CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html> <html class="client-nojs vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available" lang="en" dir="ltr"> <head> <meta charset="UTF-8"> <title>Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy - Wikipedia</title> <script>(function(){var className="client-js vector-feature-language-in-header-enabled vector-feature-language-in-main-page-header-disabled vector-feature-sticky-header-disabled vector-feature-page-tools-pinned-disabled vector-feature-toc-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-main-menu-pinned-disabled vector-feature-limited-width-clientpref-1 vector-feature-limited-width-content-enabled vector-feature-custom-font-size-clientpref-1 vector-feature-appearance-pinned-clientpref-1 vector-feature-night-mode-enabled skin-theme-clientpref-day vector-toc-available";var cookie=document.cookie.match(/(?:^|; )enwikimwclientpreferences=([^;]+)/);if(cookie){cookie[1].split('%2C').forEach(function(pref){className=className.replace(new RegExp('(^| )'+pref.replace(/-clientpref-\w+$|[^\w-]+/g,'')+'-clientpref-\\w+( |$)'),'$1'+pref+'$2');});}document.documentElement.className=className;}());RLCONF={"wgBreakFrames":false,"wgSeparatorTransformTable":["",""],"wgDigitTransformTable":["",""],"wgDefaultDateFormat":"dmy", "wgMonthNames":["","January","February","March","April","May","June","July","August","September","October","November","December"],"wgRequestId":"034e2775-1048-4dd0-9f84-73b7cd15b629","wgCanonicalNamespace":"","wgCanonicalSpecialPageName":false,"wgNamespaceNumber":0,"wgPageName":"Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy","wgTitle":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy","wgCurRevisionId":1203792684,"wgRevisionId":1203792684,"wgArticleId":21440030,"wgIsArticle":true,"wgIsRedirect":false,"wgAction":"view","wgUserName":null,"wgUserGroups":["*"],"wgCategories":["Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas","Articles with short description","Short description is different from Wikidata","Use American English from November 2020","All Wikipedia articles written in American English","Use mdy dates from November 2020","Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata","Coordinates on Wikidata","Pages using the Kartographer extension","1928 establishments in New Jersey","Education in Elizabeth, New Jersey", "Educational institutions established in 1928","Public high schools in Union County, New Jersey"],"wgPageViewLanguage":"en","wgPageContentLanguage":"en","wgPageContentModel":"wikitext","wgRelevantPageName":"Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy","wgRelevantArticleId":21440030,"wgIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRelevantPageIsProbablyEditable":true,"wgRestrictionEdit":[],"wgRestrictionMove":[],"wgNoticeProject":"wikipedia","wgCiteReferencePreviewsActive":false,"wgFlaggedRevsParams":{"tags":{"status":{"levels":1}}},"wgMediaViewerOnClick":true,"wgMediaViewerEnabledByDefault":true,"wgPopupsFlags":0,"wgVisualEditor":{"pageLanguageCode":"en","pageLanguageDir":"ltr","pageVariantFallbacks":"en"},"wgMFDisplayWikibaseDescriptions":{"search":true,"watchlist":true,"tagline":false,"nearby":true},"wgWMESchemaEditAttemptStepOversample":false,"wgWMEPageLength":20000,"wgCoordinates":{"lat":40.663333333333334,"lon":-74.21083333333334},"wgRelatedArticlesCompat":[],"wgCentralAuthMobileDomain":false, "wgEditSubmitButtonLabelPublish":true,"wgULSPosition":"interlanguage","wgULSisCompactLinksEnabled":false,"wgVector2022LanguageInHeader":true,"wgULSisLanguageSelectorEmpty":false,"wgWikibaseItemId":"Q7791242","wgCheckUserClientHintsHeadersJsApi":["brands","architecture","bitness","fullVersionList","mobile","model","platform","platformVersion"],"GEHomepageSuggestedEditsEnableTopics":true,"wgGETopicsMatchModeEnabled":false,"wgGEStructuredTaskRejectionReasonTextInputEnabled":false,"wgGELevelingUpEnabledForUser":false};RLSTATE={"ext.globalCssJs.user.styles":"ready","site.styles":"ready","user.styles":"ready","ext.globalCssJs.user":"ready","user":"ready","user.options":"loading","ext.cite.styles":"ready","ext.kartographer.style":"ready","skins.vector.search.codex.styles":"ready","skins.vector.styles":"ready","skins.vector.icons":"ready","jquery.makeCollapsible.styles":"ready","ext.wikimediamessages.styles":"ready","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript":"ready", "ext.uls.interlanguage":"ready","wikibase.client.init":"ready","ext.wikimediaBadges":"ready"};RLPAGEMODULES=["ext.cite.ux-enhancements","ext.kartographer.staticframe","site","mediawiki.page.ready","jquery.makeCollapsible","mediawiki.toc","skins.vector.js","ext.centralNotice.geoIP","ext.centralNotice.startUp","ext.gadget.ReferenceTooltips","ext.gadget.switcher","ext.gadget.WikiMiniAtlas","ext.urlShortener.toolbar","ext.centralauth.centralautologin","mmv.bootstrap","ext.popups","ext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.init","ext.visualEditor.targetLoader","ext.echo.centralauth","ext.eventLogging","ext.wikimediaEvents","ext.navigationTiming","ext.uls.interface","ext.cx.eventlogging.campaigns","ext.cx.uls.quick.actions","wikibase.client.vector-2022","ext.checkUser.clientHints","ext.growthExperiments.SuggestedEditSession","wikibase.sidebar.tracking"];</script> <script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.loader.impl(function(){return["user.options@12s5i",function($,jQuery,require,module){mw.user.tokens.set({"patrolToken":"+\\","watchToken":"+\\","csrfToken":"+\\"}); }];});});</script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=ext.cite.styles%7Cext.kartographer.style%7Cext.uls.interlanguage%7Cext.visualEditor.desktopArticleTarget.noscript%7Cext.wikimediaBadges%7Cext.wikimediamessages.styles%7Cjquery.makeCollapsible.styles%7Cskins.vector.icons%2Cstyles%7Cskins.vector.search.codex.styles%7Cwikibase.client.init&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <script async="" src="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=startup&only=scripts&raw=1&skin=vector-2022"></script> <meta name="ResourceLoaderDynamicStyles" content=""> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/w/load.php?lang=en&modules=site.styles&only=styles&skin=vector-2022"> <meta name="generator" content="MediaWiki 1.44.0-wmf.4"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin"> <meta name="referrer" content="origin-when-cross-origin"> <meta name="robots" content="max-image-preview:standard"> <meta name="format-detection" content="telephone=no"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="1200"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="1364"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg/800px-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="800"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="909"> <meta property="og:image" content="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg/640px-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg"> <meta property="og:image:width" content="640"> <meta property="og:image:height" content="727"> <meta name="viewport" content="width=1120"> <meta property="og:title" content="Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy - Wikipedia"> <meta property="og:type" content="website"> <link rel="preconnect" href="//upload.wikimedia.org"> <link rel="alternate" media="only screen and (max-width: 640px)" href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/x-wiki" title="Edit this page" href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon" href="/static/apple-touch/wikipedia.png"> <link rel="icon" href="/static/favicon/wikipedia.ico"> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="/w/rest.php/v1/search" title="Wikipedia (en)"> <link rel="EditURI" type="application/rsd+xml" href="//en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=rsd"> <link rel="canonical" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"> <link rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/deed.en"> <link rel="alternate" type="application/atom+xml" title="Wikipedia Atom feed" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&feed=atom"> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//meta.wikimedia.org" /> <link rel="dns-prefetch" href="//login.wikimedia.org"> </head> <body class="skin--responsive skin-vector skin-vector-search-vue mediawiki ltr sitedir-ltr mw-hide-empty-elt ns-0 ns-subject mw-editable page-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy rootpage-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy skin-vector-2022 action-view"><a class="mw-jump-link" href="#bodyContent">Jump to content</a> <div class="vector-header-container"> <header class="vector-header mw-header"> <div class="vector-header-start"> <nav class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-main-menu-dropdown vector-button-flush-left vector-button-flush-right" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-main-menu-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Main menu" > <label id="vector-main-menu-dropdown-label" for="vector-main-menu-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-menu mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-menu"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Main menu</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-main-menu" class="vector-main-menu vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-main-menu-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="main-menu-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-main-menu" data-pinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-main-menu-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Main menu</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-main-menu.