Editing Newton, New Jersey (section)

==Education==

===Elementary and secondary schools===
The [[Newton Public School District]] serves students in [[kindergarten]] through [[twelfth grade]]. The district's enrollment includes high school students from [[Andover, New Jersey|Andover Borough]] and [[Andover Township, New Jersey|Andover]] and [[Green Township, New Jersey|Green]] townships, who attend the high school as part of [[sending/receiving relationship]]s.<ref>[https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=0c3c63249e924947a495d3abb63a87a4 Newton Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification], Newton Public School District. Accessed April 29, 2020. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Newton School District. Composition: The Newton School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Newton and a sending/receiving relationship with Andover Regional and Green Township."</ref><ref>[http://www.nj.gov/education/pr/2013/narrative/37/3590/37-3590-050.html Newton High School 2013 Report Card Narrative], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed March 19, 2015. "Newton High School serves students from Andover Township, Andover Borough, and Green Township as well as historic Newton."</ref> As of the 2021–22 school year, the district, comprised of three schools, had an enrollment of 1,586 students and 137.0 classroom teachers (on an [[full-time equivalent|FTE]] basis), for a [[student–teacher ratio]] of 11.6:1.<ref name=NCES>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&details=1&ID2=3411400&DistrictID=3411400 District information for Newton Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref> Schools in the district (with 2021–22 enrollment data from the [[National Center for Education Statistics]]<ref>[https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3411400 School Data for the Newton Public School District], [[National Center for Education Statistics]]. Accessed December 1, 2022.</ref>) are 
Merriam Avenue School<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/mas Merriam Avenue School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 451 students in grades PreK-4, 
Halsted Middle School<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/hms Halsted Middle School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 331 students in grades 5-8 and 
[[Newton High School (New Jersey)|Newton High School]]<ref>[https://www.newtonnj.org/o/nhs Newton High School], Newton Public School District. Accessed October 16, 2023.</ref> with 710 students in grades 9–12.<ref>[https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/37/3590 School Performance Reports for the Newton Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed April 1, 2024.</ref><ref>[https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3590 New Jersey School Directory for the Newton Public School District], [[New Jersey Department of Education]]. Accessed February 1, 2024.</ref>

Founded in 1956, the Saint Joseph's Regional School was a private school affiliated with parish of Newton's Saint Joseph's Roman Catholic Church and overseen by the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson]].<ref name="SJRSprofile">[https://web.archive.org/web/20160304032502/http://www.stjosephregionalschool.org/about/school-profile About Us: 2015–2016 School Profile], St Joseph's Regional School, Newton, New Jersey, backed up by the [[Internet Archive]] as of Match 4, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2018.</ref> St Joseph's provided classes from pre-kindergarten (ages 3–5) to seventh-grade for a total enrollment of 140 students.<ref name="SJRSprofile" /> The school closed in June 2016 and was one of four schools that merged into Reverend George Brown School in [[Sparta, New Jersey|Sparta]].<ref>Scruton, Bruce A. [https://www.njherald.com/article/20160128/ARTICLE/301289986 "Catholic schools to merge at Pope John campus"], ''[[New Jersey Herald]]'', January 28, 2016. Accessed September 17, 2018. "Four Catholic elementary schools, three in Sussex County and the fourth in Netcong, are merging, and by the end of the next school year, students will be housed on a campus at Pope John XXIII Regional High School that will include a new Pope John Middle School, parents were told at a meeting Wednesday.... With the opening of Pope John XXIII Middle School, three current elementary schools &ndash; Immaculate Conception Regional School in Franklin, St. Joseph Regional School in Newton and St. Michael School in Netcong &ndash; will close."</ref>

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|File:Merriam_Avenue_Elementary_School_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Merriam Avenue Elementary School (Public, Grades K–5)
|File:Halsted_Street_Middle_School_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Halsted Street Middle School (Public, Grades 6–8)
|File:Saint_Joseph's_Regional_School_Jefferson_Street_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Saint Joseph's Regional School (Private, Pre-K–8)
|File:Newton_High_School_-_Newton_New_Jersey.jpg|Newton High School (Public, Grades 9–12)
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===Higher education===
[[File:Sussex County Community College Newton NJ Main Building 2013.jpg|thumb|right|Formerly the campus of Don Bosco College, a Roman Catholic seminary, the county government purchased the school's Newton property in 1989 for the use of Sussex County Community College, founded in 1981.]]
{{See also|New Jersey County Colleges}}
[[Sussex County Community College]] (commonly referred to as ''SCCC'') is an [[school accreditation|accredited]], [[co-ed]]ucational, two-year, [[Public university|public]], [[community college]] located on a {{convert|167|acres|adj=on}} campus in Newton. The SCCC campus was formerly the site of [[Don Bosco College]], a [[Roman Catholic]] [[seminary]] operated by the [[Salesian Order]] from 1928 until it was closed in the early 1980s and its campus sold to the Sussex County government in June 1989 for $4.2 million.<ref>[http://www.sussexcountyclerk.com Sussex County Clerk's Office] (Newton, New Jersey), Register of Deeds. ''Deed between the Salesian Society, Inc., a corporation of the State of New York being the parent company of Don Bosco College and the Salesian Society of New Jersey, Inc., and The County of Sussex, a political division of the State of New Jersey (May 10, 1989, filed June 22, 1989)'' in Deed Book 1662, page 022 et seq. (Instrument No. 89-39284).</ref><ref>Wright, Kevin. [http://www.newtonnj.net/Pages/hortonmansion.htm Newton NJ: Pearl of the Kittatinny – "The Horton Mansion Former Don Bosco Campus, now Sussex County Community College"]. Note: Wright states it was 1984, which is either a typographical error or an intentional [[copyright trap]]. Accessed July 10, 2012.</ref>

SCCC was authorized as a "college commission" in 1981 and began operations the following year. It became fully accredited in 1993 by the Commission on Higher Education of the [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]].<ref>[http://sussex.edu/aboutus/history/ "Our History"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed July 10, 2012.</ref><ref name="SCCCAccreditation">[http://www.msche.org/institutions_view.asp?idinstitution=459 Institution Directory: Sussex County Community College], [[Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools]]. Accessed July 18, 2012.</ref> SCCC offers 40 [[associate degree]] and 16 post-secondary [[Professional certification|professional]] and [[Healthcare|health science]] certificate programs available both at traditional classes at its campus, through hybrid and online classes, and through distance learning.<ref name="SCCCAccreditation" /><ref name="SCCCDegreesPrograms">[http://sussex.edu/academics/programs/ "Degrees, Programs and Certificates"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref><ref>[http://sussex.edu/academics/distancelearning/ "Distance Learning"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> Many students who attend SCCC transfer to pursue the completion of their undergraduate college education at a four-year college or university.<ref name="SCCCDegreesPrograms" /><ref>[http://sussex.edu/academics/degreeadvantage/ "The Degree Advantage: Complete your Associate Degree at SCCC and give yourself the edge when you transfer"], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> The college also offers programs for advanced high school students, community education courses, and programs in cooperation with the [[New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development]].<ref>[http://sussex.edu/ce/ Community Education and Workforce Development], Sussex County Community College (Newton, NJ). Accessed August 2, 2013.</ref> The school had an enrollment of 3,012 students of which half attended full-time and half attended part-time.<ref>[http://sussex.edu/aboutus/fastfacts/ Fast Facts], [[Sussex County Community College]]. Accessed May 30, 2015.</ref>