Nutley High School Explained
Nutley High School |
Seal Image: | Nutley High School seal.svg |
Established: | 1889[1] |
Principal: | Denis Williams |
Enrollment: | 1,132 (as of 2022–23) |
Ratio: | 12.0:1 |
Us Nces School Id: | 341188002378 |
Team Name: | Raiders |
Conference: | Super Essex Conference (general) North Jersey Super Football Conference (football) |
Colors: | Maroon and gray |
Publication: | The Maroon and Gray |
Address: | 300 Franklin Avenue |
Zipcode: | 07110 |
Country: | United States |
Pushpin Map: | USA New Jersey Essex County#USA New Jersey#USA |
Nutley High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Township of Nutley, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Nutley Public Schools. The school's colors are maroon and gray. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928.[2] Students pursue an appropriate academic program to prepare for post-secondary education or for employment.
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,132 students and 94.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1. There were 104 students (9.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 21 (1.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[3]
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[8] compete in the Super Essex Conference, which comprises public and private high schools in Essex County and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] Before the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which included schools in Bergen, Essex and Passaic counties.[10] With 910 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[11] The football team competes in the Freedom White division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[12] [13] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 680 to 884 students.[14]
School colors are maroon and gray. Interscholastic sports offered include crew (men and women), golf (men and women), track and field spring (men and women), soccer (men and women), cross country (men and women), bowling (men and women), softball (women), basketball (men and women), tennis (men and women), football (men), track and field winter (men and women), wrestling (men), baseball (men), volleyball (women), ice hockey (men), cross country (women) crew (men) and lacrosse (men).[8]
The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Bloomfield High School and Columbia High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[15]
The 1977 girls' basketball team finished the season with a 28–1 record after winning the Group III state championship, defeating Willingboro High School by a score of 48–45 in the tournament final.[16] [17]
The 1992 football team finished the season with an 8-1-2 record after winning the North II, Group III state sectional title with a 39–6 victory against Morris Knolls High School in the championships game.[18] [19]
The softball team won the Group III state title in 1992 vs. Ocean Township High School and 1995 vs. Watchung Hills Regional High School.[20] The 1992 team finished the season with a 20–7 record after winning the Group III title with a 6–4 victory against Ocean Township in the championship game.[21]
The baseball team won the 2001 North II, Group III sectionals, defeating Cranford High School by a score of 5–3 in the final.[22] The 2004 team won the North I, Group III title, edging Paramus High School 4-3.[23] The team won the Greater Newark Tournament in 1993, 2001, 2002 and 2004. The program's four titles are tied for fifth-most in tournament history through 2019.[24] The team won the 2004 Greater Newark Tournament title, defeating Seton Hall Preparatory School 3-2 in the finals.[25]
The co-op ice hockey team with Columbia High School won the McMullen Cup and the Monsignor Kelly Cup in 2019.[26] The 2019 team won the McMullen Cup with a 4–2 win in the tournament final against the Frisch School.[27]
Administration
The school's principal is Denis Williams. His administration team includes two vice principals.[28]
Notable appearances
Aerosmith lead singer Steven Tyler performed on stage at the Nutley prom in June 1966 as part of a predecessor group called "The Strangeurs".[29] [30]
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.[31]
Notable alumni
- Anthony Bowens (born 1990), professional wrestler signed to All Elite Wrestling.[32]
- Alan Branigan (born 1975, class of 1993), Ivorian-born professional soccer player.[33]
- Barbara Buono (born 1953, class of 1971), New Jersey State Senator who represented the 18th Legislative District from 2002 to 2014.[34]
- Jane Burgio (1922–2005, class of 1940), politician who served as Secretary of State of New Jersey and as a member of the New Jersey General Assembly.[35]
- Don Chuy (1941–2014), professional American football player who played guard for seven seasons for the Los Angeles Rams and the Philadelphia Eagles.[36]
- Clams Casino (born 1987 as Mike Volpe), hip hop producer.[37]
- Rena DeAngelo (class of 1984), Emmy Award winning and Academy Award nominated set decorator for her work on the films Bridge of Spies and West Side Story[38]
- David DiFrancesco (class of 1967), photoscientist, inventor, cinematographer, and photographer[38]
- Ken Eulo (born 1939, class of 1957), Eugene O'Neill Award-winning writer and bestselling author whose novels have collectively sold over 13 million copies worldwide.[39]
- Ron Fraser (1933–2013, class of 1952), "Wizard of College Baseball", Baseball coach at University of Miami.[40] [41]
- Garry Furnari (born 1954, class of 1972), Nutley mayor, New Jersey state senator and superior court judge.[42]
- Paul Goldberger (born 1950), architectural critic, educator, journalist, and Pulitzer Prize winner.[43]
- Al Haig (1922–1982), jazz pianist, best known as one of the pioneers of bebop.
