Wayne Valley High School

Infobox School
name = Wayne Valley High School
motto = "A tradition of excellence"


information = 973-633-3066
fax =
established = 1952
type = Public high school
principal = Robert V. Reis
asst principal = Michael Agrati
Michael Rewick
street = 551 Valley Road
city = Wayne
state = NJ
zipcode = 07470
country = USA
district = Wayne Public Schools
enrollment = 1,381(as of 2005-06)
faculty = 107.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 12.9
grades = 9-12
publication = "Smoke Signals"
conference = Northern Hills Conference
colors = Blue and white
nickname = Indians
website = [http://www.wayneschools.com/wvalley School website]

Wayne Valley High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school, one of the two high schools in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wayne Public Schools. Wayne Valley's school colors are blue and white, and Wayne Valley is the home of the Indians, The Tribe with Pride, Wayne Valley is known for its "tradition of excellence," both academically and athletically, and it has often been ranked among New Jersey's top public high schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,381 students and 107.0 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.9. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417280&ID=341728004964 Wayne Valley High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 29, 2007.]

Wayne Valley has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1954. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ364)&org=CSS Wayne Valley High School] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Accessed June 26, 2007.] The school is also accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.

Awards and recognition

The school was the 46th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 314 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 72nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

ports

The Wayne Valley High School Indians participate in the Northern Hills Conference. The team is categorized by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) in North I, Group III.

The Wayne Valley boys track team went undefeated in the season, winning the County Relays, Conference, and County Meets. While the girls went undefeated in the dual meet season, losing the Conference meet to West Orange High School which came down to the last event, and winning the 5th county title in a row.

The Wayne Valley football team made it to the North 1 Group III playoffs in 2005, 2006 and 2007. In 2005, the Indians were second seeded behind Wayne Hills High School and beat Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest 12-3 in the first round, falling in the 2nd round to 3rd seeded Parsippany Hills High School 27-7.

They went into the 2006 playoff 3rd seeded, losing in the first round to Passaic Valley Regional High School, 49-20. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=188015&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2006 Football Tournament - North I, Group III] , NJSIAA, accessed April 21, 2007.]

On March 6, 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group III state championship, falling to Passaic Valley Regional High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. [ [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MDg5MjY1 Castro, Hornets down Valley, win first sectional crown] , "Herald News", by Adam Zagoria, March 7, 2007] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2007 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed March 7, 2007.] The boys' basketball team, seeded 10th in the tournament, won the North I Group III state championship on March 4, 2008 over top seed West Milford High School by a score of 48-45 in a game played at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=260152&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2008 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed March 9, 2008.] This was the team's first sectional title in just over a decade. [Zagoria, Adam. [http://www.northjersey.com/hssports/boysbasketball/Rosenberg_stole_the_ball_.html "Wayne Valley guard comes up big"] , "The Record (New Jersey)", March 5, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2008. "Valley (20-9) has won four consecutive road tournament games to capture its first sectional title since 1997, when the Indians beat Indian Hills, led by current Valley head coach Joe Leicht."]

In the 2007 playoffs, they were once again the 2nd seed behind their cross-town rival, Wayne Hills High School. They made it to the finals, beating Passaic Valley Regional High School 46-23 in the first round and Paramus High School 20-7 in the semifinals. They faced Wayne Hills High School in the finals, for an all-Wayne Championship game, falling 27-7 to Wayne Hills in the North I Group III state sectional championship game played at Giants Stadium. The loss was the sole blemish on an 11-1 season. [Czerwinski, Mark J. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjI4MTI1 "Hills is king of the hill"] , "The New York Times", December 1, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "That's because the Patriots capped off their season in spectacular fashion, stopping crosstown rival Wayne Valley, 27-7, to win their fourth straight North 1, Group 3 football title in front of 12,527 fans at Giants Stadium.... The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for the Indians (11-1), The Record's No. 5 team."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2007 Football - North I, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.]

During their 2007-08 season, the Wayne Valley Quizbowl team came in 4th during the Bridgewater Games.

Wayne Valley has put up new turf fields to be used by the football, lacrosse, and soccer teams.

Incidents

On June 13, 2007, authorities found two bundles of what looked like half-sticks of dynamite in two lockers at Wayne Valley. All of the students were evacuated, and the Passaic County Sheriff's Department bomb squad extracted the devices. The devices were then detonated at the Paterson firing range. It is unknown whether the devices were intended to do harm or be used as part of a prank, and police are still investigating. [Heininger, Claire; Sterling, Guy; and Heyboer, Kelly [http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2007/06/pyrotechnics_force_evacuation.html "Pyrotechnics force evacuation of school"] , "The Star-Ledger", June 13, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Wayne Valley High School was evacuated this morning after pyrotechnic devices capable of causing "catastrophic" damage were found in the building a day before final exams were to begin, authorities said. No one was injured in the scare, which began around 9:15 a.m. when a student spotted wires protruding from his second-floor locker, authorities said. The locker, which the student had cleaned out the day before, and another nearby each contained two bundles of pyrotechnics - 16 half-sticks of the material in all, authorities said."] On June 27, 2007, five members of the class that just graduated from the school were arrested for their roles in the incident, and face up to 25 years in jail if convicted on all charges filed. [Schweber, Nate. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/28/nyregion/28evacuate.html "5 Charged in Planting of Devices at School"] , "The New York Times", June 28, 2007. Accessed July 1, 2007. "Five teenagers who graduated last week from Wayne Valley High School have been arrested in connection with the discovery of 16 devices with fuses in lockers at the school, forcing the evacuation of 1,400 students on the last full day of classes. The young men, three of them 18 and two 17 at the time of the evacuation, face up to 25 years in prison if found guilty, said James Wilson, chief of the arson unit for the Passaic County prosecutor.]

Administration

Core members of the schools administration are: [ [http://www.wayneschools.com/schools/high/waynevalley/school_profile/ WVHS School Profile] , Wayne Valley High School. Accessed August 20, 2008.]
*Robert V. Reis - Principal
*Michael Agrati - Assistant Principal
*Michael Rewick - Assistant Principal
*Karen Gross - Dean of Students

Notable alumni

*Lisa Edelstein, (born 1967), class of 1984, actress who currently stars as Lisa Cuddy, the Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital on the FOX drama "House". [Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 "North Jersey-bred and talented too"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Lisa Edelstein: Class of 1984, Wayne Valley High School"]
*Gene Mayer (born 1956), former tennis player from the United States who won fourteen singles titles during his career. At Wayne Valley, he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team. [ [http://www.nj.com/hssports/ledger/index.ssf?/hssports/century/stories/btennistop10.html Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century] , "The Star-Ledger". Accessed December 10, 2007.]
*Art Thoms, (born 1947), class of 1965 former NFL defensive tackle. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=THOMSART01 Art Thoms player profile] , database Football. Accessed August 11, 2007.] [ [http://www.raiders.com/common/article.aspx?id=1314 Art Thoms] , Oakland Raiders. Accessed August 11, 2007. "I started playing football in high school. It was the freshman team at Wayne High School in Wayne, N.J. I played two years there and then my family moved to Brickjohnsic, NJ. I played the last two years of high school ball there."]

See also

* Wayne Hills High School
* List of high schools in New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.wayneschools.com/wvalley/ Wayne Valley High School website]
*NJReportCard|31|5570|050|Wayne Valley High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3417280&ID=341728004964 Data for Wayne Valley High School] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/53321 publicschoolreview.com review]