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| name = The Hudson School
| name = The Hudson School
| image = Hudson School Park Av 6th St Hoboken jeh.jpg
| image = Hudson School Park Av 6th St Hoboken New.jpg
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| motto = Courage, Compassion, Commitment
| motto = Courage, Compassion, Commitment
| established = 1978
| established = 1978
| grades = [[fifth grade|5]] – [[twelfth grade|12]]
| grades = [[fifth grade|5]] – [[twelfth grade|12]]
| district =
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| type = [[Private school]]
| type = [[Private school]]
| founder = Suellen Newman
| founder = Suellen Newman
| head_of_school = Paul Perkinson<ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/about/head-s-welcome Head's Welcome], The Hudson School. Accessed September 17, 2019.</ref>
| head_of_school = Paul Perkinson<ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/about/head-s-welcome Head's Welcome], The Hudson School. Accessed September 17, 2019.</ref>
| enrollment = 178 (as of 2017–18)<ref name=NCES/>
| enrollment = 187 (as of 2021–22)<ref name=NCES/>
| faculty = 30.9 [[full-time equivalent|FTEs]]<ref name=NCES/>
| faculty = 43.1 [[full-time equivalent|FTEs]]<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 5.8:1<ref name=NCES/>
| ratio = 4.3:1<ref name=NCES/>
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| colors = {{color box|#000000}} {{color box|#FFB612}} Black & Gold
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| location = 601 Park Avenue
| location = 601 Park Avenue
| city = [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]
| city = [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]]
| state = [[New Jersey]]
| state = [[New Jersey]]
| zipcode = 07030
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| country = United States
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| tuition = $23,880 (2020–21)<ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/admission/tuition-financial-aid Admissions], The Hudson School. Accessed April 22, 2020.</ref>
| tuition = $25,660 (2022–23)<ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/admission/tuition-financial-aid Admissions], The Hudson School. Accessed November 15, 2022.</ref>
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'''The Hudson School ''' is a private, [[nonsectarian]], [[coeducation]]al [[day school]] located in [[Hoboken, New Jersey|Hoboken]], in [[Hudson County, New Jersey|Hudson County]], [[New Jersey]], United States, serving students in [[fifth grade|fifth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s. The school has been accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1991.<ref>[https://www.msa-cess.org/RelId/606553/AccountID/12181/ISvars/default/School_Search.htm Hudson School (The)], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 5, 2020.</ref> The Hudson School is a member of the [[New Jersey Association of Independent Schools]].<ref>[http://www.njais.org/page.cfm?p=365 List of Member Schools], [[New Jersey Association of Independent Schools]]. Accessed August 13, 2017.</ref>
'''The Hudson School ''' is a private, [[nonsectarian]], [[coeducation]]al [[day school]] located in [[Hoboken, New Jersey]], serving students in [[fifth grade|fifth]] through [[twelfth grade]]s. The school has been accredited by the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1991;<ref>[https://www.msa-cess.org/school-profile/?oId=0065e00000B8S7j&typ=school-profile Hudson School (The)], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed November 15, 2022.</ref> The school's accreditation status was extended for ten years in Fall 2018.<ref>[https://www.msa-cess.org/Customized/Uploads/ByDate/2018/October_2018/October_19th_2018/Fall%202018%20Accreditation%20Actions07238.pdf ''MSA-CESS Fall 2018 Accreditation Actions''], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]] Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Fall 2018. Accessed April 25, 2021.</ref> The school is a member of the [[New Jersey Association of Independent Schools]].<ref>[http://www.njais.org/page.cfm?p=365 List of Member Schools], [[New Jersey Association of Independent Schools]]. Accessed August 13, 2017.</ref>


