Hillside High School (New Jersey)

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Hillside High School is a comprehensive community four-year public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hillside, in Union County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hillside Public Schools.

Contents 1 Programs 2 History 3 Athletics 4 Administration 5 Notable alumni 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Programs

In 2001, students from David Brearley High School and Hillside High School collaborated to develop literary and art projects about bigotry presented at an exhibit, "Making Connections: Two Culturally Diverse Schools Address Prejudice and Hatred by Studying the Holocaust Together." The exhibit was presented at Kean University, and was viewed together with local Holocaust survivors and concentration camp liberators.^[1]

[edit] History

Hillside High School on Liberty Avenue was originally constructed in 1947, replacing the Coe Avenue (A.P. Morris) School which became a grammar school. Additions were later added to accommodate the baby-boomers of the 1950's and l960's. In the mid-sixties the high school held some 1,500 students.

[edit] Athletics

Hillside High School competes in the Mountain Valley Conference, which consists of sixteen public and parochial high schools covering Union County and Essex County in northern New Jersey. The conference operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).

In 1986, The Hillside Comets cruised to an 11-1 record and a North Jersey, Section 2, Group 2 State Championship vs. Dover High School.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Administration

• EvaMarie Raleigh - Principal
• Norman Crystal - Vice Principal
• Ralph Rotando - Vice Principal

[edit] Notable alumni

• Arthur Seale, responsible for the kidnapping and murder of Sidney Reso, the Vice President of International Operations for Exxon on April 29, 1992
• Hela Yungst, Miss New Jersey 1971, representing the state in the Miss America Pageant. She changed her name to Hela Young and became the New Jersey Lottery representative on television.

[edit] References

1. ^ "Two-school project fights prejudice; Kenilworth, Hillside art and computer classes team up.", The Star-Ledger, June 7, 2001

[edit] External links

• Hillside High School
• Hillside Public Schools
• Hillside Public Schools's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Hillside Public Schools