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-navigation" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-navigation" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Navigation </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-mainpage-description" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Main_Page" title="Visit the main page [z]" accesskey="z"><span>Main page</span></a></li><li id="n-contents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents" title="Guides to browsing Wikipedia"><span>Contents</span></a></li><li id="n-currentevents" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Current_events" title="Articles related to current events"><span>Current events</span></a></li><li id="n-randompage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:Random" title="Visit a randomly selected article [x]" accesskey="x"><span>Random article</span></a></li><li id="n-aboutsite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About" title="Learn about Wikipedia and how it works"><span>About Wikipedia</span></a></li><li id="n-contactpage" class="mw-list-item"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us" title="How to contact Wikipedia"><span>Contact us</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-interaction" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-interaction" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Contribute </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="n-help" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Contents" title="Guidance on how to use and edit Wikipedia"><span>Help</span></a></li><li id="n-introduction" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" title="Learn how to edit Wikipedia"><span>Learn to edit</span></a></li><li id="n-portal" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Community_portal" title="The hub for editors"><span>Community portal</span></a></li><li id="n-recentchanges" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChanges" title="A list of recent changes to Wikipedia [r]" accesskey="r"><span>Recent changes</span></a></li><li id="n-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_upload_wizard" title="Add images or other media for use on Wikipedia"><span>Upload file</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <a href="/wiki/Main_Page" class="mw-logo"> <img class="mw-logo-icon" src="/static/images/icons/wikipedia.png" alt="" aria-hidden="true" height="50" width="50"> <span class="mw-logo-container skin-invert"> <img class="mw-logo-wordmark" alt="Wikipedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-wordmark-en.svg" style="width: 7.5em; height: 1.125em;"> <img class="mw-logo-tagline" alt="The Free Encyclopedia" src="/static/images/mobile/copyright/wikipedia-tagline-en.svg" width="117" height="13" style="width: 7.3125em; height: 0.8125em;"> </span> </a> </div> <div class="vector-header-end"> <div id="p-search" role="search" class="vector-search-box-vue vector-search-box-collapses vector-search-box-show-thumbnail vector-search-box-auto-expand-width vector-search-box"> <a href="/wiki/Special:Search" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only search-toggle" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-search mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-search"></span> <span>Search</span> </a> <div class="vector-typeahead-search-container"> <div class="cdx-typeahead-search cdx-typeahead-search--show-thumbnail cdx-typeahead-search--auto-expand-width"> <form action="/w/index.php" id="searchform" class="cdx-search-input cdx-search-input--has-end-button"> <div id="simpleSearch" class="cdx-search-input__input-wrapper" data-search-loc="header-moved"> <div class="cdx-text-input cdx-text-input--has-start-icon"> <input class="cdx-text-input__input" type="search" name="search" placeholder="Search Wikipedia" aria-label="Search Wikipedia" autocapitalize="sentences" title="Search Wikipedia [f]" accesskey="f" id="searchInput" > <span class="cdx-text-input__icon cdx-text-input__start-icon"></span> </div> <input type="hidden" name="title" value="Special:Search"> </div> <button class="cdx-button cdx-search-input__end-button">Search</button> </form> </div> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-user-links vector-user-links-wide" aria-label="Personal tools"> <div class="vector-user-links-main"> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-preferences" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-userpage" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown " title="Change the appearance of the page's font size, width, and color" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-appearance-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Appearance" > <label id="vector-appearance-dropdown-label" for="vector-appearance-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-appearance mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-appearance"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Appearance</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-notifications" class="vector-menu mw-portlet emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-vector-user-menu-overflow" class="vector-menu mw-portlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en" class=""><span>Donate</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-createaccount-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Thomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory" class=""><span>Create account</span></a> </li> <li id="pt-login-2" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item user-links-collapsible-item"><a data-mw="interface" href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Thomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o" class=""><span>Log in</span></a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <div id="vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-user-menu vector-button-flush-right vector-user-menu-logged-out" title="Log in and more options" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-user-links-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Personal tools" > <label id="vector-user-links-dropdown-label" for="vector-user-links-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-ellipsis mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-ellipsis"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Personal tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-personal" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-personal user-links-collapsible-item" title="User menu" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-sitesupport" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="https://donate.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FundraiserRedirector?utm_source=donate&utm_medium=sidebar&utm_campaign=C13_en.wikipedia.org&uselang=en"><span>Donate</span></a></li><li id="pt-createaccount" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CreateAccount&returnto=Thomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" title="You are encouraged to create an account and log in; however, it is not mandatory"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-userAdd mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-userAdd"></span> <span>Create account</span></a></li><li id="pt-login" class="user-links-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UserLogin&returnto=Thomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" title="You're encouraged to log in; however, it's not mandatory. [o]" accesskey="o"><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-logIn mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-logIn"></span> <span>Log in</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-user-menu-anon-editor" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-user-menu-anon-editor" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Pages for logged out editors <a href="/wiki/Help:Introduction" aria-label="Learn more about editing"><span>learn more</span></a> </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="pt-anoncontribs" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyContributions" title="A list of edits made from this IP address [y]" accesskey="y"><span>Contributions</span></a></li><li id="pt-anontalk" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:MyTalk" title="Discussion about edits from this IP address [n]" accesskey="n"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </header> </div> <div class="mw-page-container"> <div class="mw-page-container-inner"> <div class="vector-sitenotice-container"> <div id="siteNotice"></div> </div> <div class="vector-column-start"> <div class="vector-main-menu-container"> <div id="mw-navigation"> <nav id="mw-panel" class="vector-main-menu-landmark" aria-label="Site"> <div id="vector-main-menu-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav id="mw-panel-toc" aria-label="Contents" data-event-name="ui.sidebar-toc" class="mw-table-of-contents-container vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-toc-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-toc" class="vector-toc vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-toc-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="toc-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-toc" > <h2 class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Contents</h2> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-toc.unpin">hide</button> </div> <ul class="vector-toc-contents" id="mw-panel-toc-list"> <li id="toc-mw-content-text" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a href="#" class="vector-toc-link"> <div class="vector-toc-text">(Top)</div> </a> </li> <li id="toc-Awards,_recognition_and_rankings" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Awards,_recognition_and_rankings"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">1</span> <span>Awards, recognition and rankings</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Awards,_recognition_and_rankings-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Curriculum" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Curriculum"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">2</span> <span>Curriculum</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Curriculum-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Graduation_requirements" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Graduation_requirements"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3</span> <span>Graduation requirements</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Graduation_requirements-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Admissions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Admissions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Admissions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Admissions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Athletics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Administration" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Administration"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Administration</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Administration-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Toggle the table of contents" > <label id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-label" for="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only " aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-listBullet mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-listBullet"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Toggle the table of contents</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> </div> </div> </div> </nav> <h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy</span></h1> <div id="p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown mw-portlet mw-portlet-lang" > <input type="checkbox" id="p-lang-btn-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-p-lang-btn" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox mw-interlanguage-selector" aria-label="This article exist only in this language. Add the article for other languages" > <label id="p-lang-btn-label" for="p-lang-btn-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--action-progressive mw-portlet-lang-heading-0" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-language-progressive mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-language-progressive"></span> <span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Add languages</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> <div class="after-portlet after-portlet-lang"><span class="uls-after-portlet-link"></span><span class="wb-langlinks-add wb-langlinks-link"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7791242#sitelinks-wikipedia" title="Add