North Bergen High School | |
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7417 Kennedy Boulevard North Bergen, NJ 07047 |
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Type | Public high school |
School district | North Bergen School District |
Principal | Paschal Tennaro[1] |
Vice principal | Denise Arenas Patricia Brando Thomas Liggio Edward Somick[1] |
Faculty | 149 (on FTE basis)[2] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,549 (as of 2009-10)[2] |
Student to teacher ratio | 17.11[2] |
Color(s) | Red and Gold |
Athletics conference | Hudson County Interscholastic League |
Team name | Bruins |
Website | School website |
North Bergen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the North Bergen School District.
Students from Guttenberg attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.[3]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,549 students and 149 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.11.[2]
The school was the 296th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 294th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] The school was ranked 285th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[5] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 198th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 39 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[6]
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North Bergen High School was recognized as a "Benchmark Public High School for Academic Achievement" by the Business Coalition for Education Excellence, for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.[7][8][9]
North Bergen High School is home to the Bruins Stadium located in James J. Braddock Park serves as the home field for the Track, Football and Soccer teams. The Tennis Courts at James J. Braddock Park serve as the home courts. N.B.H.S gymnasium serves as the home field for other sports. The Bruins compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic League, which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[10][11]
Sports programs include:
The Bruins Cross Country 2007 season came with a surprising third place finish at the NJSIAA state sectional after many years without placing and qualifying.
North Bergen Boys' Tennis team came in 3rd place in the HCIAA finals after a 4–1 loss against their arch rival the Bayonne Bees. The 1st doubles team in the Boys Tennis team were recognized as the top 1st Doubles team in Hudson County. During the 2006 season the boys tennis team defeated Bayonne High School for the first time in 15 years and during the 2007 season NBHS beat Bayonne again (3–2).
North Bergen Bowling team was a top ten team in New Jersey in 2009, winning several tournaments and was a county champion for only the fourth time in school history (1974, 1998, 2002), they're one of the more consistent teams in the county having a winning record every year since 1992.
On March 5, 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group IV state championship, falling to Passaic County Technical Institute by 86–85 in overtime, in a game played at Wayne Valley High School.[12][13]
The football team won the North I Group IV state championship in 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1997 and 2011.[14]
North Bergen High School features various interest groups that include the:
The high school also offers various culture groups and honor societies like:
In addition, North Bergen High School students can participate in community service and student government groups like:
North Bergen High School is also home to various performance groups like:
and as of March 2009 a Gay-Straight Alliance Club has also been created.
Core members of the School's administration are:[1]
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