11th Grade students spend the day at Students to Science. Students learned about how pharmaceuticals are tested prior to public release.
Zaire Williams - 12th grade Student Ambassador

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Mission

University High School has historically been synonymous with academic excellence within the city of Newark and beyond. Our goal is to regain the heights for which we were honored and respected throughout the district. To rise again, we will foster within our walls a community of leaders that will hold themselves responsible for their actions and affect a sea of change within our school family that will help transform the city. Our core values of responsibility, integrity, service, and excellence (R.I.S.E) will be consistently practiced, pursued and pervasive throughout the University High School family. Our school symbol, the Phoenix is a mythical bird that defies the expectations of the natural world by rising from its own ashes to soar to greater heights. With a renewed sense of purpose, we will work hard to turn mythology into reality at “The” University High School of Newark, New Jersey.

If you should have questions, or suggestions,
please contact us at (973) 351-2010 & FAX: 973-351-2110

Core Beliefs

R.I.S.E

RESPONSIBILITY

To engender a sense of motivation towards excellence by expecting the best
To stress character as an essential building block of achievement
To hold ourselves accountable for the high expectations we place upon our students

INTEGRITY

To remind students of the best things in life and learning and to model these examples in our classrooms
To expect these best things to be common hopes for all of our learners in our family
To model our hopes for them by our own behavior and ethic

SERVICE

To grow and nurture a sense of family within our school and community
To expand the sense of community to include the city and the world

EXCELLENCE

To guide all learners toward the goal of leading discussions, lessons and eventually themselves
To foster individual strengths into virtues that can be utilized to help our school community
To help children to envision themselves as the leaders they all have within them to be
To set goals above the common run of expectations for our students so that their reach exceeding their grasp becomes commonplace
To honor achievement as a family tradition
To excel academically and become lifelong seekers of knowledge

Newark Board of Education

University High School

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