interlanguage links" class="wbc-editpage">Add links</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div> </header> <div class="vector-page-toolbar"> <div class="vector-page-toolbar-container"> <div id="left-navigation"> <nav aria-label="Namespaces"> <div id="p-associated-pages" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-associated-pages" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-nstab-main" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy" title="View the content page [c]" accesskey="c"><span>Article</span></a></li><li id="ca-talk" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Talk:Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy" rel="discussion" title="Discuss improvements to the content page [t]" accesskey="t"><span>Talk</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown emptyPortlet" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-variants-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Change language variant" > <label id="vector-variants-dropdown-label" for="vector-variants-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">English</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="p-variants" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-variants emptyPortlet" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> <div id="right-navigation" class="vector-collapsible"> <nav aria-label="Views"> <div id="p-views" class="vector-menu vector-menu-tabs mw-portlet mw-portlet-views" > <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-view" class="selected vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-edit" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-history" class="vector-tab-noicon mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=history" title="Past revisions of this page [h]" accesskey="h"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-tools-dropdown" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" role="button" aria-haspopup="true" data-event-name="ui.dropdown-vector-page-tools-dropdown" class="vector-dropdown-checkbox " aria-label="Tools" > <label id="vector-page-tools-dropdown-label" for="vector-page-tools-dropdown-checkbox" class="vector-dropdown-label cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--fake-button--enabled cdx-button--weight-quiet" aria-hidden="true" ><span class="vector-dropdown-label-text">Tools</span> </label> <div class="vector-dropdown-content"> <div id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" class="vector-unpinned-container"> <div id="vector-page-tools" class="vector-page-tools vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-page-tools-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-unpinned" data-feature-name="page-tools-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-page-tools" data-pinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-page-tools-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Tools</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-page-tools.unpin">hide</button> </div> <div id="p-cactions" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-cactions emptyPortlet vector-has-collapsible-items" title="More options" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Actions </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="ca-more-view" class="selected vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"><span>Read</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-edit" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit" title="Edit this page [e]" accesskey="e"><span>Edit</span></a></li><li id="ca-more-history" class="vector-more-collapsible-item mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=history"><span>View history</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-tb" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-tb" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> General </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-whatlinkshere" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:WhatLinksHere/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy" title="List of all English Wikipedia pages containing links to this page [j]" accesskey="j"><span>What links here</span></a></li><li id="t-recentchangeslinked" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:RecentChangesLinked/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy" rel="nofollow" title="Recent changes in pages linked from this page [k]" accesskey="k"><span>Related changes</span></a></li><li id="t-upload" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:File_Upload_Wizard" title="Upload files [u]" accesskey="u"><span>Upload file</span></a></li><li id="t-specialpages" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/wiki/Special:SpecialPages" title="A list of all special pages [q]" accesskey="q"><span>Special pages</span></a></li><li id="t-permalink" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&oldid=1203792684" title="Permanent link to this revision of this page"><span>Permanent link</span></a></li><li id="t-info" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=info" title="More information about this page"><span>Page information</span></a></li><li id="t-cite" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:CiteThisPage&page=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&id=1203792684&wpFormIdentifier=titleform" title="Information on how to cite this page"><span>Cite this page</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:UrlShortener&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"><span>Get shortened URL</span></a></li><li id="t-urlshortener-qrcode" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:QrCode&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FThomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy"><span>Download QR code</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-coll-print_export" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-coll-print_export" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> Print/export </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="coll-download-as-rl" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Special:DownloadAsPdf&page=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=show-download-screen" title="Download this page as a PDF file"><span>Download as PDF</span></a></li><li id="t-print" class="mw-list-item"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&printable=yes" title="Printable version of this page [p]" accesskey="p"><span>Printable version</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> <div id="p-wikibase-otherprojects" class="vector-menu mw-portlet mw-portlet-wikibase-otherprojects" > <div class="vector-menu-heading"> In other projects </div> <div class="vector-menu-content"> <ul class="vector-menu-content-list"> <li id="t-wikibase" class="wb-otherproject-link wb-otherproject-wikibase-dataitem mw-list-item"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Special:EntityPage/Q7791242" title="Structured data on this page hosted by Wikidata [g]" accesskey="g"><span>Wikidata item</span></a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-column-end"> <div class="vector-sticky-pinned-container"> <nav class="vector-page-tools-landmark" aria-label="Page tools"> <div id="vector-page-tools-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> </div> </nav> <nav class="vector-appearance-landmark" aria-label="Appearance"> <div id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" class="vector-pinned-container"> <div id="vector-appearance" class="vector-appearance vector-pinnable-element"> <div class="vector-pinnable-header vector-appearance-pinnable-header vector-pinnable-header-pinned" data-feature-name="appearance-pinned" data-pinnable-element-id="vector-appearance" data-pinned-container-id="vector-appearance-pinned-container" data-unpinned-container-id="vector-appearance-unpinned-container" > <div class="vector-pinnable-header-label">Appearance</div> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-pin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.pin">move to sidebar</button> <button class="vector-pinnable-header-toggle-button vector-pinnable-header-unpin-button" data-event-name="pinnable-header.vector-appearance.unpin">hide</button> </div> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div id="bodyContent" class="vector-body" aria-labelledby="firstHeading" data-mw-ve-target-container> <div class="vector-body-before-content"> <div class="mw-indicators"> <div id="mw-indicator-coordinates" class="mw-indicator"><div class="mw-parser-output"><span id="coordinates"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a>: <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&params=40_39_48_N_74_12_39_W_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°39′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">74°12′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.66333°N 74.21083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.66333; -74.21083</span></span></span></a></span></span></div></div> </div> <div id="siteSub" class="noprint">From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</div> </div> <div id="contentSub"><div id="mw-content-subtitle"></div></div> <div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">High school in Union County, New Jersey, United States</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1256395774">.mw-parser-output .ib-school .infobox-header,.mw-parser-output .ib-school .infobox-above{background:lavender;color:#202122}.mw-parser-output .ib-school .infobox-image .logo,.mw-parser-output .ib-school .infobox-image .seal{background-color:#f8f9fa}</style><table class="infobox vcard ib-school"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org notheme">Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy,_Elizabeth,_NJ.