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.6:1. There were 569 students (75.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 89 (11.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Students were informed of wearing school uniforms as of the 2011-2012 school year.

Awards, recognition and rankings

In 2015, Newark Tech was one of 15 schools in New Jersey, and one of nine public schools, recognized as a National Blue Ribbon School in the exemplary high performing category by the United States Department of Education.[3][4]

The school was the 156th-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 165th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 204th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6]

Athletics

The Newark Tech Terriers[2] 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).[7] With 569 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 508 to 770 students in that grade range.[8] The school had previously competed in the Mountain Valley Conference before the 2010 realignment.[9] Colors are purple, silver, and black.

Track and Field

As of 2011, the girls' track and field was ranked number 3 in the nation for the Shuttle hurdles relay and the boys 4x400 team competed in the New Balance nationals. Both boys and girls team were successful in the Penn Relays track meet, with the boys winning first place in their heat in the 4x400 relay meter dash.[10]

In 2012, the girls' track team won their second consecutive Group I outdoor track and field championship with 93 points, more than double the 44 points earned by the second-place team Weequahic High School which earned 44 points.[11]

Basketball

Boys

The boys' basketball team won the Group II state championship in 2013 (defeating Burlington County Institute of Technology Medford Campus in the tournament final) and 2014 (vs. Camden High School).[12]

Girls

The girls' basketball team won the North II Group II state sectional championships in 2015, defeating top-seeded Lincoln High School by a score of 47-39 in the tournament final.[13] The NJSIAA considered forcing the team to vacate the sectional title, after finding that two players who had attended a charter school had played on the team, in violation of eligibility rules.[14]

The team repeated as North II Group II sectional champion in 2016 with a 40-26 win against Ridgefield Park High School[15] and won third title in four years in 2018 with an 81-50 victory against Hanover Park High School in the tournament final.[16]

The team won the Essex County Tournament for the first time in 2017, defeating West Orange High School with a last second layup in overtime to win 55-53 in the final.[17] The team went on to repeat as Essex County Tournament Champion in 2018, defeating University High School by a score of 71-62.[18]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[19]

  • Oge Denis Jr. - Principal
  • Carmen Morales - Vice Principal

Reunion

Newark Tech had its first-ever All Alumni Class Reunion at the new gym on April 23, 2011, with alumni from the 1950s and onwards present. A majority of the alumni were from the late 1980s and early 1990s. There were VIP teachers and staff from various decades present as well. The oldest alumni was a 1954 graduate, John Scranton, who was a Print Shop Teacher/Coach in later years. Mr. Scranton as well as other VIPs worked at the old school (Sussex Avenue) and the new school (West Market Street.) A video presentation was done of yearbooks and alumni's private photos. The reunion was a goal of Vandovese "Makepiece" Williams, an English teacher with 42 years at the school who died on January 26, 2011, short of seeing his vision, but his students accomplished his dream with the All Alumni Class Reunion.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School data for Newark Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Essex County Vocational-Technical Market St, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed November 14, 2016.
  4. ↑ Mueller, Mark. "Which N.J. schools were named National Blue Ribbon schools?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 29, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2016. "Fifteen New Jersey schools have been recognized by the federal government as National Blue Ribbon Schools, a designation that celebrates excellence in academics or progress in closing the achievement gap among groups of students.... Each of the 15 New Jersey schools was chosen for the 'exemplary high performing' category, which weighs state or national tests, high school graduation rates and the performance of subgroups of students, such as those who are economically disadvantaged."
  5. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed July 6, 2011.
  6. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  7. ↑ League & Conference Affiliations 2016-2017, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
  8. ↑ General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  9. ↑ Home Page, Mountain Valley Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of February 17, 2009. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Lambert, Jim; and Bevensee, Rich. "Penn Relays: Paramus Catholic, Newark Tech, South Brunswick reach Tri-State 4x100 final", The Star-Ledger, April 28, 2011. Accessed July 19, 2011.
  11. ↑ Lambert, Jim. "Group state championship track: Girls Group 1 recap", The Star-Ledger, June 3, 2012. Accessed August 27, 2012. "Newark Tech was missing one of its biggest stars. It didn't matter. The Essex County power is so deep and talented that even the absence of the versatile Iana Amsterdam didn't stop Newark Tech from punishing the competition by running off with its second straight title at the NJSIAA Group 1 championships on Saturday at Lombardi Field in Old Bridge."
  12. ↑ Public Past State Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 3, 2017.
  13. ↑ Ho, Yueh. "Girls basketball: Lincoln can't complete comeback, Newark Tech wins North 2, Group 2 title", The Jersey Journal, March 10, 2015. Accessed July 23, 2017. "With one minute remaining in the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 finals today, Lincoln trailed Newark Tech by six points.... Despite an inspiring comeback that erased a big first-quarter deficit, the Lions still fell at home, 47-39, and lost in their third sectional championship in four seasons."
  14. ↑ Stanmyre, Matt. "Newark Tech girls hoops could be forced to vacate sectional title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 12, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2017. "The Newark Tech girls' basketball team could be forced to vacate its North 2, Group 2 sectional championship from last season after the state's governing body for high school athletics recently learned the school used two ineligible players during the 2014-15 season."
  15. ↑ Staff. "Newark Tech girls basketball pulls away from Ridgefield Park to take North 2, Group 2 title", The Star-Ledger, March 8, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2017. "Abbey Lawrence scored 15 points and Ny-Asia Anderson added 10 to lead eighth-seeded Newark Tech to a 40-26 victory over second-seeded Ridgefield Park in the final of the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 tournament in Ridgefield Park."
  16. ↑ Alvarez, Tim. "Townes sets the tone in Newark Tech's third N2,G2 title in four years", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 6, 2018. Accessed March 13, 2018. "Fourth-seeded Newark Tech, No. 12 in the NJ.com Top 20, scored 16 consecutive points after Townes’ pass and went on to win, 81-50, against seventh-seeded Hanover Park in the North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 tournament final in Newark.... The victory was the first time Newark Tech had ever won the county and sectional title in the same year. Newark Tech had previously won the sectional title in 2015 and 2016. Hanover Park won the sectional title in 2017."
  17. ↑ Bobal, Brian. "Newark Tech's Zianna Goda nets game-winning layup as time expires in OT in ECT final", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 25, 2017. "Zianna Goda took a great pass from Caitlin Townes and put home the game-winning basket as time expired in overtime to give to-seeded Newark Tech, No. 9 in the NJ.com Top 20 its first Essex County Tournament title with a 55-53 win over third-seeded West Orange at Essex County College."
  18. ↑ Bobal, Brian. "Newark Tech girls basketball stuns No. 5 University to capture ECT crown.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, February 24, 2018. Accessed March 13, 2018. "Caitlyn Townes dropped 21 points and Mariah Perez added 17 to help second-seeded Newark Tech stun top-seeded University, 71-62 to capture the team’s second consecutive Essex County title."
  19. ↑ Administration, Essex County Vocational Technical Schools. Accessed May 30, 2016.
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