Newark High School (Delaware)

Newark High School
Motto	Excellence is the Expectation
Established	1893
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Curtis Bedford
Students	1,512
Grades	9–12
Location	Newark, Delaware, USA
District	Christina School District
Campus	Semi-Urban (small city)
Colors	Black and Gold
Mascot	Yellowjacket (named Buzz)
Yearbook	Krawen
Newspaper	The Yellowjacket Buzz
Athletics	Blue Hen Conference - Flight A; 24 varsity sports (1 club sport)
Website	http://www.christina.k12.de.us/newark/

Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Delaware and is one of three high schools within the Christina School District. It is also one of the oldest educational institutions in the state, graduating its first class of students in 1893. In 2009 it saw its 20,000th student graduate. Newark is the only remaining "downtown" non-charter public High School in New Castle County.

Newark has been named by Newsweek magazine as one of their "Top Schools in America." In 2006 Newark was #521,^[1] in 2007 it was ranked #271,^[1] and in 2008 it was ranked #1041.^[2] This list represents the top 5% of the schools in the nation based on AP, IB, and Cambridge exams taken divided by students graduating. The school was also named a GRAMMY Signature School in 2010 by the GRAMMY Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. In addition, Newark has also won the DIAA Sportsmanship Award in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

School history

1893-1897

The first incarnation of what became Newark High School was located on 83 East Main Street in downtown Newark. The building itself belonged to the Unified School District and was erected by the town in 1884 at the cost of $10,000. When it was built, students wishing to pursue an education past the eighth grade would have had to move to nearby Wilmington, Delaware or attend private schools, like the nearby Newark Academy.

Originally intended to instruct students through eighth grade, the building began "college preparation" (High School level) classes on the second floor of the building in the early 1890s. The first graduating class consisted of nine students in 1893, nearly matching the amount of faculty members at the time (five).

Slowly, as the town began to grow, the conditions began to get cramped at 83 East Main Street. When the school (and its 185 students from first through twelfth grade) moved to a larger facility in 1898, 83 East Main Street remained the school district's primary school until the 1920s, served as part of the high school's vocational program until the 1950s, and became the headquarters for the Newark Special School District through 1981. When the Christina School District was created in 1981, the location was absorbed by the new district and continued to be used as the district headquarters until 2004.

The building is currently owned by the University of Delaware and it is being renovated to serve as its primary bookstore starting in 2011.^[3] This building has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1982 and as such the exterior of the building will remain intact.

1898-1924

In 1898, the school population moved to the recently vacated Academy of Newark Building at the corner of Main and Academy Streets in Newark. The Newark Academy, which had previously occupied the building had closed the previous year. The building itself was constructed in 1843 and was originally home to the Academy of Newark, a predecessor to the University of Delaware.

While at the Academy Building, the only prolonged educational interruption in Newark's history occurred. During October 1918, classes were suspended for three weeks due to the Spanish Flu, which was particularly bad in the Philadelphia metro area. No students or faculty members are believed to have died from the Influenza Pandemic in 1918. A total of 109 students attended Newark that year (28 of the students were seniors) under the direction of seven faculty members.

The daily routine at the Newark Public School (as it was called then) started at 8 am and ended at 4 pm. All sports games and practices were held behind Wolf Hall on the University of Delaware campus since they had the only available sports fields in the area at the time. Various traditions, most notably the first (documented) Prom at Wolf Hall in 1923, began during this period in Newark's history.

As the school continued to grow, a report on Delaware schools conducted by Columbia University ended up spurring the local community to build a more modern facility. The report listed various problems, calling the building an "inadequate fire trap" with "narrow halls", "inaccessible" outhouses and a basement "deep in mud and water."

Currently, The Newark Academy Building belongs to the University of Delaware and is home to the Office of Public Relations. It has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1976.

1924-1956

The third incarnation of what became known as Newark High School (housing grades one through twelve) was built in 1924 at a cost of $417,225 off of High Street (later renamed Academy Street).^[4] Local philanthropist Pierre S. DuPont was one of the main benefactors of the district when they sought construction money for the building, donating $125,000.

A few blocks away on New London Road, the Newark Colored School was built for the African-American population of Newark for $36,250.^[5] Over 50% of the cost, about $19,000, was donated once again by DuPont, making the Newark Colored School one of the most expensive one room school houses in the country (although it still paled in comparison in terms of facilities and faculty, as the links above attest).

