West Milford High School

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West Milford High School
Location
67 Highlander Drive
West Milford, NJ 07480
Information
School district West Milford Township Public Schools
Principal Mrs. Maureen Bernstock
Enrollment

1,727 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 103.5 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 16.7[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9 - 12
Athletics conference Northern Hills Conference-Skyline Division
Mascot Stag
Nickname Highlanders
Color(s) Black and Gold
Established 1977
Information 973-697-1701
Homepage School website

West Milford High School is a four-year comprehensive community public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from West Milford, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the West Milford Township Public Schools. The school is known for its kilted pipers and Scottish-themed marching band, the Highlanders, and its renowned academic and athletic programs, most notably its girls' softball program.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,727 students and 103.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.7.[1]

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[edit] Academics

West Milford High School offers Advanced Placement Program (AP), Honors, College Preparatory, and Below-Grade level classes to its students. Students are placed in the Honors or AP program based on various criteria. The school offers many Honors and Advanced Placement courses as core classes and electives, including:

History: World History Honors, United States History I Honors, AP United States History II Honors, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Psychology, and Western Civilization Honors.

Mathematics: Geometry Honors, Algebra II Honors, Pre-Calculus/Trigonometry Honors, Introduction to AP Calculus A Honors, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Computer Science, and AP Statistics.

English: English 1 Honors, English 2 Honors (American Literature), AP English 3 Honors (British Literature), and AP English 4 Honors.

Science: Biology Honors, Chemistry Honors, Physics Honors, Advanced Chemistry Honors, AP Physics, AP Biology, and Anatomy and Physiology Honors.

World Language: Spanish IV Honors, French IV Honors, German IV Honors, Spanish V Honors, French V Honors, German V Honors, AP Spanish V Honors, AP French V Honors, and AP German V Honors.

Fine Arts: Honors Band and Honors Choir.

West Milford High School offers other non-AP and non-Honors electives, such as: Accounting, American Sign Language, Applied Band, Architectural Design, Art, Astronomy, Automotive and Transportation (Auto Shop), Behavioral Science, Bioethical Issues, Business Law, C++ Computer Science, Communications and Media/TV Science, Computer Design, Computer Literacy, Concert Choir, Creative Writing, Culinary Arts, DECA/Marketing, Desktop Publishing, Discrete Mathematics, Economics and Law in American Society, Electricity and Electronics, Film Literacy, Graphic Arts, Harmony and Theory, Holocaust Studies, Home Economics, Interior Design, International Business, Introduction to College Math, Italian, Journalism, Keyboarding, Lsyout and Design, Mechanical Drawing, Multimedia Presentations, Oceanography, Personal Finance, Photography, Photojournaliism, Sculpture, Spreadsheets/Microsoft Excel, Statistics, Web Page Design, Women's Choir, Wood Processing (Wood Shop), Word Processing/Microsoft Word, and World and National Affairs.

[edit] Clubs and Activities

West Milford High School offers a variety of afterschool clubs and activities for its students. These include clubs, student-government programs, peer leadership programs, honorary societies, and scholastic competition organizations:

Above the Influence Club, Art Club, Biology League, Chemistry League, Class Officers, Consumer Bowl, Environmental Club, ERASE Club, French Honor Society, Gay-Straight Alliance, German Honor Society, Green Team, History Club, Literary Arts Club, Model Congress, Model United Nations, Mu Alpha Theta Mathematics Honorary Society, National Honor Society, PALS (Peers as Leaders), Peer Tutoring, Photography Club, Physics League, Spanish Honor Society, Student Council, Varsity Club, Winterguard, World Language Club, and Yearbook Club.

[edit] Model United Nations

The award-winning West Milford High School Model UN team has achieved success in New Jersey and around the northeastern United States. The team has attended conferences at various premier locations, including Princeton University, United Nations Headquarters (New York City), Yale University, Saint Peter's College (Jersey City, New Jersey), Bergen County Academies (Hackensack, New Jersey) and Passaic County Law Day (Passaic County Courthouse, Paterson, NJ). The team was recognized at the 2007 United Nations Association of the United States of America (UNA-USA) International Conference with award winners for Outstanding Delegation and Honorable Delegation.

At the 2007 UNA-USA UN Headquarters International Model UN Conference, West Milford students won four awards. Two of these were for Outstanding Delegation, while the other two were for Honorable Delegation.