- Ben Hawkins (1944–2017), professional American football wide receiver who played in the NFL for the Philadelphia Eagles and Cleveland Browns, and for the Philadelphia Bell of the World Football League.[44]
- Christine E. Haycock (1924–2008), nurse and surgeon who served as a colonel in the United States Army Reserve and as a professor of surgery and Director of Emergency Services at the New Jersey Medical School.[45]
- Lloyd Huck (1922–2012, class of 1940), business executive, philanthropist and aviation enthusiast, who was chairman of pharmaceutical firms Merck & Co. and of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company.[46]
- Frank Lautenberg (1924–2013, class of 1941), former U.S. Senator from New Jersey.[47] [48]
- Richard Nanes (1927–2009; class of 1946), businessman, who was an amateur composer and pianist.[49]
- Carlo Jackie Paris (1926–2004), jazz singer and guitarist.[50]
- Andrew Pecora (born 1957), hematologist and oncologist who has been involved in the research on the use of stem cells and oncolytic viruses to treat diseases, including cancer.[51]
- Stephen Petronio (born 1956, class of 1974), choreographer, dancer and the artistic director of New York City-based Stephen Petronio Company.[52]
- Eileen Poiani, mathematician who was the first female mathematics instructor at Saint Peter's University.[53]
- Kevin J. Ryan (1969–2018), politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly representing the New Jersey's 36th legislative district from 2011 to 2012.[54]
- Frederick Scalera (born 1958, class of 1976), politician represented the 36th Legislative District in the New Jersey General Assembly from 2003 to 2010.[55] [56]
- Martha Stewart (born 1941, then Martha Helen Kostyra, class of 1959) business magnate, TV celebrity, author, editor and homemaking advocate.[57] [58]
- Tariq Subhani (born 1971), Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from May 2013 to May 2018.[59]
- Geerat J. Vermeij (born 1946, class of 1965), professor of geology at the University of California at Davis.[60]
- Lynne Viola (born 1955, class of 1973), scholar on the Soviet Union, who is a professor at the University of Toronto.[61]
External links
Notes and References
- https://www.nutleyschools.org/1/Content2/148 History
- https://www.msa-cess.org/RelId/606553/AccountID/12286/ISvars/default/School_Search.htm Nutley High School
- https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411880&ID=341188002378 School data for Nutley High School
- Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
- Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 9, 2011.
- http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
- https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/nutley-high-school Nutley High School
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090509221527/http://www.nnjil.com/ Home Page
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
- Cooper, Darren. "Here's what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference (SFC) is a 112-team group, the largest high school football-only conference in America, and is comprised of teams from five different counties."
- Cooper, Darren. "NJ football: Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions."
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/winter-co-ops-2020-21.pdf NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-girls-basketball-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/482159540/ "Nutley Wins First Title; Asbury Gals Romp, 70-47"
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-football.pdf NJSIAA Football History
- Simone Jr., Thomas. "Reserve fullback propels Nutley", The Record, December 6, 1992. Accessed January 22, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "With starting full-back Charles Rousselle doubtful with a badly sprained ankle, Nutley coach Rich SanFillipo looked to junior halfback Jason Zinna all 5-feet-4, 140 pounds of him in Saturday's Group 3, Section 2 football final. Zinna didn't disappoint, running for touchdowns of 10 and 30 yards while also blocking for Don Sellari, who rushed for 133 yards and two touchdowns. It all added up to Nutley's first sectional title by virtue of a convincing 39-6 victory over Morris Knolls.... But the game did not start out well for Nutley (8-1-2), which drove from its 22 to the Morris Knolls 7 before quarterback Frank DeMaio fumbled."
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-02/Softball%2023.pdf Softball Championship History 1972–2023
- Mayer, John. "Clark's decisive double brings State crown to Nutley", The Record, May 31, 1992. Accessed January 28, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Clark, a second baseman, delivered a game-winning two-run double in the sixth inning Saturday to live the Raiders a 6-4 win over Ocean Township and the Group 3 State championship.... Nutley (20-7) tied it in the second inning when Lindsay Hill singled, was sacrificed to second, went to third on Burke's single, and scored on a sacrifice bunt from Michele Scarpelli."
- http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=5824&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20III 2001 NJSIAA Baseball - North II, Group III
- http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=67353&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2004 Baseball - North I, Group III
- https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/baseball-the-history-of-the-greater-newark-tournament-with-throwback-photos/ "Baseball: The history of the Greater Newark Tournament, with throwback photos"
- Denman, Timothy. "Raiders regain GNT title; Armstrong named MVP", The Nutley Sun, May 27, 2004. Accessed January 22, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "For the fourth time in school history, and the third time in four years, the Nutley High School baseball team won the Greater Newark Tournament. The Raiders faced off against Seton Hall Prep in the finals for the fourth time in as many years, and defeated its rival 3-2 in front of 1,500 fans at Newark Bears Stadium last Saturday."
- https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-ice-hockey-history.pdf NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Championship History
- Hague, Jim. "Nutley icemen win first-ever McMullen Cup championship", The Observer, March 6, 2019. Accessed March 26, 2021. "However, that all changed when the Maroon Raiders defeated The Frisch School, 4-2, at South Mountain Codey Arena to capture the McMullen Cup title. And scoring one for gender equity – the star of the game for the Maroon Raiders was a girl. Senior center Melanie Conca scored two goals for the Maroon Raiders in the decisive championship game. Conca has already signed on to play women’s hockey at Connecticut College in the fall."