While at the High Street address, Newark saw the birth of the school newspaper, The Yellowjacket Buzz, in 1936. The Yellowjacket Buzz originally was produced monthly (by the 1940s it was published twice a month) and was sold for 10 cents a copy. Originally starting as a supplement in the Buzz, the first yearbook (called the Krawen) was published in 1941. The paper covered book was 60 pages long and contained advertisements to help keep the cost to students down. Both the Buzz and Krawen are among the oldest continuously running student-run publications in Delaware.

The first (documented) senior class trip, which stayed in the Lafayette Hotel in Washington, D.C. after traveling by train, took place in 1938. The following year, the Class of 1939 traveled to New York City and visited the 1939 World's Fair. As a sign of the growing nature of NHS, 1939 was also the first year with split lunches.

When World War II arrived, many faculty members (and eventually several students) were either drafted or enlisted to fight the Axis Powers. In fact, several members of the Class of 1944 were called upon to actually teach classes due to a shortage of available teachers. Arthur Gribble, William Lehman, Anthony Gaskiewicz, Ollie Salminen, Oliver Suddard, and Eugene Campbell (Class of 1944); Frank Sanborn, Walter "Cueball" Martin, Howard Dean, "Ebbie" Lewis, "Alex" Zabenko, Robert Davis, Gerald Gilston, Lewis McCormick, Henry Hammond, Hugh McKinney, Herbert Murphy, Oscar Pickett and Thomas Runk (Class of 1945) all enlisted in the service prior to their graduations. Interestingly enough, along with the war effort another long term impact on student life at Newark began as Drivers Education became a class in 1944.

Following the war, an influx of families to the city of Newark (which only increased with the building of I-95 nearby) caused the student population to swell at a rate of nearly 15% a year between 1945 and 1960 (enrollment jumped at NHS from 586 in 1956 to 1096 in 1960). This growth eventually led to calls for a newer facility, which was completed in 1956.

The High Street building was transformed into a middle school (called Central Middle School) following the move and continued to serve the Newark community until 1981. In 1983, it was sold to the University of Delaware, who rededicated the building in 1994 as Pearson Hall. It currently houses the Geography Department, the Communications Department, and SLTV (UD's student-run television network).

The site of the "Newark Colored School" was bought by the City of Newark following the integration of both populations in 1956. The building, now known as the George Wilson Center, is still used by the City of Newark for various meetings and events.

1956-present

With an increasing population in the city and the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the current incarnation of Newark High School opened as an integrated school able to serve a student population of around 1,000 students. At a cost of $3,532,312.24, the facility at 750 East Delaware Avenue was completed in 1956. It was not quite ready for first day of school and split sessions were used to begin the year. In October 1956, the 10-12 graders came to the Academy Street address, collected their books and walked a half mile to the new school.

The school itself was later expanded in 1970 (in order to accommodate additional growth), adding the three story E and D wings, a second cafeteria, a new library, and a second gym (which was among the largest in the area at the time). The only difference in the classrooms between the old wing and the new wing was the lack of a teacher office in the classroom. Christiana High School was also opened in 1963 to alleviate overcrowding concerns at Newark. With the expansion, ninth grade was added to the building.

Today, Newark features four "classroom" wings on three floors (103 classrooms in all), five administrative centers, two cafeterias, two gyms, a telecommunications studio (which started cable-casting in 1970), a distance learning lab, a Wellness Center (since 1994), nearly 800 computers available for student use, a library (w/ 20,000 books), and a 700-seat auditorium.

Despite its location within the city limits of Newark, by the 1970s Newark was known, at least in ag circles, as “the farm school” in the state of Delaware. At its height, NHS had five ag teachers at that time, owned and harvested crop fields, and had a working farm shop. The centerpiece of this program was (and still is) the greenhouse behind the school, which is the largest in the state.

The campus' athletic facilities include a 400 meter track and field with shotput and discus throwing areas and long, triple, and high jump facilities and a pole-vaulting area, a soccer field that doubles as the baseball field's outfield, a football field that doubles as a soccer and lacrosse field, two softball fields and six tennis courts. The building was last renovated in 1998, although several capital improvements, such as central air for the entire building, were approved in a 2002 referendum and completed in 2006.