At the 2008 Yale University Model UN Conference, Out of 50+ schools, only four of which were public, West Milford's Model UN team placed highly and enjoyed great success. West Milford won five honorable delegate awards at the conference.

West Milford students also won seven awards at the 2008 Bergen County Academies Model UN Conference, with the team taking home Outstanding School Delegation.

West Milford's Model UN team won the overall championship at the Saint Peter's College High School Model United Nations conference for the third year in a row, taking home 10 individual awards, including four for best delegate.

[edit] Model Congress

West Milford High School also participates in the Model Congress program. Selected AP Government and Politics students meet with other schools and carry out the functions of a congress, writing and passing bills on various topics and issues.

[edit] Consumer Bowl

The West Milford High School Consumer Bowl team has dominated Passaic County, winning five consecutive county championships, from 2004-2008. In the 2006-07 school year, the team won the Northern New Jersey Regional title and advanced to the State Championships, placing third in the state.[2] The 2007-2008 team won the county championship after beating Passaic County Technical Institute and International High School of Paterson.

[edit] DECA

West Milford High School offers a comprehensive business program to its students called DECA. This class improves the students' understanding of marketing and advertising, while building leadership and administrative skills, through business-related tasks and projects. West Milford's award-winning DECA team sponsors school events, works with charities, and competes on a state and regional level. In 2008, students went to Giants Stadium to learn about sports marketing.

[edit] The Highlander Marching Band

Under the Direction Of:

  • Dr. Brian McLaughlin - Band Director
  • Ms. Erica McPartland - Assistant Director
  • Mr. Brian Fisher - Associate Director
  • Mr. Peter Shaver - "Colorguard Director"

2007 Repertoire

Spirit of our Homeland

  • The Reason - Ed Nalle
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - J.S. Bach
  • Toss The Feathers
  • Ein Feste Burg - Traditional

Recent Honors:

2007 Music in The Parks Competition

  • 3 Straight Superior Ratings

2007 Randolph Marching Contest

  • First Place Class AA
  • Best Music Class AA
  • Best percussion Class AA
  • Best Color Guard Class AA
  • Best Music Overall
  • Best Percussion Overall
  • Best Color Guard Overall
  • Best Band Overall

2007 State Marching Contest

  • Gold Rating

[edit] Athletics

The West Milford High School Highlanders compete in the Northern Hills Conference, an athletic conference of nineteen private and public high schools located in Essex, Morris, and Passaic Counties in Northern New Jersey, in the Skyline Division. West Milford is classified by the NJSIAA as a Group III school, and is located in the North 1 Sectional. The school offers 27 varsity sports during the fall, winter, and spring seasons.

  • Fall sports offered are: Soccer (B&G), Cross-Country (B&G), Football, Cheerleading, Tennis (G), Field Hockey, and Gymnastics
  • Winter sports offered are: Basketball (B&G), Wrestling, Indoor Track and Field (B&G), Skiing (B&G), Ice Hockey, Cheerleading, Fencing (B&G), and Bowling
  • Spring sports offered are: Softball, Baseball, Golf (B&G), Tennis (B), and Outdoor Track and Field (B&G)

The Lady Highlanders softball team has won seven Passaic County championships, along with 24 conference championships (18 in the Northern Hills Conference, plus six in its predecessor, the Skyline Conference) and eight state sectional titles in North 1, Group III and North 1, Group IV. Varsity Head Coach Jim Dransfield has a career record of 476-98 during his 20-year tenure, ranking him among the winningest coaches in the state and the winningest all-time in North Jersey. Dransfield became the winningest softball coach in North Jersey (Bergen and Passaic Counties) with a 6-1 win over Hawthorne High School, giving him 471 for his career and moving him past former legendary Clifton High School coach Rich LaDuke for the most all-time. The softball team has won at least 20 games in each of the last 20 seasons.

The softball program has produced two of the top ten winningest pitchers in New Jersey history: Karin Kolatac ('96) and Corinne Reiser ('00), who won 79 and 87 games during their high school careers, respectively. Kolatac was an All-American in 1996 (FP Magazine, NFCA). The program also boasts two-time FP Magazine All-American catcher Jen Pawol ('95) and DH Laura Remia ('97), the all-time leading home run hitter in the history of NCAA Division III college softball.

