Bayonne High School

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Bayonne High School (BHS) is a four-year community public high school (grades 9-12) located in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. As of 2006 it had 2,362 students and 217 professional staff. The school is operated by the Bayonne Board of Education.

The school has existed since 1936, when the Sweeney Senior High School and the Pulaski Vocational / Technical School were established. The technical school occupied what is now the vocational wing of BHS. The two schools were officially amalgamated in 1953. In 1973, the school was reorganized into six houses, described as "schools within a school".

After an incident in 1997 in which a student was stabbed, the school instituted wideranging measures to reduce violence, from discussion groups to metal detectors. In 2000, it was reported^[1] to be known as a model of school safety.

1 Extracurricular activities
2 Awards and recognition
3 Popular culture
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Extracurricular activities

BHS has many clubs and extra-curricular activities, including sports from baseball and soccer to golf and fencing, and music from a jazz band, concert band, wind ensemble and marching band to madrigals. Bayonne High School also has several special music courses including Music Business & Technology and AP Music Theory. It has a sundry of clubs including a Seinfeld Club (dubbed a club about nothing!) and a Mock Trial team.

[edit] Awards and recognition

For the 1995-96 school year, Bayonne High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[2]

[edit] Popular culture

Bayonne High School has been featured a salmagundi of times in films and television productions:

Some scenes from the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete and Pete were shot in Bayonne. Scenes that took place in Wellsville High School were shot in Bayonne High School and P.S. #14.
The 1996 TV show Matt Waters starring Montel Williams, with Williams portraying a fictional high school teacher, was filmed almost entirely in Bayonne, with scenes shot at Bayonne High School.
The music videos Someday by Mariah Carey and Popular by Nada Surf were filmed on location at Bayonne High School.
The 2006 film version of Strangers with Candy shot scenes taking place at Flatpoint High inside Bayonne High School.
It is currently featured on every episode of MTV's High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks & Controversies.
Bayonne High School was featured in scenes of the 2002 film Swimfan.
A MTV short-commercial was shot on location at BHS's surrounding campus.
Bayonne High School pop-punk act, Hudson, had a song featured in the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die.