East Side High School
Address
Map
238 Van Buren Street

Newark
,
Essex County
,
New Jersey
07105

United States
Coordinates40°43′27″N 74°09′34″W / 40.724107°N 74.159538°W / 40.724107; -74.159538
Information
TypePublic high school
EstablishedApril 1, 1911; 113 years ago (1911-04-01)
School districtNewark Public Schools
NCES School ID341134002194[1]
PrincipalCarlos Rodriguez
Faculty139.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,255 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio16.2:1[1]
Color(s)  Red and
  white[2]
Athletics conferenceSuper Essex Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameRed Raiders[2]
RivalWest Side High School
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Websitewww.nps.k12.nj.us/EAS/

East Side High School is a four-year public high school in Newark in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Newark Public Schools. The school serves the city's Ironbound neighborhood.[4] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1929 and is accredited until January 2026.[3]

As part of the East Side Opportunity Program, students can take Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate programs, and can earn an associate degree from Essex County College with courses taken in 11th and 12th grades.[5]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,255 students and 139.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.2:1. There were 1,438 students (63.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 295 (13.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

The planned opening date for the school was February 1, 1911, which was delayed to April 1, with about 250 students beginning classes at was initially called the East Side Commercial and Manual Training High School.[6]

The school building, originally constructed in 1911 and expanded on three occasions, covers a total of 302,000 square feet (28,100 m2) of space. A 2005 analysis performed as part of the district's Long Range Facilities Plan recommended construction of a new building and conversion of the existing structure into an elementary school. A 2012 review of the building performed by the district found that portions of the original "antiquated" 1911 building and one of the earlier expansions were "obsolete and in poor condition".[7]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 316th-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.[8] The school had been ranked 319th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 293rd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[9] The magazine ranked the school 301st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[10] The school was also ranked 301st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[11]

Athletics

The East Side High School Red Raiders[2] 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).[12] Prior to the 2010 reorganization, the school had competed in the Watchung Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex, Hudson and Union counties in northern New Jersey.[13] With 1,542 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range.[14] The football team competes in the Liberty Red 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.[15][16] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 1,313 to 5,304 students.[17]

The school offers the only ice hockey program at any Newark public high school.[18] The school offers the city's only public high school lacrosse team.[19] The ice hockey team won the Handchen Cup in 1985.[20]

The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group IV in 1981.[21]

The boys cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1984 and 1988.[22]

The girls cross country team won the Group IV state championship in 1984.[23]

The boys indoor track team won the Group IV indoor relay state championship in 1991.[24]

The boys' basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 2002 (against Shawnee High School in the finals), and won the Group III championship in 2013 (vs. Camden High School), 2014 (vs. Ewing High School) and 2019 (vs. Freehold Township High School).[25] From 2001-2013, the team has won five Newark Public Schools Christmas Tournament Championships, three Essex County championships, four sectional titles and a two state championships. Led by future NBA guard Randy Foye, the 2002 team defeated Shawnee by a score of 50-47 to win the Group IV championship game played at the Louis Brown Athletic Center[26] and came into the Tournament of Champions as the third seed, defeating sixth-seeded Burlington City High School 90-70 in the quarterfinals before falling to Neptune High School by a score of 71-63 in the semis to finish the season at 29-2, losing their first game of the season to ToC champion St. Anthony High School and their last game to ToC runner-up Neptune.[27][28] The team started off the 2014 championship game with a 25-9 run on its way to winning the Group IV title with an 83-56 win against Ewing High School.[29] The 2019 team won the Group IV title with a 69-44 win against Freehold Township in the championship game.[30]

Until a 32-30 win against Belleville High School in September 2017, the football team had a 55-game losing streak, thought to be the longest in state history, which dated back to an October 2011 win against crosstown rival West Side High School and included five seasons in which the team didn't win a single game.[31][32]

