Technology High School is a magnet public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Broadway neighborhood in Newark, New Jersey's north ward. The school was integrated into the Newark Public School system in 1996 after formerly serving as a Newark State Teachers College (now Kean University) and the Center of Occupations and Education Development (COED) and is located in a building designed by Guilbert and Betelle in 1913.
As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 569 students and 58.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a studentâ€"teacher ratio of 9.81:1. There were 444 students (78.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 76 (13.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 199th-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. The school had been ranked 190th in the state of 328 schools in 2012 , after being ranked 156th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.
Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 120th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 49 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (85.0%) and language arts literacy (95.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).
Athletics
The Technology High School Panthers now 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). With 465 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. Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference. Its main rivalry is with Science Park High School.
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:
- Edwin Reyes, Principal
- Soraia Mendes, Vice Principal - Humanities
- Milagros Ortiz, Vice Principal - Mathematics, Related Arts, World Language
- Stephan Skettini, Vice Principal - Science, Engineering, Technology
- Nelson Tejada, Vice Principal - Scheduling, Guidance
- Kim Wiener, Vice Principal - SPED, Health/Physical Education
Courses
FRESHMEN- Art or Music, Spanish 1 or French 1, English 1 or Honors English 1, Honors Physics, Phys. Ed./Health, Intro to Engineering, Algebra 1 or Honors Algebra 1, World History.
SOPHOMORES- Spanish 2 or French 2, English 2, Honors Chemistry, Phys. Ed./Health, Algebra 2 or Honors Algebra 2, Geometry or Honors Geometry, U.S History 1 or (optional) AP Physics B, 1st of year Cluster Course. (If AP Physics is taken, U.S. History I will be done over the summer.)
JUNIORS- Required: Ethics/Financial Literacy*, English 3, Pre-Calculus or Honors Pre-Calculus, Honors Biology, Phys. Ed./Health, U.S History 2, 2nd year of Cluster Course. Optional: AP English Language and Composition, AP Chemistry*
SENIORS- Required: English 4, Calculus, Forensics, 3rd year of Cluster Course, Phys. Ed./Health. Optional: AP Spanish, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus or ECC Math, AP Biology, Ethics/Financial Literacy* Electives for Seniors: Psychology, Journalism, Drama, or Cooking,
Cluster Course choices are: Computer Science (Mr. Delarosa), Office Systems (Ms. Palmiere), CISCO Networking (Mr. Omar), Graphic Design (Mr. Bradshaw), Medical Engineering (Ms. Mantrana and Ms. Hamrani), and HVAC (Mr. Duguid).
Notable alumni
- Kenneth Faried (Class of 2007), basketball player who is the NCAA Division I modern era's all-time leading rebounder Faried is now part of the NBA's Denver Nuggets drafted first round in 2011 NBA draft in his hometown of Newark, NJ.
References
External links
- Technology High School
- Newark Public Schools
- Newark Public Schools's 2012â€"13 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Newark Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
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