Camden Big Picture Learning Academy (formerly MetEast High School) is a four-year public high school in the City of Camden, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Camden City Public Schools. The school opened in 2005 in conjunction with Big Picture Learning as an effort to prepare students for success in college through greater community involvement and mentoring.[2]
| Camden Big Picture Learning Academy | |
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| Address | |
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1875 Park Boulevard , , 08104 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°56′02″N 75°05′50″W / 39.933815°N 75.09735°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | Educating Camden's Students One at a Time |
| Established | 2005 |
| School district | Camden City Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 340264000579[1] |
| Principal | Timothy L. Jenkins |
| Faculty | 23.0 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 169 (as of 2022–23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.4:1[1] |
| Team name | Trailblazers |
| Website | camdencityschools |
As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 169 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.4:1. There were 110 students (65.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
History
editStarting in the 2021–22 school year, the high school moved into a new $133 million building on Park Boulevard that it shares with Brimm Medical Arts High School and Creative Arts Academy.[3]
Awards, recognition and rankings
editThe school was the 285th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 211th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[4]
Administration
editThe school's principal is Timothy L. Jenkins.[5]
Notable alumni
edit- Brad Hawkins (born 1998), American football safety, who played for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.[6]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e School data for Camden Big Picture Learning Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
- ^ Mulvihill, Geoff via Associated Press. "In high-dropout Camden, Big Picture kids prep for college", USA Today, June 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2014. "The school opened in 2005 as a laboratory for education in a city where the schools are part of an entanglement of problems.... It's one of about 60 schools nationwide established with the help of Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit with offices in San Diego and Providence."
- ^ Rodas, Steven. "Camden Principal on Preserving Her School’s ‘Brimming’ Identity After Fall Consolidation", TAPinto Camden, March 19, 2021. Accessed February 2, 2024. "Come Fall, four high schools in Camden will live under one roof. Among them will be Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, which was founded in 1994 at a location provided by Lourdes.... The other three: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, Big Picture Learning Academy and Camden High School.... The new $133 million high school, which will house over 1,000 students at its Park Boulevard campus, will mark a major shift for the city."
- ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
- ^ About the Principal, Camden Big Picture Learning Academy. Accessed February 2, 2024.
- ^ Evans, Bill. "Camden's Brad Hawkins going to prep school, still committed to Michigan, coach says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2022. "Brad Hawkins, a recent Camden High School graduate and football standout who committed to the University of Michigan just over a year ago, announced on Twitter he would be attending Suffield Academy (Ct.) for a year of prep school instead of going to Ann Arbor.... Hawkins originally attended MetEast High School in Camden before transferring to Camden and Savage felt that may have held up the approval."