Camden Big Picture Learning Academy

Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Address
	1875 Park Boulevard; Camden, Camden County, New Jersey 08104; United States
Coordinates	39°56′02″N 75°05′50″W / 39.933815°N 75.09735°W
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Educating Camden's Students One at a Time
Established	2005
School district	Camden City Public Schools
NCES School ID	340264000579
Principal	Timothy L. Jenkins
Faculty	23.0 FTEs
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	169 (as of 2022–23)
Student to teacher ratio	7.4:1
Team name	Trailblazers
Website	camdencityschools.org/bpla/

Camden Big Picture Learning Academy (formerly MetEast High School) is a four-year public high school in the City of Camden, in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as part of the Camden City Public Schools. The school opened in 2005 in conjunction with Big Picture Learning as an effort to prepare students for success in college through greater community involvement and mentoring.^[2]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 169 students and 23.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.4:1. There were 110 students (65.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

History

Starting in the 2021–22 school year, the high school moved into a new $133 million building on Park Boulevard that it shares with Brimm Medical Arts High School and Creative Arts Academy.^[3]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 285th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 328 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2012 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 211th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.^[4]

Administration

The school's principal is Timothy L. Jenkins.^[5]

Notable alumni

Brad Hawkins (born 1998), American football safety, who played for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e School data for Camden Big Picture Learning Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.
^ Mulvihill, Geoff via Associated Press. "In high-dropout Camden, Big Picture kids prep for college", USA Today, June 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2014. "The school opened in 2005 as a laboratory for education in a city where the schools are part of an entanglement of problems.... It's one of about 60 schools nationwide established with the help of Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit with offices in San Diego and Providence."
^ Rodas, Steven. "Camden Principal on Preserving Her School’s ‘Brimming’ Identity After Fall Consolidation", TAPinto Camden, March 19, 2021. Accessed February 2, 2024. "Come Fall, four high schools in Camden will live under one roof. Among them will be Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, which was founded in 1994 at a location provided by Lourdes.... The other three: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, Big Picture Learning Academy and Camden High School.... The new $133 million high school, which will house over 1,000 students at its Park Boulevard campus, will mark a major shift for the city."
^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.
^ About the Principal, Camden Big Picture Learning Academy. Accessed February 2, 2024.
^ Evans, Bill. "Camden's Brad Hawkins going to prep school, still committed to Michigan, coach says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2022. "Brad Hawkins, a recent Camden High School graduate and football standout who committed to the University of Michigan just over a year ago, announced on Twitter he would be attending Suffield Academy (Ct.) for a year of prep school instead of going to Ann Arbor.... Hawkins originally attended MetEast High School in Camden before transferring to Camden and Savage felt that may have held up the approval."

External links

[NCES-1] School data for Camden Big Picture Learning Academy, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 1, 2024.

[2] Mulvihill, Geoff via Associated Press. "In high-dropout Camden, Big Picture kids prep for college", USA Today, June 29, 2009. Accessed August 27, 2014. "The school opened in 2005 as a laboratory for education in a city where the schools are part of an entanglement of problems.... It's one of about 60 schools nationwide established with the help of Big Picture Learning, a nonprofit with offices in San Diego and Providence."

[3] Rodas, Steven. "Camden Principal on Preserving Her School’s ‘Brimming’ Identity After Fall Consolidation", TAPinto Camden, March 19, 2021. Accessed February 2, 2024. "Come Fall, four high schools in Camden will live under one roof. Among them will be Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, which was founded in 1994 at a location provided by Lourdes.... The other three: Creative Arts Morgan Village Academy, Big Picture Learning Academy and Camden High School.... The new $133 million high school, which will house over 1,000 students at its Park Boulevard campus, will mark a major shift for the city."

[4] Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 11, 2012.

[5] About the Principal, Camden Big Picture Learning Academy. Accessed February 2, 2024.

