Henry Snyder High School

Henry Snyder High School
Henry Snyder High School
Location
	Henry Snyder High School Henry Snyder High School Henry Snyder High School
	239 Bergen Avenue; Jersey City, NJ 07305; United States
Coordinates	40.710444°N 74.083847°W
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	Jersey City Public Schools
NCES School ID	3407830[1]
Principal	Yvonne Waller
Faculty	70.0 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	853 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	12.2:1[1]
Color(s)	Black and; Orange[2]
Athletics conference	Hudson County Interscholastic League
Team name	Tigers[2]
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Website	School website

Academy of the Arts at Henry Snyder High School is a four-year performing arts public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in the Greenville section of Jersey City, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Jersey City Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1940.[3]

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 853 students and 70.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.2:1. There were 747 students (87.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 6 (0.7% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 319th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[4] The school had been ranked 279th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 312th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 304th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 298th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 344th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 10 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

Athletics

The Henry Snyder High School Tigers[2] compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[9] With 792 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North II, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 778 to 1,062 students in that grade range.[10]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1963.[11]

The boys' track team won the Group IV indoor relay state championship in 1971, 1972 (co-champion with Westfield High School), 1974 and 1975.[12]

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1990, defeating John F. Kennedy Memorial High School in the tournament final.[13]

Administration

Yvonne Waller, Principal [14]

Notable alumni

Nick Adams (1931–1968), actor who appeared in Hollywood films and on television during the 1950s and 1960s[15]
Rafael Addison (born 1964), former professional basketball player who played in the NBA for the Phoenix Suns, New Jersey Nets, Detroit Pistons and Charlotte Hornets.[16]
Walker Lee Ashley (born 1960), retired linebacker who played in the NFL for the Minnesota Vikings and Kansas City Chiefs.[17]
Robert Burns (1926-2016), politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly from the 38th Legislative District.[18]
Albert Burstein (born 1922), politician who served five terms in the New Jersey General Assembly, representing the 37th Legislative District.[19]
Glenn Cunningham (1943-2004), politician who served in the New Jersey Senate and was the first African American Mayor of Jersey City.[20]
Rich Glover (born 1950, class of 1969), 1972 Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award winner; Nebraska (1970-72); NFL 1973, 1975[21]
Gerald Govan (born 1942), retired basketball player who played in all nine seasons of the original American Basketball Association[22][23]
Jerry Herman (born 1931), composer and lyricist[24]
Derek Luke (born 1974), actor who won multiple awards for his big-screen debut performance in the 2002 film Antwone Fisher[25]
Bill Perkins (1941-2016), running back in the American Football League for the New York Jets who later became an attorney and politician who served two terms in the New Jersey General Assembly.[26][27]
Harold Reitman (born 1950), orthopedic surgeon and former professional boxer.[28]
Peter Sliker (1925–2010), opera singer with the Metropolitan Opera[29]
Shirley Tolentino (1943–2010), first black woman to serve on the New Jersey Superior Court and to be appointed to the Jersey City Municipal Court and serve as its presiding judge[30]

