Bloomfield High School (New Jersey)

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name = Bloomfield High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Bloomfield Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Christopher Jennings
asst principal = Thomas Acton
Christopher Navarro
Jeanne Bohlen Oppel
Michael Schilare
Cyndie Schirm
enrollment = 1,889 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 144.1 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.1
nickname = Bengals
conference = Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League
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location = 160 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
information = 973-680-8600
website = [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Highschool/index.htm School website]

Bloomfield High School (BHS) is a four-year public high school that is located in Bloomfield, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Bloomfield Public Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,889 students and 144.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.1. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401830&ID=340183001980 Bloomfield High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 25, 2007.]

The school was the 181st-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 225th 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.]

Ethnicity

According to a 2004 to 2005 count done by the New Jersey Department of Education, Bloomfield High School's student ethnicity breakdown are as follows:

College admissions

98% of Bloomfield High students attend college.

Grade Proficiency

greater then 90% of the school on any given year will pass a class and or grade in the Bloomfield High School system. Many of them will fail their classes with a low proficiency on their test grades resulting in an average of a 4.4 GPA (Grade Point Average). they all seem to actually graduate from the school.

Athletics

The Bloomfield High School Bengals compete in Division A of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which is made up of school located in Bergen County and Passaic County. The NNJIL is separated into three divisions, according to the classification they are given from the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.

BHS's girls' softball team made it to the 2006 North I Group IV State Sectional Championship, falling to Ridgewood High School by 3-0. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=161251&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20IV 2006 Softball - North I, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 26, 2006.]

The BHS boys volleyball team won the 2006 Essex County Championship for the first time in Bloomfield's History, after defeating Livingston High School. The team advanced to the State Sectional quarterfinals over Livingston High School once again, and fell to Fair Lawn High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=162034&tclass=North 2006 Boys Volleyball - North] , NJSIAA. Accessed August 14, 2007.]

The wrestling team won the 2007 North I, Group IV State Sectional championship, the first in team history, with a 34-33 win over Hackensack High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=200640&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20IV 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North I, Group IV] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 1, 2007.] [Behre, Bob. [http://infoweb.newsbank.com/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?&s_jsEnabled=true "Bloomfield clicked under Fusaro"] , "The Star-Ledger", march 30, 2007. Accessed September 19, 2007. "And it was Fusaro who molded a team devoid of stars into the school's first sectional champion.... It was senior James Chauncey who came to Bloomfield's rescue in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final. Chauncey's pin in the meet-closing bout at 125 pounds against Hackensack clinched a 34-33 victory by criteria and secured the sectional championship for Bloomfield (20-3)."]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Highschool/ADMIN/index.htm BHS Administration] , Bloomfield High School. Accessed August 24, 2008.]
*Christopher Jennings, Principal
*Thomas Acton, Assistant Principal
*Christopher Navarro, Assistant Principal - Bridges Academy at Forest Glen School
*Jeanne Bohlen Oppel, Assistant Principal
*Michael Schilare, Assistant Principal
*Cyndie Schirm, Assistant Principal