In September 2023, an announcement was made that The Hudson School and the Mustard Seed School, with 93 students in grades PreK-8, would merge for the 2024–25 school year under the name of The Hudson School. The combined school would become the only independent PreK-12 school in Hudson County. As part of the plan, the Mustard Seed School building would serve the joint school's PreK-8 students while the existing facility of The Hudson School would serve grades 9-12. For the 2023–24 school year, the Hudson School Middle School moved into the fourth floor of Mustard Seed School. <ref>Koosau, Mark. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2023/09/two-hoboken-private-schools-to-merge-next-year.html "Two Hoboken private schools to merge next year"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', September 20, 2023. Accessed November 20, 2023. "The Mustard Seed School, a Christian preK-to-8 school, and The Hudson School, which serves students in grades 5 through 12, announced Tuesday they will operate under The Hudson School name, bringing together all of its classes within a block of each other.... Under the merger, which had been discussed for several months, the current Mustard Seed school will become the lower and middle school, and Hudson School’s building at 601 Park Ave. will be the high school. Hudson School currently enrolls 193 students with a tuition of $27,200, while Mustard Seed School enrolls 93 students with an tuition of $26,960."</ref><ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/userfiles/hnymvc/Press%20Release%20Better%20Together.pdf%20Two%20Prestigious%20Hoboken%20Schools%20Join%20Forces], The Hudson School, September 18, 2023. Accessed November 20, 2023.</ref>
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As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 178 students and 30.9 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 5.8:1. The school's student body was 47.2% (84) White, 16.9% (30) two or more races, 13.5% (24) Asian, 11.8% (21) Black and 10.7% (19) Hispanic.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=02043847 School data for The Hudson School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed September 1, 2020.</ref>

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As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 187 students and 43.1 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 4.3:1. The school's student body was 51.9% (97) White, 16.6% (31) Asian, 13.4% (25) two or more races, 10.2% (19) Black and 8.0% (15) Hispanic.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=02043847 School data for The Hudson School], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed November 1, 2023.</ref>


==History==
==History==
The Hudson School was founded in the fall of 1978 by [[Suellen Newman]], with the financial assistance of the [[Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation]], as an alternative to the available educational institutions in the local area. The school seeks to foster the Three C's ("courage, compassion and commitment") in its students,<ref>[http://www.thehudsonschool.org/frame.html About Hudson], The Hudson School. Accessed August 28, 2008.</ref> who are admitted because "they demonstrate a love of learning and don't mind a bit of hard work." In 1992, a high school was opened, since there were few high schools in the area with strong humanities and arts programs that admitted girls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehudsonschool.org/about/|title=About The Hudson School|website=www.thehudsonschool.org|language=en-US|access-date=October 21, 2017 }}</ref> The school moved to its current location in 2002.
The Hudson School was founded in fall 1978 by Suellen Newman, with the financial assistance of the [[Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation]], as an alternative to the available educational institutions in the local area. The school seeks to foster the Three C's ("courage, compassion and commitment") in its students,<ref>[http://www.thehudsonschool.org/frame.html About Hudson], The Hudson School. Accessed August 28, 2008.</ref> who are admitted because "they demonstrate a love of learning and don't mind a bit of hard work." In 1992, a high school was opened, since there were few high schools in the area with strong humanities and arts programs that admitted girls.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehudsonschool.org/about/|title=About The Hudson School|website=www.thehudsonschool.org|language=en-US|access-date=October 21, 2017 }}</ref> The school moved to its current location in 2002.


