Hackensack High School

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Hackensack High School

Motto	"There is no limit to the good a man can do, if he doesn't care who gets the credit." Seal motto: Scientia Terras Irradiamus (We irradiate the Earth with knowledge.)
Established	1894
Type	Public School
Affiliation
Principal	Mark Porto
Students	2,144
Grades	9-12
Location	First & Beech Streets Hackensack, NJ USA
District	Hackensack Public Schools
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Comet
Yearbook	The Comet
Newspaper	The Voice
Athletics	25 Teams
Website	www.hackensackhigh.org

Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, in the United States as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack, Rochelle Park and Maywood. Students from Teterboro may choose to attend either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School as part of sending/receiving relationship with the respective districts.

1 History
2 Sports
3 See also
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Hackensack High School was founded in 1894 and graduated its first class on February 1, 1898. The cornerstone for its present location at First and Beech Streets in Hackensack was laid on December 2, 1916. The building was dedicated in 1918. By 1920, twenty-two Bergen County towns sent their students to Hackensack High School. New wings were built in the 40's and 50's. The 1965 expansion of Hackensack High School encompassed neighboring Beech Street School and extended a two-story bridge over First Street and in 1967 the Beech Street elementary school became the "east wing" of the high school as it stands today^[1].

[edit] Sports

Hackensack is a founding member of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League. Hackensack High and Ridgewood High School are the only founding members of the NNJIL to remain in the league. Since the 1912 visit of Halley's Comet, Hackensack's athletic teams have been known as the Comets ("Colts" before 1912). During the 1924-25 season, the Hackensack Comets Boys Basketball team beat Passaic High School which had won an amazing 159 consecutive games. The ball commemorating this feat still remains in the trophy case in the gym named for that team's captain, Howard Bollerman, Sr. (later principal of Hackensack High School).

In 2006, Hackensack will play rival Teaneck High School in their 75th consecutive meeting on Thanksgiving Day.

Vince Lombardi was hired to coach football at Hackensack High School, but couldn't get out of his contract with neighboring St. Cecilia's in Englewood, New Jersey. Hackensack turned to Tom DellaTorre to coach the football team, he responded by winning 13 championships and having the football field renamed "Tom DellaTorre Athletic Field"