Henry Snyder High School Explained

Henry Snyder High School
Grades:9-12
District:Jersey City Public Schools
Type:Public high school
Principal:Gary Gentile (acting)
Enrollment:849 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:60.0 FTEs
Ratio:14.2:1
Us Nces School Id:340783002772
Teamname:Tigers
Conference:Hudson County Interscholastic League (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Colors: Black and
Orange
Address:239 Bergen Avenue
City:Jersey City
County:Hudson County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07305
Country:United States
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Accreditation:Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School is a four-year performing arts public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, operating as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1940.[1]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 849 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.2:1. There were 503 students (59.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 23 (2.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 319th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[3] The school had been ranked 279th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 312th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4] The magazine ranked the school 304th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[5] The school was ranked 298th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[6]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 344th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 10 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 High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[7]

Athletics

The Henry Snyder High School Tigers[8] compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League (HCIAA), which comprises public and private high schools in Hudson County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[9] With 883 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[10] The football team competes in the National Red division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[11] [12] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 680 to 884 students.[13]

The boys bowling team won the overall state championship in 1963.[14]

The boys track team won the Group IV indoor track championship in 1965, 1971 (as co-champion) and 1975 (co-champion).[15]

The boys track team won the Group IV indoor relay state championship in 1971, 1972 (co-champion with Westfield High School), 1974 and 1975.[16]

The boys track team won the Group IV spring / outdoor track state championship in 1971 (as co-champion).[17]

The boys basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1990, defeating John F. Kennedy Memorial High School by a score of 65-46 in the tournament final played at the Rutgers Athletic Center[18] [19] and advanced to the Tournament of Champions as the fifth seed, defeating number-four seed Bogota High School by a score of 47-46 in the quarterfinals before falling to top-seeded Elizabeth High School 74-46 in the semifinals to finish the season with a mark of 28-4.[20] [21]

