Hasbrouck Heights High School

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Hasbrouck Heights High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Hasbrouck Heights, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hasbrouck Heights School District. It consists of Grades 9-12. As of 2005, the school had an enrollment of 461 students.

Students from Teterboro have the option of attending either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School as part of sending/receiving relationships with the two districts. Because of this, the school receives many students who attended South Hackensack School District's Memorial School.

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[edit] Awards and recognition

Hasbrouck Heights High School was the 92nd-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]

[edit] Athletics and extracurricular activities

The school participates in the BCSL National athletic conference. The team nickname is the Aviators. The high school publishes Pilot's Log, an award-winning student newspaper. At the 2006 National Scholastic Press Association Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Pilot's Log earned the highest accolade of "best in show" for newspapers with 13-16 pages, from all high schools, regardless of size.[2] The newspaper staff also walked away with a National Pacemaker Award for the publication, one of 26 high school publications nationwide to be recognized, unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism.".[3]

[edit] Administration

  • Peter G. O'Hare - Principal
  • Geraldine Stein - Director of Curriculum and Scheduling

[edit] Notable alumni

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