Atlantic City High School (ACHS) is a comprehensive

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Atlantic City Atlantic City, often known by its initials A.C., is a coastal resort city in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. The city is known for its casinos, boardwalk, and beaches. In 2020, the city had a population of 38,497.

, in Atlantic County,

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, United States. It is the lone secondary school of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. The school serves students from Atlantic City, along with those from

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, Longport,

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and Ventnor City, who attend the school as part of

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s with their respective school districts. As of the 2020–21 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,771 students and 146.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 12.1:1. There were 1,319 students (74.5% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 84 (4.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Atlantic City High School

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. Accessed February 15, 2022.

History

Atlantic City's first high school building was built in 1895 at Illinois and Arctic Avenues, though the building's small size did not allow much room for growth. In 1901, the high school relocated to a building at Ohio and Pacific Avenues. After the high school relocated a third time, the building was reused as Central Jr. High School for many years. The third building, located at Albany and Atlantic Avenues, opened on September 17, 1923. Constructed at a cost of over $1.75 million (equivalent to $ million in ), it included a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 6,000-pipe organ. Atlantic City High School, main entrance

Atlantic City High School, main entrance

Atlantic City High School's commemorative bricks (set G)

The fourth, and current Atlantic City High School was constructed on "Great Island," opening to students on November 14, 1994, at a cost of $83 million and had its formal dedication ceremony on November 23 before a gathered crowd of 4,000. The building was designed by Blumberg Associates Architecture.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 262nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 214th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 247th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 255th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 270 in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school 334th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the

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(HSPA).

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Atlantic Division of the Cape-Atlantic League, an athletic conference comprised of public and private high schools in Atlantic, Cape May,

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and

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counties, operating under the aegis of the

. With 1,398 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2022–24 school years as Group IV South for most athletic competition purposes. The football team competes in the United Division of the 94-team West Jersey Football League superconference and was classified by the NJSIAA as Group V South for football for 2022–2024. The boys swimming team won the state non-public championship from 1921 to 1929. In 1924, the team won the state swimming championship for a fourth time, setting three meet records in the process, with the Lawrenceville School coming in second and

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in third. The next year, at a meet held in

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, the swim team won the national interscholastic championship, breaking the streak of four championships won by

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. In March 1925, the Atlantic City swim team were the guests of President

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at the White House, in recognition of their championship. The girls' basketball team won the Group IV state championships in 1981 vs. Eastside Paterson and repeated in 1982 vs. Plainfield High School. The 1981 team finished the season with a record of 29-1 after winning the Group IV state title with a 45-43 victory in the finals against an Eastside team that came into the game undefeated. The 1994 Boys Varsity 8 Crew had an undefeated season and took the Triple Crown, winning the Philadelphia City Championships, Stotesbury Cup Regatta and National Rowing Championships. The V8 went on to place second in the Princess Elizabeth Cup at the Henley Royal Regatta on the Thames River in England. The 1999 football team won the South Jersey Group IV state championship at Rutgers Stadium with a 31–29 win over Eastern High School of Voorhees, a victory that marked the program's first sectional title. The boys' basketball team won the NJSIAA Group IV state championship in 2012 (defeating Ridgewood High School in the tournament final), 2012 (vs. Elizabeth High School) and 2013 (vs. Linden High School). The team won the Group IV tournament in 2005, defeating

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71–70 in the semifinals, and Ridgewood High School by a score of 56–42 in the championship game at Rutgers University. In 2012, the Viking's boys' basketball team won the South Jersey Group IV title and the Group IV state championship with a 53–47 win against Elizabeth High School, marking the team's second state title. The Vikings repeated as Group IV state champions in basketball in 2013, defeating Linden High School in overtime by a score of 60–54 to become back-to-back champions. In 2007, Todd Busler was one of 50 recipients of the

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's Tri-State High School Award given to players from schools located in South Jersey, the five-county Philadelphia area and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania. The boys' soccer team was 2008 inaugural Brigantine Cup champions. In 2009, the girls' tennis team won the South Jersey Group IV title beating Millville Senior High School 3–2, the program's first group title. In 2010, the girls' swim team won the CAL American Conference title and defeated Vineland High School to win the South Jersey Public A championship for the first time in the program's history, going 14-0 before falling to

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in the state semifinals. The school's gymnasium was home to the United States Basketball League (USBL) Atlantic City Seagulls from 1996 to 2001. The Seagulls won the USBL Championship in 1997, 1998 and 1999.

Rules

Dress code

Beginning in 2007, in the hopes of preventing gang identification, Atlantic City High School required students wear a

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, putting it in a minority of public schools to do so in the United States. Other high schools in South Jersey, such as Middle Township High School, Vineland High School, and

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, followed suit. The change was immediately controversial, with some parents saying that it became a "distraction from education" when the school suspended 150 students in one day for violating the uniform rules. For example, in the 2013–2014 school year, it was required that students wear collared shirts in only the two school colors plus black, with no logos except ACHS's own logo (or that of one of its sports teams). In August 2019, the Board of Education dropped its uniform policy for the 2019–2020 school year, opting instead for a dress code. ACHS students are still restricted from a few garment types, such as bare midriffs, ripped jeans, leggings, and " do rags", or garments the school deems to have "obscene" words or images on them.

