St. Peter the Apostle High School

St. Peter the Apostle High School was a Roman Catholic High school that operated in New Brunswick, in Middlesex County, New Jersey, United States, under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Metuchen.

The school closed at the end of the 2006-07 school year in the wake of falling enrollment.[1] Enrollment at the school reached a thousand students in the 1960s and dropped to 165 in its final year of operation, leading the diocese and parish to conclude that they "can no longer sustain the enormous expense" of subsidizing annual deficits.[2]

Athletics

The boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1936 (defeating Our Lady of Good Counsel High School of Newark in the tournament final) and 1939 (vs. Immaculate Conception High School of Montclair), and won the Non-Public B title in 1968 (vs. St. Mary of the Assumption High School)[3] The 1939 team won the Parochial Group II title (since reclassified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public A) with a 22-18 win against Immaculate Conception of Montclair.[4]

The girls tennis team won the Non-Public B state championship in 1983, defeating Pope John XXIII Regional High School in the tournament final.[5]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni of the school include:[2]

References
  1. "Parents stumble upon news of New Brunswick Catholic school closing", News 12 Networks, February 13, 2007. Accessed January 18, 2021. "The Diocese of Metuchen told St. Peter the Apostle High School administrators that it was closing the school. Parents and students say the school never notified them of the diocese' decision. The diocese says St. Peter has to be closed because the cost of keeping it open is too great and enrollment is declining."
  2. Tufaro, Greg; and Khavkine, Richard. "St. Peter's H.S. closing; New Brunswick school is Metuchen Diocese's oldest", Home News Tribune, February 13, 2007. Accessed January 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The school's closing will impact about 165 students and 31 staff members, 22 of whom are teachers.... A school that averaged nearly 1,000 students and was predominantly Irish Catholic during its peak in the 1960s, St. Peter graduated roughly 40 seniors a year ago.... Some of the school's prominent alumni include New Brunswick Mayor James Cahill, former Mayor and state Senate President John A. Lynch Jr., Assemblyman and city Councilman Joseph Egan, Sen. Ellen Karcher, D-Monmouth, author Ann Rinaldi and former North Brunswick Mayor Paul Matacera."
  3. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  4. "State Title Taken by West New York; Memorial Defeats Bloomfield Five, 50-33--Lodi, Hoffman and St. Peter's Win", The New York Times, March 19, 1939. Accessed January 20, 2021. "Two pivot shots by Bill Bornheimer in the last two minutes of play enabled St. Peter's High School of New Brunswick to defeat Immaculate Conception High School of Montclair, 22-18. The victory gave St. Peter's the State Group II parochial championship."
  5. History of NJSIAA Girls Team Tennis Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  6. Sastry, Sailaja. "James Bornheimer dies at 59; served in Assembly, Senate", The Home News, October 10, 1993. Accessed January 18, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Born in New Brunswick, Bornheimer graduated from St. Peter's High School."
  7. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 2004, p. 269. Skinder-Strauss Associates, 2004. ISBN 1577411870. Accessed January 20, 2021. "Mr. Egan was born Feb. 27, 1938, in New Brunswick, and is a graduate of St. Peter’s Elementary and High Schools."
  8. "Lynch", Courier News, October 24, 2004. Accessed January 20, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Lynch, whose great-great-grandfather, Patrick Corrigan, emigrated from Ireland to New Brunswick in 1840 and helped construct the city's first sewer system, graduated from St. Peter's High School. There, at 5-foot-7, he was the sixth man on the 1955-56 basketball team that advanced to the state finals."
  9. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, Volume 196, Part 2, p. 203. Accessed January 20, 2021. "John A. Lynch (Dem., New Brunswick) - Senator Lynch was born March 10, 1908. He lives at 217 New York Avenue, New Brunswick. He is a graduate of St. Peter's High School, New Brunswick, and Fordham University School of Law."
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