Saddle River Day School

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Saddle River Day School
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Location
Saddle River, NJ, USA
Information
Head master John T. O'Brien
Enrollment

306 (as of 2005-06)[1]

Faculty 40.9 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 7.5[1]
Type Private Day school
Campus Suburban
Nickname Rebels
Color(s) Blue and White
Yearbook Retrospect
Publication Parents Guild Newslink
Newspaper Saber
Established 1957
Homepage

Saddle River Day School is a non-profit, non-discriminatory, coeducational, college-preparatory independent day school, located in Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey. Its student body of 307 boys and girls is drawn from 64 communities in Bergen, Essex and Passaic Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in New York.

The school was founded in 1957 and graduated its first senior class in 1960. Saddle River Day School is composed of three divisions: the Lower Division, the Middle Division and the Upper Division. In 1966 it received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and is also accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Independent Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 306 students and 40.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 7.5.[1]

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[edit] Curriculum

Saddle River Day School is known for its rigorous academics as well as its wide range of class offerings and small class sizes.[citation needed] The Lower School is noted to have a particularly challenging curriculum for students, offering language teaching starting in Kindergarten and all other subjects in an integrated style.[citation needed] The Upper School offers Advanced Placement exams in the following areas: English, United States History, European History, French Literature and/or Language, Latin, Spanish Literature and/or Language, Calculus AB and BC, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. Students are required to take foreign languages K-12.

Of note is Saddle River Day School's Theater Program, which produces a fall play and a spring musical each year.

[edit] Clubs

[edit] Athletics

The schools' main sports teams (baseball, softball, basketball, track, golf, soccer, volleyball, tennis) play in the Patriot Conference of schools in Bergen, Passaic, and Essex counties. After a decision by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in February 2008, both Hawthorne Christian Academy and Saddle River Day School will be added into the Olympic Division of the Bergen County Scholastic League starting as of September 2008.[2]

Their Middle School Soccer team was undefeated 2006-2007 school year.

[edit] Notable Alumni

[edit] Notable Faculty

  • Donald Treue, Guinness Book of World Record Holder, Longest Underwater Monopoly Game.
  • Jennifer Davenport, author of the YA novel "Anna Begins"[12]
  • Rande Styger, Photographer for Hamptons Magazine

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Saddle River Day School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 16, 2008.
  2. ^ Schutta, Gregory. "Two non-publics enter BCSL Olympic", The Record (Bergen County), February 7. 2008. Accessed February 7, 2008.
  3. ^ Pink: Apple's First Stab at a Modern Operating System
  4. ^ Stella Keitel
  5. ^ Aline Brosh McKenna
  6. ^ East Air
  7. ^ Hekemian
  8. ^ Gary Stein's online resume | Development Producer, Executive Producer, Producer, Television Producer | By media-match
  9. ^ J! Archive - Samantha Ross
  10. ^ Thom Kleiner * Orangetown Supervisor
  11. ^ Feuer, Alan. "A Teenager’s Last Steps on a Trail of Missed Chances", The New York Times, July 29, 2006. Accessed October 20, 2007. "Even the settings seemed cruelly accidental: She began the evening in safety and affluence in Harrington Park, N.J.... She was co-captain of the team at Saddle River Day School in Saddle River, N.J., where the honors English class has been asked to read “Pygmalion” this summer and earlier this year two students picked up silver medals in the National Latin Exam."
  12. ^ http://www.jenniferdavenport.net

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