Clifford Scott High School

Clifford J. Scott High School
Location
Clifford J. Scott High School
Clifford J. Scott High School
Clifford J. Scott High School
344 Prospect Street
East Orange, NJ 07017
Coordinates 40°46′34″N 74°12′25″W / 40.776017°N 74.206913°W / 40.776017; -74.206913
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1937
School district East Orange School District
Grades 9-12

Clifford J. Scott High School was a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the East Orange School District.

History

The school was named for Dr. Clifford John Scott, who was appointed in 1921 as the district's superintendent until his death in 1936. Scott initiated a program of junior high schools in the district and a combined junior / senior high school was named for him when it was established in 1937.[1]

East Orange Campus High School was opened in 2002, resulting from the merging of the former Clifford Scott High School and East Orange High School, located in the largest building of the refurbished campus of Upsala College and has been expanded to accommodate increased demand for enrollment. As a result of the merger, students now have access to new and much improved educational facilities. The former Clifford Scott High School facility was home to East Orange Campus Nine High School, the home for all ninth grade high school students in East Orange. Announced in November 2010, East Orange Campus Nine was updated to become East Orange STEM Academy, which is a magnet school for grades 6-12.[2]

Athletics

The girls basketball team won state championships in all four finals appearances, winning the Group II state championship in 1982 vs. St. Rose High School and 1983 vs. Somerville High School, and won the Group III titles in 1984 with a win against North Hunterdon High School in the tournament final and again in 1991 against Egg Harbor Township High School. The boys basketball team won titles in five of their seven appearances, winning the Group I title in 1975 against Glassboro High School and earning the Group III championships in 1958 vs. Highland Park High School, in both 1981 and 1982 vs. Salem High School and in 1991 vs. Woodrow Wilson High School.[3]

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

References

  1. ↑ Dr. Clifford John Scott, East Orange Interactive Museum. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  2. ↑ East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  4. ↑ Marques Bragg NBA & ABA Statistics, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  5. ↑ Mike Brown, Fayetteville Patriots. Accessed November 26, 2015. "Brown went from Scott High School in East Orange, N.J. to star collegiately at George Washington, where he ranks second in career scoring (1,916) and rebounding (1,066) and completed his degree in criminal justice in three-and-a-half school years."
  6. ↑ Gary Garland NBA & ABA Statistics, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  7. ↑ D'Alessandro, Dave. "D'Alessandro: The man, the myth, the legend that is Fred Hill", The Star-Ledger, February 21, 2014. Accessed November 26, 2015. "'At Clifford Scott High, he was an All-State halfback at 5-foot-7, and defensive guys would pile on top of him thinking they could hurt him,' Buckelew recalled."
  8. ↑ Long. Ernie. "Sagging Attendance Isn't The Sole Fault Of 76ers' Record", The Morning Call, March 14, 1996. Accessed November 26, 2015. "Hill, born in East Orange, N.J., spent two years as head coach at Clifford Scott High School (N.J.) and two years as an assistant at Montclair (N.J.) State University."

Coordinates: 40°46′34″N 74°12′25″W / 40.776017°N 74.206913°W / 40.776017; -74.206913

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