- https://www.nutleyschools.org/schools/nhs Home Page
- [Aerosmith]
- Staff. "Steven Tyler's forgotten 1966 high school prom appearance", The Record, February 2, 2012. Accessed January 2, 2017. "Did American Idol judge and Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler actually perform for students at Nutley High School? The answer, according to Aerosmith's autobiography, is 'yes'. On June 17, 1966, three years before Aerosmith was formed, Tyler was singing for a group called 'The Strangeurs.'"
- Bunko, Anthony. Hugh Jackman - The Biography: The Biography, p. 106. John Blake Publishing, 2012. . Accessed January 2, 2017. "Making the Grade, written and directed by high-school student director Corey Smith, was produced for a segment of MTV's Total Request Live and was shot at Nutley High in Nutley, New York."
- https://montclairathletics.com/sports/baseball/roster/anthony-bowens/1924 Anthony Bowens
- Hague, Jim. "History and tradition abounds in latest Nutley Athletic Hall class", The Observer, September 26, 2017. Accessed January 13, 2018. "Alan Branigan (Class of 1993, soccer)"
- 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."
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2007-burgio/ 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee, Jane Grey Burgio
- https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/C/ChuyDo20.htm Don Chuy Stats
- Olivier, Bobby. "How this Nutley artist became New Jersey's latest music pioneer", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, December 21, 2016. "The EDM bleed has paid dividends for Mike Volpe, a Nutley native better known as Clams Casino, who has become one of the most sought-after digital designers in hip-hop's experimental universe.... The Nutley High School grad first began to tinker with beats as a teen, fooling around with basic keyboards and synthesizers, much simpler ones than the machines now scattered around his basement home studio."
- Proctor, Owen. "MLB umpire, Navy SEAL among Nutley Hall of Fame inductees", NorthJersey.com, November 7, 2017. Accessed April 4, 2023. "A 1984 graduate of Nutley High School, Rena DeAngelo has found a niche in filmdom, namely as a set decorator. She was a shared 2016 nominee for an Academy Award for her work on the movie Bridge of Spies. In 2008, she shared a Primetime Emmy for an episode of Mad Men.... David Difrancesco, a 1967 graduate of Nutley High School, is a photo scientist, inventor, cinematographer and photographer, making technical contributions to film."
- https://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2015-eulo/ 2015 Hall of Fame Inductee - Ken Eulo
- Fox, Ron. "Nutley Proud To Call Fraser A Native Son", The Record, 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."
- http://nutley.bccls.org/nutleyhalloffame/hofrfraserpg.htm 2005 Hall of Fame InducteeRonald Fraser
- Book: Exit 1972 . XXXI . 76 . Nutley Senior High School.
- http://nutley.bccls.org/nutleyhalloffame/hofpgoldbergerpg.htm "Paul Goldberger"
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2009-hawkins/ 2009 Hall of Fame Inductee, Benjamin Charles Hawkins
- https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/499131177/ "Dr. Christine Haycock"
- https://web.archive.org/web/20141210124800/http://nutleypubliclibrary.org/nutleyhalloffame/2003-huck/ 2003 Hall of Fame Inductee, John Lloyd Huck
- http://lautenberg.senate.gov/about/biography.cfm U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg
- http://nutley.bccls.org/nutleyhalloffame/hoflautenbergpg.htm 2011 Hall of Fame InducteeThe Honorable Frank R. Lautenberg
- https://web.archive.org/web/20150712162654/http://nutleypubliclibrary.org/nutleyhalloffame/2007-nanes/ 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee, Richard Nanes
- [Campbell Burnap|Burnap, Campbell]
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2005-pecora/ 2005 Hall of Fame Inductee, Andrew L. Pecora
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2007-petronio/ 2007 Hall of Fame Inductee, Stephen Petronio
- Proctor, Owen. "N.J. university to honor its first female math instructor", The Record, April 19, 2017. Accessed November 9, 2019. "Serving Saint Peter’s University for five decades, Eileen L. Poiani of Nutley will receive the institute’s honorary alumna award on Friday, May 5.... Growing up in town, Poiani walked to Washington Elementary School from the Lincoln Apartments on Park Avenue and graduated from NHS."
- Staff. "Former Assemblyman Kevin Ryan of Essex County has Died", Insider NJ, June 20, 2018. Accessed November 9, 2019. "He graduated from Nutley High School and from the Essex County College Police Academy, started as a driver for Senate President Carmen Orecchio and served 18 years in the Essex County Sheriff’s Office, attaining the rank of undersheriff in charge of field operations."
- https://web.archive.org/web/20070904023602/http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/members/scalera.asp Assemblyman Frederick Scalera
- 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."
- 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."
- 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."
- https://www.pap.gov.pk/members/profile/en/20/977 Tariq Subhani
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2003-vermeij/ 2003 Hall of Fame Inductee, Geerat J. Vermeij
- http://nutleyhalloffame.nutleypubliclibrary.org/2009-viola/ 2009 Hall of Fame Inductee, Lynne Viola