Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest

Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest
Location
150 Knickerbocker Road
Demarest, NJ 07627
Information
Type Public
School district Northern Valley Regional High School District
Principal James Santana
Faculty 102.2 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,231[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 12.05:1[1]
Color(s)      Blue
     White
Athletics conference Big North Conference
Team name Norsemen
Website School website

Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students from several municipalities in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The high school serves students from the suburban communities of Closter, Demarest and Haworth.[2] The school is one of two high schools that are part of the Northern Valley Regional High School District, the other being Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan.

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,231 students and 102.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.05:1. There were 11 students (0.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 5 (0.4% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The high school is overseen by the New Jersey Department of Education and has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1959.[3]

Awards, recognition and rankings

During the 1994-96 school years, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was awarded the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[4] the highest award an American school can receive.[5][6]

The school was the 42nd-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.[7] The school had been ranked 34th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 14th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[8] The magazine ranked the school 9th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[9] The school was ranked 16th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[10]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 23rd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 3 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (96.4%) and language arts literacy (98.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[11]

In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 351st in the nation among participating public high schools and 28th among schools in New Jersey.[12]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 21st in New Jersey and 755th nationwide.[13] The school was ranked 378th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the seventh-ranked school in New Jersey, with 2.364 AP tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 35% of all graduating seniors passing at least one AP exam; The school was ranked 1,166th nationwide in 2008.[14] In Newsweek's 2007 rankings of the country's top 1,200 high schools, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest was listed in 1045th place, the 32nd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[15]

Athletics

The Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest Norsemen compete in the Big North Conference, a super-conference of 40 schools in Bergen and Passaic counties established in 2009 as part of an effort to achieve greater competitive balance between schools, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[16][17] The school had previously competed in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League, an athletic conference that consisted of high schools located in Bergen County.[18] With 963 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 754 to 1,076 students in that grade range.[19]

The school offers over 23 sports, which include participation at the freshman, junior varsity, and varsity level (46 teams) in the Athletic League, as well as 18 co-curricular activities. Some sports include bowling, football and boys and girls basketball.

Music department

The music department presents five public concerts per academic year: The Fall Concert (October), The Holiday Concert (December), The Winter Instrumental Concert (March), The Spring Choral Concert (April), and The Awards Concert (June). The department also puts on a full-scale musical every March directed by John Gray.

The Instrumental Department is composed of Concert Band, Wind Symphony, Marching Band, Jazz Band, String Orchestra, Symphonic Orchestra, and Pit Orchestra. The department also has two instrumental jazz groups, the Jazz Band and the Jazz Ensemble.[34]

The Vocal Department is composed of Freshman Chorus, Sophomore Choir, Concert Choir. There are also three extracurricular choirs, which are the Jazz Singers, Bel Canto (a select women's ensemble), and Oriana Singers (a select mixed ensemble).[35]

The department has also won many awards, all groups taking excellent or superior in their last music competition in Williamsburg, VA, competing against groups from all around America and Canada. The Marching Norsemen have also received many awards from the various competitions they have competed in.

Notable alumni

See also

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[43]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Northern Valley Regional High School At Demarest, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.
  2. ↑ Cheslow, Jerry. "If You're Thinking of Living In / Demarest, N.J.; Small Town, Large Sense of History", The New York Times, April 4, 1999. Accessed July 22, 2011. "Following eighth grade, students go on to Northern Valley Regional High School in Demarest, which the borough shares with Haworth and neighboring Closter."
  3. ↑ Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed July 11, 2011.
  4. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  5. ↑ "CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department", Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  6. ↑ "Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test", The Washington Post, September 29, 2005. "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  7. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  8. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 2, 2012.
  9. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 3, 2011.
  10. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed September 16, 2008.
  11. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ Streib, Lauren. "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast, May 6, 2013. Accessed May 8, 2013.
  13. ↑ Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest", The Washington Post. Accessed July 28, 2011.
  14. ↑ Staff. "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools", Newsweek, June 8, 2009. Accessed June 10, 2009.
  15. ↑ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
  16. ↑ Athletic Department Information, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. Accessed July 11, 2011.
  17. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 14, 2014.
  18. ↑ League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 12, 2012.
  19. ↑ 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 September 14, 2014.
  20. ↑ 2000 - Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed May 8, 2007.
  21. ↑ 2001 NJSIAA Girls Volleyball - Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed May 8, 2007.
  22. ↑ 2003 Girls Volleyball - Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 8, 2007.
  23. ↑ 2006 Girls Volleyball - Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 8, 2007.
  24. ↑ Deblasio, Kris. "Demarest loses to Immaculate Heart Academy in volleyball Tournament of Champions final", Northern Valley Suburbanite, November 30, 2011. Accessed December 7, 2012.
  25. ↑ NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 7, 2012.
  26. ↑ Baumiller, J. C. "Demarest wins Group 2 volleyball title with 2-0 win over Sterling", Northern Valley Suburbanite, November 19, 2012. Accessed December 7, 2012. "Demarest made it two state championships in a row when they beat Sterling in straight sets to win the Group 2 title Nov. 17 at William Paterson University. Last year they won the Group 3 title."
  27. ↑ 2007 Girls Team Swimming - North I - B, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed May 8, 2007.
  28. ↑ 2007 Boys Team Swimming - North I - B, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed May 8, 2007.
  29. ↑ 2004 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, accessed May 8, 2007.
  30. ↑ "Demarest wins sectional title", The Record (Bergen County), November 4, 2007. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  31. ↑ 2007 Field Hockey - North I, Group III, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 12, 2007.
  32. ↑ Chessari, Joe. "Demarest Wins Title", The Record (Bergen County), November 21, 1997. Accessed July 11, 2011. "Senior Kim Bogdan scored the goal in the first half, and seniors Danielle Vargas, Jenni Eftychiou, and Leigh-Ann Wiseman were outstanding defensively Thursday as Northern Valley at Demarest trimmed Northern Highlands, 1-0..."
  33. ↑ "Norse force takes NBIL-D1 racquet team championship"
  34. ↑ Jazz Bands, Northern Valley Demarest Music Department. Accessed January 29, 2013.
  35. ↑ Vocal Music, Northern Valley Demarest Music Department. Accessed January 29, 2013.
  36. ↑ "Spiderwebart Gallery". Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  37. ↑ Biographical Data: Gregory T. Linteris, NASA. Accessed December 26, 2007.
  38. ↑ Lauer, Evelyn. "Around Town", The Record (Bergen County), January 11, 1987. Accessed January 29, 2013.
  39. ↑ "Joe Pesce". Retrieved 2009-06-02.
  40. ↑ Celizic, mike. "Surgery Spurs Waddell's Relief", The Record (Bergen County), March 28, 1986. Accessed January 29, 2013. "A BIG PURPLE scar runs down the inside of Tom Waddell's right elbow. A smaller wound decorates the outside of the joint. 'It was kind of a 20,000-pitch maintenance operation,' the onetime star pitcher at Demarest High School said yesterday as his team, the Cleveland Indians, played the Chicago Cubs in a spring training game."
  41. ↑ International Inspirational Speaker and Author Simon Sinek Returns to NVD, Northern Valley Regional High School District. Accessed February 15, 2013. "On Wednesday, February 13, 2013, Simon Sinek, an alumnus of Demarest High School, Class of '91, inspirational speaker, author and one among the top ten most watched TedTalks.com videos on the topic of his first book Start with Why will spend the day at his Alma Mater, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest."
  42. ↑ Elected Board of Education, Rockleigh Public Services. Accessed March 3, 3011.
  43. ↑ Contact us, Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest. Accessed September 14, 2014.

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