Controversy

In June 2007, the Newark Public Schools superintendent made the decision to block out a kiss between two male students out of the high school's yearbook. New Jersey gay rights group, Garden State Equality, demanded that the superintendent publicly apologize, saying "The school district's erasure of this student and his boyfriend is a tragic metaphor of the school district trying to erase the lesbian and gay community from its schools, and we won't stand for it."[33][34] By the end of June, the district changed its mind about the photo, issuing a statement in which it apologized to Jackson, stated that copies of the yearbook would be reissued and affirming that the district respects its diversity and "supports all our students, regardless of race, gender, ethnic background or sexual orientation".[35]

Administration

The school's principal is Carlos Rodriguez. His core administration team includes four vice principals.[36]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:East Side High School (Newark, New Jersey) alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d e School data for East Side High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c East Side High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. ^ a b East Side High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed December 24, 2022.
  4. ^ Lawlor, Julia. "A Home Away From Home for Immigrants", The New York Times. January 11, 2004. Accessed July 5, 2011.
  5. ^ School Profile, East Side High School. Accessed March 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Historical Information, East Side High School, last updated March 12, 2011. Accessed July 5, 2011.
  7. ^ NPS Facilities Database: East Side High School, Newark Board of Education. Accessed March 23, 2022.
  8. ^ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  9. ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
  10. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2011.
  11. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  12. ^ League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. ^ Home Page, Watchung Conference, backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 7, 2011. Accessed December 16, 2014.
  14. ^ NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  15. ^ 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."
  16. ^ 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."
  17. ^ Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  18. ^ Coyne, Kevin. "Hockey in Newark? It's Not Just for Pros", The New York Times, April 16, 2009. Accessed July 5, 2011. "To the coaches of the only high school hockey team in Newark, though, it looked like salvation. 'We started with six kids,' said Keith Veltre, 33, about the team at East Side High School that was about to fold when he and Dennis Ruppe, his old roommate and hockey teammate from William Paterson University, took over in 2003."
  19. ^ Araton, Harvey. "Planting the Seeds of Lacrosse in Newark", The New York Times, May 16, 2010. Accessed July 5, 2011. "At East Side, in the Ironbound section, the only public school in the city where lacrosse is played, the game was a mystery that had to be solved and then sold by John Dudley, the coach."
  20. ^ NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  21. ^ History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  22. ^ NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 1, 2022.
  23. ^ NJSIAA Girls Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 1, 2022.
  24. ^ History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championship, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  25. ^ NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  26. ^ Burrows, Walt. "Newark East Side defeats Shawnee", Courier-Post, March 11, 2002. Accessed March 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Shawnee High School, seeking its fifth Group 4 state boys' championship against a heavily favored Newark East Side, took the North Jersey school down to the wire before dropping a 50-47 decision Sunday at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on the Rutgers University campus. All the excitement built to the end when Newark East Side was holding a three-point lead, but Shawnee had the ball looking to set up a 3-pointer as time was running out. Villanova-bound Randy Foye had given Newark East Side the advantage with a free throw with 14.7 seconds remaining."
  27. ^ NJSIAA Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 1, 2020.
  28. ^ McIntyre, Jason. "Neptune point guard steals the show", The Record, March 21, 2002. Accessed March 9, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Todd kept the crowd on their feet all night with one scintillating pass after another, sparking Neptune to a 71-63 victory over Newark East Side, earning the Scarlet Fliers their first berth in a TOC final."
