Mahwah High School

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Mahwah High School
Location
50 Ridge Road
Mahwah, NJ, USA
Information
School district Mahwah Township Public Schools
Principal Mr. John P. Pascale
Enrollment

880 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 86.2 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 10.2[1]
Type Public high school
Campus suburban
Athletics conference North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League
Nickname Thunderbirds
Color(s) Carolina Blue and Black
Established 1984
Homepage School website

Mahwah High School (MHS) is the four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Mahwah, Bergen County, New Jersey, as the only high school of the Mahwah Township Public Schools.

Mahwah High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the New Jersey Department of Education.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 880 students and 86.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.2.[1]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

Mahwah High School was the 46th-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.[2]

[edit] "Unit Lunch" Controversy

In the fall of 2007, the school opted to have all students eat during a single, 43-minute lunch period - known at Mahwah as the "unit lunch", a change not unanimously supported by students. In a report by Kirstin Cole aired on WCBS-TV on October 11, 2007, Cole stated that Mahwah students "were forced to eat their lunch on the floor," citing health concerns with the practice. The report stated that CBS was able to "obtain and analyze three floor swabs," finding evidence that E. Coli was found on the floor, though tests done by the district did not find contamination.[3]

[edit] Administration

  • Superintendent - Charles V. Montesano
  • Principal - John P. Pascale
  • Dean of Students - Robert MacFarran
  • Assistant Principal - Andrea Petho

[edit] Athletics

Mahwah's athletic and other teams are called the "Thunderbirds.". Mahwah High School is one of the member schools of the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIL/NBIAL).

Cheerleading is offered, but it is not an NBIL sport.

Sports listed with an asterisk (*), although they are technically two teams that compete and score separately, usually practice and have their events with each other.

  • Fall sports: Cross country (boys)*, Cross country (girls)*, Football, Soccer (boys), Soccer (girls), Tennis (girls), Volleyball, Marching Band and Fall Cheerleading.
  • Winter sports: Basketball (boys), Basketball (girls), Bowling (boys)*, Bowling (girls)*, Ice hockey, Track (boys)*, Track (girls)*, Wrestling and Winter Cheerleading
  • Spring sports: Baseball (boys), Golf (boys)*, Golf (girls)*, Softball (girls), Tennis (boys), Track (boys)*, Track (girls)* and Lacrosse

Boy's wrestling won the 2006 NBIL League Title. Coach Dave Heitman took over the Thunderbirds team in 2004. When Heitman took over the team, they were 1-17. In three years he turned the team into a NBIL Championship program, and in four years a state qualifying team.

[edit] Advanced Placement Offerings

Mahwah High School offers thirteen (13) Advanced Placement (AP) courses:

Please note, however, that only six (6) of the AP courses listed above are available to juniors. They are: AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science, and AP Statistics.

  • Due to scheduling limitations, juniors at Mahwah High School rarely enroll in more than two (2) AP courses.
  • Mahwah High School students must enroll in Physics, a laboratory science, in their junior year. Therefore, most Mahwah High School juniors cannot enroll in more than one (1) AP course.

[edit] Extra-curricular Activities

The following are some of the extra-curricular activities offered at Mahwah High School:

[edit] Alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Mahwah High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 25, 2007.
  2. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of April 29, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  3. ^ Cole, Kirstin. "EXCLUSIVE: N.J. Students Forced To Eat On Floor - Parents Horrified, Superintendent Offers Odd Explanation", WCBS (AM)', October 11, 2007. Accessed October 11, 2007.
  4. ^ Frank Chamberlin player profile, NFL Players Association, accessed April 11, 2007. "Attended Mahwah High School, where as a senior two-way football star he rushed for 900 yards and 14 TDs while logging 114 tackles with 6 forced fumbles … Also as a senior, won state shot put championship."
  5. ^ Ivry, Bob. "LFO, A K A VIPS -- BOY BAND DU JOUR HITS THE ROAD WITH BRITNEY SPEARS", The Record (Bergen County), February 26, 2000. Accessed March 23, 2008. "Brad Fischetti, 1993 graduate of Mahwah High School and one-third of the platinum-selling singing combo LFO, is not too proud to admit that he thinks the teen vixen is 'really cute.'"
  6. ^ Bio for Gregg Lalka, KXTV News10. Accessed [{April 23]], 2008.
  7. ^ Chris Wragge profile, WCBS-TV, accessed April 11, 2007. "Born in Hackensack, New Jersey, Wragge attended Mahwah High School in Bergen County."

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