In 2003, the softball team won the North I, Group IV state sectional championship, edging Clifton High School 1-0 in the tournament final.[3] The 2004 team repeated the title, after a shift to Group III, with a 4-2 win over Ramapo High School.[4]

In the 2007 season, the softball team won the Northern Hills-Skyline championship with a 2-1 win over Mount Saint Dominic Academy, and won the Passaic County championship with a 3-1 win over Clifton High School, the eventual state Group IV champions and the #2-ranked team in New Jersey in the final The Star-Ledger polls. The Highlanders finished the season ranked #13, after reaching as high as #2 during the regular season.

The 2008 softball team was ranked #1 in the Bergen Record's preseason poll for North Jersey. The team has won its second-straight county title by capping off its tournament run with a 5-2 victory over Hawthorne High School.[5] In the semi-finals, the team defeated rival Lakeland Regional High School by a score of 11-0. It has competed in the Mount Saint Dominic Academy Invitational tournament, and has clinched the conference championship for the second-straight year, after beating Mount Saint Dominic Academy by a score of 4-0, Millburn High School by a score of 7-1, and Mount Saint Dominic Academy again by a score of 2-0. The team finished this season with a record of 22-8.

The Highlanders boys basketball team has won three conference titles, in 1973-74, 2003-04, and 2007-08. The 2003-04 team went 23-3, going 16-0 in conference play, and advanced to the state sectional semi-final where they lost to Teaneck High School. The 2004-05 team advanced to the state sectional final before losing to Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan by two points. The 2007-08 team finished with a 21-6 record and captured its third conference championship (12-2 conference record, clinched championship). It received the #1 seed in the state sectional tournament but lost to Wayne Valley High School in the sectional finals, 48-45.

The Highlanders girls basketball team won the Group IV state championship in 1995 before losing to St. John Vianney High School in the finals of the New Jersey Tournament of Champions.

The Highlanders cross-country teams have also enjoyed great success. The boys team won the county championship in 2007. The girls team won four state sectional titles in a row from 2003-2006. The girls team has a record of 51-0 over the past three seasons.

The Highlanders wrestling program has won many conference championships. In the 2007-08 season, the Highlander wrestling team won the county championship.

The Highlanders ice hockey program has won the county championship in the 2001-02, 2003-04, and 2006-07 seasons.

The Highlanders football team went 10-1 in the 2003-04 season, making it to the state semi-finals before losing to Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. That season it won the conference championship.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Administration

  • Mrs. Maureen Bernstock - Principal
  • Mr. Pete Anzelone - Assistant Principal, Supervisor of Health & Physical Education
  • Mr. Bill Burks - Assistant Principal, Substance Abuse Coordinator
  • Mr. Nick Pollaro - Assistant Principal
  • Mr. Matthew Strianse - Assistant Principal
  • Mr. Jim Cresbaugh - Guidance Coordinator
  • Mr. Tim Gillen - Athletic Director

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d West Milford High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 14, 2008.
  2. ^ Voorhees High School Wins 2007 State Consumer Bowl Competition, New Jersey Attorney General press release dated May 22, 2007. Accessed February 27, 2008. "Voorhees High School in Glen Gardner, Hunterdon County, is the State Champion in the 11th Annual New Jersey Consumer Bowl, a quiz show-style competition that encourages students to become well-informed consumers.... Southern Regional High School in Manahawkin, Ocean County, took second place and West Milford Township High School in Passaic County came in third."
  3. ^ 2003 Softball Tournament - North I, Group IV, NJSIAA. Accessed July 16, 2007.
  4. ^ 2004 Softball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed July 29, 2007.
  5. ^ [1], The Bergen Record. Accessed May 25, 2008.
  6. ^ Lennie Friedman player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Livingston, NJ...Friedman was a Super Prep Top 17 and All-New Jersey pick at West Milford (N.J.) High School. He started three years on both sides of the ball, winning all-conference honors as a junior defensive tackle—setting a school record with 111 tackles—and as a senior offensive tackle."
  7. ^ Kevin Walker, database Football. Accessed February 14, 2008.
  8. ^ Bondy, Filip. "SKIING: Albertville Profile; Spin Control at a Very High Speed", The New York Times, December 11, 1991. Accessed October 17, 2007. "Eventually, she formed her own ski team at West Milford High School."

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