Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School (Brimm Medical Arts) is a four-year magnet public high school with a "break the mold" vision focused directly on medicine, dentistry, nursing, allied health professions and other ancillary health care areas. This school serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Camden in Camden County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, as part of the Camden City Public Schools. The school opened in 1994 with a freshman class of 60 students.[2] It was the first magnet school in that city.[3]
| Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School | |
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1875 Park Boulevard , , 08103 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°55′28″N 75°05′42″W / 39.924571°N 75.094991°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1994 |
| School district | Camden City Public Schools |
| NCES School ID | 340264000087[1] |
| Principal | Catherine Chukwueke |
| Faculty | 24.5 FTEs[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 174 (as of 2023–24)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 7.1:1[1] |
| Website | camdencityschools |
As of the 2023–24 school year, the school had an enrollment of 174 students and 24.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7.1:1. There were 93 students (53.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
History
editThe school opened on the campus of Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center in September 1994 as Medical Arts High School, with an initial class of 60 students.[4]
With the opening in September 1996 of a standalone school building constructed at a cost of $3.1 million (equivalent to $6,000,000 in 2023) and designed to accommodate an enrollment of 300 students, the school became known as Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School.[5]
The school had been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools until 2013, when the school's accreditation status was removed.[6]
Starting in the 2021–22 school year, the high school moved into a new $133 million building on Park Boulevard that it shares with Camden Big Picture Learning Academy and Creative Arts Academy.[7]
Academic performance
editIn 1998, many of the students in the 12th grade class had obtained scholarships for post-secondary education, and all of the students in the 12th grade class had plans for tertiary education.[3]
The school was the 243rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[8] The school had been ranked 208th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 157th out of 322 schools listed in 2010.[9] The magazine ranked the school 71st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[10] The school was ranked 105th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[11]
Athletics
editBrimm does not offer its own athletic programs. Students who wish to participate in athletics may play for the teams of Camden High School and Eastside High School.[12]
Administration
editThe school's principal is Catherine Chukwueke.[13]
Notable alumni
edit- Sean Chandler (born 1996), American football safety for the New York Giants of the NFL.[14]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e School data for Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 15, 2024.
- ^ About Us, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
- ^ a b Rhor, Monica (June 7, 1998). "Magnet school a shot in the arm for ailing district". Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. B1–B2. - Clipping of first and of second page at Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New school year brings changes", Courier-Post, August 30, 1994. Accessed February 16, 2022, via Newspapers.com: Clipping. "Camden: The city will open a new Medical Arts High School at Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. Sixty freshmen students will make up the inaugural class. Their seven teachers will work with a curriculum built around medical themes, the first being 'wellness.' Literature, writing, math, history and science classes will be interrelated. The goal is to immerse students in medical issues and prepare them for medical and scientific careers."
- ^ "New Jersey-American adopts Camden school", Courier-Post, September 1, 1996. Accessed February 16, 2022, via Newspapers.com. Clipping. "The New Jersey-American Water Co. has donated laboratory equipment and furniture to the new Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School.... The $3.1 million school at 1626 Copewood St. ultimately will house close to 300 students in grades 9 through 12."
- ^ Spring 2013 Accreditation Actions, The Standard; A Newsletter from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, Spring 2013. Accessed November 11, 2020. "Removal of Accreditation... Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School, Camden, NJ"
- ^ 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. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
- ^ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 10, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed August 7, 2012.
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
- ^ History, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed July 24, 2019.
- ^ About The Principal, Brimm Medical Arts High School. Accessed May 20, 2024.
- ^ Narducci, Marc. "Temple's Sean Chandler: From homeless shelters to football stardom", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 26, 2017. Accessed October 10, 2019. "'Now I look back on it and see all the things I have overcome, and nothing can break me because nothing was as bad as that,' said Chandler, who attended Dr. Charles E. Brimm Medical Arts High School while playing for Camden."