Bayonne High School Richard J. Baccarella Principal 667 Avenue A (201) 858-5900 Bayonne, NJ 07002 Renae M. Bush Director, Student Personnel Services (201) 858-5906 2014 - 2015 Profile

(Revised 10/20/2014) CEEB School Code: 310060

` BHS is a 4 year Comprehensive High School ACCREDITATION ENROLLMENT: Grades 9–12 2,634 Department of Education Class of 2014 632 Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools Class of 2013 614

GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS Racial/Ethnic Makeup: White 44 % All students must earn a minimum of 125 total credits Hispanic 33 % Black 12 % which include the following:

Asian 6 % • Lang. Arts Literacy 4 years 20 credits Professional Staff: 224 • Mathematics (Inc. Alg & Geom) 3 years 15 credits Masters or Doctorial Degrees: 42 % • Science (Inc. Bio/Lab) 3 years 15 credits • U.S. History 2 years 10 credits Marking Periods: 4 • World History 1 year 5 credits • P.E./Health 4 years 16-20 credits • Fine Art 1 year 5 credits Placement of Graduates • Practical Art 1 year 5 credits • Class of 2014 World Language 1 year 5 credits

 4 year colleges 47 % In addition, all students must pass the HSPA and  2 year colleges 32 % complete a total of 20 hours “Service Learning.”  Trade/Tech./Bus./Other 5 %  Employment 6 % CURRICULUM  Military 5 % Bayonne High School is a 4 year comprehensive high school  Undecided 1% with strong academic and career preparation programs.

Honors courses are offered in English, Math, Social Studies, Science and World Language. National and State Scholarship Winners Through our partnership with NJIT, St. Peter’s College, Seton Class of 2014 Hall University and , students may earn College Credit for the following courses: Calculus, Probability  AP Scholars 13 and Statistics, Chemistry, Physics, Molecular Biology, French,  AP Scholars with Distinction 5 Spanish, Italian, US History and Modern European History.  AP Scholars with Honor 3 Students may also choose from a wide variety of career prep-  National Merit Commended Students 1 aration programs including a business program rooted in a commitment to technology and an array of vocational courses  The Class of 2014 earned over $13 Million including Carpentry, Welding, Building Trades, Culinary and TV Dollars in Scholarships. Production.

The following AP courses are offered:

SAT Score Averages • English, Language & • Physics Composition • Chemistry Class of 2014 • English, Literature & • Biology

Composition • Studio Art Drawing • Critical Reading 433 • European History • Music Theory • Math 464 • US Government & Politics • Statistics • Writing 439 • US History • Microeconomics • Psychology Total number of test takers: 474 • Macroeconomics • Calculus AB • Calculus BC

“Our Mission is to provide students with quality educational programs and a safe and supportive learning environment enabling them to maximize their potential and become healthy, happy, productive and fulfilled citizens.”

BHS FACILITIES

Bayonne High School is comprised of four buildings on a thirteen acre campus set adjacent to the waterfront. The Bayonne High School Physical Education Center contains an NHL regulation ice rink, indoor track and dance studio. Four regulation tennis courts are adjacent to this building. The school also houses the district cable station (BEN TV) where students can take courses in TV production and a planetarium for astronomy courses. Bayonne High School has a state of the art security system for the safety and well-being of our students and staff.

BAYONNE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES ARE CURRENTLY ENROLLED AT:

Adelphi University John Jay College of Criminal Justice Alabama A & M University Johnson and Wales University Saint John’s University Albright College Kansas State University Saint Peter’s University American University Kean University Stevens Institute of Technology Art Institute of New York Keystone University Stony Brook University Berkeley College LIM College The College of Saint Elizabeth Bloomfield College Lasalle University The College of New Jersey Brookdale Community College Lincoln Technical Institute The College of Staten Island Boston University Long Island University Union County Community College Caldwell College Loyola University University of Alabama Centenary College Marymount College University of Chicago Chestnut Hill College Mercy College University of Connecticut Chubb Institute Middlesex County College University of Delaware Cornell University Monmouth University University of Hawaii at Manoa Dartmouth University Montclair State University University of Maryland DeVry University Mount Ida University University of Miami Drew University New England College University of Michigan Drexel University New Jersey City University University of New Haven Eastwick Colleges-HoHoKus Schools New York University University of Pennsylvania Emerson College New Jersey Institute of Technology University of Richmond Essex County College Northwestern University University of Rochester Fairleigh Dickinson University New York Institute of Technology University of the Sciences Felician College PACE University University of Virginia Fordham University Parsons-New School for Design Ursinus College Georgian Court University Penn State University Velencia College Georgetown University Princeton University Wagner College Harvard University Quinnipiac College Washington & Lee University Haverford College Ramapo College West Virginia University Hofstra University Richard Stockton College Western New England College Howard University Rider University William Paterson University Hudson County Community College Rowan University Wood Tobe-Coburn College Hunter College Rutgers University Yale University

BAYONNE BOARD OF EDUCATION TRUSTEES CENTRAL OFFICE ADMINISTRATION

WILLIAM LAWSON, PRESIDENT PATRICIA L. McGEEHAN, Ed.D. AVA T. MITCHELL, VICE PRESIDENT Superintendent of Schools DANIEL BONNER PATRICK D. CONAGHAN, Esq. ROBERT C. CRAIG THEODORE GARELICK Assistant Superintendent of Personnel MIKEL B. LAWANDY MICHAEL MASONE, Esq. LEO J. SMITH, Jr. PATRICK F. O’DONNELL Assistant Superintendent for Business /S.B.A. AGNES I. RYMER, Esq.

GARY R. MAITA, DMD Board Secretary

ANTHONY D’ELIA, Esq. Board Counsel