Saddle River Day School

Infobox School
name = Saddle River Day School


established = 1957
type = Private Day school
head_name = Head master
head = John T. O'Brien
city = Saddle River
state = NJ
country = USA
campus = Suburban
enrollment = 306 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 40.9 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 7.5
year =
SAT =
athletics =
colors = Blue and White
nickname = Rebels
yearbook = "Retrospect"
newspaper = "Saber"
publication = Periscope (Alumni)
publication = Parents Guild Newslink
homepage = [http://www.saddleriverday.org School website] |

Saddle River Day School is a non-profit, non-discriminatory, coeducational, college-preparatory independent day school, located in Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey. Its student body of 307 boys and girls is drawn from 64 communities in Bergen, Essex and Passaic Counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in New York.

The school was founded in 1957 and graduated its first senior class in 1960. Saddle River Day School is composed of three divisions: the Lower Division, the Middle Division and the Upper Division. In 1966 it received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and is also accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. The school is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools [ [http://www.njais.org/listing.html School Search] , New Jersey Association of Independent Schools. Accessed July 29, 2008.] and the National Association of Independent Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 306 students and 40.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 7.5. [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00868768&ID=00868768 Saddle River Day School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 16, 2008.]

Curriculum

Saddle River Day School is known for its rigorous academics as well as its wide range of class offerings and small class sizes.Fact|date=April 2008 The Lower School is noted to have a particularly challenging curriculum for students, offering language teaching starting in Kindergarten and all other subjects in an integrated style.Fact|date=April 2008 The Upper School offers Advanced Placement exams in the following areas: English, United States History, European History, French Literature and/or Language, Latin, Spanish Literature and/or Language, Calculus AB and BC, Biology, Physics, and Chemistry. Students are required to take foreign languages K-12.

Of note is Saddle River Day School's Theater Program, which produces a fall play and a spring musical each year.

Clubs

* Fall Play * Spring Musical * Interact * Model Congress/UN Club

* Lower School Ski Club * Middle and Upper School Ski Club * Peer Mentors * Student Government * Students Against Destructive Decisions (S.A.D.D.) * Tour Guide Program

Athletics

The schools' main sports teams (baseball, softball, basketball, track, golf, soccer, volleyball, tennis) play in the Patriot Conference of schools in Bergen, Passaic, and Essex counties. After a decision by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association in February 2008, both Hawthorne Christian Academy and Saddle River Day School will be added into the Olympic Division of the Bergen County Scholastic League starting as of September 2008. [Schutta, Gregory. [http://www.northjersey.com/hssports/Two_non-publics_enter_BCSL_Olympic.html "Two non-publics enter BCSL Olympic"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", February 7. 2008. Accessed February 7, 2008.]

Their Middle School Soccer team was undefeated 2006-2007 school year.

Notable Alumni

*Erich Ringewald, Senior Engineer for developing Apple computer first operating system, Pink, and the predecessor to Spotlight, MultiFinder. [ [http://lowendmac.com/orchard/05/1026.html Pink: Apple's First Stab at a Modern Operating System ] ]
*Stella Keitel, Goodfellas actress, daughter of Harvey Keitel and Lorraine Bracco. [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445197/ Stella Keitel ] ]
*Aline Brosh McKenna, screenplay writer for 27 Dresses and The Devil Wears Prada (film) [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0112459/ Aline Brosh McKenna ] ]
*John Nepola, CEO, East Air Corporation [ [http://www.eastair.com/ourstaff-john.html East Air ] ] .
*Robert Hekemian, CEO, Hekemian & Co. [ [http://www.hekemian.com/about_history.php Hekemian ] ]
*Gary Stein, producer on Good Morning America [ [http://www.media-match.com/fview1.php?uid=779314 Gary Stein's online resume | Development Producer, Executive Producer, Producer, Television Producer | By media-match ] ]
*Samantha Ross, Season 23 Jeopardy Champion [ [http://www.j-archive.com/showplayer.php?player_id=3602 J! Archive - Samantha Ross ] ]
*Jeremy Glick, a passenger on Flight 93 on September 11, 2001.
*Andrew Katz, Managing Editor at Bounce Magazine and contributing writer to Dime Magazine.
*Thom Kleiner, Orangetown Supervisor for Orangetown, NY. [ [http://www.thomkleiner.com/ Thom Kleiner * Orangetown Supervisor ] ]
*Jennifer Moore, high school student murdered in July 2006 in New York City. [Feuer, Alan. [http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/29/nyregion/29murder.html?_r=1&oref=slogin "A Teenager’s Last Steps on a Trail of Missed Chances"] , "The New York Times", July 29, 2006. Accessed October 20, 2007. "Even the settings seemed cruelly accidental: She began the evening in safety and affluence in Harrington Park, N.J.... She was co-captain of the team at Saddle River Day School in Saddle River, N.J., where the honors English class has been asked to read “Pygmalion” this summer and earlier this year two students picked up silver medals in the National Latin Exam."]

Notable Faculty

*Jennifer Davenport, author of the YA novel "Anna Begins" [http://www.jenniferdavenport.net]
*Rande Styger, Photographer for Hamptons Magazine

References

External links

* [http://www.saddleriverday.org Official school website]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00868768&ID=00868768 Data for Saddle River Day School] , National Center for Education Statistics