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References

School data for Henry Snyder High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
Henry Snyder High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.
Henry Snyder High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed January 13, 2020.
Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2012.
Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011.
"Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 31, 2011.
League Memberships – 2015-2016 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.
General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 1, 2017.
History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 17, 2016.
NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.
Contact Us, Henry Snyder High School. Accessed January 13, 2020.
Hyams, Joe. "It's More Than A Role: TV's Nick Adams Is The Rebel", The Tuscaloosa News, December 25, 1960. Accessed June 19, 2011. "'I remember when I was in Henry Snyder High School in Jersey I was a three letter man but I couldn't make the senior class play.'"
Rafael Addison, RealGM. Accessed November 14, 2018.
"Walker Lee Ashley", Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed November 14, 2018. "High School: Henry Snyder (NJ)"
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1976, p. 253. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1976. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Robert Burns, Dem., Hasbrouck Heights - Assemblyman Burns was born in Jersey City on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1926. He attended St. Patrick's School and Lincoln and Snyder High Schools in Jersey City and Seton Hall University, where he was graduated in 1955."
Palmer, Joanne. "A very busy 92 years Al Burstein of Tenafly talks about his life, from Jersey City childhood through WWII horrors and adventures in legislation to now", The Jewish Standard, June 18, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Mr. Burstein went to public school. “There weren’t that many Jewish kids in high school' —Henry Snyder High School — 'but our out-of-school presence was centered on the JCC in Jersey City,' he said."
Zeitlinger, Ron. "See who's in the first class of Snyder High School's Wall of Fame", The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2018. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Richie Glover (Class of '69), a college football Hall of Famer, Judge Shirley Tolentino and Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham will be joined by six others in the first class at the Jersey City school's auditorium on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m., the Parents Council of Henry Snyder High School announced."
Staff. "Dickinson looks to improve under local legend Glover College Football Hall of Fame member hopes Rams improve in second year", The Hudson Reporter, September 23, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Rich Glover didn't expect things to be this way. The former Snyder High School product, who went on to become an All-American nose guard at the University of Nebraska in the early 1970s, earning accolades such as the Lombardi Trophy and the Outland Trophy as being the best interior lineman in the nation, came home last year to take over the reins as the head football coach at Dickinson High School."
Staff. "Hall of a night for Jersey City sports greats Jersey City Recreation Foundation brings back its Hall of Fame with gala dinner", The Hudson Reporter, October 17, 2006. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Govan, who went from Snyder High School to becoming one of the all-time leaders in rebounds and blocked shots in the old American Basketball Association, the league that introduced the red, white and blue ball and gave 'Dr. J' Julius Erving his first professional opportunity, was also grateful to be honored once again."
Gerald Govan, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed December 13, 2007.
Ewen, David. Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present: A Biographical and Critical Guide, Volume 1, p. 51. Accessed June 6, 2012. "Following his graduation from Henry Snyder High School in Jersey City, he enrolled at the Parsons School of Design in New York intending to become an interior decorator."
Staff. "Actor Derek Luke comes home to talk with Snyder High students", The Jersey Journal, December 22, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Jersey City born-and-raised actor Derek Luke is at Snyder High School, where he attended, this morning to talk to students, a school official said this morning. The star of Biker Boyz, Antoine Fisher and Glory Road, is expected to talk about his life experiences and rough times growing up in Jersey City. Luke attended Snyder, but graduated from Linden High."
McDonald, Terrence T. "Bill Perkins, former Jersey City assemblyman, dies at 76", The Jersey Journal, February 9, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Tia Bell remembers visiting the Hudson County courthouse recently with her father, Bill Perkins, who was a Jersey City assemblyman for four years in the 1970s."
Bill Perkins, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed July 23, 2019.
Biography, Harold Reitman. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Dr. Reitman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, where his parents had a gas station, and attended Henry Snyder High School where his abilities as an athlete were developed in both boxing and basketball."
Staff. "Obituaries: Peter Sliker, who sang with Metropolitan Opera, will be buried in Califon", The Hunterdon County Democrat, July 1, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011. "He was born in Jersey City to Harry and Ella Sliker on June 7, 1925. He attended grade school and high school in Jersey City, graduating from Snyder High."
Jersey City to Honor the Life of Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Street Renaming of the Corner of Baldwin & Newark Avenues Archived 2016-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, City of Jersey City. Accessed September 18, 2014.

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[NCES-1] School data for Henry Snyder High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.

[NJSIAAprofile-2] Henry Snyder High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.

[MSA-CESS-3] Henry Snyder High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed January 13, 2020.

[4] Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.

[5] Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 24, 2012.

[6] Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011.

[7] "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.

[8] New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 31, 2011.

[9] League Memberships – 2015-2016 Archived 2012-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2017.

[10] General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.

[11] History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 1, 2017.

[12] History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 17, 2016.

[13] NJSIAA Group Basketball Past Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 8, 2015.

[14] Contact Us, Henry Snyder High School. Accessed January 13, 2020.

[15] Hyams, Joe. "It's More Than A Role: TV's Nick Adams Is The Rebel", The Tuscaloosa News, December 25, 1960. Accessed June 19, 2011. "'I remember when I was in Henry Snyder High School in Jersey I was a three letter man but I couldn't make the senior class play.'"

[16] Rafael Addison, RealGM. Accessed November 14, 2018.

