Middle Schools Archives - Newark Public Schools Historical Preservation Committee

Ivy Street Junior High

Address: 107 Ivy St. Opened: 1935 Closed: 1961 Previously in building: Ivy Hill Elementary (1931) Later in building: Vailsburg High School (1961), Vailsburg Middle (1988), Ivy Hill Elementary (2007)

Webster Junior High

Address: 63 Webster St. Opened: 1948 Closed: 19XX Previously in building: Summer Avenue, Webster Street Later in building: Gladys-Hillman Jones and Barringer Prep.

Broadway Junior High School

Image, 1957, credit Newark Public Library Digital Archive Address: 663 Broadway Opened: 1956 Later name: Luis Munoz Marin (renamed 1991) Merged with Broadway Elementary in 2013.

Harold Wilson School

Address: 190 Muhammad Ali Ave Opened: 1984 (Special Education) Closed: 1991 Opened: 1996 (Middle School) Closed: 2005

Luis Munoz Marin School

Image credit Howard Best Address: 663 Broadway Opened: 1956 Previous name: Broadway Junior High (renamed 1991) Merged with Broadway Elementary in 2013.

Address: 107 Ivy St. Opened: 1988 Closed: 2007 Previously in building: Ivy Hill Elementary (1931), Ivy Street Junior High (1935), Vailsburg High School (1961) Later in building: Ivy Hill Elementary (2007)

West Kinney Junior High

Address: 301 W. Kinney St. Opened: 1957 Closed: 1984 Later in building: West Kinney Alternative High

Camden Middle School

Address: 321 Bergen Opened: 1973 Closed: 2012

Robert Treat School

Address: 131 13th Avenue Opened: 1879 Closed: 19XX Original Name: 13th Avenue Renamed: Robert Treat Later in building: Marcus Garvey, Redirection High School Junior high 1917-1961. School for the blind 1931-1935.

Madison School

Address: Madison Ave. corner S. 16th St. Opened: 1905 Became junior high: 1917 From Sunday Call (1912): “This building was the old South 16th Street school, the name being changed to Madison School and an addition made of 15 class rooms, gymnasium and an auditorium to seat 500.”