Passaic Valley Regional High School

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Passaic Valley Regional High School is a regional comprehensive four-year public high school and school district that serves students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey. The school serves students from Little Falls (370 students from a 2000 Census population of 10,855), Totowa Borough (392 students from a population of 9,892) and West Paterson Borough (385 students from a population of 10,987). The school facility is located in Little Falls.

The Passaic Valley Board of Education consists of nine members, with three members from each municipality in this evenly-balanced district, both in terms of population and enrollment. The board generally meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer.

1 Extracurricular activities
2 Athletics
3 Administration
4 Noted alumni
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The Passaic Valley Regional High School Hornets compete in the Skyline Division of the Northern Hills Conference.

Passaic Valley also has a program call "24 Hours Around the World" in which students teleconference with other nations for 24 hours.

Passaic Valley also has a ski club, in which students go on a trip to Mountain Creek.

[edit] Athletics

On March 6, 2007, the boys' basketball team won the North I, Group III state championship, defeating Wayne Valley High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. The win was their first ever sectional championship in school history.^[1]^[2]

[edit] Administration

Dr. Viktor J. Joganow - Superintendent (an alumnus of PVRHS)
Paul Gerber - Business Administrator
John Wallace - Principal

[edit] Noted alumni

David Blaine - Class of 1991 (has a yearbook entry at PV)
Frank DeCaro - Class of 1980 - Writer, entertainer, and satellite radio talk show host; co-wrote and hosted Out at the Movies segments on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Laurie Giardino - Class of 1977. Writer & Photographer; Totowa Book of the Dead