History
Through the 2007-08 school year, Emerson High School was one of two high schools to serve Union City, along with Union Hill High School. The last graduating class for both schools was in June 2008. The student bodies of both schools were to merge into the new Union City High School, which is housed in a building on the site of the former Roosevelt Stadium. The switch was originally planned for September 2008, but the school was not completed by then, and pending the completion, Union Hill and Emerson became known as the north and south campuses of Union City High School, respectively. The new school opened September 3, 2009, with Emerson and Union Hill High Schools converting into middle schools.
The school was the 288th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools. The school was ranked 265th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
Emerson High School competed in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
The boys basketball team won the 2000 North I, Group III state sectional championship as the sixth seed with wins over Demarest High School, Pascack Valley High School and Northern Highlands Regional High School to reach the championship game and a 54-51 win over the fifth seed, Fort Lee High School in the championship game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. The boys basketball team also captured the 2004 Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association Coviello Division regular season and playoff championships while compiling an 11-0 regular season record, and then defeating Bayonne High School and Hudson Catholic Regional High School in the semifinals and finals respectively.
The Emerson Bulldogs' main rival were the Union Hill High School Hillers. The two teams competed in an annual "Turkey Game" on Thanksgiving. The last Turkey Game was held in November 2007, after which the schools were renamed Union City High School North Campus (Union Hill) and South Campus (Emerson). The school's rivalry ended when the two schools converted to middle schools in September 2009.
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