[17] "Walker Lee Ashley", Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed November 14, 2018. "High School: Henry Snyder (NJ)"

[18] Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1976, p. 253. J.A. Fitzgerald, 1976. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Robert Burns, Dem., Hasbrouck Heights - Assemblyman Burns was born in Jersey City on St. Patrick's Day, March 17, 1926. He attended St. Patrick's School and Lincoln and Snyder High Schools in Jersey City and Seton Hall University, where he was graduated in 1955."

[19] Palmer, Joanne. "A very busy 92 years Al Burstein of Tenafly talks about his life, from Jersey City childhood through WWII horrors and adventures in legislation to now", The Jewish Standard, June 18, 2015. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Mr. Burstein went to public school. “There weren’t that many Jewish kids in high school' —Henry Snyder High School — 'but our out-of-school presence was centered on the JCC in Jersey City,' he said."

[20] Zeitlinger, Ron. "See who's in the first class of Snyder High School's Wall of Fame", The Jersey Journal, October 16, 2018. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Richie Glover (Class of '69), a college football Hall of Famer, Judge Shirley Tolentino and Mayor Glenn D. Cunningham will be joined by six others in the first class at the Jersey City school's auditorium on Oct. 26 at 6 p.m., the Parents Council of Henry Snyder High School announced."

[21] Staff. "Dickinson looks to improve under local legend Glover College Football Hall of Fame member hopes Rams improve in second year", The Hudson Reporter, September 23, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Rich Glover didn't expect things to be this way. The former Snyder High School product, who went on to become an All-American nose guard at the University of Nebraska in the early 1970s, earning accolades such as the Lombardi Trophy and the Outland Trophy as being the best interior lineman in the nation, came home last year to take over the reins as the head football coach at Dickinson High School."

[22] Staff. "Hall of a night for Jersey City sports greats Jersey City Recreation Foundation brings back its Hall of Fame with gala dinner", The Hudson Reporter, October 17, 2006. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Govan, who went from Snyder High School to becoming one of the all-time leaders in rebounds and blocked shots in the old American Basketball Association, the league that introduced the red, white and blue ball and gave 'Dr. J' Julius Erving his first professional opportunity, was also grateful to be honored once again."

[23] Gerald Govan, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed December 13, 2007.

[24] Ewen, David. Popular American Composers from Revolutionary Times to the Present: A Biographical and Critical Guide, Volume 1, p. 51. Accessed June 6, 2012. "Following his graduation from Henry Snyder High School in Jersey City, he enrolled at the Parsons School of Design in New York intending to become an interior decorator."

[25] Staff. "Actor Derek Luke comes home to talk with Snyder High students", The Jersey Journal, December 22, 2008. Accessed June 19, 2011. "Jersey City born-and-raised actor Derek Luke is at Snyder High School, where he attended, this morning to talk to students, a school official said this morning. The star of Biker Boyz, Antoine Fisher and Glory Road, is expected to talk about his life experiences and rough times growing up in Jersey City. Luke attended Snyder, but graduated from Linden High."

[26] McDonald, Terrence T. "Bill Perkins, former Jersey City assemblyman, dies at 76", The Jersey Journal, February 9, 2016. Accessed July 23, 2019. "Tia Bell remembers visiting the Hudson County courthouse recently with her father, Bill Perkins, who was a Jersey City assemblyman for four years in the 1970s."

[27] Bill Perkins, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed July 23, 2019.

[28] Biography, Harold Reitman. Accessed November 14, 2018. "Dr. Reitman was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, where his parents had a gas station, and attended Henry Snyder High School where his abilities as an athlete were developed in both boxing and basketball."

[29] Staff. "Obituaries: Peter Sliker, who sang with Metropolitan Opera, will be buried in Califon", The Hunterdon County Democrat, July 1, 2010. Accessed June 19, 2011. "He was born in Jersey City to Harry and Ella Sliker on June 7, 1925. He attended grade school and high school in Jersey City, graduating from Snyder High."

[30] Jersey City to Honor the Life of Judge Shirley A. Tolentino Street Renaming of the Corner of Baldwin & Newark Avenues Archived 2016-12-19 at the Wayback Machine, City of Jersey City. Accessed September 18, 2014.