High Schools

Address: 131 13th Avenue Opened: 1990 Merged: With Alternative High School 1995. Earlier in building: Robert Treat/13th Avenue, Marcus Garvey

Address: 550 MLK Blvd. (current) Opened: 1882, became Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts (1928) Original Name: School of Fine Arts Integrated into Arts High School (1931) Famous Alumni William Armstrong Leo Dee Carla Dunlap Henry Gasser Douglas Kolk Adolf Ferdinand Konrad Donald Martin Eli Reed Bill Sienkiewicz Griffith (Grif) Teller Charles Waterhouse

(1911 atlas) Addresses: Commerce Street, 55-57 Academy St. Opened: 1882 (Commerce Street), 1897 (55-57 Academy Street) Renamed Newark Public School of Fine and Industrial Arts (1928) Integrated into Arts High School (1931)

Address: 74 Montgomery Street Previously in building: Montgomery Street Elementary,, Montgomery Academy, Montgomery Street Binet Later in building: American History High School

Address: 301 W. Kinney St. Opened: 1985. Previously in building: West Kinney Junior High. In 1998 the Redirection High School program merged with the West Kinney Alternative High School program.

Address: 63 Webster St. 9th grade. Opened: 19xx Closed: 1996 Reopened: 2006 Previously in building: Summer Avenue, Webster Street, Gladys Hillman Jones, Webster Junior High

Address: 80 Johnson Ave. Opened: 1914 Later Name: Malcolm X Shabazz (changed in 1971) Remains Open. Famous Alumni Matee Ajavon (2004) Madeline Bell Vivian Blaine Marion Alexander Bolden, (1964) Li’za Monique Donnell (1985) Leah Gaskin Fitchue (1959) Gloria Gaynor (1961) Joshua Glenn (1944) Cleo Hill (1959) Emily (Cissy) Houston Sharpe James (1954) John Jenkins (1970) Edward…

Address: 8 James Opened: 1872 In 1854 the Board of Education approved the establishment of industrial schools “to afford the opportunity of moral and intellectual education to the children of want and destitution . . .” These schools were initially located in leased facilities in commercial buildings, providing evening classes for apprentices. In 1925 the county…

(1868 atlas) Address: West Kinney & Beecher, Mulberry Chapel (Mulberry opp. Camp) Organized: 1856 at West Kinney and Beecher Moved to Mulberry Chapel (opp. Camp) in 1861 Closed: 1872