West Orange High School (New Jersey)
West Orange High School (informally termed, West Orange High) is a comprehensive, four-year public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from West Orange in Essex County, New Jersey. WOHS is currently the only high school serving the West Orange Public Schools. As of the 2004-05 school year, the school served 1,998 students with a faculty of 167.6 on an FTE basis.
West Orange High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Faculty
A faculty of 200 includes administration and supervisory personnel, as well as Guidance Staff, two full-time Library Media Specialists, two nurses, a Student Assistance Counselor, and a full-time Child Study Team. The majority of the professional staff members have earned masters degrees, seven have earned doctorates.
Curriculum
West Orange High School has a comprehensive program with a wide variety of course offerings. Graduation requirements are based on study in grades nine through twelve. Students must satisfy the state and local requirements for graduation and take additional courses to total a minimum of 135 credits. In addition to the basic academic courses offered at multiple ability levels, there are Honors and Advanced Placement Program courses in most disciplines. Programs in business education, technical and industrial education, computer education, performing and fine arts, and English as a Second Language are also offered.
The Horizons Program, an alternative approach to education, is offered to meet the needs of disaffected students. The Cooperative Education Program provides students with the opportunity to study academics as well as receive on-the-job training. Students can also choose from a wide variety of electives.
Awards and recognition
West Orange High School was the 98th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools[1].
For the 1998-99 school year, West Orange High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.[2]
West Orange High School applied for, and was awarded, a Dodge Grant for the 2004-2005 academic year through Montclair State University. The focus of the grant is to explore how to develop a Conflict Resolution program responsive to the needs of West Orange High School. The Dodge Grant Team has spent this past year researching and developing a potential Conflict Resolution Model for West Orange High School.
Extracurricular activities
West Orange High School competes in the Skyline Division of the Northern Hills Conference.
Administration
- Arthur J. Alloggiamento – Principal
- Kimberly Juirdano – Assistant Principal
- Hayden N. Moore – Assistant Principal
- Charles Sampson – Assistant Principal
- Annette Dade – Dean
- Louis Della Pia – Dean
- Patrick Galante – Dean
- Thomas M. Shea – Guidance Supervisor
==Notable alumni==-
- Mark E. Kelly, astronaut and identical twin of Scott J. Kelly.
- Scott J. Kelly, astronaut and identical twin of Mark E. Kelly.
- Scott Wolf, actor best known as "Bailey Salinger" on Party of Five
- Ian Ziering, actor best known as "Steve Sanders" on Beverly Hills 90210