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Welcome to Paterson STEAM High School

Students play djembes in the gym at school.
Student made and painted maracas are displayed on a table.
Two students hold out red skirts while dancing to live music in the school gym.
Students play djembes in a row in the school gym.
Students in White graduation gowns with blue sashes are lined up to be seated at Hinchliffe Stadium, outdoors.
Students in White graduation gowns with blue sashes and decorated caps find their seats at an outdoor ceremony.
Student wearing a white cap and gown and blue sash speaks at a podium in front of other graduates at an open air stadium.
Students wear orange shirts on a grassy field, carrying a sign.
Students wear orange shirts on a grassy field, carrying a sign.
Students wear orange shirts on a grassy field, carrying a sign.
Plates of food are held by a student who is wearing an Honor Roll blue ribbon.
Students are seated and turned towards the principal who is speaking with a microphone.
A poster on a glass interior window shows Valedictorian and Salutatorian photos for each high school for 2024.
A student wearing blue is also wearing a blue Honor Roll ribbon.
Students and staff sit and stand in a group on a city square with LED signs behind them.
Backs of the heads of students as they walk through a city square surrounded by LED signs.
Students sit in an auditorium with red seats under dim lighting waiting for a show.
Red heart shaped balloons are on the gym floor in preparation for a school dance.
A paper with text that explains Fluorescence glows under blacklight.
A painted planet with rings glows off a black background.
Paintings of the moon, a hand, a flame, glow against black background paper.
Students stand with flags representing various cultural identities.
Teachers stand in a row wearing school uniforms of blue and gray.
A counselor and three students smile and pose for the camera,
Three students pose for the camera in the hallway.
Three students pose with a teacher, laughing and smiling.
A student built battery powered propeller car on table in front of a student.
Student hands sort and manipulate wires that are part of a robotic hand.
Students wear brainwave sensing headbands to power remote small control cars around a track.
Students walk in the distance around the edge of the field wearing orange shirts.
Three students stand in a room with lines of colored light circling them.
Collage of STEAM staff portraits: Security, Food Services, Maintenance, Office Admin.

STEAM News and Announcements

College Path Mentorship with UPLIFT ACADEMY - Saturdays

College Path Mentorship is a FREE College Readiness/Preparation program.

For 10-12th graders

Starting on October 12, 2024

Meets at Seminary Baptist Church - 193 Haledon Ave., Paterson, NJ 07522

Runs every Saturday until the end of May, 2025

What we offer: SAT Math/English courses, SAT practice tests, Personalized approach, Free materials, Essay Writing Bootcamps, Field Trips and Activities, Free Snacks/Lunch, Gifts and Rewards for Progress

ORIENTATION will be on Oct. 5, 2024 at 10:30 a.m. 

See the Flyer here

 

Information: STEAM 2026 Spring Break Trip - Italy/France!

Please RSVP for the info session!

Dear families, -- We’re going to France & Italy in Spring 2026, and you’re invited! -- We’re excited to tell you more about the trip we’re planning with EF Tours, our educational travel partner. 

In this info session, we’ll talk about:

· How this opportunity will benefit your student

· What we’ll see and do on our trip

· Everything that’s included in this experience

· How your child can earn academic credit

· How we’re keeping this safe and affordable

· How to enroll on this trip (before it fills up!) during EF’s risk-free enrollment period

Find more information here.

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Principal

Dr. Nellista Bess

nbess@paterson.k12.nj.us

 

Vice Principal

Mr. Christopher Awad

cawad@paterson.k12.nj.us

 

Main Office Secretary

Ms. Rodriguez

(973) 321-0560


Anti-bullying Specialist for Paterson STEAM High School:  Eileen Opromollo   eopromollo@paterson.k12.nj.us

District Anti-bullying Specialist:  Monique McKay 973-321-2404   mmckay@paterson.k12.nj.us

District Anti-Bullying Report Card

School ABR score is 66 out of 78

District ABR score is 71 out of 78

Anti-bullying District Resources here.


 

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Spirit Week - October 2023

Students stand with flags representing various cultural identities.
Two students sit at a cafeteria table, one with a Dominican Republic flag and one with a Mexican flag.
Two students sit at a cafeteria table, one with a headband with Jamaican flag colors, one with a traditional floral dress.
Three students pause in the hallway wearing chipmunk ear headbands and blue, red, and green tops respectively.
A teacher, dressed as the Terminator for Halloween, instructs students in the classroom.
Three students pose with a teacher, laughing and smiling.
Teachers stand in a row wearing school uniforms of blue and gray.
Two students adjust each other's costumes, one an Eeyore onesie, and the other, a Tigger onesie.
Eleven students pose in the hallway.
A counselor and three students smile and pose for the camera,
A group of STEAM staff and STARS/TIES staff pose for a group photo.
Five students pose for the camera in the hallway.
Three students pose for the camera in the hallway.
Three students pose in the hallway.
A student, wearing a taco costume, poses with arms raised in the hallway.
Three students pose in the hallway, each wearing an animal onesie.
A student wearing a dark suit with tie, and a bald cap and mustache, poses in the hallway.
Two students pose in the hallway, one carrying the other on her back, both wearing reindeer onesies.
A student is wearing a red suit, with face painted like a clown, posing in the hallway.
Five students pose in the hallway wearing clothes to represent the year 2000.
Two students pose in the hallway, one dressed as Beetlejuice, the other dressed as a cat.
Three students pose for the camera in the hallway, wearing black pants, button down shirts, and sunglasses.
Three students pose for the camera in the hallway.

Start of the School Year 2023 2024

Students are turned to listen to a teacher in a science classroom with lab station desks.
A student stands at the security desk before entering school for the day.
Students in uniform are turned to listen to a school counselor at the front of the room.
Students sit at a table of four desks put together in a classroom next to a large window.
Two students in the foreground are walking to the front doors, one wearing blue and the other wearing gray STEAM logo shirts.
Students sit at desks inside a classroom and pose for the camera.
Students walk towards the front doors of school wearing their school uniforms.
Three students in uniform, gray and blue, walk by, waving, with a bus pulling into the parking lot behind them.
Students in blue polo shirts and khaki pants wait in front of the school. A staff member walks towards the front doors.
A student wearing a gray polo shirt and khaki pants opens the door for four other students in uniform.

Museum of Modern Art - June 2023

A blurry photo of students and staff lined up in front of a checkerboard cow graphic, alternating pink and yellow.
A teacher wearing a red jacket and glasses points to a location while students listen at an outdoor space in New York City.
Students walk away from the camera to the front doors to exit the museum space with an Andy Warhol print on their left.
Students in uniform are outdoors in New York City on a sunny day.
A student with a camera shows a photo recently taken. The photo is for a sign that reads dial-a-poem.
A red digital figure image covers a wall with viewers in front of it.
The head and shoulders of a student are at the left of the photo as she looks at a Francis Bacon painting.
Students pause inside the museum to take a photo of their group in front of large windows.
A teacher and students gaze up from a seating area.
A view out of the windows shows a sunny day on neighboring buildings and the museum's education wing.
Students in uniform stand opposite a sculpture placed on the floor with a border around it.
Students stand in a curved line and gaze forward to look at a changing art display, inside the museum.
A hand holds up a welcome card which is the ticket for entry at the museum.