St. Patrick High School (New Jersey)

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name = St. Patrick High School Academy


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established = 1863
grades = 9 - 12
oversight = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark
type = Catholic high school
principal = Joseph Picaro
enrollment = 235 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 14.9 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 15.8
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location = 221 Court Street
Elizabeth, NJ 07206
information = 908-353-5220
website = [http://stpatrickhighschool.com School website]

St. Patrick High School Academy is a co-educational four-year Catholic high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. [ [http://www.rcan.org/schools/hs.html Catholic Secondary Schools: Union County] , Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The school was founded as a vocational school in 1863 as part of Saint Patrick's Parish in Elizabeth, making it the oldest parochial high school in New Jersey. [ [http://www.stpatrickhs.org/content/view/13/30 Welcome to Saint Patrick High School] , St. Patrick High School. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 235 students and 14.9 faculty members (on an FTE basis), resulting in a student-teacher ratio of 15.8. [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00861445&ID=00861445 Data for St. Patrick High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 20, 2008.]

St. Patrick High School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1992. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ312)&org=CSS Saint Patrick High School] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

Athletics

In 2000, the boys basketball team won the Parochial North B sectional title with a 77-56 win over Paterson Catholic High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=322&tclass=Parochial%20North%20B Parochial Sectional - Parochial North B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

In 2003, the boys basketball team won the Non-Public, North B sectional title with a 76-64 win against Paterson Catholic. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30528&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20North%20B 2003 Boys Basketball - Non-Public, North B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team advanced to take the Parochial Group B State championship with an 86-56 win against Cardinal McCarrick High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30528&tclass=Parochial%20Finals 2003 Boys Basketball - Parochial Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team took the title in the 2003 Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions, defeating Camden Catholic High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=30528&tclass=Tournament%20of%20Champions 2003 Boys Basketball - Tournament of Champions] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

The team won the Non-Public, North B sectional title in 2005 with a 77-62 win against Paterson Catholic. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=93752&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20North%20B 2005 Boys Basketball - Non-Public, North B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team fell short in the final game of the 2005 Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions, falling 63-60 to Seton Hall Preparatory School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=93752&tclass=Tournament%20of%20Champions 2005 Boys Basketball - Tournament of Champions] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.]

The team took the 2006 Non-Public Group B State Championship with an 83-57 win against Wildwood Catholic High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=142024&tclass=Non-Public%20Finals 2006 Boys Basketball - Non-Public Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team won the 2006 Tournament of Champions with a 61-54 win against Linden High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=142024&tclass=T%20of%20C 2006 Boys Basketball - T of C] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team ended the season ranked 11th in the nation by "USA Today" in its final 2006 rankings. [Lawlor, Christopher. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2006-final-super25.htm "Final Super 25 boys' basketball rankings"] , "USA Today", March 27, 2006.]

The 2007 boys basketball team won the North B state sectional championship with a 62-46 win against St. Anthony High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=North%20B 2007 Boys Basketball - North B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team moved on to win the Non-Public Group B State Championship with an 85-56 victory against Wildwood Catholic. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=Non-Public%20Finals 2007 Boys Basketball - Non-Public Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team won the 2007 Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions for the second consecutive year with an 85-61 win over Bloomfield Tech High School; Corey Fisher (Villanova University) broke the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions final record by scoring 32 points. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=Tournament%20of%20Champions 2007 Boys Basketball - Tournament of Champions] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 25, 2007.] The team was ranked second in the nation by "USA Today" in its final rankings for 2007, falling just short of the top spot in the newspapers calculations. [Lawlor, Christopher. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/poll/super25.htm "Super 25: Virginia's Oak Hill Academy finishes on top"] , "USA Today". Accessed July 25, 2007.]

