Fort Lee High School

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Fort Lee High School is a four year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Fort Lee, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Fort Lee School District.

1 History
2 Awards and recognition
3 Athletics
4 Notable faculty
5 Administration
6 References
7 External links

[edit] History

Fort Lee High School was first established in 1916. It was relocated to its current location in 1928. A new wing was added in 1964. New classrooms were constructed in 1968. The school was completely renovated in the 1980's.

[edit] Awards and recognition

Fort Lee High School was the 99th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[1]

It was also ranked 778th out of the top 1000 High Schools in the United States by Newsweek magazine.^[2]

The school has had several Advanced Placement Program (AP) scholars named by the College Board, five National Merit Scholarship Program semi-finalists with 18 commended students and one National Merit finalist. 38 students in the last two years have been named Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholars. The Academic Decathlon and the varsity Debate team have won numerous awards.

[edit] Athletics

The Fort Lee High School Bridgemen compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, comprised of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.

[edit] Notable faculty

Joan Voss, has been on the school's faculty since 1963, and has represented Fort Lee and the rest of the 38th legislative district in the New Jersey General Assembly since 2004.