Truancy

Chronic absenteeism, or truancy, is a problem for ACHS; in 2015, 21% of its students were deemed chronically absent. The school has established a Truancy Task Force to enforce state laws requiring school attendance.

Academics

Atlantic City High School offers many

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(AP) courses, in addition to the standard college-prep and Honors classes. ACHS offers 20 AP courses:

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;

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; AP Calculus BC; AP Chemistry; AP Studio Art;

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; AP Macroeconomics;

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;

AP English Literature and Composition Advanced Placement (AP) English Literature and Composition (also known as Senior AP English, AP Lit, APENG, or AP English IV) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program in the United State ...

; AP Environmental Science;

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; AP United States Government and Politics; AP Latin; AP Music Theory;

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;

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; AP Psychology;

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; AP Statistics; and, AP United States History.

Notable alumni

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(born 1944), playwright and novelist. * Brad (born 1963) and Eric Blumberg (born 1966), real estate entrepreneurs and developers of mobile GPS real estate information technology. *

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(1941–2017), visual artist and illustrator of children's books, who was the recipient of a Caldecott Medal and multiple

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s. * Rosalind Cash (1938–1995),

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whose career endured on stage, screen, and television, despite her staunch refusal to portray stereotyped "black" roles. *

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, journalist and screenwriter who is a news editor at '' The Washington Examiner''. * Joe Cicero (1910–1983), professional baseball player with the

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and the

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. * Wayne Colman (born 1946), linebacker who played for the

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and

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. *

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expert. *

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(1938–2009, class of 1954), president of

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from 1983–2003. *

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(class of 1975), collegiate basketball coach and a retired professional basketball player. * Brian Heffron (born 1973, class of 1993), professional wrestler for

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and Extreme Championship Wrestling. *

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(born 1992, class of 2010), ''jihadi'',

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fighter. * Pete Hunter (born 1980),

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for the NFL's

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who was a fifth-round pick in 2002. * Enoch L. "Nucky" Johnson (1883-1968, class of 1900), Atlantic City mobster and political boss. * Brett Kennedy (born 1994, class of 2012), pitcher for the

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. * Pinky Kravitz (1927–2015), radio broadcaster and print journalist. * Lorenzo Langford (born 1955), Mayor of Atlantic City 2008–2014. * JoAnna LaSane (1935–2019, class of 1953), model, dancer and arts administrator. *

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(1923–2008), Mayor of Atlantic City from 1976 to 1982 * Bob Levy (born 1947), Mayor of Atlantic City 2006–2007. *

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(born 1952), creator of the clown character "Grandma" of the Big Apple Circus. *

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(born 1947), musician-drummer. * Michael J. Matthews (1934–2014), politician who represented the 2nd Legislative District in the

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from 1978 to 1984 and was Mayor of Atlantic City from 1982 to 1984. *

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from 2007 to 2008, where he represented the 2nd Legislative District. * Scott Neustadter (born 1977), screenwriter. * Joshua Ozersky (1967–2015), food writer and historian. * Joseph B. Perskie (1885–1957; class of 1904), Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1933 to 1947. * Steven P. Perskie (born 1945), judge and politician. * George Lincoln Rockwell (1918–1967), founder of the American Nazi Party. *

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(born 1972),

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for the NCAA's University of Massachusetts Minutemen and the NBA's

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and

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. A second-round pick in 1995. * Jessica Savitch (1947–1983), television journalist, who was killed in a car accident. *

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(born 1955), architect. * Claire Swift (born 1974, class of 1992), politician who has represented 2nd Legislative District in the

since taking office in 2022. * Tank Toland, (born 1980), professional wrestler, three time OVW Tag Team Champion, wrestler for

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. * Frank Turner (born 1988, class of 2006), professional

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player for Crailsheim Merlins of the ProA. *

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(1922–2002), first African-American mayor of Atlantic City. * Earl Wilson (born 1958), defensive end who played in the NFL and CFL. * Norman Joseph Woodland (born 1921, class of 1943), inventor of the

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. * Howard Emery Wright (1908–1988), African-American social psychologist and educator who served as president of Allen University. * Wu Chaoshu (1887–1934), Foreign Minister of the

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in 1927–1928 and was Minister to the United States from 1928 to 1931.Staff
"Dr. C. C. Wu Dead; Chinese Diplomat; Son of Famous Wu Ting-fang Was Former Minister Here - Versailles Delegate. Once Chiang Kai-Shek Aide Broke With Chief in Nanking-Canton Dispute Studied in This Country and England."
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'', January 3, 1934. Accessed August 8, 2018. "Dr. Wu was born in Tientsin on June 16, 1887. He went with his father to this country long before the Boxer War, and he was graduated from the Atlantic City High School in 1904, where he was the valedictorian of his class."

External links

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Article on the history of the old high school buildings

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