  29. ^ Staff. "State Basketball: Linden, Pitman, Newark Tech, Newark Eastside claim crowns", USA Today High School Sports, March 16, 2014. Accessed November 20, 2020. "Newark East Side 83, Ewing 56: Newark East Side (29-1) scored 25 of the game’s first 34 points en route to capturing the Group III title at Rutgers."
  30. ^ Edelson, Stephen. "Freehold Township in NJSIAA Group IV final: Loss doesn't diminish Patriots' run", Asbury Park Press, March 10, 2019. Accessed November 20, 2020. "Freehold Township, which had never so much as won an NJSIAA sectional title before this season, had a chance to barge into the rarified air of the Tournament of Champions in the Group IV final at the Rutgers Athletic Center. What the Patriots accomplished over the past few weeks started to sink in in the emotional aftermath of a 69-44 loss to heavily favored Newark East Side, which rolled to its 14th straight win."
  31. ^ Stanmyre, Matthew. "2,168 days of losing: Can a Hail Mary save N.J.'s most tortured team?", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 14, 2017. Accessed September 17, 2017. "The streak had lasted 2,168 days. It had spanned five consecutive winless seasons. It had dated to a victory over Newark West Side on Oct. 1, 2011, when President Barack Obama was in his first term and every current East Side player was in elementary school.... All told, East Side's 53 straight losses had spanned five years, 11 months and six days.... Incredibly, the losing streak survives, growing to 54 games."
  32. ^ "Newark East Side beats Belleville to break 55-game losing streak", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, September 21, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed November 20, 2020. "As if waiting six years for a victory didn't make the moment dramatic enough, Newark East Side put together a final quarter and comeback that made the long-awaited victory even more meaningful. The program broke a 55-game losing streak when Carlos Martinez threw a game-tying 20-yard touchdown pass to Romain Johnson with just 16 seconds left in the fourth quarter, then found DeAndre Speight on a two-point conversion pass to give East Side a 32-30 victory over Belleville on Thursday night in Newark. East Side drove 50 yards in the final 1:41 to win for the first time since Oct. 1, 2011 and snap a streak that is believed to be a state record."
  33. ^ Fernandez, Manny. "School Officials Black Out Photo of a Gay Student's Kiss", The New York Times, June 24, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2011.
  34. ^ Fahim, Kareem. "Metro Briefing - New Jersey; Newark: Impact of Yearbook Kiss Photo", The New York Times, June 27, 2007. Accessed October 30, 2018.
  35. ^ Fahim, Kareem. "School Official Apologizes for Removing Photo of Kiss", The New York Times, June 26, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2011. "Yesterday, the school district reversed course, and released a statement apologizing to Mr. Jackson and saying the yearbook would be reissued with the picture unmarked. 'Superintendent Marion A. Bolden personally apologizes to Mr. Jackson and regrets any embarrassment and unwanted attention the matter has brought to him,' read the statement, which was issued by the Newark public schools' general counsel, Perry L. Lattiboudere. "The district takes pride in its diverse student population and supports all our students, regardless of race, gender, ethnic background or sexual orientation.""
  36. ^ Administration, East Side High School. Accessed December 24, 2022.
  37. ^ a b "'Healthy' Neto, New Acquisitions Strengthen Lineup of Americans", Asbury Park Press, June 30, 1977. Accessed April 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Center forward Rubin Cantera and goalkeeper Mike Barca have been added to the roster.... Barca played under Schellscheidt with the North American Soccer League Hartford Bicentennials in 1975 and is a graduate of Newark East Side High School (where he played with current Americans Tino Dominguez and Telmo Pires) and Fairleigh Dickinson University (where he gained All-New Jersey-Pennsylvania-Delaware honors.)"
  38. ^ Staff. "Heinie Benkert, 71, Played Halfback for Giants in 20's", The New York Times, July 17, 1972. Accessed January 17, 2018. "Henry (Heinie) Benkert, halfback in the 1920s for the New York Giants football team, died here yesterday. He was 71 years old. Mr. Benkert was a star in the early 1920s at Rutgers University, which he attended after winning all‐state honors in New Jersey on the Newark East Side High School team."