Administration

The school's acting principal is Gary Gentile. His administration team includes three assistant principals.[22]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.msa-cess.org/school-profile/?oId=0065e00000B8S7U&typ=school-profile Henry Snyder High School
  2. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3407830&ID=340783002772 School data for Henry Snyder High School
  3. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  4. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2012.
  5. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011.
  6. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  7. http://www.schooldigger.com/schoolrank.aspx?Level=3&findschool=0783002772 New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010
  8. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/henry-snyder-high-school Henry Snyder High School
  9. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  10. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  11. Cooper, Darren. "Here's what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference (SFC) is a 112-team group, the largest high school football-only conference in America, and is comprised of teams from five different counties."
  12. Cooper, Darren. "NJ football: Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions."
  13. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
  14. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-07/22%20Bowling.pdf History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships
  15. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-01/Boys%20Indoor%20Track%20%26%20Field_0.pdf Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023
  16. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/20-relay-history_0.pdf History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships
  17. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-08/21-history.pdf NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys
  18. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-basketball-history_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History
  19. Kurland, Bob. "Snyder brings title to Jersey City", The Record, March 11, 1990. Accessed March 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Snyder became the first Jersey City public school team to win a basketball State championship Saturday when it defeated Kennedy of Iselin, 65-46, before 2,000 fans in Rutgers Athletic Center. The tall talented Tigers (28-3) showed once again they have a tendency to play down to the level of their opponents."
  20. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-basketball-tofc-history.pdf NJSIAA Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions History
  21. Kurland, Bob. "Elizabeth headed to T of C final", The Record, March 16, 1990. Accessed March 14, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Top-seeded Elizabeth rolled over Snyder, 74-46, Thursday night at Rutgers Athletic Center to earn a visit to its second straight Tournament of Champions boys basketball title game.... Snyder (28-4) stayed with Elizabeth (31-1) for 10 minutes behind the shooting of Roy Hairston."
  22. https://hshs.jcboe.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1536187&type=d&pREC_ID=1666977 Contact Us
  23. [Joe Hyams|Hyams, Joe]
  24. https://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rafael-Addison/Summary/4608 Rafael Addison
  25. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/A/AshlWa20.htm "Walker Lee Ashley"
  26. https://books.google.com/books?id=1ClMAAAAMAAJ&q=snyder+burns Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1976
  27. Palmer, Joanne. "A very busy 92 years Al Burstein of Tenafly talks about his life, from Jersey City childhood through WWII horrors and adventures in legislation to now", The Jewish Standard, June 18, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Mr. Burstein went to public school. “There weren’t that many Jewish kids in high school' —Henry Snyder High School — 'but our out-of-school presence was centered on the JCC in Jersey City,' he said."
  28. Zeitlinger, Ron. "See who's in the first class of Snyder High School's Wall of Fame", The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2018. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Richie Glover (Class of '69), a college football Hall of Famer, Judge Shirley Tolentino and Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham will be joined by six others in the first class at the Jersey City school's auditorium on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m., the Parents Council of Henry Snyder High School announced."
  29. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/490288131/ "Feldman, Silverstein Head Hospital Drive; To Campaign For Jersey City Hebrew Home Building Fund"
  30. Feinberg, Scott. "Leon Gast, Oscar-Winning Documentarian Behind 'When We Were Kings,' Dies at 85", The Hollywood Reporter, March 8, 2021. Accessed March 13, 2021. "Born in Jersey City, New Jersey, Gast attended Snyder High School and graduated from Columbia University before embarking on a career in still photography."
  31. Staff. "Dickinson looks to improve under local legend Glover College Football Hall of Fame member hopes Rams improve in second year", The Hudson Reporter, September 23, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Rich Glover didn't expect things to be this way. The former Snyder High School product, who went on to become an All-American nose guard at the University of Nebraska in the early 1970s, earning accolades such as the Lombardi Trophy and the Outland Trophy as being the best interior lineman in the nation, came home last year to take over the reins as the head football coach at Dickinson High School."
  32. Staff. "Hall of a night for Jersey City sports greats Jersey City Recreation Foundation brings back its Hall of Fame with gala dinner", The Hudson Reporter, October 17, 2006. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Govan, who went from Snyder High School to becoming one of the all-time leaders in rebounds and blocked shots in the old American Basketball Association, the league that introduced the red, white and blue ball and gave 'Dr. J' Julius Erving his first professional opportunity, was also grateful to be honored once again."
  33. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/g/govange01.html Gerald Govan
  34. Ewen, David. Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present: A Biographical and Critical Guide, Volume 1, p. 51. Accessed June 6, 2012. "Following his graduation from Henry Snyder High School in Jersey City, he enrolled at the Parsons School of Design in New York intending to become an interior decorator."
  35. Zagoria, Adam. "DeMarcus Cousins Has Top 5; Rice in the Mix", Zagsblog, February 5, 2009. Accessed January 31, 2024. "Hughley was born and raised in Jersey City and played for legendary St. Anthony coach Bob Hurley during the summers. He graduated from Snyder High School in Jersey City in 1982."
  36. https://www.nytimes.com/1981/11/29/sports/levittown-downs-hempstead.html "Levittown Downs Hempstead"
  37. Staff. "Actor Derek Luke comes home to talk with Snyder High students", The Jersey Journal, December 22, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Jersey City born-and-raised actor Derek Luke is at Snyder High School, where he attended, this morning to talk to students, a school official said this morning. The star of Biker Boyz, Antoine Fisher and Glory Road, is expected to talk about his life experiences and rough times growing up in Jersey City. Luke attended Snyder, but graduated from Linden High."
  38. McDonald, Terrence T. "Bill Perkins, former Jersey City assemblyman, dies at 76", The Jersey Journal, February 9, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Tia Bell remembers visiting the Hudson County courthouse recently with her father, Bill Perkins, who was a Jersey City assemblyman for four years in the 1970s."
  39. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/players/P/PerkBi00.htm Bill Perkins
  40. http://hackiereitman.com/bio/ Biography
  41. Staff. "Obituaries: Peter Sliker, who sang with Metropolitan Opera, will be buried in Califon", The Hunterdon County Democrat, July 1, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011. "He was born in Jersey City to Harry and Ella Sliker on June 7, 1925. He attended grade school and high school in Jersey City, graduating from Snyder High."
  42. http://www.cityofjerseycity.com/uploadedFiles/Public_Notices/Press_Releases/2012%20Judge%20Shirley%20A%20%20Tolentino%20Street%20Renaming%20Press%20Release.pdf Jersey City to Honor the Life of Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Street Renaming of the Corner of Baldwin & Newark Avenues

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