Teaneck High School
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| Established | 1922 |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Principal | Angela Davis |
| Enrollment | 1,398 |
| Location | Teaneck, New Jersey, USA |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Mascot | Highwaymen |
| Homepage | Teaneck High School website |
Teaneck High School (also known as The Castle on the Hill) is a four-year comprehensive public high school, which is part of the Teaneck Public Schools district in Teaneck, New Jersey, United States.
The school was recently renovated in 2003-2004 giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center.
Teaneck has also implemented two new academies for focuses in the sciences and the arts.
Teaneck's sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen (girls' teams are called the Highwaywomen) because of the school's proximity to Route 4 and for the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century.
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[edit] History
The school was opened in the current building, which resembles a turreted Norman castle, in 1928, and a new wing was added in 1936. Honors courses were introduced in the 1960s. Teaneck has been a four-year high school since the 1980s.
Principal Joseph White resigned after being arrested following taped discussions in which he allegedly engaged in sexual conversations with a high school student. White had been acquitted of molestation charges in 2003, in an incident involving a different youth.[1]
[edit] Athletics
Teaneck High School is one of twenty public and private high schools from Bergen, Essex and Passaic Counties that are members of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League.
[edit] Fall
- Boys Cross Country
- Girls Cross Country
- Football
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Soccer
- Girls Volleyball
[edit] Winter
- Boys Basketball
- Girls Basketball
- Boys Ice Hockey
- Boys Swimming
- Girls Swimming
- Indoor Track
- Collegiate wrestling
- Boys Fencing
- Girls Fencing
[edit] Spring
[edit] Notable alumni
- Chris Brancato, producer and writer of shows including Beverly Hills 90210, The X-Files and North Shore. Writer of the films Hoodlum and Species II
- Tony Campbell, professional basketball player
- Gaius Charles, actor, Friday Night Lights.[2]
- Dan E. Fesman, television writer and producer of Wonderfalls and LAX
- Lawrence Frank, New Jersey Nets head coach.
- Jeff Gottesfeld, author, screenwriter Broken Bridges, and television writer for shows including The Young and the Restless and Smallville
- Tamba Hali, All-American Defensive End for Penn State Nittany Lions, 1st round pick in the 2006 NFL Draft by the Kansas City Chiefs
- Jaqueline B. Kates, Mayor of Teaneck, 2002—2006
- Phoebe Laub, singer / songwriter known by her stage name Phoebe Snow, which was selected from the name of a train that ran through Teaneck, the Phoebe Snow[3]
- Damon Lindelof, co-creator, producer and head writer of Lost
- Leonard Maltin, film critic
- Mario, R&B singer
- Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, Chief Justice of the World Court in the Hague
- Michael Newdow, separation of church and state advocate, filed suit against inclusion of the words "under God" in public schools' recitals of the United States Pledge of Allegiance
- Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.[4]
- David Stern, Commissioner of the National Basketball Association
- Paul A. Volcker, former Federal Reserve Chairman, 1979—1987
[edit] References
- ^ Principal faces new sex charges, The Record (Bergen County), June 24, 2006
- ^ Teaneck actor got in the zone to land 'Friday Night Lights' role, The Record (Bergen County), November 26, 2006
- ^ Biographical infor for Phoebe Snow, NNDB, accessed June 30, 2006
- ^ Teaneck H.S. graduate may head Joint Chiefs, The Record (Bergen County), April 21, 2005
[edit] External links
- Teaneck High School
- Teaneck High School's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- National Center for Education Statistics data for the Teaneck Public Schools