  39. ^ DiIonno, Mark. "NJ life: 'Monuments Men' member tells his story", The Star-Ledger, March 4, 2014. Accessed October 23, 2018. "Harry Ettlinger is back home in his meticulous apartment in Rockaway Township, back from the movie premieres in Berlin, Milan, London, Paris and Washington.... The family settled in Newark, Ettlinger graduated from East Side High School, and when his draft notice came, the Navy was out of the question."
  40. ^ John Filak, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed July 21, 2021. "High School: East Side (NJ)"
  41. ^ Randy Foye profile, NBA.com. Accessed June 14, 2007.
  42. ^ Shapiro, Leonard. "Redskin Grant Has Overcome Long Odds", The Washington Post, October 7, 1977. Accessed October "'If you knew where he came from, what his background was, you'd know what I'm talking about,' said Bert Nanhoff, Grant's football coach at East Side High in Newark and now a guidance counselor at a suburban school in northern New Jersey.... That determination showed up early, because Manhoff once told Grant, then a puny 140-pound freshman, that he was simply too small to play high school football."
  43. ^ Whitlow, Joan. "Newark's first black woman to serve as municipal court judge dies at 66", The Star-Ledger, April 29, 2010. Accessed October 25, 2015. "Johnson graduated from Newark's East Side High School in 1961, and graduated from Douglass College of Rutgers University in New Brunswick with a degree in microbiology."
  44. ^ Honey Lott, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed July 21, 2021. "Born: March 18, 1925 in Newark, NJ... High School: East Side HS (Newark, NJ)"
  45. ^ Fitzgerald, Barbara. "Who Is Dina Matos McGreevey?", The New York Times, December 8, 2002. Accessed July 5, 2011. "The family settled in the Ironbound section of Newark, a neighborhood dominated by Portuguese families. Maria Matos ran a gift shop while Ricardo Matos worked for the railroad. Dina attended Wilson Avenue School, East Side High School and Rutgers University in Newark, where she studied political science but did not earn a degree."
  46. ^ Charles Anthony Micchelli, University of Zaragoza. Accessed July 12, 2021. "Después de estudios primarios y secundarios en la St. James Catholic School de Newark pasó a la East Side High School de la misma ciudad y se graduó en Matemáticas en 1964 en Rutgers University con honores Phi Beta Kappa."
  47. ^ Elijah Olaniyi, Stony Brook Seawolves men's basketball. Accessed October 25, 2021. "Hometown: Newark, N.J.; High School: Newark East Side"
  48. ^ "Fitzpatrick-Pires", Asbury Park Press, August 13, 1978. Accessed November 25, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzpatrick, Mountainside Drive, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Cathleen Elizabeth, to Telmo D. Pires, Jackson Township, son of Mr. and Mrs. Antonio Pires, Cacia, Portugal..... Her fiance is a graduate of East Side High School, Newark.... He is a professional soccer player with the New Jersey Americans Professional Soccer Team, East Brunswick Township."
  49. ^ Staff. "Glimpse of History: Woman athletes make history in 1922", The Star-Ledger, January 29, 2012, updated March 30, 2019. Accessed December 29, 2021. "Sabie was a graduate of East Side High School in Newark and a student at the Newark State Normal School, which later became Kean University."
  50. ^ Mandel, Stewart. "Another black eye for the Buckeyes? Lawsuit reveals more allegations against Ohio State basketball program", Sports Illustrated, June 9, 2004, last updated March 10, 2006. Accessed July 5, 2011. "Before coming to Columbus, Savovic played his senior year of high school at East Side High School in Newark, N.J. According to a 1998 New York Daily News story, he lived with his 'uncle,' Spomenko (Semi) Pajovic. A 2001 Dayton Daily News report alleged that Pajovic was a de facto agent who helped place numerous Serbian players at American colleges and high schools, among them Savovic and his brother, Predrag, who played at UAB and Hawaii."
  51. ^ Baumgartner, Stan. "Smukler Resigns From Temple; Renzo, Owl Back Denies Story He Has Quit Temple", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 4, 1935. Accessed April 14, 2021. "He began his football career at East Side High School, Newark, N. J., as a tackle. Later he went to Gloversville, N. Y High, where he first was used in the backfield."
  52. ^ Sarah Vaughan Archived September 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, Newark Symphony Hall. Accessed August 16, 2008. "Vaughan initially attended Newark's East Side High School, later transferring to Arts High School, which had opened in 1931 as the United States first arts magnet high school."
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