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Vir Fidelis
The Faithful Man
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| 40 Chestnut Ridge Road Montvale, NJ Bergen County, 07645 |
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| Type | Private, All-Boys |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1962 |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark |
| Principal | Barry Donnelly |
| Vice principal | Michael Doherty |
| Asst. Principal | John Vreeland |
| Faculty | 29.3 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 484 [1] (2009-10) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.5:1[1] |
| Campus | Urban Fringe of Large Metro Area |
| Campus size | 35+ acres (14+ hectares) |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Team name | Green Knights |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
| Newspaper | The Guardian |
| Yearbook | Aegis |
| Development Director | Jeffrey Fucci |
| Admissions Director | Michael Doherty |
| Athletic Director | Anthony Karcich |
| Website | www.saintjosephregional.org |
Saint Joseph Regional High School (known as SJR, St. Joe's or Joe's) is a private, Roman Catholic, college preparatory school for boys, located on a 33-acre (130,000 m2) campus in Montvale, New Jersey. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark.[3] St. Joseph Regional High School was founded in 1962 by the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier.[4] The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.[2]
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 484 students and 29.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 16.5.[1]
The St. Joseph curriculum includes an extensive array of Honors and Advanced Placement courses, and has college credit courses available through Saint Peter's College in Jersey City, New Jersey.[4]
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Saint Joseph Regional offers courses in English, World/US History, Science, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Theology, and a number of electives, most with accelerated and honor levels. The school offers a number of Advanced Placement and college-level courses. In addition, a Virtual High School program provides an opportunity for qualified students to take courses on-line through an educational consortium endorsed by the United States Department of Education. Students can take classes as diverse as Mandarin Chinese and Marine Biology.
Students who are qualified may apply and be accepted into the National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, French Honor Society, and Tri-M Music Honor Society.
Saint Joseph Regional boasts a 100% college acceptance rate and millions of dollars in scholarship money earned each year.[5] Students have been accepted to many of the most prestigious colleges and universities in the country such as Harvard, Yale, Columbia, Brown, Cornell, Penn, NYU, Notre Dame, Georgetown, Fordham, Holy Cross, Boston College, the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy, Villanova, Northeastern, Johns Hopkins and many more.
The Saint Joseph Regional High School Green Knights participate in the United Division of the Big North Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[6] Until the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in Division C of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL), until its dissolution following the 2008-09 season. The Green Knights have enjoyed a very successful history with athletics, achieving league, county and state titles in football, baseball, basketball, wrestling, golf, ice hockey, and winter and spring track and field athletics in the last two decades. The Green Knights' rivals include Bergen Catholic High School, Don Bosco Preparatory High School, and Paramus Catholic High School.
SJR offers three varsity fall sports including football, cross country, and soccer.
SJR football has been long and still considered a regional powerhouse. The football team won the NJSIAA 1987-88 (Non-Public North A), 1995-96 (Non-Public Group III), 1997 (Non-Public Group IV), 1999-2005 and 2008-09 (Non-Public Group III).[7] The SJR varsity football team had a streak of seven Non-Public Group III titles through the 2005 season, a run ended with a close loss to Holy Cross High School in the first round of the 2006 playoffs. The football team has also had its share of national rankings by USA Today, including #8 in 1995, #11 in 1997, #7 in 1999, and #23 in 2004. SJR has also been ranked #1 in the state in 1995, 1997, and 1999. Other teams have been listed in the nation's top 25 rankings during various parts of the year.[8][9] Through 2010, the Green Knights had won 14 state championships: 1987, 1988, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 and 2009.[10] SJR also received The Star-Ledger Trophy in 1995, 1997, and 1999, recognizing the team as the #1 football team in New Jersey. The team had heartbreaking seasons in 2006 and 2007, not making it into the state finals and enduring very disappointing seasons. However, the 2008 team finished with an 11-1 record and won against Immaculata High School 27-6 in the state championship.[11] The 2009 varsity football team defeated Immaculata again in the state championship 14-0. Saint Joe's beat Delbarton School 45-22 in the 2011 Non-Public Group III title game played at Kean University to earn its 15th state championship title.[12]
SJR currently offers five varsity winter sports including basketball, bowling, ice hockey, wrestling, and winter track. The SJR basketball team has been on the rise, winning a sectional championship, three county championships, most recently in 2005, and five league championships, most recently in 2005, 2007, and in 2009, where they enjoyed recent success with a win over Teaneck High School, 63-50, less than 48 hours after losing to them in the County jamboree finals 55-53, and ended their season with a record of 16-2 in the NNJIL.[13] In 2005, the SJR basketball team were state finalists, but lost to Seton Hall Preparatory School 63-54 in the Non-Public North A state sectional tournament. SJR Wrestling has been a long dominant force in northern New Jersey. SJR Wrestling was inducted into the New Jersey Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2005. In 2010, SJR Hockey, who entered the NJTCC Cup as the lowest seed, upset top-seeded Passaic Valley High School and DePaul en route to the championship on February 28. During the Winter of 2011, the Green Knight Hockey team, once again made a Cinderella run to the final. They defeated Hackensack in the first round 6-3, and then defeated heavily favored Ramapo by a score of 2-1. Although the Green Knights made the trip, they were not able to win the Championship. Losing 2-0 to 2nd seeded Wayne Valley.