==Rankings==
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== Notable alumni ==
== Notable alumni ==
{{Category see also|The Hudson School alumni}}
* [[Valentin Chmerkovskiy]] (born 1986), dancer.<ref>Samuels, Shayna. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/arts/dance-and-one-and-two-and-the-dancers-are-off.html?pagewanted=all "DANCE; And One And Two, And the Dancers Are Off!"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 21, 2002. Accessed July 23, 2012. "In October, Max Chmerkovskiy's star pupils – his brother, Valentin, 16, and Diana Olonetskaia, 15 – became the first Americans to win a world junior championship. They won the competition, held in Turin, Italy, in the Latin category.... Val, as he is known, added, ''You can dance your feelings'.... Val, for example, a 10th grader at the Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, is used to being teased. 'My friends are all, like, macho,' he said. 'But the joke is really on them. As you get older, the girls like it.'"</ref>
* [[Valentin Chmerkovskiy]] (born 1986), dancer.<ref>Samuels, Shayna. [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/21/arts/dance-and-one-and-two-and-the-dancers-are-off.html?pagewanted=all "Dance; And One And Two, And the Dancers Are Off!"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', April 21, 2002. Accessed July 23, 2012. "In October, Max Chmerkovskiy's star pupils – his brother, Valentin, 16, and Diana Olonetskaia, 15 – became the first Americans to win a world junior championship.... Val, for example, a 10th grader at the Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, is used to being teased. 'My friends are all, like, macho,' he said. 'But the joke is really on them. As you get older, the girls like it.'"</ref>
* [[Jonathan Kaiman]] (class of 2001), journalist specializing in East Asia, especially [[China]].<ref name=Alumni>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/community/alumni Alumni], The Hudson School. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Olivia Newman graduated from the Upper School in 1996, the second ever high school graduating class.... Jonathan Kaiman '01: Journalist, Researcher, and Translator"</ref>
* [[Rob Menendez]] (born 1985), lawyer and politician who was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] from [[New Jersey's 8th congressional district]] in [[2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New Jersey|2022]].<ref>Maher, Jake. [https://www.nj.com/hudson/2022/02/menendez-jr-the-congressional-candidate-navigates-stepping-into-and-out-of-dads-shadow.html "Rob Menendez, the congressional candidate, navigates stepping into and out of dad’s shadow"], ''[[The Jersey Journal]]'', February 21, 2022. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Menendez earned his undergrad degree at the University of North Carolina after graduating from the Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, in 2003."</ref>
* [[Ezra Miller]] (born 1992), actor, dropped out at age 16.<ref>Passafuime, Rocco. [http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/ezra-miller-interview-for-beware-the-gonzo/ "Ezra Miller"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071241/http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/ezra-miller-interview-for-beware-the-gonzo/ |date=September 28, 2011 }}, TheCinemaSource.com, September 8, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2011. "'The year, I left high school my insane British friend Quentin, he is both insane and British and he's been working in a union organization and very real radical causes from a very young age,' he remembers, 'The year I left he started a true reporting paper within my high school, the Hudson School, and it did actually go up against the blonde leader of the more popular school paper.'"</ref>
* [[Ezra Miller]] (born 1992), actor, dropped out at age 16.<ref>Passafuime, Rocco. [http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/ezra-miller-interview-for-beware-the-gonzo/ "Ezra Miller"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928071241/http://www.thecinemasource.com/blog/interviews/ezra-miller-interview-for-beware-the-gonzo/ |date=September 28, 2011 }}, TheCinemaSource.com, September 8, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2011. "'The year, I left high school my insane British friend Quentin, he is both insane and British and he's been working in a union organization and very real radical causes from a very young age,' he remembers, 'The year I left he started a true reporting paper within my high school, the Hudson School, and it did actually go up against the blonde leader of the more popular school paper.'"</ref>
* [[Olivia Newman]] (class of 1996), film director and screenwriter best known for directing ''[[First Match]]'' (2018) and the 2022 [[Where the Crawdads Sing (film)|feature adaptation]] of ''[[Where the Crawdads Sing]]''.<ref name=Alumni/>
* [[Molly Reckford]] (born 1992, class of 2007), [[rowing (sport)|rower]] who competed in the [[Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Women's lightweight double sculls|women's lightweight double sculls event]] at the [[2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref>[https://www.thehudsonschool.org/community/alumni Meet Some of Our Alumni]. The Hudson School. Accessed June 20, 2022.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

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The Hudson School
Standort
Map
601 Park Avenue

Hoboken
,
New Jersey
07030

Vereinigte Staaten
Coordinates40°44′39″N 74°01′53″W / 40.7441°N 74.0315°W / 40.7441; -74.0315
Information
TypPrivate school
MottoCourage, Compassion, Commitment
Established1978
GründerSuellen Newman
NCES School ID02043847[2]
Head of schoolPaul Perkinson[1]
Faculty43.1 FTEs[2]
Grades5 – 12
Enrollment187 (as of 2021–22)[2]
Student to teacher ratio4.3:1[2]
Color(s)    Black & Gold
Team nameHudson Hornets
Tuition$25,660 (2022–23)[3]
Websitethehudsonschool.org

The Hudson School is a private, nonsectarian, coeducational day school located in Hoboken, New Jersey, serving students in fifth through twelfth grades. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1991;[4] The school's accreditation status was extended for ten years in Fall 2018.[5] The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools.[6]

In September 2023, an announcement was made that The Hudson School and the Mustard Seed School, with 93 students in grades PreK-8, would merge for the 2024–25 school year under the name of The Hudson School. The combined school would become the only independent PreK-12 school in Hudson County. As part of the plan, the Mustard Seed School building would serve the joint school's PreK-8 students while the existing facility of The Hudson School would serve grades 9-12. For the 2023–24 school year, the Hudson School Middle School moved into the fourth floor of Mustard Seed School. [7][8]

