Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School explained

St. Joseph of the Palisades High School
Streetaddress:5400 Broadway
City:West New York
County:(Hudson County)
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07093
Country:United States
Coordinates:40.7828°N -74.0133°W
District:Archdiocese of Newark
Religion:Roman Catholic
Principal:Bruce Segall
Type:Private, Coeducational
Grades:912
Conference:Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
Accreditation:Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Team Name:Blue Jays
Established:1931
Status:Closed
Closed:2009
Enrollment:291
Enrollment As Of:2005-06
Faculty:19.4 (on FTE basis)
Ratio:15.0:1
Homepage:www.saintjoseph-wny.com (archived)

Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in West New York, in Hudson County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 291 students and 19.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0.[1] On February 27, 2009, it was announced the school would close at the end of the 2008-09 school year due to dwindling enrollment.[2]

History

St. Joseph of the Palisades was established in 1931. The school had been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools since 1961. This high school was also a member of the National Honor Society and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Prior to 1972, the school was divided by gender with a girls' teaching department and a boys' teaching department. Under the guidance of Father Gerald Walsh, the two departments merged to become the co-ed school located at 5400 Broadway Avenue, West New York, New Jersey.[3] [4]

By 2009, the student body numbered 222. The school's budget shortfall was $400,000, and the parish was in debt for $1.5 million, incurred as a result of supporting the school. Because the school required at least 275 students to remain financially solvent, final permission to close the school was granted in a February 12 letter from Archbishop of Newark John J. Myers to the Rev. Monsignor Gregory K. Studerus, pastor of St. Joseph of the Palisades Church, who informed the school's advisory board February 25. At the time, it was the latest of many Catholic schools in the county to fall on such hard times.[2] Students and former students expressed opposition to the closure, and a protest was held to express this.[5]

The last graduation ceremony was held on June 5, 2009; 64 seniors graduated, with six more expected to complete their coursework during that summer. Principal Bruce Segall applied to the state to start a new charter school to serve the remaining underclassmen, hoping to use the St. Joseph building,[6] but his application was not approved.[7] The sale of the building to the city of West New York as a means of expanding Memorial High School was one possibility mentioned.[6]

Athletics

The St. Joseph of the Palisades High School Blue Jays competed in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association, which includes public and private high schools in Hudson County. The league, now defunct, operated under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

St. Joseph of the Palisades High School offered various athletic sports to its students including:

Boys athletics

Girls athletics

The boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1947 (against runner-up St. Mary's High School of Perth Amboy in the playoff final), 1949 (vs. Red Bank Catholic High School) and 1971 (vs. St. Rose High School).[8] The 1947 team won the Parochial B title with a late push to defeat St. Mary's by a score of 47-43 in the championship game.[9]

The football team was awarded the Non-Public B North state sectional championship in 1974, after the NJSIAA decided to exclude Pope John XXIII Regional High School (with an 8-1 record and having outscored opponents 293-7) and Morris Catholic High School (with a single loss on its schedule), which were thought to have schedules that were insufficiently challenging.[10] [11] [12]

The girls bowling team won the overall state championship in 1979.[13]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00861999 St. Joseph of the Palisades High School
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090301081350/http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1235719570299860.xml&coll=3 Charles Hack. "St. Joe's High School told it will be closing in June" Jersey Journal February 27, 2009
  3. Web site: School History. May 11, 2007 . St. Joseph of the Palisades High School website. SJPHS. dead. https://archive.today/20051023123837/http://www.saintjoseph-wny.com/about.cfm. October 23, 2005 .
  4. http://www.saintjoseph-wny.com/pdf/07-08StudentHandbook.pdf SJHS 07-08 Student Handbook.qxp
  5. Web site: Shortell, Tom. Students, alums protest again in West New York over school closure. The Jersey Journal. March 1, 2009 . June 24, 2020 .
  6. Amanda Staab. "Schools' out forever" The Union City Reporter. June 14, 2009. Pages 1 and 10
  7. Ricardo Kaulessar. "Interesting year for private and parochial schools" Hudson Reporter Year in Review. December 27, 2009. Page 23
  8. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-basketball-history_0.pdf Boys Basketball Championship History 1919-2024
  9. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/497435434/ "Trenton Upsets Seton Hall In Title Contest"
  10. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-football.pdf NJSIAA Football History
  11. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/63278750/paterson-playoff-controversy-12274/ "Hawthorne Receives State Grid Crown; Ramapo, Kennedy will Vie for Titles in Weekend Combat"
  12. Laciura, Phil. "Some Coaches (Bleep, Bleep) Blast State's Championship System", Paterson News, December 2, 1974. Accessed February 19, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The title however, went outright to St. Joseph of N.Y. Paternostro has a good gripe. This season the Lions finished 8-1. Their 7-7 tie with DePaul marked the only time they allowed the opposition to score. In all they outscored the opposition, 293-7.... Morris Catholic also came out a loser in the state's selections. The Crusaders captured the Paterson Diocesan Regional League. Their hopes for an undefeated season were wrecked when they suffered a tough 6-5 loss on Thanksgiving to Mountain Lakes."
  13. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/20-bowling_0.pdf History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships
  14. https://web.archive.org/web/20130429225920/https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/leadership/john-o-brennan.html "About CIA"
  15. [Anthony DePalma (author)|DePalma, Anthony]
  16. http://www.nj.com/hudson/index.ssf/2011/11/former_fbi_director_from_north.html "Former FBI director from North Bergen named to head college's Sandusky investigation'"
  17. Bengel, Chris. "Maryland Football Countdown: No. 73, J.D. Maarleveld", FanSided, August 6, 2015. Accessed October 24, 2018. "J.D. Maarleveld embarked on a difficult and rewarding journey to become a successful Terp. The Jersey City native enrolled at Notre Dame as an offensive tackle after a successful high school career.... However, just one year later, Faust informed Maarleveld that his spot on the team was no longer available and advised the former St. Joseph of the Palisades High School star that he should transfer to a Division II school."
  18. Hague, Jim. "He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons Read more: Hudson Reporter - He drew Steinbrenner in a diaper NB native went from classroom doodles to Daily News sports cartoons", The Hudson Reporter, October 31, 2006. Accessed October 24, 2018. "'We didn't have art classes when I went to St. Joseph [of the Palisades],' Murawinski said. 'So I spent a lot of time just doodling on the back of notebooks and what have you.' After he graduated from St. Joseph of the Palisades in 1969, Murawinski went to fine-tune his artistic craft at the New York School for Visual Arts."