Atlantic City High School is a four-year public high school located in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Atlantic City School District. The current school building opened in 1994 and holds approximately 2,500 students. Students from Brigantine, Longport, Margate and Ventnor attend the school as part of sending/receiving relationships. The term public school has two distinct meanings: elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials, or, in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, a private or independent, fee-paying school, generally not coeducational, which prepares pupils for university. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The term Viking commonly denotes the ship-borne warriors and traders of Norsemen (literally, men from the north) who originated in Scandinavia and raided the coasts of the British Isles and mainland Europe as far east as the Volga River in Russia from the late 8th–11th century. ... A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... Map of Atlantic City in Atlantic County Coordinates: Country United States State New Jersey County Atlantic Incorporated March 1854 Government  - Mayor Bob Levy Area  - City  17. ... Atlantic County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ... Atlantic City School District is a comprehensive community public school district in Atlantic City, in Atlantic County, New Jersey, United States. ... Brigantine is a city located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. ... Longport is a Walsh Act borough located in Atlantic County, New Jersey. ... See also: other Margates Map of Margate City in Atlantic County Margate City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey. ... Map of Ventnor City in Atlantic County Ventnor City is a city in Atlantic County, New Jersey on the Atlantic Ocean shore of Absecon Island. ... A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. ...

In 2003, the school was identified as one of seven "persistently dangerous" high schools in New Jersey.^[2]

History

Atlantic City's first high school building was built in 1895 at Illinois and Arctic Avenues, though the building's small size did not allow much room for growth.

In 1901, the high school relocated to a building Ohio and Pacific Avenues. After the high school relocated a third time, the building was reused as the Ohio Avenue School for many years. The third building, located at Albany and Atlantic Avenues, opened on September 17, 1923. Constructed at a cost of over $1.75 million, it included a 1,000-seat auditorium and a 6,000-pipe organ. September 17 is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years). ... 1923 (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar). ...

The fourth, and current, Atlantic City High School was constructed on “Great Island,” opening to students on November 4, 1994.^[3] November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by United Nations. ...

Athletics

In 1924, Atlantic City High School won the state swimming championship for a fourth time, setting three meet records in the process, with the Lawrenceville School coming in second and The Peddie School in third.^[4] The next year, at a meet held in Philadelphia, the swim team won the national interscholastic championship, breaking the streak of four championships won by Mercersburg Academy.^[5] The Atlantic City swim team were the guests of President Calvin Coolidge at the White House, in recognition of their championship.^[6] The Lawrenceville School is a coeducational, independent preparatory boarding school for grades 9-12 located on 700 acres in the historic community of Lawrenceville, in Lawrence Township, New Jersey, U.S. five miles southwest of Princeton. ... The Peddie School is an American private coeducational high school located on a 280‑acre (1. ... Nickname: Motto: Philadelphia maneto - Let brotherly love continue Location in Pennsylvania Coordinates: Country United States Commonwealth Pennsylvania County Philadelphia Founded October 27, 1682 Incorporated October 25, 1701 Government  - Mayor John F. Street (D) Area  - City 369. ... Mercersburg Academy is an independent, coeducational boarding school for grades 9-12 located in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, United States. ... John Calvin Coolidge Jr. ...

Notable alumni

• Rosalind Cash (1956), actress whose career endured on stage, screen, and television, despite her staunch refusal to portray stereotyped "black" roles. Cash was nominated for an Emmy for her work on the Public Broadcasting Service production of Go Tell It on the Mountain.^[7]
• George Lincoln Rockwell, founder of the American Nazi Party.^[8]
• Jessica Savitch, television broadcaster on NBC Nightly News and news reporter killed in a car accident on October 23, 1983.^[9]

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References

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External links

• Atlantic City High School
• Atlantic City School District Website
• Atlantic City School District's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Atlantic City School District
• Article on the history of the old high school building