| The Patrick School | |
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| Address | |
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397 Columbia Avenue , , 07205 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°41′46″N 74°14′09″W / 40.6960039°N 74.2358465°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private |
| Established | September 2012 |
| Principal | Mary Jo McKinley[1] |
| Faculty | 16.8[5] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 210 [5] (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12.5:1[5] |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Green and White[4] |
| Athletics conference | Union County Interscholastic Athletic Conference |
| Sports | Basketball, Baseball, Girls Basketball, Track, Cross Country, Volleyball, Soccer |
| Nickname | Fighting Celtics |
| Team name | Celtics |
| Rival | St. Anthony, St. Benedict's |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Newspaper | The Celtic Pride |
| Yearbook | The Celtic Cross |
| Tuition | $7,700 (2019-20)[2] |
| Website | thepatrickschool |
The Patrick School is an independent co-educational four-year high school in Hillside in Union County, New Jersey, United States. The school was established in 2012 following the closure of St. Patrick High School Academy, which was a co-educational four-year Catholic high school in Elizabeth, New Jersey, that operated under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark[6] and had been 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.[7] The Patrick School originally operated on the site in Elizabeth that had been St. Patrick High School and the school has continued to carry on the legacy of its predecessor even after its move to Hillside.[8]
The Patrick School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools through July 2029.[3]
The Patrick School reached an agreement with Centenary University in December 2024 that relocated TPS to the university's campus in Hackettstown, with students also having the option to live on campus.[9]
- ^ Faculty and Staff, The Patrick School. Accessed December 28, 2022.
- ^ Tuition Contract, The Patrick School. Accessed July 16, 2020.
- ^ a b The Patrick School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed January 26, 2025.
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NCESwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Catholic Secondary Schools: Union County Archived February 2, 2003, at archive.today, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. Accessed July 25, 2007.
- ^ Welcome to Saint Patrick High School Archived September 29, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, St. Patrick High School. Accessed July 25, 2007.
- ^ Calle, Franklyn. "The Journey: Jonathan Kuminga is Living Out His Hoop Dreams", Slam, November 22, 2019. Accessed July 16, 2020. "Sitting in an empty gymnasium on a Wednesday afternoon in late September, Jonathan Kuminga is catching his breath after participating in a series of scrimmages as part of The Patrick School’s open gym fall sessions. The school’s walls depict the rich history of its basketball program, which dates back to when it was located in Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the St. Patrick High School label.... The following fall, a group of faculty came together to reopen the institution as an independent program known today as The Patrick School, which now operates out of Hillside, NJ."
- ^ "CU Signs Use Agreement with National High School Basketball Powerhouse The Patrick School", Centenary University, December 9, 2024. Accessed January 26, 2025. "Centenary University has announced a historic agreement with the nationally ranked high school basketball powerhouse The Patrick School (TPS). In this agreement, TPS will relocate to the Centenary University campus in Hackettstown, NJ. TPS, a private school which had been located in Hillside, NJ, is leasing space from the University to enhance the 6th through 12th grade school’s ability to provide the highest quality academic, athletic, and residential opportunities for their students. Through the agreement, which was unanimously approved by the Hackettstown Land Use Board, members of The Patrick School’s elite boys basketball program, which is ranked number nine in the country in preseason polls, will live and take classes on Centenary’s campus, as well as practice in the University’s Reeves Athletic Facility."