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg/200px-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="227" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg/300px-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg/400px-Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg 2x" data-file-width="938" data-file-height="1066" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Address</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 270px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="270" data-height="200" data-zoom="13" data-overlays="["_8ae9640fab87e753df2b4c66bfc8832c2885cc12"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,270x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&revid=1203792684&groups=_8ae9640fab87e753df2b4c66bfc8832c2885cc12" width="270" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,13,a,a,270x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&revid=1203792684&groups=_8ae9640fab87e753df2b4c66bfc8832c2885cc12 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr><tr class="adr"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div style="display:inline;" class="street-address">27 Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="locality"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a></div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="region"><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union County</a></div>, <div style="display:inline;" class="region"><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></div> <div style="display:inline;" class="postal-code">07201</div><br /><div style="display:inline;" class="country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&params=40_39_48_N_74_12_39_W_type:edu"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">40°39′48″N</span> <span class="longitude">74°12′39″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">40.66333°N 74.21083°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">40.66333; -74.21083</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">Public</a> <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States" title="Secondary education in the United States">high school</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1928</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">School district</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Public_Schools" title="Elizabeth Public Schools">Elizabeth Public Schools</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">NCES</a> School ID</th><td class="infobox-data">340459003049<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Principal</th><td class="infobox-data">Mona Wanis<sup id="cite_ref-Contacts_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Faculty</th><td class="infobox-data">86.0 <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">FTEs</a><sup id="cite_ref-NCES_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Grades</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ninth_grade" title="Ninth grade">9</a>-<a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">12</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Enrollment</th><td class="infobox-data">1,070 (as of 2022–23)<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Student to teacher ratio</th><td class="infobox-data">12.4:1<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Campus</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Urban_area" title="Urban area">Urban</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Color(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}</style><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:purple; color:white;"> </span> Purple and<br /><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r981673959"><span class="legend-color mw-no-invert" style="background-color:gold; color:black;"> </span> gold</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Athletics conference</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Union_County_Interscholastic_Athletic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference">UCIAC</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Mascot</th><td class="infobox-data"><i>The <a href="/wiki/Liberty" title="Liberty">Liberty</a></i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Accreditation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a><sup id="cite_ref-MSA-CESS_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSA-CESS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson">www<wbr />.epsnj<wbr />.org<wbr />/jefferson</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy</b> is a <a href="/wiki/State_school" title="State school">public</a> <a href="/wiki/Secondary_education_in_the_United_States" title="Secondary education in the United States">high school</a> in <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth</a>, New Jersey in <a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union County</a> in the United States, specializing in the visual, performing, and media arts. Located in <a href="/wiki/Mid-Town_Historic_District_(Elizabeth,_New_Jersey)" title="Mid-Town Historic District (Elizabeth, New Jersey)">historic Midtown</a>, the school serves students in <a href="/wiki/Ninth_grade" title="Ninth grade">ninth</a> through <a href="/wiki/Twelfth_grade" title="Twelfth grade">twelfth grades</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Public_Schools" title="Elizabeth Public Schools">Elizabeth Public Schools</a>. </p><p>Located across the street from Elizabeth's City Hall and the monuments of Winfield Scott Park, and Martin Luther King Jr monument, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy is the oldest building of all the Elizabeth Public Schools high school academies. Jefferson Arts was first built in 1928 as an all-boys high school and named for the primary author of the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Declaration_of_Independence" title="United States Declaration of Independence">Declaration of Independence</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson" title="Thomas Jefferson">third president of the United States</a>. In 1977, the former Thomas Jefferson High School (for boys) merged with the newly constructed <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Elizabeth High School (New Jersey)">Elizabeth High School</a> main complex; the school was renamed Thomas Jefferson House of Elizabeth High School.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school is now a high school academy and the center for the district's visual and performing arts programs. The school has been accredited by the <a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a> Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-MSA-CESS_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MSA-CESS-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,070 students and 86.0 classroom teachers (on an <a href="/wiki/Full-time_equivalent" title="Full-time equivalent">FTE</a> basis), for a <a href="/wiki/Student%E2%80%93teacher_ratio" title="Student–teacher ratio">student–teacher ratio</a> of 12.4:1. There were 715 students (66.8% of enrollment) eligible for <a href="/wiki/National_School_Lunch_Act" title="National School Lunch Act">free lunch</a> and 136 (12.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.<sup id="cite_ref-NCES_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards,_recognition_and_rankings"><span id="Awards.2C_recognition_and_rankings"></span>Awards, recognition and rankings</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Awards, recognition and rankings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school was named a Model School in the Arts by the New Jersey Arts Education Partnership in 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the spring of 2014, the school was awarded the Healthy Schools Silver Award by the Alliance for a Healthier Generation Healthy Schools Program.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additionally, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy students have been nominated and received awards in numerous, local and regional competitions including: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Music_in_the_Parks" title="Music in the Parks">Music in the Parks</a><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Montclair_State_University" title="Montclair State University">Montclair State University's</a> Theatre Night Awards <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paper_Mill_Playhouse" title="Paper Mill Playhouse">Paper Mill Playhouse's</a> Rising Star Awards <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_College_of_New_Jersey" title="The College of New Jersey">College of New Jersey's</a> K-12 Student Art Exhibition <sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/SkillsUSA" title="SkillsUSA">SkillsUSA</a></li></ul> <p>The school was the 321st-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in <i><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Monthly" title="New Jersey Monthly">New Jersey Monthly</a></i> magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school had been ranked 328th in the state of 328 schools in 2012.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2016 <i>High School Challenge Index</i> published by <a href="/wiki/The_Washington_Post" title="The Washington Post">The Washington Post</a>, a continuation of high-school rankings formerly published in <a href="/wiki/Newsweek" title="Newsweek">Newsweek</a>, identified Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy as the 46th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 statewide; the school was ranked No. 1157 nationally.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Curriculum">Curriculum</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Curriculum"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Students enrolled in the Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy complete both a college preparatory academic curriculum, as well as a studio program in the visual, performing or media arts. The school's curriculum is geared toward preparing students for postsecondary education and developing their creative talents.<sup id="cite_ref-epsnj.org_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epsnj.org-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The school's academic program includes: </p> <ul><li>Four years of coursework in <a href="/wiki/English_studies" title="English studies">English</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mathematics" title="Mathematics">mathematics</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science" title="Science">science</a>, <a href="/wiki/Social_studies" title="Social studies">social studies</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Physical_education" title="Physical education">physical education/health</a></li> <li>Two to four years of study in foreign languages including <a href="/wiki/Spanish_language" title="Spanish language">Spanish</a>, <a href="/wiki/French_language" title="French language">French</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italian_language" title="Italian language">Italian</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_language" title="Portuguese language">Portuguese</a></li> <li>Additional coursework in career readiness</li> <li>Preparation for state-required <a href="/wiki/High_School_Proficiency_Assessment" title="High School Proficiency Assessment">high school exit exams</a></li> <li>Honors and <a href="/wiki/Advanced_Placement" title="Advanced Placement">Advanced Placement</a> classes offered to all interested students</li></ul> <p>Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy's <a href="/wiki/Advancement_Via_Individual_Determination" title="Advancement Via Individual Determination">Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID)</a> is a college-readiness system designed to increase the number of students who enroll in four-year colleges. Specially designed for students who may need academic support or who may be the first in their families to attend college, students in the AVID program participate in a daily elective course that offers academic support and college preparation. AVID students also engage in regular tutorials, college preparation sessions and trips, career readiness experiences, and other activities to support their academic and personal growth. Participation in the AVID program is by application only. </p><p>Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy offers five studio programs in the arts. These include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Audio-visual" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio-visual">Audio and Visual Media</a>. The <b>A/V Media</b> program offers preparation in audio and video editing, programming, and production techniques. Students have the opportunity to study in both a graphic print shop, as well as in the Jefferson Arts Television Studio.