Glen Rock High School

Infobox_School
name = Glen Rock High School


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established =
grades = 9 - 12
district = Glen Rock Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = James McCarthy
asst principal = Steven Purciello
enrollment = 714 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 61.0 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 11.7
nickname = Panthers
conference = Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League
colors = Red, Black & White
publication =
location = 400 Hamilton Avenue
Glen Rock, NJ 07452
information = 201-445-7700
website = [http://highschool.glenrocknj.org/index.cfm?sid=20 School website]

Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students from Glen Rock, in Bergen County, New Jersey, as part of the Glen Rock Public Schools. The school has an enrollment of 520 students.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 714 students and 61.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.7. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405970&ID=340597000484 Glen Rock High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 9, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

In "Newsweek's" May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Glen Rock High School was listed in 964th place, the 28th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=State&count=1257&search=&start=700&limit=100&year=2007& "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools"] , "Newsweek", May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.] The school was ranked as number 614 in Newsweek Magazine's April 30, 2006 issue, the 18th highest ranked school in New Jersey. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1236&start=0&limit=100&year=2007&Search=NJ America's Best High Schools] , "Newsweek", April 30, 2006.]

The school was the 28th-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 6th 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.]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://highschool.glenrocknj.org/index.cfm?sid=20&nav_id=3573 Principal's Office] , Glen Rock High School. Accessed October 15, 2007.]
*Principal - James McCarthy
*Assistant Principal - Steven Purciello

Athletics

Glen Rock's athletic teams have been successful in recent years. The football team won five consecutive state championships, from 1998-2002, one short of the state record. (Grant Adams, who continued his career playing for Boston College and appeared in a pre-season game for the Philadelphia Eagles, played on the 98-00 teams.) The girls soccer team has also been a state power for a decade. (Sarah Volkomer, a member of the 2004 team, was selected to that year's All-American Team.) In the last 2 years the ice hockey team has gone a combined 39-8-4, winning league and cup titles both years. All teams, with the exception of the Ice Hockey, and Girls and Boys Lacrosse teams, compete in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).

The football team won the 2001 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 22-14 win against Cresskill High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=9412&tclass=North%20I,%20Group%20I 2001 NJSIAA Football - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.] The team won its fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 41-0 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School in 2002.Fox, Ron. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0F7D26D2F39AE834&p_docnum=4&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=P62N4AOCMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "Long Live Rock! - Panthers roll; capture fifth straight title"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", December 8, 2002. Accessed July 31, 2007. "But the senior quarterback/safety returned to action quickly enough and contributed another interception and two more scores to the 41-0 rout of the third-seeded Wildcats, which earned the fourth-seeded Panthers their fifth straight sectional title, one short of the State record held by Pope John of Sparta and Paulsboro."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=25369&tclass=North%20I,%20Group%20I 2002 Football - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.]

The girls tennis team took the North I, Group I sectional title in 1999 with a 4-1 win vs. Henry P. Becton Regional High School in the tournament finals. [ [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_action=doc&p_docid=0EAF94CEC8015566&p_docnum=3&p_queryname=NaN&p_product=NewsBank&p_theme=aggregated4&p_nbid=P62N4AOCMTE4NTg0NzQ0OS4yODY4NjU6MTo3OnJhLTE4ODg "IMMACULATE HEART WINS CHAMPIONSHIP"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", October 22, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2007. "In Group 1, freshman phenom Gabby Pasternak, the Bergen County small schools first singles champ, led a 4-1 Glen Rock victory over Becton."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=9&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20I Girls Tennis Public Group Finals - North I, Group I] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 31, 2007.]

Notable alumni

*Floyd Vivino (born 1951), star of "The Uncle Floyd Show".
*Jimmy Vivino (born 1955), musician. [http://www.jimmyvivino.com/bio.html Jimmy Vivino: Biography] , accessed April 21, 2007. "By the mid-seventies, The Uncle Floyd Show was very popular, and Floyd Vivino was selling out the Bottom Line in New York City. At this time Jimmy's band provided the music. On sax was Jerry Vivino; on guitar, Jimmy Vivino; on keyboards the fabulous Ed Alstrom; and on drums, Frank Pagano. Interestingly, all of the band were Glen Rock High School graduates, and they all went on to be successful musicians."]

References

External links

* [http://highschool.glenrocknj.org/index.cfm?sid=20 Glen Rock High School website]
*NJReportCard|03|1760|050|Glen Rock High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3405970 Data for the Glen Rock Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics