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Clark was born in Rochelle, Georgia, on May 8, 1938.At the age of 6, Clark and his family moved to Newark, New Jersey, where he would graduate from Central High School. [2] [3] He went on to receive a bachelor's degree from William Paterson College, a master's degree from Seton Hall University, and an honorary doctorate from the U.S. Sports Academy.
Lean on Me is a 1989 American biographical drama film directed by John G. Avildsen, written by Michael Schiffer, and starring Morgan Freeman.It is based on the story of Joe Louis Clark, a real life inner city high school principal in Paterson, New Jersey, whose school is in danger of being placed into receivership of the New Jersey state government unless students improve their test scores on ...
Joseph J. Clark (1893–1971), admiral in the U.S. Navy during World War II; Joe Louis Clark (1938–2020), former New Jersey high school principal, portrayed in the 1989 film Lean on Me; Joe Clark (aeronautics) (1941–2020), American aerospace pioneer; Joseph Lewis Clark (1949–2006), American convicted murderer executed in Ohio in May 2006
Frank Napier Jr. [1] (August 8, 1935 [1] – October 28, 2002) [2] was an American former superintendent of the Paterson School District in Paterson, New Jersey. [3] [4] [5] In the 1980s, he received national recognition as superintendent through Joe Louis Clark, the notable and controversial former principal of Eastside High School.
St. Aloysius High School, Jersey City (closed 2007) St. Anthony High School, Jersey City (closed 2017) St. Dominic Academy, Jersey City; Saint Joseph of the Palisades High School, West New York (closed in 2009) St. Mary High School, Jersey City (closed in 2011) St. Peter's Preparatory School, Jersey City; Yeshiva Gedolah School of Bayonne, Bayonne
In 1852 she established the first free New Jersey public school in Bordentown. [8] She started with six "notoriously bad boys of the town" [6] in a one-room school, and within a year there were 600 students under her direction. [9] To accommodate the extra students, a new and larger schoolhouse was built in 1853. [10]
Clark attended local schools and the University of Alberta, where he earned a bachelor's degree in history (1960) and a master's degree in political science (1973). [2] [4] While in high school, he gained journalism experience with the High River Times and the Calgary Albertan.
Nia H. Gill (born 1948), politician who has represented the 34th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since 2002 [29] Syd Goldsmith (born 1938, class of 1956), writer and diplomat who has been featured in the South China Morning Post [30] J. Henry Harrison (1878–1943), lawyer and politician who represented Essex County in the New ...