Roselle Park High School is a four-year

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located in

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, in Union County,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Roselle Park School District. Since 2007, Roselle Park High School serves students in

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through

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s. The school has been accredited by the

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Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1928. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 633 students and 48.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.2:1. There were 164 students (25.9% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 70 (11.1% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Roselle Park High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 191st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in the ''

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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 122nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 190th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 156th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 104th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 92 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (88.3%) and language arts literacy (94.5%) components of the

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(HSPA).

History

Upon the incorporation of the Borough of Roselle Park in 1901, the municipal school district assumed control of Livingston School, which had been constructed in the late 19th century. As the borough population grew, it was decided to construct a new school building at the corner of West Grant Avenue and Locust Street. Ground breaking for the new school, to house students from kindergarten through grade 12, was held on August 8, 1908, and the building opened to students in September 1909. The building contained 11 classrooms, three recitation rooms, rooms for domestic science and manual training, a laboratory, a library, a gymnasium, an assembly hall, and offices. The original building remains in use as the Robert Gordon Elementary School. In 1919, the high school moved to a new building formerly occupied by the Hercules Munitions Company and located at the corner of West Clay Avenue and Locust Street. However, industrial arts and physical education classes continued to meet in the previous school building. During this time, students from the surrounding municipalities of Garwood, Kenilworth, and Springfield attended Roselle Park High School on a tuition basis. On April 30, 1931, the cornerstone was laid for a new building for the high school to be located on West Grant Avenue adjacent to the Robert Gordon School that was to be constructed at a cost of $350,000 (equivalent to $ million in ). This building remains in use as the Roselle Park Middle School. In January 1961, Roselle Park voters rejected a proposal for the construction of a new high school that would have cost $2.5 million to build (equivalent to $ million in ). The current high school building opened to students in September 1963. In 1993, a new wing was constructed, adding three additional classrooms.

Athletics

The Roselle Park High School PanthersRoselle Park High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the

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, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Union County and was established after a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

(NJSIAA). Prior to the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in the Mountain Valley Conference, which included public and private high schools in Essex County, Somerset County and Union County. With 434 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 75 to 476 students in that grade range. The football team competes in Division A of the

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, which includes 60 public and private high schools in Hunterdon,

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, Union and

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counties, which are broken down into 10 divisions by size and location. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group I North for football for 2018–2020. The school's Athletic Director is James Foy. Sports at Roselle Park High School include fall, winter, and spring seasons: Fall sports: Football coached by Terry Hanratty, Boys' Soccer coached by Patrick Pietro, Girls' Soccer coached by Anthony Trezza, and Volleyball coached by Dennis Dagounis. Winter sports: Boys' Basketball coached by Jon Bergbauer, Girls' Basketball coached by Richard Suchanski, Bowling coached by Vicent Fucci, and Wrestling Coached by Ryan Rooney. Spring sports: Baseball coached by Nick Agoglia, Softball coached by Fran Maggio, Golf coached by Bruce Coultas, and Track and Field coached by Glenn Grieco and Shannon Smith. The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1928 (defeating Garfield High School in the final round of the tournament), won the Group II title in 1945 (vs.

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) and 1952 (vs.

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), and won the Group I title in 1950 (vs.

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). The baseball team won the Group I state championship in 1972 (defeating

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in the tournament final) and 1987 (vs.

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). The 1972 team finished the season with a 19-5 record after winning the Group I title with a 9-6 victory in the championship game. The football team won the North II Group I state sectional championship in 1979, 1992 and 1993. An 11-0 season in 1992 culminated with a 27-6 win against Butler High School in the North II Group I state sectional championship game. The 1993 finished the season with an 11-0 record and won its second consecutive North II Group I title with a 10-7 victory on a field goal in overtime against Summit High School in the championship game. The school has had a longstanding football rivalry with

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in Roselle, with Roselle Park leading the series with an overall record of 51-40-8 through 2017.

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listed the rivalry as 31st best in their 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football". The wrestling team won the North II Group I state sectional title in 1980–1991, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2010, 2014 and 2018, and won the Central Jersey Group I title in 2004–2006, 2008, 2009 and 2011. The team won the Group I state championship in 1982 and 1997 (as co-champion with

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). The program's 22 sectional titles are tied for fourth-most among schools in New Jersey In 2018, Roselle Park High School became just the fourth high school in the United States to accumulate 1,000 wins in dual meets, joining Granite City High School (in Illinois),

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(in California) and Paulsboro High School (in New Jersey) in the elite 1,000-win club. The boys track team won the indoor track Group I state championship in 1980. The boys' track team won the Group I indoor relay state championship in 1982. The girls tennis team won the Group I state championship in 1986 (against

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in the final match of the tournament) and 1997 (vs. Montgomery High School). The softball team won the Group I state championship in 2003 (defeating

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in the playoff finals) and 2018 (vs. Gloucester City). The team won the 2018 Group I title with a 4-3 win in extra innings against Gloucester City in the championship game before losing to eventual-champion

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in the quarterfinal round of the Tournament of Champions to finish the season with a 27-3 record. The boys bowling team won the Group I state championship in 2016.

Clubs and organizations

Clubs and organizations at RPHS include Crisis Center, Dads Club, Ecology Club, ESL Club, National Honors Society, and Peer Leadership.Student Handbook 2015-2016
Roselle Park High School. Accessed May 2, 2016.

Administration

The school's principal is Sarah Costa.

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Roselle Park High School website
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School Data for the Roselle Park School District

Roselle Park High School bio
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