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Union Hill Middle School is a public middle school serving students in seventh and eighth grades from Union City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as one of two middle schools of the Union City Board of Education, an Abbott District. The school was built in -- and named for -- what was formerly Union Hill, New Jersey, a municipality which merged with West Hoboken in 1925 to form Union City. Until 2008, the Union Hill school was one of the city's two high schools, with the current Emerson Middle School the other. The Union Hill and Emerson campuses continued to serve high school students for an additional year as separate campuses of the new Union City High School, after which that school's main campus was completed and both schools were converted to their current designation. As of the 2011-12 school year, the school had an enrollment of 737 students and 51.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 14.39:1.〔(Union Hill Middle School ). National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 30, 2014.〕 ==History== Union Hill originally opened at Union Hill High School. It served the town of Union Hill. In 1925, the town merged with its neighbor to the south, West Hoboken, which had been served by Emerson High School, to form the city of Union City.〔Snyder, John P. (''The Story of New Jersey's Civil Boundaries: 1606-1968'' ), Bureau of Geology and Topography; Trenton, New Jersey; 1969. p. 148. Accessed June 18, 2013.〕 As the city was now served by two high schools, students who lived north of Route 495 (which previously divided the two municipalities) would attend Union Hill, while those who lived south of it would attend Emerson, though that boundary was shifted in later years to keep the school enrollments roughly equal.〔Hu, Winnie (November 22, 2007). ("After 88 Years of Rivalry, the Last as Us and Them" ). ''The New York Times''. Accessed January 2, 2008. "But today’s so-called Turkey Game signals the end of the tradition. Next fall, the two schools will merge in a new $176 million building.... The new Union City High School will take up four-and-a-half acres in the center of the city, squeezed between row houses and commercial strips. It will have a football field and bleachers built on the roof so that players will no longer have to share the facilities at José Martí Middle School."〕 By 2007, both Union Hill and Emerson, which are separated by one mile, had close to 1,500 students and offered the same schedule, courses and after-school sports, and their test scores and student demographics were comparable. Unlike Emerson, Union Hill did not have an R.O.T.C. program, though Union Hill had a stronger arts program than Emerson, and both schools had different career education programs that allowed students to pursue interests like child care, hospitality and fashion (the city was once known for its embroidery factories). Superintendent of Schools Stanley M. Sanger stated in 2007 that he received 25 to 40 requests a year from students who want to switch to the rival high school due to a particular academic interest or a family connection. Most such requests were granted.〔 In September 2009 Union Hill High School and Emerson High Schools converted into middle schools, and a new school, Union City High School, opened for grades 10 - 12 in new a building on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium.〔 The school was the 233rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in ''New Jersey Monthly'' magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's ''Top Public High Schools''. The school was ranked 268th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ). ''New Jersey Monthly''. September 2008. posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Union Hill Middle School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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