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School District Names Dr. Christine M. Robbins to Head WPHS.
Posted on Sunday, June 30 @ 22:56:37 EDT by jfbailey
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WPCNR NewsReel. From Board of Education. June 30, 2002. 11:00 PM: The Board of Education will be asked to approve the appointment of Dr. Christine M. Robbins to replace William Colavito as Principal of White Plains High School. Dr. Robbins is being offered a three year contract extending to July, 2005.
Dr. Robbins comes to WPHS from Columbia High School in Maplewood, New Jersey, and the South Orange and Maplewood School District.
An intriguing matchup with White Plains
The District mirrors the White Plains district. It consists of six elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school and serves 5,000 students. (White Plains served 6,708 as of September, 2001). The School Budget of South Orange-Maplewood was approximately $56,000,000 in 1997-98, according to the South Orange Village Township, the latest figures WPCNR has been able to obtain. In contrast, the White Plains City School District will spend $126.9 MM in 2002-2003.
Superb reputation.
Columbia High School is one of the top schools in New Jersey in numbers of Merit Scholar Semifinalists, according to information supplied by South Orange Township. The school is home to one of the two students selected from the state of New Jersy to be PresidentialScholars. Columbia also boasts 3 students who recently were given state awards for high scores on Advanced Placement tests.
In 1997, the Columbia High School was chosen a School of Technology Excellence by the American Technology Honor Society.
The school, similar to White Plains High, is strong in music, winning state and national awards. Its Jazz Band performed at the inauguration of former Governor Christine Todd Whitman and with South Orange jazz artist, Thelonious Monk on the NBC Today in New York Show.
Strong in Math
In 2002, four Columbia High students received perfect individual scores on the New Jersey Math League Competition. In the team competition, Columbia placed third in its division among 80 other schools.
Involved in Successful Freshman Transition to High School Program
Most recently, Columbia HIgh School under Dr. Robbins, working with a district-wide committee has developed a program to transition middle school students more successfully to high school.
According to the South Orange& Maplewood Board of Education Meeting Highlights, February, 2002 issue, "based on research, visits to other school districts, and discussions with district staff, committee recommended creating teams or clusters."
This program was instituted for 50% of the 01-02 Freshman class and "has shown a measure of success" and all 2002-03 Columbia freshmen will be included in the cluster program.
The South Orange-Maplewood cluster program divided half the freshaman into five clusters for three core subjects, language arts, science, and social studies, according to the Highlights report.
The newsletter describes the teachers in the cluster as having "a common planning time in order to share information about students, develop cluster activities, and plan instructional strategies."
Dr. Robbins obtained a B.S from Pennsylvania State University. The nominee for Principal holds an M.S. from the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University and a EdD from the University of Virginia.
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