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 187 students and 43.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 4.3:1. The school's student body was 51.9% (97) White, 16.6% (31) Asian, 13.4% (25) two or more races, 10.2% (19) Black and 8.0% (15) Hispanic.[2]

History

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The Hudson School was founded in fall 1978 by Suellen Newman, with the financial assistance of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, as an alternative to the available educational institutions in the local area. The school seeks to foster the Three C's ("courage, compassion and commitment") in its students,[9] who are admitted because "they demonstrate a love of learning and don't mind a bit of hard work." In 1992, a high school was opened, since there were few high schools in the area with strong humanities and arts programs that admitted girls.[10] The school moved to its current location in 2002.

Rankings

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The Hudson School was ranked 26th on the list of the best private high schools in New Jersey by Niche, with an academic score of A+.[11]

Academics

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Some of the courses offered include pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, precalculus, environmental science, chemistry, physics, English, physical education, American history, geography, art, renaissance history, ethics and aesthetics. Languages offered are Spanish, French, Japanese, Mandarin, German, Russian, American Sign Language, Latin, and Greek.

Notable alumni

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See also: Category:The Hudson School alumni

References

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  1. ^ Head's Welcome, The Hudson School. Accessed September 17, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e School data for The Hudson School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2023.
  3. ^ Admissions, The Hudson School. Accessed November 15, 2022.
  4. ^ Hudson School (The), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed November 15, 2022.
  5. ^ MSA-CESS Fall 2018 Accreditation Actions, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Fall 2018. Accessed April 25, 2021.
  6. ^ List of Member Schools, New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed August 13, 2017.
  7. ^ Koosau, Mark. "Two Hoboken private schools to merge next year", The Jersey Journal, September 20, 2023. Accessed November 20, 2023. "The Mustard Seed School, a Christian preK-to-8 school, and The Hudson School, which serves students in grades 5 through 12, announced Tuesday they will operate under The Hudson School name, bringing together all of its classes within a block of each other.... Under the merger, which had been discussed for several months, the current Mustard Seed school will become the lower and middle school, and Hudson School’s building at 601 Park Ave. will be the high school. Hudson School currently enrolls 193 students with a tuition of $27,200, while Mustard Seed School enrolls 93 students with an tuition of $26,960."
  8. ^ [1], The Hudson School, September 18, 2023. Accessed November 20, 2023.
  9. ^ About Hudson, The Hudson School. Accessed August 28, 2008.
  10. ^ "About The Hudson School". www.thehudsonschool.org. Retrieved October 21, 2017.
  11. ^ The Hudson School, Niche (company). Accessed November 8, 2017. "#2#26 in Best Private High Schools in New Jersey"
  12. ^ Samuels, Shayna. "Dance; And One And Two, And the Dancers Are Off!", The New York Times, April 21, 2002. Accessed July 23, 2012. "In October, Max Chmerkovskiy's star pupils – his brother, Valentin, 16, and Diana Olonetskaia, 15 – became the first Americans to win a world junior championship.... Val, for example, a 10th grader at the Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, is used to being teased. 'My friends are all, like, macho,' he said. 'But the joke is really on them. As you get older, the girls like it.'"
  13. ^ a b Alumni, The Hudson School. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Olivia Newman graduated from the Upper School in 1996, the second ever high school graduating class.... Jonathan Kaiman '01: Journalist, Researcher, and Translator"
  14. ^ Maher, Jake. "Rob Menendez, the congressional candidate, navigates stepping into and out of dad’s shadow", The Jersey Journal, February 21, 2022. Accessed November 15, 2022. "Menendez earned his undergrad degree at the University of North Carolina after graduating from the Hudson School, a private school in Hoboken, in 2003."
  15. ^ Passafuime, Rocco. "Ezra Miller" Archived September 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, TheCinemaSource.com, September 8, 2011. Accessed November 6, 2011. "'The year, I left high school my insane British friend Quentin, he is both insane and British and he's been working in a union organization and very real radical causes from a very young age,' he remembers, 'The year I left he started a true reporting paper within my high school, the Hudson School, and it did actually go up against the blonde leader of the more popular school paper.'"
  16. ^ Meet Some of Our Alumni. The Hudson School. Accessed June 20, 2022.
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