Notable alumni

* Alaa Abdelnaby (born 1968), professional basketball player. [Bonk, Thomas. [http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/access/60026703.html?dids=60026703:60026703&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Mar+30%2C+1990&author=THOMAS+BONK&pub=Los+Angeles+Times+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=NCAA+BASKETBALL+TOURNAMENT+Duke's+Abdelnaby+Is+Driven+Blue+Devils%3A+After+three+inconsistent+seasons+and+some+off-court+difficulties%2C+the+center+has+finally+established+himself+heading+into+his+biggest+games.&pqatl=google "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Duke's Abdelnaby Is Driven Blue Devils: After three inconsistent seasons and some off-court difficulties, the center has finally established himself heading into his biggest games."] , "Los Angeles Times", March 30, 1990. Accessed August 11, 2008. "Playing for Coach Paul Palek at Bloomfield High School, [Alaa Abdelnaby] yearned for a chance at the NBA. Palek, now assistant principal at Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey, thought the sky was the limit for Abdelnaby."] [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdelal01.html Alaa Abdelnaby profile] , Basketball Reference. Accessed August 11, 2008.]
* Hank Borowy (1916-2004), professional baseball player who pitched in Major League Baseball from 1942 to 1951. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60C14FE355F127A93CAA8178FD85F458785F9 "Fordham's Hall of Fame to Add Four Members"] , "The New York Times", April 18, 1971. Accessed September 17, 2008. "Borowy was born in 1916 in Bloomfield, N. J. He starred as a right-handed pitcher at Bloomfield High School, where he was on the state championship team in his senior year."] [ [http://www.thedeadballera.com/Obits/Borowy.Hank.Obit.html Obituary for Hank Borowy] , "Asbury Park Press", August 25, 2004, text copied at thedeadballera.com. Accessed September 17, 2008.]
* Roger Cook (born 1930), graphic designer.Fact|date=June 2008
* Johnny Gibson (1905-2006), Olympic athlete. [Litsky, Frank. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/01/sports/othersports/01gibson.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "Johnny Gibson, 101, Track Coach With a Long Legacy, Is Dead"] , "The New York Times", January 1, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2008. "Gibson was 5 when his father died, and he attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and then Fordham at night, working days running messages on Wall Street (he actually ran from building to building)."]
* Benjamin Holman (1930-2007), was a pioneering African American newspaper and television reporter. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/26/AR2007012601698.html] , [http://www.journalism.umd.edu/newrel/07newsrel/holman07.html] .]
*Anthony Lambo (1978-), Former College football player (Virginia Tech) Former Bloomfield High School Gym Teacher and football coach. [ [http://www.techsideline.com/football/1997/roster.htm] Accessed July 6 2008.]
* Bob Ley (born 1955), ESPN sportscaster. [Sandomir, Richard. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F05EFD7163AF934A35755C0A96E958260 "TV SPORTS; Disney Making a Commitment to Complete Soccer Coverage"] , "The New York Times", June 7, 1998. Accessed December 25, 2007. "The American games are important," said Ley, who became a soccer enthusiast when he attended Bloomfield High School in New Jersey during the North American Soccer League's heyday."]
* Charlie Puleo (born 1955) a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1981 to 1989 for the New York Mets, Cincinnati Reds and Atlanta Braves. [ [http://www.baseball-reference.com/p/puleoch01.shtml Charlie Puleo] , BaseballReference.com. Accessed March 8, 2008.]
* Robert Stempel (born 1933), Former Chairman and CEO of General Motors, Former Chairman and CEO of ECD Ovonics. [ [http://www.ovonic.com/PDFs/media_room/bios/robert_stempel_bio_021705.pdf Robert C Stempel Bio] , Energy Conversion Devices Ovonics. Accessed March 8, 2008.]
* Mildred Fairbanks Stone (1902-2002), of Bloomfield, became the first woman officer of a major American life insurance company (Mutual Benefit). [ [http://www.nmwh.org/Chronicles/Stone.html] , [http://www.scc.rutgers.edu/njwomenshistory/Period_5/1921-1960.htm] ] Accessed June 9 2008.]
* Kelly Tripucka (born 1959), former NBA player and commentator for the New Jersey Nets. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CEFDE1538F932A2575AC0A9679C8B63&scp=1&sq=%22Kelly+Tripucka%22+bloomfield&st=nyt "PLUS: BASKETBALL; Nets Pick Tripucka As Radio Analyst"] , "The New York Times", September 11, 2001. Accessed January 26, 2008. "He was a two-time basketball all-American at Bloomfield High School."]

References

External links

* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/Highschool/index.htm Bloomfield High School]
* [http://www.bloomfield.k12.nj.us/ Bloomfield Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|13|0410|0|Bloomfield Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3401830 Data for the Bloomfield Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/browse_school/nj/139 GreaterSchools Statistics]