- Berkeley Heights Public Schools
The Berkeley Heights Public Schools are a comprehensive community public
school district serving students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Berkeley Heights in Union County,New Jersey . The six district schools provide an education to over 2,800 students (as of the 2005-06 school year). [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3401530&DistrictID=3401530 District-level data for the Berkeley Heights Public Schools] ,National Center for Education Statistics . AccessedApril 10 ,2008 .]The
Board of Education and administrative offices for the district are located in the original Columbia School building on Plainfield Avenue, adjacent to middle school building.Schools
Schools in the district (with 2005-06 enrollment data from the
National Center for Education Statistics [ [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401530 Data for the Berkeley Heights Public Schools] ,National Center for Education Statistics . AccessedApril 10 ,2008 .] ) are:" [http://www.bhpsnj.org/~htweb The Early Childhood Center at the Hamilton Terrace School] " houses pre-kindergarten through first grade (437 students). This school opened in 1997 after the Berkeley Heights school district bought the former Westlake School property. The concept of a pre-kindergarten - grade one school came about as a result of proposals to address school space issues in a way that would enhance the educational program in the district.
There are three elementary schools in the district, each of which houses students of grades two through five. These schools are " [http://www.bhpsnj.org/~thweb Thomas P. Hughes Elementary School] " (313), " [http://www.bhpsnj.org/~mpweb Mountain Park Elementary School] " (265) and " [http://www.bhpsnj.org/~wwweb William Woodruff Elementary School] " (226).
" [http://www.bhpsnj.org/~cmweb Columbia Middle School] " (589) is the single middle school in the district. It houses grades six through eight.
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Governor Livingston High School " is the singlepublic high school in the district (1,004 students). It houses approximately 1,000 students in grades nine through twelve. In addition to serving the public school students of Berkeley Heights Township, high school students from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside are educated at the high school as part of asending/receiving relationship with theMountainside School District . [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc07/narrative/39/0310/39-0310-000.html Berkeley Heights Public School District 2007 Report Card Narrative] ,New Jersey Department of Education . AccessedApril 10 ,2008 . "In addition to serving the public school students of Berkeley Heights Township, high school students from the neighboring Borough of Mountainside are educated at Governor Livingston High School."] Governor Livingston also provides programs for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Cognitively Impaired, of which students are enrolled from all over north-central New Jersey.Administration
*Judith Rattner - Superintendent of Schools
*Patricia Qualshie - Assistant Superintendent
*Donna Fellezola - School Business Administrator and Board Secretary
*Anthony Amiano - Supervisor of Buildings and Grounds
*Mike D. Skara - Technology CoordinatorReferences
External links
* [http://www.bhpsnj.org/ Berkeley Heights Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|39|0310|0|Berkeley Heights Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401530 Data for the Berkeley Heights Public Schools] ,National Center for Education Statistics
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