Clifford Scott High School

Clifford J. Scott High School was a comprehensive community public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in the city of East Orange, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operated as part of the East Orange School District.

Clifford J. Scott High School
Address
344 Prospect Street

East Orange
,
East Irange
,
New Jersey
07017

United States
Coordinates40.776017°N 74.206913°W / 40.776017; -74.206913
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1937
Closed2002
School districtEast Orange School District
Grades9-12

History

The school was named for Dr. Clifford John Scott, who was appointed in 1921 as the district's superintendent until his death in 1936. Scott initiated a program of junior high schools in the district and a combined junior / senior high school was named for him when it was established in 1937.[1]

East Orange Campus High School was opened in 2002, resulting from the merging of the former Clifford Scott High School and East Orange High School, located in the largest building of the refurbished campus of Upsala College and has been expanded to accommodate increased demand for enrollment.[2] As a result of the merger, students now have access to new and much improved educational facilities. The former Clifford Scott High School facility was home to East Orange Campus Nine High School, the home for all ninth grade high school students in East Orange. Announced in November 2010, East Orange Campus Nine was updated to become East Orange STEM Academy, which is a magnet school for grades 6-12.[3]

Athletics

The boys track team won the Group II spring track state championship in 1946, 1962, 1979 and 1980.[4]

The baseball team won the North II Group II state sectional championships in 1959, 1966 and 1967, and won the Group II state championship in 1973, defeating Audubon High School in the final game of the tournament.[5]

The boys track team won the Group II indoor relay championship in 1979 and 1980. The girl team won the Group III title in 1988 and 1989 (as co-champion)[6]

The girls' basketball team won state championships in all four finals appearances, winning the Group II state championship in 1982 vs. St. Rose High School and 1983 vs. Somerville High School, and won the Group III titles in 1984 with a win against North Hunterdon High School in the tournament final and again in 1991 against Egg Harbor Township High School.[7] The 1983 team repeated as Group II state champion after defeating Somerville by a score of 56-40 in the championship game played at the Meadowlands Arena.[8]

The boys' basketball team won titles in five of their seven appearances, winning the Group II championships in 1958 (against runner-up Highland Park High School in the finals), 1981 (vs. Salem High School) and 1982 (vs. Salem), won the Group I title in 1975 against Glassboro High School, and won the Group III title in 1991 (vs. Woodrow Wilson High School).[9] The 1991 team won the Group III title with a 68-62 win against Woodrow Wilson, i=using a consistent tight defense to win 68-62 in the title game.[10]

The boys track team won the 1979-80 indoors and outdoors track and field state title under the leadership of Mr. Best and Mr. McGriff.

Notable alumni

Notable faculty
  • Brian Hill (born 1947), basketball coach who began his coaching career with two years as head coach at Clifford Scott High School starting in 1970.[16]

References
  1. Dr. Clifford John Scott, East Orange Interactive Museum. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  2. "Chatter", The Montclair Times, October 20, 2011. Accessed December 2, 2020. "East Orange and Clifford Scott merged into one high school -East Orange Campus - in the fall of 2002, talcing over the former campus of Upsala College."
  3. East Orange STEM Academy High School, East Orange School District. Accessed December 20, 2011.
  4. NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  5. NJSIAA Baseball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  6. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  7. NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  8. Wilson, Tim. "Scott girls stop Somerville", Courier News, March 21, 1983. Accessed January 13, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Somerville High girls' basketball team climbed to the top of the beanstalk, and, unfortunately, awakened a sleeping giant. But before the Lady Pioneers could make off with the golden goose, the giant named Clifford Scott High School of East Orange sent the Lady Pioneers crashing to a 56-40 loss in the Group 2 state championship game Saturday at the Meadowlands Arena."
  9. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  10. Matura, Greg. "Clifford Scott stops Woodrow Wilson", The Record, March 10, 1991. Accessed December 2, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "But Clifford Scott coach Greg Tynes saw his team execute his game plan for 32 minutes Saturday afternoon. The result was the Scotties' first Group 3 State championship by virtue of a 68-62 victory over high-scoring Woodrow Wilson of Camden."
  11. Marques Bragg NBA & ABA Statistics, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  12. Mike Brown Archived 2016-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, Fayetteville Patriots. Accessed November 26, 2015. "Brown went from Scott High School in East Orange, N.J. to star collegiately at George Washington, where he ranks second in career scoring (1,916) and rebounding (1,066) and completed his degree in criminal justice in three-and-a-half school years."
  13. Gary Garland NBA & ABA Statistics, Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 26, 2015.
  14. D'Alessandro, Dave. "D'Alessandro: The man, the myth, the legend that is Fred Hill", The Star-Ledger, February 21, 2014. Accessed November 26, 2015. "'At Clifford Scott High, he was an All-State halfback at 5-foot-7, and defensive guys would pile on top of him thinking they could hurt him,' Buckelew recalled."
  15. Shugrue, Edward J. "Between Ourselves", Bridgeport Post, October 20, 1963. Accessed January 11, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Chickie, whose proper name is Angela Marie Poisson, was born in East Orange, N. J., in 1931. She attended Scott high school, Trenton State College, and is a member of so many teaching and lacrosse associations that it would need an encyclopedia to cover the facts."
  16. Long. Ernie. "Sagging Attendance Isn't The Sole Fault Of 76ers' Record", The Morning Call, March 14, 1996. Accessed November 26, 2015. "Hill, born in East Orange, N.J., spent two years as head coach at Clifford Scott High School (N.J.) and two years as an assistant at Montclair (N.J.) State University."
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