High Schools in Hudson County, New Jersey - Union City High School, Kearny High School, Hudson Catholic Regional High School (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 25. Chapters: Union City High School, Kearny High School, Hudson Catholic Regional High School, High Tech High School, Bayonne High School, Saint Dominic Academy, Hoboken High School, Harrison High School, North Bergen High School, Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School, Lincoln High School, Holy Family Academy, Marist High School, Weehawken High School, Emerson Middle School, County Prep High School, Union Hill Middle School, Memorial High School, St. Mary High School, James J. Ferris High School, Academy of St. Aloysius, Secaucus High School, Kenmare High School, Liberty High School, The Hudson School, Create Charter High School. Excerpt: Union City High School is a three-year public high school in Union City, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Union City Board of Education. The four-story school is located between Kennedy Boulevard and Summit Avenue, from 24th to 26th Street, with additional facilities a block south on Kerrigan Avenue. Through its predecessors, the school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1928. As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,292 students and 147 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.59. The school opened in September 2009, merging the city's prior high schools, Union Hill High School and Emerson High School, and marking the first high school opened in the city in 90 years. The school, which was built on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium, cost $180 million, covers 41/2 acres and includes a rooftop football field. The school's colors are navy blue and silver. Its opening ceremony was attended by Union City Mayor Brian P. Stack, New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez and New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine. The Academy for Enrichment and Advancement.Upo.