Liberty High School (New Jersey)
Encyclopedia
Liberty High School is a four-year public high school
located in Jersey City
, New Jersey
, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools
. The school was established in September 1999 as a partnership between the Jersey City Board of Education and Hudson County Community College
.
The school is intended to offer a very small learning community, in contrast to the large comprehensive high schools in the district, offering a family-like atmosphere where students feel involved, supported and challenged.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 172 students and 21.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0.
The school was the 163rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 245th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 249th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
s, of white/black polo shirts with the school logo on it and khaki pants..
Day and night with all our might,
Success is within our sights!
When Eagle Spirit flies by,
They will shout its battle cry
And when the blue, red, and white are on their side,
The Eagle Spirit will never die!
Chorus: (Fly, Fly, Fly)
L-I-B-E-R-T-Y
Eagles
Fly!
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in Jersey City
Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the seat of Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.Part of the New York metropolitan area, Jersey City lies between the Hudson River and Upper New York Bay across from Lower Manhattan and the Hackensack River and Newark Bay...
, New Jersey
New Jersey
New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware...
, operated as part of the Jersey City Public Schools
Jersey City Public Schools
The Jersey City Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district located in Jersey City, New Jersey. The district is one of 31 Abbott Districts statewide....
. The school was established in September 1999 as a partnership between the Jersey City Board of Education and Hudson County Community College
Hudson County Community College
Hudson County Community College is an accredited, co-educational, two-year, public, community college located in Hudson County, New Jersey.-Locations:...
.
The school is intended to offer a very small learning community, in contrast to the large comprehensive high schools in the district, offering a family-like atmosphere where students feel involved, supported and challenged.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 172 students and 21.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE
Full-time equivalent
Full-time equivalent , is a unit to measure employed persons or students in a way that makes them comparable although they may work or study a different number of hours per week. FTE is often used to measure a worker's involvement in a project, or to track cost reductions in an organization...
basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 8.0.
The school was the 163rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly
New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of possible interest to residents of the United States state of New Jersey...
magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 245th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 249th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
School uniforms
The school requires its students to wear school uniformSchool uniform
A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...
s, of white/black polo shirts with the school logo on it and khaki pants..
Chant
In Liberty High School, Eagles flyDay and night with all our might,
Success is within our sights!
When Eagle Spirit flies by,
They will shout its battle cry
And when the blue, red, and white are on their side,
The Eagle Spirit will never die!
Chorus: (Fly, Fly, Fly)
L-I-B-E-R-T-Y
Eagles
Fly!
External links
- Liberty High School
- Jersey City Public Schools
- Data for the Jersey City Public Schools, National Center for Education StatisticsNational Center for Education StatisticsThe National Center for Education Statistics is the part of the United States Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences that collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on education and public school district finance information in the United States...