Newark hosted a Millennium Reunion in June 2000. The event was the brainchild of NHS 1978 grad, (the late) Kay Cole Buglass and welcomed alumni from all graduating years up till 2000. The event was hosted by many volunteer organizations including the then active Army JROTC unit, the Key club and many volunteer alumni. The event was a big success that was complemented by the book "Buzzing through the Years" authored by Kay, who had written the book to complement the reunion and to provide a detailed history of Newark High School for the Alumni. Two copies of this book were provided to the high school's library for students, facility and visiting alumni and guest. The Millennium Reunion was instrumental in the reunion committee receiving an award from the Delaware House of Representatives for building better school spirit. It also revitalised the dorment NHS Alumni Association.

In 1963 and led by their Trio of great Stars, Jake Correll (The Engine), Sami Bandak (The Spark Plug) and Jonathan Owens (The Big O)the Yellow Jackets made history by capturing their first Cross Country Blue Hen Conference Title and followed it up by winning the State Championship.

Current Issues

Despite the school's large student population (the third largest in the state), the school currently occupies the smallest area of any high school in the state - a site which would be prohibited if the construction had taken place today (due to various land sales, expansions of the building, and the Christina Transportation lot "eating" away at the original area).^[6] In fact, many of the school's sports teams practice at nearby middle schools due to space limitations.

Parking is also extremely limited due to space limitations. Attempts to rectify the parking situation in particular have placed Newark in the news during periods of high enrollment, most notably disagreements between the school's student population and local businesses in the College Square Shopping Center in 2004^[7] and the failed 2006 referendum that included a proposal for building a 12 million dollar parking garage on the site of the current parking lot. Due to redistricting and demographic changes (fewer students in the attendance area) in the late 2000s, this problem has largely disappeared as an issue amongst the student body.

In the spring of 2007 the lighting system for Hoffman Stadium was deemed unsafe by the school district. Due to financial restraints, the district was unwilling to pay for the repairs at the time, instead turning to the school community to raise the funds. The football booster club [2] raised $67,000 through donations to repair the system, notably receiving checks from notable football alumni Kwame Harris and the National Football League.^[8] Newark was one of the first high schools in the state to install stadium lighting in 1987 and Friday evening football has become a tradition at the school.^[9] Similar renovations, largely made through donations from boosters and notable alumni, improved the baseball field in 2007 and installed a new basketball court floor in the West Gym in 2010.

District information

The Newark School District came into existence under the direction of the City of Newark in 1919. Following the 1954 Brown v. Board of Education ruling, the Newark School District was placed into the jurisdiction of the State of Delaware.

However, the Delaware public school system was redistricted in 1981 following the 1978 U.S. Supreme Court ruling of Evans v. Buchanan (1978 US, 439 U.S. 1360) which found that inequalities still existed and that Delaware schools were not adequately desegregated. Newark High School at that time became part of the Christina School District, which it remains part of today.

Although Newark was desegregated prior to the ruling, with the creation of the Christina School District in 1981, students from the City of Wilmington were bussed to the school - increasing the minority representation in the school.

Demographic information

• All information for this section can be found at the Delaware School Profile Page.^[10]

Students

Ethnicity	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007	2005-2006
White, not Hispanic	47.2%	49.4%	49.3%	52.7%	53.6%	56.2%
Black, not Hispanic	35.8%	35.8%	35.7%	33.0%	33.2%	31.8%
Hispanic	10.6%	9.7%	9.8%	9.0%	8.0%	7.6%
Asian/Pacific Islander	5.8%	5.0%	5.2%	5.1%	4.8%	4.0%
Native American/Alaskan Native/Hawaiian Native	0.3%	0.1%	0.0%	0.1%	0.4%	0.4%

• As of the 2010-2011 school year the student to teacher ratio was 19 to 1.
• As of the 2010-2011 school year the percentage of students listed as "limited English proficient" was 3.9% (up 0.5% compared to the previous year)
• As of the 2010-2011 school year 44.6% of the student population was listed as "low income" (down 1.9% compared to the previous year)
• As of the 2010-2011 school year 8.4% of the student population was listed as "special education" (down 0.2% compared to the previous year)

