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Our Lady of Good Counsel High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Newark, in Essex County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.

Opened as a four-year high school in September 1925, the school closed in June 2006 due to declining enrollment and increasing financial deficits. A new school, Christ the King Preparatory School, opened on the site in September 2007. Christ the King, later known as Christo Rey Newark High School, closed in 2020.

Athletics

The basketball team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1934 (defeating St. Mary High School of Rutherford in the tournament final) and 1940 (vs. Camden Catholic High School). Down by 10 points in the middle of the fourth quarter, the 1940 team mounted a furious comeback to win the Group II private schools title (since reclassified as Non-Public A) with a 41–39 win against Camden Catholic in the championship game played at the Elizabeth Armory.

The boys track team won the Non-Public Group A spring / outdoor track state championship in 1935–1940. The streak of six cpnsecutive titles is tied for fourth longest.

The boys track team won the indoor / winter track Non-Public Group I/II state championship in 1940.

The boys cross country running team won the Non-Public Group A state championship in 1951.

Notable alumni

• Michael F. Adubato (1934-1993), politician who served nine consecutive terms, a total of 18 years, in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1974 to 1992, representing the 28th Legislative District for four terms and the 30th Legislative District for an additional five terms.
• Andy Chisick (1916-1986), American football center who played in the NFL for the Chicago Cardinals.
• Teresa Ruiz (born 1974), politician who has represented the 29th Legislative District in the New Jersey Senate since taking office in 2008.
• Jonathan Santiago (1985), ].<ref>

References

1. Our Lady of Good Counsel, Newark Religion. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Our Lady of Good Counsel High School started as a middle school and commercial school in 1923, became a full 4 year high school in 1925, and closed June 2006."
2. Freedman, Samuel G. "Newark's School Choices Grow Bleaker", The New York Times, June 21, 2006. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Our Lady of Good Counsel High School was closing after 81 years, the latest victim of the vicious cycle of rising tuition, falling enrollment and mounting deficits that has afflicted urban Roman Catholic schools across the country."
3. Freedman, Samuel G. "Eager to Learn, Newark Teenagers Embrace Lessons in Perseverance", The New York Times, October 24, 2007. Accessed September 1, 2019. "Christ the King operates in the former Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, which closed in June 2006 after 81 years of operation."
4. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 10, 2023.
5. "Local 'Irish' Wilt in Closing Minutes as Good Counsel Wins, 41-39; Lose Parochial Title", The Morning Post, March 18, 1940. Accessed January 29, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The Good Counsel passers from Newark put on a driving finish here on Saturday afternoon to defeat Camden Catholic High in the finals of the Group 2 private schools by the score of 41 to 39. Four minutes before the finish Camden led Good Counsel 35to 25. Then the Newark team coached by Marty Kaveny, put on a rodeo that knocked all calculations to smithereens."
6. NJSIAA Boys Spring Track Summary of Group Titles, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
7. Boys Winter Track and Field Championship History: 1922-2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated November 2023. Accessed February 1, 2024.
8. NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
9. Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1986, p. 269. Accessed September 1, 2019. Assemblyman Adubato was born in Newark on Sept. 15, 1934. He attended St. Lucy's School, Our Lady of Good Counsel High School, Seton Hall University and Jersey City State College."
10. "Andy Chisick Elected Villanova Grid Leader", Courier-Post, December 7, 1939. Accessed March 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Members of the Villanova varsity football squad have elected Andy Chisick, 210 pound center, captain of the team for the past season.... Andy comes from Newark where he played on Good Counsel High School teams."
11. "Newark Lifetimes: Jose Linares & Teresa Ruiz", Newark Pulse, September 7, 2016. Accessed March 17, 2022. "New Jersey State Senator Teresa Ruiz was born in Newark, and attended Our Lady of Good Counsel High School before earning her B.A. in English at Drew University."

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