Coming on the heels of his team's second consecutive Tournament of Champions win, boys basketball coach Kevin Boyle was selected as the 2007 Coach of the Year by "USA Today". Through the 2007 season, Boyle had coached the team to a 407-120 record in his 19 seasons with the team, including a 58-6 record in the 2006 and 2007 seasons. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2007-04-17-all-usa-boys_N.htm "Love leads way on 2007 All-USA boys hoops team"] , "USA Today". Accessed July 25, 2007.]

Notable alumni

* Grant Billmeier, former center for the Seton Hall University Pirates men's basketball team. [http://www.shupirates.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=52792&SPID=5500&DB_OEM_ID=12600&ATCLID=669922&Q_SEASON=2006 Grant Billmeier] , Seton Hall University. Accessed September 16, 2007. "Attended Pennington School as a freshman, averaging 15 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks... Chosen to the All-Prep First Team... Transferred to St. Patrick’s after his freshman year."]
* Derrick Caracter (born 1988) power forward/center for the Louisville Cardinals basketball team. Played at St. Patrick for his freshman, junior and part of his senior year. [Goodman, Jeff. [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2005-11-16-caracter-second-chance_x.htm "Heralded recruit struggles with expectations"] , "USA Today", November 16, 2005. Accessed November 30, 2007.]
* Samuel Dalembert (born 1981), 1999 graduate of St. Patrick, and now center for the Philadelphia 76ers. Dalembert was drafted out of Seton Hall University after his sophomore year. He led the NBA in shots blocked per game during the 2005-06 season. [ [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=117B766A9E239B50&p_docnum=8&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=H55C5CJTMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "MADE IN JERSEY: SAMUEL DALEMBERT"] , "The Star-Ledger", March 4, 2007. Accessed August 1, 2007. "ST. PATRICK'S: Dalembert averaged 13 points and 14 rebounds as a 1999 senior All-State selection for coach Kevin Boyle in Elizabeth. He started playing basketball as a high school sophomore."]
* Corey Fisher (born 1988), Point Guard, Villanova University. [cite web | title = The 2 Coreys are set for reality show| work = Philadelphia Daily News | url=http://www.philly.com/dailynews/sports/20070830_The_2_Coreys_are_set_for_reality_show.html| accessdate = August 30 | accessyear = 2007 ]
* Jim Ford, 1972 Basketball Coach at the University of Maine at Augusta
* Al Harrington (born 1980), power forward/center for the Golden State Warriors. Harrington was drafted out of St. Patrick by the Indiana Pacers after having been named as national high school player of the year by "USA Today". [ [http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/nba/1998/draft/players/al.harrington.html Al Harrington 1998 NBA Draft profile] . CNN/ "Sports Illustrated". Accessed July 24, 2007. "High School: ST. PATRICK'S HIGH SCHOOL, Elizabeth, NJ "]
* Herve Lamizana (born 1981), basketball player. [Riley, Nadia. [http://media.www.dailytargum.com/media/storage/paper168/news/2004/02/19/Sports/Big-Man.Providing.Leadership-611798.shtml "Big man providing leadership"] , "The Daily Targum", February 19, 2004. Accessed June 20, 2008. "During his senior year at St. Patrick's High School in Elizabeth, Lamizana averaged 13.1 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, leading one of the top high school programs in the country to a 25-6 season, the Parochial B Championship, and its record fifth consecutive Union County Tournament Title."]
* James P. Mitchell (1900-1964), served as United States Secretary of Labor from 1953 to 1961 and ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New Jersey. [Guzda, Henry P. [http://www.bls.gov/opub/mlr/1991/08/art3exc.htm "James P. Mitchell: social conscience of the Cabinet"] , "Monthly Labor Review", August 1991. Accessed June 20, 2008.]
* Mike Nardi (born 1985), former guard for Villanova University. [ [http://villanova.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/mtt/nardi_mike00.html Player Bio: Mike Nardi] , CSTV. Accessed June 20, 2008.]
* Jeff Robinson, University of Memphis

References

External links

* [http://stpatrickhighschool.com/ St. Patrick High School]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00861445&ID=00861445 Data for St. Patrick High School] , National Center for Education Statistics