Faculty

Ethnicity	Percentage of staff	Years of Teaching Experience	Percentage of staff
White, not Hispanic	82.2%	Less than 4 years	23.9%
Black, not Hispanic	13.9%	5 to 9 years	20.4%
Hispanic	1.0%	10 to 19 years	23.7%
Asian American	2.0%	20 to 29 years	14.2%
Native American/Alaskan Native	1.0%	30 or more years	8.0%

• As of the 2010-2011 school year 98 teachers/instructional staff were allocated for NHS
• As of the 2010-2011 school year all teachers/instructional staff were deemed "Highly Qualified" by the State of Delaware.
• As of the 2010-2011 school year 46.9% of the Instructional Staff held a Masters Degree or higher.
• As of the 2010-2011 school year 7.7% of the Instructional Staff were NBPTS (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards) Certified.

Academics

Newark State Testing Scores (10th grade)

	2010 Score	2010 Rank	Change in Rank from 2009	% Low Income
Math	533	20/38	no change	44.6%
Reading	507	23/38	improved by 2	44.6%

	2011 Score	2010 Score	2009 Score	2008 Score	2007 Score	2006 Score	2005 Score	2004 Score	2003 Score	2002 Score
Math	838 (50%)	533 (54%)	531 (51%)	532 (54%)	523 (56%)	530 (54%)	531 (49%)	538 (55%)	536 (59%)	521 (43%)
Reading	819 (51%)	507 (60%)	513 (62%)	514 (64%)	521 (72%)	511 (63%)	518 (67%)	522 (73%)	520 (73%)	511 (62%)

• Rankings are created by The News Journal and are not used by DOE for classification. They are computed based on the DSTP performances by all Delaware Public High Schools - so while an individual school may score higher or lower from year to year, the ranking indicates how other schools did on the same exam.
• Writing assessment was dropped in 2010 from the DSTP test.
• DSTP transitioned to a new web-based test called DCAS in 2011. A new scoring system was developed since the test was taken three times over the course of the school year.
• For the 2010-2011 school year Newark has been classified as an "Academic Watch" school by the State of Delaware.

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Newark SAT Scores

	Class of '10	Class of '09	Class of '08	Class of '07	Class of '06	Christina S.D.	Delaware	National
Math	504	499	502	516	521	457	482	516
Critical Reading	510	496	501	505	507	479	479	501
Writing	497	482	482	493	494	452	464	492
Combined	1511	1477	1485	1514	1522	1374	1425	1509

• Class of '11, '12, and '13 scores will include the scores of all students at the school. One of the features of Delaware's successful Race to the Top application was that all public school students would have a special SAT given during school to 11th graders during the month of April.

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Newark AP Exam Scores

	# of AP Courses Offered	# of students taking exams	# of exams taken	# of exams with a 3 or higher	% of Passing Scores
2002	7	158	164	83	52%
2003	8	187	203	141	69%
2004	10	208	304	215	71%
2005	25	559	605	304	54%
2006	21	358	738	368	50%
2007	23	280	448	180	40%
2008	19	220	323	175	54%
2009	18	304	487	272	56%
2010	26	320	626	358	57%

• In 2005, 2006, and 2011 the Christina School District paid the registration fees for any student currently enrolled in an AP Class who wished to take the exam.

Newsweek Ranking (based on AP, Cambridge, and IB exam participation)

	National Rank (Top 5% schools)	Rank within Delaware (35 possible)	% Graduating w/ a passing grade on the national exam
2006	521/1236	4/6	22.7%
2007	271/1351	2/9	27.9%
2008	1041/1358	7/9	21.3%

• Advanced Placement Courses offered: English Language, French Language, Human Geography, Spanish Language, Statistics, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Music Theory, World History, English Literature, US History, European History, AP Biology, Physics B, American Government and Politics, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Psychology, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics.

• In order to make Advanced Placement courses available to all students (and to encourage students to take the exam), the Christina School District paid the Registration fee for all exams in 2005 and 2006. This has resulted in a surge of new courses being offered while also increasing the number of students enrolled in the various AP programs. These changes are reflected in Newark's inclusion on Newsweek's "Top Schools In America" list for the first time in March 2006.^[11] Newark's ranking rose nearly 200 places the following year, when Newsweek published the 2007 rankings in May.^[12]

• The school remained on the "Newsweek's Top Schools" list in 2008, even after the district discontinued the payment program.^[13] Newark's AP program was featured in a December 2006 News Journal article discussing the rise in students from all groups taking the test.^[14]

• Starting with the 2007 tests (2006-2007 school year), students had to pay the registration fee(s) on their own unless they have a "special financial situation" that precludes them from affording the test. In such a case, the District will make-up the cost of registration.

