Camden Big Picture Learning Academy

High school in Camden County, New Jersey, United States

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/

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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

## Notable alumni[edit]

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

## References[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e 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."

## External links[edit]

* Camden Big Picture Learning Academy
* Camden City Public Schools
* School Performance Report for Camden Big Picture Learning Academy, New Jersey Department of Education
* School Data for the Camden City Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics

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Camden, New Jersey

Neighborhoods|

* Bergen Square
* Beideman
* Centerville
* Central Business District
* Central Waterfront
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* Cramer Hill
* Dudley
* Fairview
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* Marlton
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* 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
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* Port of Camden
* South Jersey Port Corporation
* Subaru of America
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* Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital

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* 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

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* 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)

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* 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

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* Camden Riversharks
* Philadelphia 76ers

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* Mayors of Camden
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* Mitchell H. Cohen United States Courthouse
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Public and private high schools of Camden County, New Jersey

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* 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

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