[6] Evans, Bill. "Camden's Brad Hawkins going to prep school, still committed to Michigan, coach says", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 8, 2016. Accessed October 6, 2022. "Brad Hawkins, a recent Camden High School graduate and football standout who committed to the University of Michigan just over a year ago, announced on Twitter he would be attending Suffield Academy (Ct.) for a year of prep school instead of going to Ann Arbor.... Hawkins originally attended MetEast High School in Camden before transferring to Camden and Savage felt that may have held up the approval."

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v t e Camden, New Jersey
Neighborhoods	Bergen Square Beideman Centerville Central Business District Central Waterfront Cooper Grant Cooper Point Cramer Hill Dudley Fairview Gateway Lanning Square Liberty Park Marlton Morgan Village North Camden Parkside Pyne Point Rosedale South Camden Stockton Whitman Park
Education	Public high schools: Brimm Medical Arts High School Camden High School Camden Big Picture Learning Academy Creative Arts Academy Eastside High School Private education: Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden Camden Catholic High School in Cherry Hill Higher education: Camden County College Coriell Institute for Medical Research Rowan University Rutgers University–Camden Rutgers Law School University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Economy	American Water Works Campbell Soup Company Cooper University Hospital Coriell Institute for Medical Research Delaware River Port Authority Holtec International L3 Technologies Port of Camden South Jersey Port Corporation Subaru of America Susquehanna Bank Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital
Points of interest	Camden Shipyard & Maritime Museum Camden Waterfront Adventure Aquarium Battleship New Jersey Museum and Memorial Camden Children's Garden Camden City Hall Campbell's Field Cooper Grant Historic District Cooper Street Historic District Donkey's Place National Register of Historic Places BB&T Pavilion Tallest buildings Walt Whitman House
Public transportation	PATCO Speedline River Line RiverLink Ferry NJT bus routes 400-449 NJT bus routes 450-499 Walter Rand Transportation Center City Hall Ferry Avenue Glassboro–Camden Line (future) Camden-Philadelphia BRT (future)
Roads and bridges	Benjamin Franklin Bridge Admiral Wilson Boulevard (U.S. Route 30) Broadway (CR 551) Federal Street (CR 537) Haddon Avenue (CR 561) Market Street (CR 537 spur) Mount Ephraim Avenue (NJ Route 168) Interstate 76 Interstate 676
Sports	Camden Riversharks Philadelphia 76ers
Government	Mayors of Camden Camden City Hall Camden County Hall of Justice Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse US District Court United States Post Office and Courthouse

v t e Public and private high schools of Camden County, New Jersey
Public	Audubon Brimm Medical Arts Camden Camden Academy Camden Big Picture Cherry Hill Alternative Cherry Hill East Cherry Hill West Collingswood Creative Arts Eastern Eastside Gloucester City Gloucester Township Tech Haddon Heights Haddon Township Haddonfield Highland Regional LEAP Academy Lindenwold Overbrook Pennsauken Pennsauken Tech Sterling Timber Creek Triton Winslow Township
Private	Bishop Eustace Prep Camden Catholic Gloucester Catholic King's Christian Paul VI
by county Atlantic Bergen Burlington Camden Cape May Cumberland Essex Gloucester Hudson Hunterdon Mercer Middlesex Monmouth Morris Ocean Passaic Salem Somerset Sussex Union Warren

v t e Olympic Conference (NJSIAA)
American Division	Cherokee Cherry Hill East Eastern Lenape Pennsauken
National Division	Bishop Eustace Camden Camden Catholic Camden County Tech Paul VI Pennsauken Tech Seneca Woodrow Wilson
Patriot Division	Cherry Hill West Timber Creek Shawnee Winslow

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International	ISNI
Geographic	NCES

Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
Address

1875 Park Boulevard Camden , Camden County , New Jersey 08104 United States
Coordinates	39°56′02″N 75°05′50″W / 39.933815°N 75.09735°W / 39.933815; -75.09735
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	Educating Camden's Students One at a Time
Established	2005
School district	Camden City Public Schools
NCES School ID	340264000579^[1]
Principal	Timothy L. Jenkins
Faculty	23.0 FTEs^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	169 (as of 2022–23)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	7.4:1^[1]
Team name	Trailblazers
Website	camdencityschools.org/bpla/