• Newark also has a large cadre of students involved in the Cambridge Program. The program began during the 2006-2007 school year in ninth grade and expanded to include tenth grade the following year. Newark is the first (and only) Delaware High School to have such a program. Newark's participation in this program was highlighted in a January 2007 News Journal article.^[15]

• Newark has been a PBS (Positive Behavior Support) school since 2005 and an AVID school since 2008.

Athletics

State Championship Victories since 1942 (39 total) - Blue Hen Conference "Flight A" school ^[16]

• Football (1976, 1984, 1985, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, and 2004)
  • NHS Football last reached the State Championship Game in 2005 (lost).
  • Currently is the all-time leader state championship victories.^[17]
  • Coach Butch Simpson currently holds the state record for most career coaching victories in football (257) - active streak ^[18][19]
• Girls Swimming and Diving (1978, 1980, 1981, 1989, 1990, 1992, 2003, and 2004)
• Baseball (1970, 1971, 1974, 1984, 1990, and 1996)
  • NHS Baseball last reached the State Championship Game in 2007 (lost).
• Volleyball (1976, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, and 1990)
• Boys Basketball (1982, 1987, and 1990)
  • NHS Basketball last reached the State Championship Game in 2008 (lost).
• Boys Cross Country (1962, 1971)
• Boys Swimming and Diving (2005)
• Boys Indoor Track and Field (2004)
• Boys Tennis (1996)
• Softball (1977)

Newark Teams that have not won a State Championship

• Girls Basketball
• Girls Cross Country
• Field Hockey
• Golf
• Boys Lacrosse
• Girls Lacrosse
• Boys Soccer
• Girls Soccer
• Girls Tennis
• Girls Indoor Track and Field
• Boys Outdoor Track and Field
• Girls Outdoor Track and Field
• Wrestling

Club Sports

• Ice Hockey (Delaware Scholastic Hockey Association)

School organizations

• Anime Club - publishes a yearly publication called Wired
• Best Buddies - Form one-to-one relationships with those who are disabled
• Business Professionals of America (BPA)
• Chorus
• DECA - Marketing, management, finance, entrepreneurship
• FCCLA (Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America)
• FFA (Future Farmers of America)
• Junior Achievement (JA) - Won the 2007 "JA Banks in Action" North American Tournament^[20])
• Jefferson Award committee - Won the 2010 "Most Improved School" for Delaware
• Junior State of America (JSA)
• Key Club
• Marching Band
• Math League
• Metaphysics Conference Club
• Model U.N. (MUN) - Run through the YMCA, but many students are active in it
• National Honor Society
• Newark Nature Society
• Newark Science and Engineering Club
• Newspaper - Yellowjacket Buzz, established in 1937
• Orchestra
• Rude Mechanicals - Improv troupe, performs throughout the school year
• Science Olympiad
• Spanish Club
• Student Government
• WNHS Television Crew - on the air since 1970 (5,000th show took place in May 2010)
• Yearbook - Krawen, published since 1941
• Youth in Government - Run through the YMCA, but many students are active in it

Trivia

• Krawen (the name of the Yearbook) is Newark backwards.
• When the current building opened in 1956, the current Main Office served as the school's library. It remained so until the 1970 renovation, which created the D and E wings. All of the older class rooms (in the B and C wings) have small offices attached to each room.
• Gym classes at Newark used to be divided by gender. When the second gym (West Gym) was built in 1970, it became the "Boys Gym" while the smaller gym (East Gym) became the "Girls Gym".
• The Newark football team played (and won) the highest scoring game in state history against Smyrna in 1929, 114-0.^[21]
• Newark has only had eight Principals in its long history: Kutz (1946–1969), Freidly (1969–1974, 1987), Stockebrand (1974–1979), McIntosh (1979–1987), Hagen (1988–2002), Rieman (2002–2004), Caulk (2004–2007), and Bedford (July 2007 – Present). Before 1946, the Principal of Newark High School was also the Superintendent of the Newark Public School District.
• Newark H.S. received national attention in October 2005 when two members of the Philadelphia Eagles promoted a Christian concert during a school-sanctioned assembly. Although not planned, the resulting fervor led to NHS being the center of a 1st Amendment (public schools and religious expression) debate, as this article attests.^[22]
• This Wikipedia entry was featured in the October 2006 edition of NEA Today. The article was entitled "Getting Wiki With It." ^[23]