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creative_Writing" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Writing">Creative Writing</a>. The <b>Creative Writing</b> program offers young authors a rich curriculum to support their creative talents. Students study various writing genres and have opportunities to publish through in- school and out-of-school publications.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Performing_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Performing Arts">Performing Arts</a>. The <b>Performing Arts</b> program offers preparation in instrumental music, vocal music, and dance. Performers may participate in several concert band, orchestra, string, and jazz ensembles, while receiving instruction in music theory, composition, and improvisation. Live performances are an important focus of this program.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater">Theater</a>. The <b>Theater</b> program offers preparation in live performance, technical theater, stage movement, principles of scenic design, children's theater, costume structure and design, and make-up. Live performances are an important focus of this program.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Visual_Arts" class="mw-redirect" title="Visual Arts">Visual Arts</a>. The <b>Visual Arts</b> program prepares young artists for advanced study in drawing, painting, computer graphics, commercial art, and sculpture. Students have multiple opportunities over the course of each school year to exhibit their work in school and throughout the community.<sup id="cite_ref-epsnj.org_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-epsnj.org-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Graduation_requirements">Graduation requirements</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Graduation requirements"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Graduation requirements for students at Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy include: </p> <ul><li>Successful completion of 140 credit hours of coursework</li> <li>Successful completion of 60 hours of community service (with 25 hours to be completed in a student's senior year)</li> <li>Successful completion of New Jersey statewide assessment graduation requirements</li></ul> <p>The Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy website offers more details about graduation requirements and course sequence.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Admissions">Admissions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Admissions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Each studio program at Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy requires an <a href="/wiki/Audition" title="Audition">audition</a> and entry <a href="/wiki/Interview" title="Interview">interview</a>. Requirements include the following: </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Audio-visual" class="mw-redirect" title="Audio-visual">Audio and Visual Media</a></b>. Students create a short video explaining why they wish to study media and television production. This video may be submitted by mini-DV tape, DVD, or uploaded electronically by directions explained at the audition. All videos must be labeled clearly with full name, ID number, and present school. Genuine interest and creativity should be highlights of this video. Cameras are available at audition sessions for those who wish to create a video on-site. </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Creative_Writing" class="mw-redirect" title="Creative Writing">Creative Writing</a></b>. Students prepare a portfolio that includes three poems, one work of fiction and a reflection page. The poems should be of substantial length (at least 15 lines). The work of fiction may be a first draft, but must be of considerable ambition or length (at least 400-500 words). The reflection is an overall response on students' goals, current works in progress, and previous literary and writing experiences. </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Performing_arts" title="Performing arts">Performing arts</a></b>. After an interview, students select an audition focus: </p> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Dance" title="Dance">Dance</a></i>: Students take a mini-ballet/ modern combination class and perform a five minute solo dance. Students are asked to wear attire which includes (but is not limited to) leotard and tights, black tank and jazz style pants, or black shorts (no baggy clothes). Students are also asked to bring musical accompaniment.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Instrumental_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Instrumental Music">Instrumental Music</a></i>: Students prepare a piece to be played from memory or sheet music, play any major and minor scale (up to 4 flats and 4 sharps) on the instrument, and play a variety of chords. Students also sight read a simple melodic piece which will be provided at the time of audition.</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Vocal_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="Vocal Music">Vocal Music</a></i>: Students prepare a song (no more than one minute) <a href="/wiki/A_cappella" title="A cappella">a cappella</a> (without instrumental accompaniment) and sing several scales while a teacher plays the scales on the piano.</li></ul> <p><b><a href="/wiki/Theater" class="mw-redirect" title="Theater">Theater</a></b>. Students perform a one- to three-minute memorized <a href="/wiki/Monologue" title="Monologue">monologue</a> (i.e. a speech made by one person portraying a character and directed at the audience; the performer may pretend that the audience is the other character). Monologues may be dramatic or comedic. The audition focuses on how well the performer portrays a character while delivering the monologue. Students are asked to refrain from dressing in costume or bringing props for auditions. </p><p><b><a href="/wiki/Visual_arts" title="Visual arts">Visual arts</a></b>. Students submit a portfolio of original artwork including at least five pieces that show evidence of visual experience and demonstration of artistic strengths and talents, including the capacity for learning different media. Portfolio pieces and sketch books should display a student's abilities with use of color, composition, two-dimensional and three-dimensional concepts, creativity, tone, and presentation. They may be original or representational drawings from life demonstrating ability for entry into <a href="/wiki/Drawing" title="Drawing">Drawing</a> & <a href="/wiki/Painting" title="Painting">Painting</a>, <a href="/wiki/Photography" title="Photography">Photography</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sculpture" title="Sculpture">Sculpture</a>, Creative Crafts, and <a href="/wiki/Graphic_Design" class="mw-redirect" title="Graphic Design">Graphic Design</a> concentrations. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Athletics">Athletics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy students participate in sports that represent all Elizabeth high school academies under the banner of the Elizabeth Minutemen.<sup id="cite_ref-NJSIAAprofile_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NJSIAAprofile-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Elizabeth athletic teams compete in the <a href="/wiki/Union_County_Interscholastic_Athletic_Conference" class="mw-redirect" title="Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference">Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference</a>, a high school sports association that operates under the jurisdiction of the <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association" title="New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association">New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association</a> (NJSIAA).<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With 5,049 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Administration">Administration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Administration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The school's principal is Mona Wanis. Her core administration team includes three vice principals.<sup id="cite_ref-Contacts_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Contacts-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.epsnj.org/jefferson">School website</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Contacts-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Contacts_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Contacts_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.epsnj.org/domain/155">Contact Us</a>, Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy. Accessed March 3, 2023.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NCES-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NCES_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCES_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCES_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCES_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NCES_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404590&ID=340459003049">School data for Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/National_Center_for_Education_Statistics" title="National Center for Education Statistics">National Center for Education Statistics</a>. Accessed February 1, 2024.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-MSA-CESS-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-MSA-CESS_3-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-MSA-CESS_3-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.msa-cess.org/default.aspx?RelID=606553">Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy</a>, <a href="/wiki/Middle_States_Association_of_Colleges_and_Schools" title="Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools">Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools</a> Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed February 8, 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Horowitz, Ben. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/1977/07/10/archives/new-jersey-weekly-elizabeth-awaits-coed-high-school.html">"Elizabeth Awaits Coed High School"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>, July 10, 1977. Accessed July 3, 2022.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://artsednj.org/promotion-and-recognition/model-schools-in-the-arts/">Model Schools in the Arts</a>, New Jersey Arts Education Partnership. Accessed March 1, 2018.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Alliance for a Healthier Generation. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://schools.healthiergeneration.org">https://schools.healthiergeneration.org</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Music in the Parks. