Bloomfield Tech High School

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name = Bloomfield Tech High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
type = Vocational Public high school
principal = Eric Love
viceprincipal = Cynthia Portera
enrollment = 474 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 38.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.5
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location = 209 Franklin Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
information = 973-429-8893
website = [http://www.essextech.org/bt/bt.htm School website]

Bloomfield Tech High School is a regional public high school located in Bloomfield, that offers occupational and academic instruction for students in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools. The district offers adult programs in the evening at Bloomfield Tech.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 474 students and 38.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.5. The high school had 119 students in 9th grade, 128 students in 10th grade, 121 students in 11th grade and 106 students in 12th grade. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404800&ID=340480002068 Bloomfield Tech High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 23, 2008.]

Athletics

In 2004, the girls basketball team took the North II, Group I sectional title with a 70-44 win against Belvidere High School. [Bevensee, Rich. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=10138697206FD4F5&p_docnum=25&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=Q5AD5FHWMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Bloomfield Tech rolls by Belvidere for championship"] , "The Star-Ledger", March 9, 2004. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Victoria Sykes led four players in double figures with 13 points and Bloomfield Tech converted 23 fast-break points off 31 turnovers en route to a 70-44 victory in the NJSIAA/ShopRite North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 tournament championship game in Rahway."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=56611&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2004 Girls Basketball - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 2, 2007.] The team repeated the title in 2005 with a 58-46 win against University High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=93726&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2005 Girls Basketball - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.]

The boys and girls basketball teams both won their respective Group I State Championships in 2006, the boys defeating LEAP Academy of Camden, 73-51, and the girls topping Salem High School. [ [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-119727648.html "Double the pleasure"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", March 13, 2006. Accessed July 12, 2007. "Bloomfield Tech won the boys and girls State Group 1 basketball titles Sunday."]

The boys basketball team won the 2007 North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 78-74 win over Science Park High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=North%20II%2C%20Group%20I 2007 Boys Basketball - North II, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The boys basketball team won the 2007 Group I NJSIAA State Championship with a 73-59 win over CREATE Charter School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=Public%20Group%20Semis%2FFinals 2007 Boys Basketball - Public Group Semis/Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed May 29, 2007.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.essextech.org/bt/bt.htm Bloomfield Tech High School] , Bloomfield Tech High School. Accessed May 30, 2007.]
*Mr. Eric Love - Principal
*Ms. Cynthia Portera - Vice Principal

Notable alumni

*Da'Sean Butler (1987-), basketball player for the West Virginia Mountaineers. [ [http://www.sportingnews.com/cbasketball/scoreboard/20070203/recap/831048-p.html "West Virginia 81, Seton Hall 70"] , "Sporting News", February 3, 2007. Accessed November 14, 2007. "'It was definitely special coming back to see my family and just to play against the teams we were playing,' said Butler, a former Bloomfield Tech player who came into the game averaging 9.5 points."]

References

External links

* [http://www.essextech.org/bt/bt.htm Bloomfield Tech High School]
* [http://www.essextech.org/ Essex County Vocational Technical Schools]
*NJReportCard|13|1390|0|Essex County Vocational Technical Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404800 Statistical data for the Essex County Vocational Technical Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics