Northern Highlands Regional High School
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| Northern Highlands Regional High School | |
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| 298 Hillside Avenue Allendale, NJ 07401 |
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| School district | Northern Highlands Regional School District |
| Principal | John Keenan |
| Enrollment |
1,309 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 114.3 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 11.5[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Nickname | Highlanders |
| Color(s) | Red and Black |
| Newspaper | The Highland Fling |
| Established | 1965 |
| Information | 201-327-8700 |
| Homepage | School website |
Northern Highlands Regional High School (NHRHS) is a regional public high school and school district in Allendale, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The high school serves students in grades 9–12 from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus, Saddle River, and Upper Saddle River.[2]
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,309 students and 114.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.[1]
Among 264 graduates in 2005, 256 (97%) planned to attend college. Of those attending college, 250 (95%) planned to attend four-year colleges and 6 (2%) to attend two-year colleges.
Northern Highlands Regional High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and by the New Jersey Department of Education.
The school newspaper is called The Highland Fling.[3]
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[edit] Awards and recognition
During the 1986-87 school year, Northern Highlands Regional High School was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[4] the highest award an American school can receive.[5][6]
Northern Highlands Regional High School was the 7th 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.[7]
In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Northern Highlands Regional High School was listed in 766th place, the 16th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[8]
[edit] Administration
- Superintendent - Robert M. McGuire,
- Principal - John Keenan
- Vice-Principal - Joseph Occhino
[edit] Curriculum
Northern Highlands has a four-day rotating schedule; days are lettered with A through D. Students are scheduled for eight courses, six of which meet daily. This schedule provides longer segments of time (57 minute periods) to engage in higher-order thinking and performance-based learning. To receive a Northern Highlands Regional High School diploma, all students must pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), and earn a minimum of 125 credits including: 4 years of English and a freshman writing course for one semester; 1 year of World History / Cultures; 2 years of United States History; 3 years of Mathematics; 3 years of Science; 2 years of World Languages; 2 years of Career Education & Consumer, Family, and Life Skills, one semester of which is Computer Applications; 2 years of Visual and Performing Arts; and a year of Physical Education and/or Health for each year a student is in attendance at Northern Highlands.
Elective offerings in Visual and Performing Arts include: all art and music classes, Acting I, Actors’ Workshop, Creative Writing I and II, Journalism, TV Production I and II, and Film Studies. Semester courses include: Digital Multimedia and Web Page Design, as well as Mass Communications, Introduction to TV and Film, and Public Speaking. Elective offerings in Family and Life Skills include: Business, Computer classes, Industrial Technology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Music and Fine Arts. Semester courses include Digital Multimedia and Web Page Design which may apply EITHER to Visual and Performing Arts requirements OR Family and Life Skills, and Personal Finance and Investment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management and Accounting, and Sports and Entertainment Marketing. Engineering courses are offered and rapidly growing in popularity.
Presently, there are 37 Honors courses — two of which are Syracuse University Honors Project Advance classes in Forensic Science and Writing Studio I/ Reading Interpretation — and 19 Advanced Placement courses, in AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP United States History, AP European History, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Statistics, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP French Language, AP Spanish Language, AP Latin Literature, AP Macroeconomics, AP Art History, AP Studio Art, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Computer Science and AP Music Theory. AP courses are available to juniors and seniors only. Although very few Highlanders take a study, those students who take two lab sciences must have a study.
The Northern Highlands Regiment, the high school marching band under the direction of Theodora Sotiropoulos, is a top program in the region, having won the New Jersey Division 4A State Championship in 2004. The band often places first or in the top three at local competitions throughout the fall season.[citation needed]Another source of Highlander pride is notable alumni Craig Finkel, who after excelling as a quarterback at Northern Highlands, went on to become Head TV Watcher at ABC's only late night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Northern Highlands Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 27, 2007.
- ^ Northern Highlands Regional High School Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed January 18, 2008. "A four-year public high school, Northern Highlands strives to address the needs of all of its students, who come from four towns in northern Bergen County: Allendale, Upper Saddle River, Ho-Ho-Kus, and Saddle River."
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- ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
- ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Red Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
- ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, February 21, 2008. Accessed June 6, 2008.
- ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
[edit] External links
- Northern Highlands Regional High School
- Northern Highlands Regional High School's 2006-07 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for Northern Highlands Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics