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.musicintheparks.com">http://www.musicintheparks.com</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MSU Theatre Night Awards. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.montclair.edu/arts/theatre-and-dance/productions-and-events/theatre-night-awards/">http://www.montclair.edu/arts/theatre-and-dance/productions-and-events/theatre-night-awards/</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.papermill.org/education/rising-star-awards/about-rising-star-awards.html">http://www.papermill.org/education/rising-star-awards/about-rising-star-awards.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">TCNJ K-12 Student Art Exhibition. <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://tcnjartgallery.pages.tcnj.edu/2013/06/02/k-12-juried-student-art-exhibition-opens-june-2-100-300">http://tcnjartgallery.pages.tcnj.edu/2013/06/02/k-12-juried-student-art-exhibition-opens-june-2-100-300</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/top-schools-alphabetical-list.html">"Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Monthly" title="New Jersey Monthly">New Jersey Monthly</a></i>, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Staff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/the-top-new-jersey-high-schools-alphabetical.html">"The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_Monthly" title="New Jersey Monthly">New Jersey Monthly</a></i>, August 16, 2012. Accessed November 24, 2014.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161229210850/http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/">"America's Most Challenging High Schools"</a>. <i>apps.washingtonpost.com</i>. 2016. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://apps.washingtonpost.com/local/highschoolchallenge/">the original</a> on December 29, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=apps.washingtonpost.com&rft.atitle=America%27s+Most+Challenging+High+Schools&rft.date=2016&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fapps.washingtonpost.com%2Flocal%2Fhighschoolchallenge%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-epsnj.org-14"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-epsnj.org_14-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-epsnj.org_14-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130414161611/http://www.epsnj.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=9670&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-16859">"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy - Studio Programs"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.epsnj.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=9670&linkid=nav-menu-container-4-16859">the original</a> on April 14, 2013<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">July 31,</span> 2012</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Thomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy+-+Studio+Programs&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.epsnj.org%2Feducation%2Fcomponents%2Fscrapbook%2Fdefault.php%3Fsectiondetailid%3D9670%26linkid%3Dnav-menu-container-4-16859&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThomas+Jefferson+Arts+Academy" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-15"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-15">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">jefferson.epsnj.org</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-NJSIAAprofile-16"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-NJSIAAprofile_16-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/elizabeth-high-school">Elizabeth High School</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association" title="New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association">New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association</a>. Accessed October 20, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-17">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf">League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association" title="New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association">New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association</a>. Accessed October 20, 2020.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-18">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf">NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey_State_Interscholastic_Athletic_Association" title="New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association">New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association</a>. Accessed November 20, 2020.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid #a2a9b1;width:100%;clear:both;font-size:88%;text-align:center;padding:1px;margin:1em auto 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbox{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox+.navbox-styles+.navbox{margin-top:-1px}.mw-parser-output .navbox-inner,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{width:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-title,.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow{padding:0.25em 1em;line-height:1.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .navbox-group{white-space:nowrap;text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .navbox,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup{background-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list{line-height:1.5em;border-color:#fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-list-with-group{text-align:left;border-left-width:2px;border-left-style:solid}.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-group,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-image,.mw-parser-output tr+tr>.navbox-list{border-top:2px solid #fdfdfd}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title{background-color:#ccf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-abovebelow,.mw-parser-output .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-title{background-color:#ddf}.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-group,.mw-parser-output .navbox-subgroup .navbox-abovebelow{background-color:#e6e6ff}.mw-parser-output .navbox-even{background-color:#f7f7f7}.mw-parser-output .navbox-odd{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox .hlist td ul,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .navbox td.hlist ul{padding:0.125em 0}.mw-parser-output .navbox .navbar{display:block;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .navbox-title .navbar{float:left;text-align:left;margin-right:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .navbox-image img{max-width:none!important}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .navbox{display:none!important}}</style></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239400231">.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:inline;font-size:88%;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .navbar-collapse{float:left;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .navbar-boxtext{word-spacing:0}.mw-parser-output .navbar ul{display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;line-height:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::before{margin-right:-0.125em;content:"[ "}.mw-parser-output .navbar-brackets::after{margin-left:-0.125em;content:" ]"}.mw-parser-output .navbar li{word-spacing:-0.125em}.mw-parser-output .navbar a>span,.mw-parser-output .navbar a>abbr{text-decoration:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-mini abbr{font-variant:small-caps;border-bottom:none;text-decoration:none;cursor:inherit}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-full{font-size:114%;margin:0 7em}.mw-parser-output .navbar-ct-mini{font-size:114%;margin:0 4em}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}@media(prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .navbar li a abbr{color:var(--color-base)!important}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Elizabeth, New Jersey"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Template talk:Elizabeth, New Jersey"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Elizabeth, New Jersey"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Elizabeth, New Jersey">Elizabeth, New Jersey</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Belcher%E2%80%93Ogden_Mansion;_Benjamin_Price_House;_and_Price%E2%80%93Brittan_House_Historic_District" title="Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District">Belcher–Ogden Mansion; Benjamin Price House; and Price–Brittan House Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Town_Historic_District_(Elizabeth,_New_Jersey)" title="Mid-Town Historic District (Elizabeth, New Jersey)">Mid-Town Historic District</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shooters_Island" title="Shooters Island">Shooters Island</a> (part)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Education</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Public_Schools" title="Elizabeth Public Schools">Elizabeth Public Schools</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Elizabeth High School (New Jersey)">Elizabeth HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._Christian_Bollwage_Finance_Academy" title="J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy">Bollwage Fin. Acad.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_E._Dwyer_Technology_Academy" title="John E. Dwyer Technology Academy">John E. Dwyer Tech. Acad.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Edison_Career_and_Technical_Academy" title="Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy">Thomas A. Edison Career & Tech. Acad.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_William_Halsey_Leadership_Academy" title="Admiral William Halsey Leadership Academy">Adm. William F. Halsey Leadership Acad.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_Preparatory_Academy" title="Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy">Alexander Hamilton Prep. Acad.</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Thomas Jefferson Arts Acad.</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Public_Library" title="Elizabeth Public Library">Elizabeth Public Library</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="Closed" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Closed</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Battin_High_School" title="Battin High School">Battin HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedictine_Academy" title="Benedictine Academy">Benedictine Acad.