SJR currently offers five varsity spring sports including baseball, golf, lacrosse, tennis, and track and field. SJR baseball has been a very dominant force in New Jersey, winning the NNJIL championship twelve times in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 , 2002, 2003, and 2005, the county tournament in 1984, 1986, 1988, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009, and the state championship in 1992, 1998, and 2004. The 2009 SJR varsity squad won the county tournament by defeating Ramapo High School 10-0. The 2009 squad was also a state finalist after a 7-6 victory over nationally ranked Don Bosco Preparatory High School, but lost to Delbarton School 4-3. Despite the loss, the team was ranked #5 in the state, and #1 in the county.[14] SJR baseball has also had its share of state and national rankings by USA Today, achieving #1 in Northern New Jersey in 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009, #1 in New Jersey in 2005,[15] #10 in the country in 1998,[16] #1 in the east in 1998, #9 in the east in 2004, and is currently ranked #6 in the east in the 2009 season. St. Joe's has had a long-lasting rivalry in baseball with Don Bosco Prep.
SJR is noted for its theater program, led by director John Asselta, along with musical director Neil Berg. SJR always presents a musical in the fall/winter, and a drama or comedy in the spring. SJR students also perform in productions put on by Immaculate Heart Academy and Academy of the Holy Angels.
In 2006, SJR presented the world high school premiere of Miss Saigon.[17] It was nominated for multiple awards in the 10th Annual Drama Festival at Fairleigh Dickinson University, as well as the Helen Hayes Theater Awards, and the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Awards.
Awards won at FDU include:
Helen Hayes awards include:
As of October 15, 2006, SJR presented Urinetown: The Musical. The final cast list reached 106 people, without crew, which made it the largest production in SJR history.
Helen Hayes Theater Awards:[18]
Paper Mill Rising Star Awards:
In 2008, SJR presented West Side Story. It had an outstanding seven final nominations for the Helen Hayes Theater Awards, and four final nominations for the Paper Mill Rising Star Awards. West Side Story also received the 2008 Showstopper Runner-Up Award for best musical in the country by USA Weekend, making SJR theater not only recognized locally, but nationally as well.[19]
Helen Hayes Theater Awards include:[18]
Paper Mill Rising Star Awards include:[20]
The 2009 musical was The Who's Tommy. SJR received seven final nominations from the Metropolitan High School Theater Awards, formerly known as the Helen Hayes Youth Theater Awards, and three final nominations from the Paper Mill Rising Star Awards.
On January 28, 2009, Fox 5 News came to SJR and taped the senior citizens production of SJR's Tommy and aired a special on it on live TV at 7:45 a.m. on Good Day New York and at 5:00 p.m. The special included interviews of cast members, and clips of the cast performing on stage.[21]
Metropolitan High School Theater Award (Helen Hayes Youth Theater Awards):[22]
Paper Mill Rising Star Award:[23]
In 2010, SJR presented Curtains, which was recognized by the Metropolitan High School Theater Awards as Outstanding Overall Production.[24]
In 2011, the play presented was Les Misérables, which earned a Metropolitan High School Theater Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for Taylor Popielarz.[25]
In 2012, SJR will present Cabaret.
St. Joes has a fully fledged functional TV studio, named WSJR, that runs on a closed circuit system on every school day from 8:15am to 8:32am. WSJR generally has students as anchors, and broadcasts school announcements, and sport results (school and pro). Frequently, original content produced entirely by students is broadcast. Local high school news is also broadcast, if it concerns SJR students, as well as programming provided by sponsor Channel One News. Only 20 members allowed per year. WSJR currently features two studio grade cameras, one main editing computer, one slideshow/visual effects computer, a professional grade blue screen, and a fully functional video board, as well as a sound board.
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