Newark Tech High School

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

Newark Tech High School
Address
91 West Market Street

Newark
,
Essex County
,
New Jersey
07103

United States
Coordinates40.739794°N 74.181867°W / 40.739794; -74.181867
Information
TypeVocational Public high school
School districtEssex County Vocational Technical Schools
NCES School ID340480000137[1]
PrincipalCarmen Morales
Faculty54.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment570 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.6:1[1]
Color(s)  Purple and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference
Sportscheerleading, cross country, bowling, soccer, volleyball, softball, baseball, basketball, track and field
Team nameTerriers[2]
Websitewww.essextech.org/essex-county-newark-tech/

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 570 students and 54.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.6:1. There were 395 students (69.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 56 (9.8% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Students are required to abide by the school's uniform / dress code policy.[3]

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.[4][5]

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.[6] The school was ranked 204th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Athletics

The Newark Tech Terriers[2] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[8] The school had previously competed in the Mountain Valley Conference before the 2010 realignment.[9] With 593 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.[10] 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.[11]

The girls spring track team won the Group I state championship in 2011 and 2012.[12]

In 2012, the girls' track team won their second consecutive Group I outdoor track and field championship with 93 points, more than double the score earned by the second-place team Weequahic High School which earned 44 points.[13]

The girls indoor relay team won the Group I state championship in 2013.[14]

Boys

The boys' basketball team won the Group II state championship in 1991 (defeating South River High School in the tournament final)and won the Group II title in 2013 (vs. Burlington County Institute of Technology Medford Campus), 2014 (vs. Camden High School) and 2015 (vs. Camden).[15] The 2013 team won the Group II title with a 56-44 win against Medford Tech in the championship game played at the Rutgers Athletic Center.[16] The team won the Group II title in 2014 with a 48-44 win in the tournament final, overcoming a Camden lead of seven points with eight minutes left to play.[17]

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.[18] 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.[19]

The team repeated as North II Group II sectional champion in 2016 with a 40-26 win against Ridgefield Park High School[20] and won third title in four years in 2018 with an 81-50 victory against Hanover Park High School in the tournament final.[21]

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.[22] The team went on to repeat as Essex County Tournament Champion in 2018, defeating University High School by a score of 71-62.[23]

Administration

The school's principal is Carmen T. Morales.[24]

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.

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Essex County Newark Tech, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 1, 2022.
  2. Essex County Vocational-Technical Market St, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Uniform/Dress Code Policy, Newark Tech High School. Accessed January 30, 2022.
  4. 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools All Public and Private, National Blue Ribbon Schools Program. Accessed November 14, 2016.
  5. 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."
  6. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed July 6, 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 & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  9. Home Page, Mountain Valley Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive, as of February 17, 2009. Accessed November 20, 2014.
  10. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  11. 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.
  12. NJSIAA Girls Spring Track Summary of Group Titles, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  13. 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."
  14. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  15. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  16. Haley, John. "Medford Tech (44) at Newark Tech (56), NJSIAA Group Tournament, Final Round, Group 2 - Boys Basketball", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 10, 2013, updated August 25, 2019. Accessed January 26, 2021. "Holding Medford Tech to 28 points over the final three quarters, Newark Tech rallied to a 56-44 victory to capture the NJSIAA/Shop Rite Group 2 championship yesterday at the Rutgers Athletic Center. Newark Tech (22-8) won the second group crown in school history and first since it captured Group 1 in 1991."
  17. Staff. "State Basketball: Linden, Pitman, Newark Tech, Newark Eastside claim crowns", USA Today High School Sports, March 16, 2014. Accessed November 20, 2020. "Newark Tech 48, Camden 44: Newark Tech claimed the boys Group II crown on Sunday at Rutgers. Camden held a 10-point lead late in the third quarter and went into the final eight minutes with a seven-point advantage."
  18. 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."
  19. 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."
  20. 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."
  21. 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."
  22. 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."
  23. 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."
  24. Principal's Message, Newark Tech High School. Accessed May 16, 2023.
  25. J'Vonne Parker, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 16, 2023. "High School: West Side (NJ), Newark Tech (NJ)"
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