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Thomas Jefferson High School (New Jersey)">Thomas Jefferson HS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Patrick_High_School_(New_Jersey)" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Patrick High School (New Jersey)">St. Patrick HS</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Landmarks</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Boxwood_Hall" title="Boxwood Hall">Boxwood Hall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hersch_Tower" title="Hersch Tower">Hersch Tower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/First_Presbyterian_Church_of_Elizabeth" title="First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth">First Presbyterian Church of Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._John%27s_Episcopal_Church_(Elizabeth,_New_Jersey)" title="St. John's Episcopal Church (Elizabeth, New Jersey)">St. John's Episcopal Church</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County_Courthouse_(New_Jersey)" title="Union County Courthouse (New Jersey)">Union County Courthouse</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Transportation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_station_(NJ_Transit)" title="Elizabeth station (NJ Transit)">Elizabeth station</a> (NJ Transit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Elizabeth_station" title="North Elizabeth station">North Elizabeth station</a> (NJ Transit)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newark_Liberty_International_Airport" title="Newark Liberty International Airport">Newark Liberty International Airport</a> (part)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">History</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_Miami_Airlines_C-46_crash" title="1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash">1951 Miami Airlines C-46 crash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_6780" title="American Airlines Flight 6780">American Airlines Flight 6780</a> (1952)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Airlines_Flight_101" title="National Airlines Flight 101">National Airlines Flight 101</a> (1952)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>This list is incomplete.</div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Public_and_private_high_schools_of_Union_County,_New_Jersey" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Union_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Union County, New Jersey High Schools"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Union_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template talk:Union County, New Jersey High Schools"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Union_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Union County, New Jersey High Schools"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Public_and_private_high_schools_of_Union_County,_New_Jersey" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_New_Jersey#Union_County" title="List of high schools in New Jersey">Public</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_New_Jersey#Union_County_2" title="List of high schools in New Jersey">private</a> high schools of <b><a href="/wiki/Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Union County, New Jersey">Union County</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_Jersey" title="New Jersey">New Jersey</a></b></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Public</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/J._Christian_Bollwage_Finance_Academy" title="J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy">J. Christian Bollwage Finance Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Brearley_High_School" title="David Brearley High School">David Brearley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abraham_Clark_High_School" title="Abraham Clark High School">Abraham Clark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranford_High_School" title="Cranford High School">Cranford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jonathan_Dayton_High_School" title="Jonathan Dayton High School">Jonathan Dayton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Dwyer_Technology_Academy" class="mw-redirect" title="John Dwyer Technology Academy">Dwyer Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_A._Edison_Career_and_Technical_Academy" title="Thomas A. Edison Career and Technical Academy">Edison Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Elizabeth High School (New Jersey)">Elizabeth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Admiral_William_Halsey_Leadership_Academy" title="Admiral William Halsey Leadership Academy">Halsey Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alexander_Hamilton_Preparatory_Academy" title="Alexander Hamilton Preparatory Academy">Hamilton Academy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Jefferson Arts Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_Livingston_High_School" title="Governor Livingston High School">Governor Livingston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hillside_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Hillside High School (New Jersey)">Hillside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Johnson_High_School" title="Arthur L. Johnson High School">Arthur L. Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linden_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Linden High School (New Jersey)">Linden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/New_Providence_High_School" title="New Providence High School">New Providence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barack_Obama_Green_Charter_High_School" title="Barack Obama Green Charter High School">Barack Obama Green Charter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Plainfield High School (New Jersey)">Plainfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plainfield_Academy_for_the_Arts_and_Advanced_Studies" title="Plainfield Academy for the Arts and Advanced Studies">Plainfield Academy for the Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rahway_High_School" title="Rahway High School">Rahway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roselle_Park_High_School" title="Roselle Park High School">Roselle Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scotch_Plains-Fanwood_High_School" title="Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School">Scotch Plains-Fanwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Summit_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Summit High School (New Jersey)">Summit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County_Academy_for_Allied_Health_Sciences" title="Union County Academy for Allied Health Sciences">UC Allied Health Sciences</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_for_Information_Technology" title="Academy for Information Technology">UC Information Technology</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Academy_for_Performing_Arts" title="Academy for Performing Arts">UC Performing Arts</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County_Magnet_High_School" title="Union County Magnet High School">UC Magnet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_County_Vocational-Technical_High_School" title="Union County Vocational-Technical High School">UC Tech</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Union High School (New Jersey)">Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westfield_High_School_(New_Jersey)" title="Westfield High School (New Jersey)">Westfield</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg/50px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="95" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg/75px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg/100px-Map_of_New_Jersey_highlighting_Union_County.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="570" data-file-height="1080" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Private</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benedictine_Academy" title="Benedictine Academy">Benedictine Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruriah_High_School_for_Girls" title="Bruriah High School for Girls">Bruriah High School</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_Place_School" title="Kent Place School">Kent Place</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mother_Seton_Regional_High_School" title="Mother Seton Regional High School">Mother Seton Regional</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak_Knoll_School_of_the_Holy_Child" title="Oak Knoll School of the Holy Child">Oak Knoll</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oratory_Preparatory_School" title="Oratory Preparatory School">Oratory Prep</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rav_Teitz_Mesivta_Academy" title="Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy">Rav Teitz Mesivta Academy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roselle_Catholic_High_School" title="Roselle Catholic High School">Roselle Catholic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Mary_of_the_Assumption_High_School" title="St. Mary of the Assumption High School">St. Mary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Patrick_School" title="The Patrick School">St. Patrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Union_Catholic_Regional_High_School" title="Union Catholic Regional High School">Union Catholic</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><div class="hlist" style="font-size:85%; font-weight:bold;"> <dl><dt>by county</dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Atlantic_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Atlantic County, New Jersey">Atlantic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Bergen_County,_New_Jersey_Schools" title="Template:Bergen County, New Jersey Schools">Bergen</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Burlington_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Burlington County, New Jersey">Burlington</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Camden_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Camden County, New Jersey High Schools">Camden</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Cape_May_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Cape May County, New Jersey">Cape May</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Cumberland_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Cumberland County, New Jersey">Cumberland</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Essex_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Essex County, New Jersey High Schools">Essex</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Gloucester_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Gloucester County, New Jersey">Gloucester</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Hudson_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Hudson County, New Jersey">Hudson</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Hunterdon_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Hunterdon County, New Jersey">Hunterdon</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Mercer_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Mercer County, New Jersey High Schools">Mercer</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Middlesex_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Middlesex County, New Jersey High Schools">Middlesex</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Monmouth_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Monmouth County, New Jersey High Schools">Monmouth</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Morris_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Morris