Queen of Peace High School was a

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, serving students in

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through

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s, located in North Arlington in

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and the

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. The school closed in June 2017, after 86 years of operation, in the wake of declining enrollment and financial challenges. The school had been honored two times by the

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, the highest award an American school can receive. It was overseen by the

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. The school has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1969.Queen of Peace High School
,

Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 6, 2011. As of the 2013–14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 356 students and 26.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.7:1. The school's enrollment was 49.2% White, 18.3% Asian, 17.7% Hispanic, 6.2% Black, 3.9% Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander and 4.8% two or more races.School data for Queen Of Peace High School

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. Accessed August 15, 2017.

History

In 1999, William "Sonny" Connors, grandfather to

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and longtime head of school maintenance, died. In honor of Sonny's service to Queen of Peace, the Jeter family, through Jeter's Turn2 Foundation, started the Connors/Jeter Scholarship Fund. This fund was started to help exceptional, well-rounded students from Queen of Peace and to memorialize Derek's grandfather, William "Sonny" Connors, with two students meeting the criteria of academic and community accomplishments being chosen each year as recipients. On January 4, 2007, several Queen of Peace students traveled to Rome in order to sing in a private audience to

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. In February 2013, the school attracted national attention when it asked the girls of the school to take a pledge not to curse for 30 days as the school wanted "ladies to act like ladies", though male students at the school were asked not to swear "in the presence of ladies" and were not required to take an oath. Circa 2016 the school administration announced that it needed $1 million raised for it to remain open. Ultimately about $1,035,000 was raised and the school stayed open for another school year. The necessary money was generated in approximately one month. Despite the 2016 fundraising campaign, in May 2017, the Archdiocese of Newark announced the closing of the school as of June 30, 2017, in the wake of sharply dropping enrollment and financial challenges, though the affiliated K-8 grammar school will remain open.

Awards, recognition and rankings

During both the 1992–93 and 1997-98 school years, Queen of Peace High School was recognized with the

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Award of Excellence by the

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Athletics

The Queen of Peace High School Golden GriffinsQueen of Peace High School

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. Accessed May 6, 2015. had competed in the

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, which is comprised of private and public high schools located in Bergen,

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counties and was established following a reorganization of sportseagues in Northern New Jersey by the

. Prior to the league realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Queen of Peace had been a member of the American Division of the

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(BCSL). St. Mary High School filed a complaint against Queen of Peace High School with the NJSIAA in 2007, claiming that a new wrestling program run by former Gaels coach Scot Weaver at Queen of Peace would induce St. Mary's wrestlers to transfer schools. The boys cross country running team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1970 and 1971. The boys track team won the Non-Public Group B spring track state championship in 1971, 1972, 1974 and 1977. The 1980 boys' soccer team finished the season with a 14-4-3 record after winning the NJSIAA Boys Non-Public A state championship, defeating runner-up Notre Dame High School by a score of 1-0 in the tournament finals. The softball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1988 against

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. The girls track team won the indoor track Group I state championship in 2003 and 2005. The football team won the Non-Public Group II state sectional championship in 2004 with a 35-20 win against

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in the finals of the playoff. The 1989 Golden Griffins were the last football team to win the

championship. As BCSL American Division Champions, the Griffins went on to play Bergen Catholic in the NJSIAA Parochial School state playoffs.

Notable alumni

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and as

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. *

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Notable faculty

* Ryan Grant (born 1982), assistant football coach in 2006 who later played for the

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Bishop, Greg
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'', January 17, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2011. "The new assistant football coach reported for work at Queen of Peace High School in North Arlington, N.J., before the 2006 season.... So when coaches told players the name of the new assistant — Ryan Grant — they were met with blank stares."

References

External links

Queen of Peace High School WebsiteStatistical data for Queen of Peace High School

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