Notable Yellowjackets

• Robert W. Gore (1955), inventor
• Katherine Ciesinski (1970s), mezzo-soprano
• Chris Dunn (1972) Olympic high jumper
• Jack Markell (1978), current governor of Delaware
• Kwame Harris, football player
• Billy Toulson, sweat extraordinaire
• Orien Harris, football player
• Brian Lesher (1989), former Major League baseball player
• Johnny Weir (2002), Olympian, figure skater
• Steve Amick, state representative

Yellowjackets in the Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame

• Bernie (Bunny) Blaney
• C. Melvin Brooks Sr.
• Shorty Chalmers
• Roman Ciesinski
• Brandy Davis
• Scotty Duncan
• Chris Dunn
• Conway Hayman
• Gary Hayman
• Bob Hoffman
• Vincent "Winnie" Mayer
• Carol Thomson Slowik
• Steve Taylor
• Buck Wharton
• Vic Willis
• Peter Griffin
• Stanley Kubrick

References

1. ^ ^{a b} America's Top Public High Schools | Newsweek Best High Schools | Newsweek.com
2. ^ America's Top Public High Schools
3. ^ http://www.udreview.com/web-updates/ud-bookstore-to-relocate-to-main-street-1.554077
4. ^ Newark Public School
5. ^ Newark Colored School
6. ^ According to Delaware code (14 Del. C. 1953, § 2303)
7. ^ Besso, Michele. "With lots full, students bend rules." The News Journal 14 Nov. 2004: B1+.
8. ^ Wilson, Lauren. "Football Tradition in danger at Newark High" ABC 6's Action News 31 July 2007: http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=5525797
9. ^ Finney, Mike. "Newark lags in fundraising to fix stadium's lights." The News Journal 20 July 2007: http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070720/SPORTS1431/707200379
10. ^ http://profiles.doe.k12.de.us/SchoolProfiles/School/Default.aspx?checkSchool=394&districtCode=33
11. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678?s=500&np=13&sort=raa
12. ^ http://www.newsweek.com/id/39380/?s=DE
13. ^ http://highschools.newsweek.com/topschools_cdn/2008/rank/1/?s=delaware
14. ^ http://delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061218/NEWS/612180301
15. ^ http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070122/NEWS03/701220336/1008/NEWS03
16. ^ "Delaware High School State Team Champions: A searchable database of title winners since 1942". The News Journal. http://php.delawareonline.com/sports/stateChamps_nosort.php?wasSubmitted=yes&champ=Newark&sport=%25&year=1942+and+2011. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
17. ^ "Delaware High School Team State Champions: A searchable database of title winners since 1942". Football State Champion list. The News Journal. http://php.delawareonline.com/sports/totalChampionships.php?wasSubmitted=yes&sport=Football. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
18. ^ Collins, Don. "Winningest football coach at 532 and not about to stop". See table at bottom of page. USA Today. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/2006-08-30-mckissick_x.htm. Retrieved 8/20/2011 (Article printed 8/30/2006). 
19. ^ "Newark High Football Stats (since 2006-2007 school year)". MaxPreps.com. http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/UkhF4ljkpE6tq-eg3dIMHQ/newark-yellowjackets/football/previous_seasons.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-20. 
20. ^ [1]
21. ^ Pope, Kristian. "At last, Mayer gets call from Del. Hall" The News Journal 17 May 2007: http://64.233.169.104/search?q=cache:tb9R0NoIJywJ:www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article%3FAID%3D/20070513/SPORTS07/705130357+%22duct+tape+is+the+lifeline%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&gl=us
22. ^ http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2205460
23. ^ http://www.nea.org/neatoday/0610/feature2.html?mode=print

External links

• Official School Website
• History of NHS chapter from Histories of Newark: 1758-2008
• NHS Athletic Calendar
• Football Booster Website
• Newark Student Government Website
• Delaware School Profiles
• City of Newark
• [3]

Coordinates: 39°40′48″N 75°44′20″W / 39.68°N 75.73889°W / 39.68; -75.73889