Nutley High School

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Nutley High School
Location
300 Franklin Avenue
Nutley, NJ 07110
Information
Type Public high school
School district Nutley Public Schools
Principal Denis Williams
Vice principal Frank Francia
Alfonso Gonnella
Faculty 82.0 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,259[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 15.4:1[1]
Color(s)      Maroon and
     Gray[2]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference
Team name Raiders[2]
Publication The Maroon and Gray
Website School website

Nutley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Township of Nutley, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Nutley Public Schools. Its colors are maroon and gray.[2] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928.[3] All students pursue an appropriate academic program to prepare for post-secondary education or for employment.

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,259 students and 82.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.4:1. There were 109 students (8.7% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 38 (3.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 130th-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.[4] The school had been ranked 140th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 160th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 141st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 129th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Graduation requirements

Students must pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA) and earn a minimum of 120 credits in English, mathematics, science, social studies, world languages, physical/health education, visual/performing/practical arts, computer applications, and electives.

Athletics

The Nutley High School Raiders[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).[8] With 935 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 758 to 1,061 students in that grade range.[9] The school had previously participated in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League.[10]

School colors are maroon and gray. Sports offered include Crew (women), Golf (women), Track and Field Spring (men), Soccer (men), Cross Country (men), Soccer (women), Bowling (men), Softball (women), Basketball (women), Tennis (men), Football (men), Tennis (women), Track and Field Winter (women), Wrestling (men), Golf (men), Baseball (men), Volleyball (women), Track and Field Spring (women), Bowling (women), Ice Hockey (men), Basketball (men), Cross Country (women), Track and Field Winter (men), Crew (men) and Lacrosse (men).[2]

The baseball team won the 2001 North II, Group III sectionals, defeating Cranford High School 5-3 in the final.[11] The 2004 team won the North I, Group III title, edging Paramus High School 4-3.[12]

The football team won the North II, Group III state sectional championships in 1992.[13]

Administration

Core members of the high school's administration are:[14]

  • Denis Williams, Principal
  • Frank Francia, Vice Principal
  • Alfonso Gonnella, Vice Principal

Notable appearances

Aerosmith played at the Nutley prom in the 1960s.[15]

In 2004, Nutley High School's football team and other student organizations were featured on MTV's Total Request Live, when high school student Corey Smith directed the short three-minute film Making the Grade, starring Hugh Jackman as a high school math teacher.[1]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Nutley High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Nutley High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 5, 2015.
  3. ↑ Nutley High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 24, 2012. Accessed March 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 9, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 27, 2016.
  9. ↑ 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 November 23, 2014.
  10. ↑ Home Page, Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 9, 2009. Accessed November 22, 2014.
  11. ↑ 2001 NJSIAA Baseball - North II, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed April 29, 2007.
  12. ↑ 2004 Baseball - North I, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed April 29, 2007.
  13. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 19, 2015.
  14. ↑ Administrative Team, Nutley High School. Accessed November 5, 2015.
  15. ↑ Aerosmith, Davis, Stephen. Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith, p. 42. HarperCollins, 2003. ISBN 0-06-051580-5. "We played a lot ofproms: New Rochelle, Eastchester, West Point, Nutley High in New Jersey on June 17, the week after Steven got arrested, and he's still very upset. Nutley is a wealthy, conservative town and their prom was very formal, uptight. We walked in, they took one look at us, and I knew we were in trouble."
  16. ↑ Kuraj, Hasime. "Buono describes humble Nutley upbringing", Nutley Sun, January 21, 2013. Accessed January 23, 2013. "Buono credits Nutley schools system for her strong foundation. She attended Washington Elementary School, the former Franklin Middle School, and Nutley High School."
  17. ↑ Fox, Ron. "NUTLEY PROUD TO CALL FRASER A NATIVE SON", The Record (Bergen County), August 2, 1992. Accessed May 3, 2007. "Three years ago, the first induction ceremony for the Nutley High School Sports Hall of Fame was being planned. Word got around school that Ron Fraser, the University of Miami baseball coach, would be the guest speaker."
  18. ↑ 2005 Hall of Fame InducteeRonald Fraser, Nutley Hall of Fame. Accessed January 23, 2013. "Nicknamed 'The Wizard of College Baseball,' this 1952 Nutley High School graduate never had a losing season in 30 years as head baseball coach at the University of Miami."
  19. ↑ "Paul Goldberger", Nutley Hall of Fame.
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Burnap, Campbell. "Obituary: Jackie Paris", The Independent, June 25, 2004. Accessed May 3, 2007. "Jackie Paris was born in Nutley, New Jersey, to an Italian family rather more interested in professional boxing than music. He graduated from the local high school two years ahead of the pianist Al Haig, but had already taken his first showbiz steps, as a juvenile song-and-dance act in vaudeville."
  21. ↑ U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg. Accessed November 21, 2007.
  22. ↑ 2011 Hall of Fame InducteeThe Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg, Nutley Hall of Fame. Accessed January 23, 2012. "While in Nutley, he lived with his family in a second floor flat across the street from the high school on Franklin Avenue. He recalls his year at Nutley High School as one of the best years of his life. He was graduated from Nutley High School in 1941."
  23. ↑ Assemblyman Frederick Scalera, New Jersey Legislature, backed up by the Internet Archive as of September 4, 2007. Accessed December 29, 2012.
  24. ↑ LaGorce, Tammy. "Class Behind Bill to Ban Youths' Public Smoking", The New York Times, April 27, 2008. Accessed January 23, 2012. "The matter has its seeds in a visit the class had back in October from Assemblyman Fred Scalera, a Democrat from Essex and a 1976 graduate of Nutley High."
  25. ↑ Curran, John. "In her New Jersey hometown, Martha Stewart's downfall stings", The San Diego Union-Tribune, March 14, 2004. Accessed October 22, 2007. "A straight-A student, she belonged to almost every club there was at Nutley High School."
  26. ↑ Lehmann, John. "TRUE TO HER SCHOOLGIRL MANTRA: 'I DO WHAT I PLEASE'", New York Post, January 18, 2004. Accessed January 23, 2013. "Right, senior Martha Kostyra graces the pages of the Nutley, N.J., HS yearbook in 1959."

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