County, New Jersey">Morris</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Ocean_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Ocean County, New Jersey">Ocean</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Passaic_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Passaic County, New Jersey High Schools">Passaic</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Salem_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Salem County, New Jersey">Salem</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Somerset_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Somerset County, New Jersey">Somerset</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Sussex_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Sussex County, New Jersey">Sussex</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Union_County,_New_Jersey_High_Schools" title="Template:Union County, New Jersey High Schools">Union</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/Template:Education_in_Warren_County,_New_Jersey" title="Template:Education in Warren County, New Jersey">Warren</a></dd></dl> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox authority-control" aria-label="Navbox" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks hlist navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Help:Authority_control" title="Help:Authority control">Authority control databases</a>: Geographic <span class="mw-valign-text-top noprint" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7791242#identifiers" title="Edit this at Wikidata"><img alt="Edit this at Wikidata" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/10px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png" decoding="async" width="10" height="10" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg/20px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr-progressive.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><ul><li><span class="uid"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=340459003049">NCES</a></span></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div>    </div><noscript><img src="https://login.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1" alt="" width="1" height="1" style="border: none; position: absolute;"></noscript> <div class="printfooter" data-nosnippet="">Retrieved from "<a dir="ltr" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&oldid=1203792684">https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&oldid=1203792684</a>"</div></div> <div id="catlinks" class="catlinks" data-mw="interface"><div id="mw-normal-catlinks" class="mw-normal-catlinks"><a href="/wiki/Help:Category" title="Help:Category">Categories</a>: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:1928_establishments_in_New_Jersey" title="Category:1928 establishments in New Jersey">1928 establishments in New Jersey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Education_in_Elizabeth,_New_Jersey" title="Category:Education in Elizabeth, New Jersey">Education in Elizabeth, New Jersey</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Educational_institutions_established_in_1928" title="Category:Educational institutions established in 1928">Educational institutions established in 1928</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Public_high_schools_in_Union_County,_New_Jersey" title="Category:Public high schools in Union County, New Jersey">Public high schools in Union County, New Jersey</a></li></ul></div><div id="mw-hidden-catlinks" class="mw-hidden-catlinks mw-hidden-cats-hidden">Hidden categories: <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_gadget_WikiMiniAtlas" title="Category:Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas">Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Articles_with_short_description" title="Category:Articles with short description">Articles with short description</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Short_description_is_different_from_Wikidata" title="Category:Short description is different from Wikidata">Short description is different from Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_American_English_from_November_2020" title="Category:Use American English from November 2020">Use American English from November 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:All_Wikipedia_articles_written_in_American_English" title="Category:All Wikipedia articles written in American English">All Wikipedia articles written in American English</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Use_mdy_dates_from_November_2020" title="Category:Use mdy dates from November 2020">Use mdy dates from November 2020</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Infobox_mapframe_without_OSM_relation_ID_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata">Infobox mapframe without OSM relation ID on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Coordinates_on_Wikidata" title="Category:Coordinates on Wikidata">Coordinates on Wikidata</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Category:Pages_using_the_Kartographer_extension" title="Category:Pages using the Kartographer extension">Pages using the Kartographer extension</a></li></ul></div></div> </div> </main> </div> <div class="mw-footer-container"> <footer id="footer" class="mw-footer" > <ul id="footer-info"> <li id="footer-info-lastmod"> This page was last edited on 5 February 2024, at 16:11<span class="anonymous-show"> (UTC)</span>.</li> <li id="footer-info-copyright">Text is available under the <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_Creative_Commons_Attribution-ShareAlike_4.0_International_License" title="Wikipedia:Text of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License">Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License</a>; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms_of_Use" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> and <a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy" class="extiw" title="foundation:Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy policy">Privacy Policy</a>. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/">Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.</a>, a non-profit organization.</li> </ul> <ul id="footer-places"> <li id="footer-places-privacy"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Privacy_policy">Privacy policy</a></li> <li id="footer-places-about"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:About">About Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-disclaimers"><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:General_disclaimer">Disclaimers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-contact"><a href="//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contact_us">Contact Wikipedia</a></li> <li id="footer-places-wm-codeofconduct"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Universal_Code_of_Conduct">Code of Conduct</a></li> <li id="footer-places-developers"><a href="https://developer.wikimedia.org">Developers</a></li> <li id="footer-places-statslink"><a href="https://stats.wikimedia.org/#/en.wikipedia.org">Statistics</a></li> <li id="footer-places-cookiestatement"><a href="https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Policy:Cookie_statement">Cookie statement</a></li> <li id="footer-places-mobileview"><a href="//en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy&mobileaction=toggle_view_mobile" class="noprint stopMobileRedirectToggle">Mobile view</a></li> </ul> <ul id="footer-icons" class="noprint"> <li id="footer-copyrightico"><a href="https://wikimediafoundation.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/static/images/footer/wikimedia-button.svg" width="84" height="29" alt="Wikimedia Foundation" loading="lazy"></a></li> <li id="footer-poweredbyico"><a href="https://www.mediawiki.org/" class="cdx-button cdx-button--fake-button cdx-button--size-large cdx-button--fake-button--enabled"><img src="/w/resources/assets/poweredby_mediawiki.svg" alt="Powered by MediaWiki" width="88" height="31" loading="lazy"></a></li> </ul> </footer> </div> </div> </div> <div class="vector-settings" id="p-dock-bottom"> <ul></ul> </div><script>(RLQ=window.RLQ||[]).push(function(){mw.config.set({"wgHostname":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-zhjmb","wgBackendResponseTime":128,"wgKartographerLiveData":{"_8ae9640fab87e753df2b4c66bfc8832c2885cc12":[{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoshape","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoshape?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q7791242","properties":{"title":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy","fill-opacity":0.5,"stroke":"#FF0000","stroke-width":3,"fill":"#606060"}},{"type":"ExternalData","service":"geoline","url":"https://maps.wikimedia.org/geoline?getgeojson=1\u0026ids=Q7791242","properties":{"stroke-width":5,"stroke":"#FF0000","title":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy"}},{"type":"Feature","geometry":{"coordinates":[-74.21083333333334,40.663333333333334],"type":"Point"},"properties":{"marker-color":"#5E74F3","title":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy","marker-symbol":"school"}}]},"wgPageParseReport":{"limitreport":{"cputime":"0.538","walltime":"0.809","ppvisitednodes":{"value":3232,"limit":1000000},"postexpandincludesize":{"value":64852,"limit":2097152},"templateargumentsize":{"value":11538,"limit":2097152},"expansiondepth":{"value":15,"limit":100},"expensivefunctioncount":{"value":4,"limit":500},"unstrip-depth":{"value":1,"limit":20},"unstrip-size":{"value":45901,"limit":5000000},"entityaccesscount":{"value":1,"limit":400},"timingprofile":["100.00% 544.536 1 -total"," 41.07% 223.658 1 Template:Infobox_school"," 35.50% 193.321 1 Template:Infobox"," 18.98% 103.343 1 Template:Reflist"," 17.02% 92.694 3 Template:Navbox"," 15.91% 86.623 1 Template:Elizabeth,_New_Jersey"," 15.35% 83.602 2 Template:Cite_web"," 13.36% 72.723 1 Template:Short_description"," 8.38% 45.611 50 Template:If_empty"," 7.38% 40.209 2 Template:Pagetype"]},"scribunto":{"limitreport-timeusage":{"value":"0.278","limit":"10.000"},"limitreport-memusage":{"value":5367321,"limit":52428800}},"cachereport":{"origin":"mw-web.codfw.main-f69cdc8f6-qjjsx","timestamp":"20241122160842","ttl":2592000,"transientcontent":false}}});});</script> <script type="application/ld+json">{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@type":"Article","name":"Thomas Jefferson Arts Academy","url":"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy","sameAs":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7791242","mainEntity":"http:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/entity\/Q7791242","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Contributors to Wikimedia projects"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/www.wikimedia.org\/static\/images\/wmf-hor-googpub.png"}},"datePublished":"2009-02-07T20:56:22Z","dateModified":"2024-02-05T16:11:49Z","image":"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/f\/f7\/Thomas_Jefferson_Arts_Academy%2C_Elizabeth%2C_NJ.jpg","headline":"public high school in the United States"}</script> </body> </html>