Waldwick High School

Waldwick High School
Location
155 Wyckoff Avenue
Waldwick, NJ 07463
Information
Type Public high school
School district Waldwick Public School District
Principal Kevin Carroll
Asst. Principal Michael Clancy
Faculty 42.2 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 461[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 10.92:1[1]
Color(s) Blue and White
Athletics conference North Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team name Warriors
Website School website

Waldwick High School is a four year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Waldwick, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Waldwick Public School District. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1969.[2] In 2008, the school came up for Middle States re-accreditation for the next ten years.[3]

The school building serves Waldwick students grades six though twelve along with a pre-school program run by students as part of a class.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 461 students and 42.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.92:1. There were 6 students (1.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 73rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[4] The school had been ranked 54th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 68th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 93rd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 96th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 161st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 59 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (79.3%) and language arts literacy (95.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

Athletics

The Waldwick High School Warriors compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 348 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 117 to 478 students in that grade range.[10] Prior to the realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Waldwick was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).[11]

The current athletic programs are as follows: Varsity Golf, Junior Varsity Golf, Varsity Football, Junior Varsity Football, Freshman Football, Boys Varsity Soccer, Boys Junior Varsity Soccer, Boys Freshman Soccer, Girls Varsity Soccer, Girls Junior Varsity Soccer, Girls Freshman Soccer, Girls Varsity Volleyball, Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball, Girls Freshman Volleyball, Girls Varsity Tennis, Varsity Wrestling, Boys Varsity Basketball, Boys Junior Varsity Basketball, Boys Freshman Basketball, Girls Varsity Basketball, Girls Junior Varsity Basketball, Girls Freshman Basketball, Boys & Girls Winter Track, Varsity Baseball, Junior Varsity Baseball, Freshman Baseball, Varsity Softball, Junior Varsity Softball, Girls Lacrosse, Boys Varsity Lacrosse, Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse, Freshman Softball, Boys Varsity Track, Girls Varsity Track and Boys Varsity Tennis.

The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional championship in 1988.[12]

The boys basketball team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship in 2000 with a 62-49 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School.[13][14]

The boys soccer team won the state tournament and Bergen County tournament in 1995. It has won numerous North I, Group I state sectional championships, most recently in the 2006 fall season with a 1-0 victory over local rival Midland Park High School in the tournament final.[15] The boys soccer team has also won back-to-back league titles in 2009 and 2010.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[16]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 School Data for Waldwick High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  2. ↑ Waldwick High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 15, 2012. Accessed March 30, 2015.
  3. ↑ Waldwick School District - Superintendent's Message. Accessed March 30, 2008.
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  10. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  11. ↑ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  12. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 6, 2012.
  13. ↑ Kurland, Bob. "WALDWICK STAVES OFF BECTON WITH LATE RUN", The Record (Bergen County), March 8, 2000. Accessed July 31, 2007. "Waldwick captured its second straight Section 1 Group 1 boys basketball championship Tuesday night, but not before Becton threw a huge scare into the Warriors before a standing-room-only crowd at Northern Highlands."
  14. ↑ Public Sectionals - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 31, 2007.
  15. ↑ 2006 Boys Soccer Tournament - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 31, 2008.
  16. ↑ Contact Information, Waldwick High School. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  17. ↑ Locicero, Anthony. "Where are they now? Former Waldwick football player Eric Arndt", The Record (Bergen County), June 11, 2013. Accessed December 17, 2014. "So now, eight years after graduating from Waldwick High School, Arndt is living his dream."
  18. ↑ Dave Fiore profile, database Football. Accessed June 14, 2007.

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