Passaic Valley Regional High School

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name = Passaic Valley Regional High School


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grades = 9–12
district = Passaic Valley Regional High School District
type = Public high school
superintendent = Dr. Viktor J. Joganow
principal = John Wallace
vice principal = Nick Sauter
David Settembre
enrollment = 1,266 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 93.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.5
nickname = Hornets
conference = Northern Hills Conference Skyline Division
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location = 100 East Main Street
Little Falls, NJ 07424
information = 973-890-2500
website = [http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us School website]

Passaic Valley Regional High School is a regional comprehensive four-year public high school and school district that serves students in grades 9–12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey. The school serves students from Little Falls (370 students from a 2000 Census population of 10,855), Totowa Borough (392.5 students from a population of 9,892) and West Paterson Borough (385 students from a population of 10,987). [ [http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us/districtinfo.asp District Information] , Passaic Valley High School. Accessed March 1, 2008. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and West Paterson."] ["2004 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book", Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, December 2004, p. 211.] The school facility is located in Little Falls.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,266 students and 93.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412570&ID=341257004858 Passaic Valley Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2008.]

The school was the 170th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 166th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 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.]

The Passaic Valley Board of Education consists of nine members, with three members from each municipality in this evenly-balanced district, both in terms of population and enrollment. The board generally meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer.

Extracurricular activities

The Passaic Valley Regional High School Hornets compete in the Skyline Division of the Northern Hills Conference.

Passaic Valley participates in "24 Hours Around the World" in which students teleconference with other nations for 24 hours.

Passaic Valley also has a ski club, in which students go on a trip to Mountain Creek.

Passaic Valley's school colors are green and white. The school mascot, the Hornet, was derived by vote of the first class from The Green Hornet radio series popular in the 1940s.

A main event annually at Passaic Valley is "Girls Show", in which girls from Totowa, Little Falls and West Paterson have the option of which color they want to be (green or white). Each year every girl has the option of trying out and participating. They practice for almost half the year for the event which includes competitions of cheer and dance. This is televised locally.

Athletics

On March 6, 2007, the boys' basketball team won the North I, Group III state championship, defeating Wayne Valley High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. The win was their first ever sectional championship in school history. [Zagoria, Adam. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MDg5MjY1 Castro, Hornets down Valley, win first sectional crown] , "Herald News", 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.]

On April 28, 2007, George Abyad won the Penn Relays discus championship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. [ [http://www.pennathletics.com/fls/1700/Relays/Results/304.html 304 HSB Discus Throw Championship] , Penn Relays. Accessed June 9, 2007.]

In 2006, the football team beat Wayne Valley High School once in the regular season and once in the playoffs, making it to the semi-finals. The team lost to defending North 1 Group 3 champions, Wayne Hills High School by a score of 33-0 in the semifinal round. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=188015&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III NJSIAA 2006 Football - North I, Group III] , accessed December 6, 2006.]

In 2005 and 2006, the girls' field hockey team won back to back county championships led by Coach Cheryl Grande.Fact|date=March 2008

On February 25, 2008 the boy's ice hockey team coached by Gary Steele captured the Nardello Cup, 3-2 against River Dell Regional High School.Fact|date=March 2008

Administration

Core members of the district's / school's administration are: [ [http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us/directory.asp Directory] , Passaic Valley High School. Accessed August 23, 2008.]
*Dr. Viktor J. Joganow - Superintendent (an alumnus of PVRHS)
*Paul Gerber - Business Administrator
*John Wallace - Principal
*Nick Sauter - Vice Principal, Student Activities
*David Settembre - Vice Principal, Discipline
*Timothy Platt - Supervisor of Buildings & Grounds (an alumnus of PVRHS)

Noted alumni

* David Blaine (born 1973), magician, class of 1991. [Behrens, David. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=109A43EBE1F4F144&p_docnum=1&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=I69B60OWMTE5MDAyNzY4My41NTQ5OTI6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "THE ART OF WONDER / From performing death-defying stunts to launching readers of his new book on an old-fashioned treasure hunt, David Blaine delights in surprises"] , "Newsday", November 7, 2002. Accessed September 18, 2007. "Later, they moved to New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls."]
* Frank DeCaro (born 1962), class of 1980, writer, entertainer, and satellite radio talk show host; co-wrote and hosted "Out at the Movies" segments on "The Daily Show" with Jon Stewart. [Sharkey, Joe. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DE4D61E39F931A35755C0A960958260 "Their Son, the Writer, Finally Tells All"] , "The New York Times", June 2, 1996. Accessed April 10, 2008. "At Passaic Valley High School, he was undoubtedly the only boy nicknamed Phyllis, and probably the only one with his own Cuisinart."]
* [http://www.lauriegiardino.com Laurie Giardino] - Class of 1977. Writer & Photographer; "Totowa Book of the Dead"
* David Messineo (born 1962), Class of 1980 - Publisher, "Sensations Magazine", author of six poetry books (most recent titled "Formal"). Three-time winner, national American Literary Magazine Awards. Researcher of the "Rediscovering America in Poetry Research Series," which won an award from the New Jersey Institute of Technology for research excellence. The series offers the first comprehensive multicultural collection of American poetry from the years 1565-1700, and is serialized in the 1990 to 1999 issues of "Sensations Magazine". At PVHS, he wrote columns for the school newspaper, "Valley Echo", and was first published in the school's literary magazine, "Images" - where he also started his 30-year career as poetry editor in October, 1979. Currently researching American history in the pre-United States days of the 1500s and 1600s.". [www.sensationsmag.com - Website for Sensations Magazine and The Six Centuries Club, accessed Sept 25, 2008.]

References

External links

* [http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us Passaic Valley Regional High School]
*NJReportCard|31|3990|050|Passaic Valley Regional High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412570 Data for Passaic Valley Regional High School] , National Center for Education Statistics