North Bergen High School

North Bergen High School
Location
7417 Kennedy Boulevard North Bergen, NJ 07047
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	North Bergen School District
Principal	Paschal Tennaro[1]
Vice principal	Edward Somick (9th) Thomas Liggio (10th) Patricia Brando (11th) Denise Arenas (12th)
Faculty	149 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,549 (as of 2009-10)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	17.11[2]
Color(s)	Scarlet and Gold
Athletics conference	Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
Team name	Bruins
Website	School website

North Bergen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the North Bergen School District.

Students from Guttenberg attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.^[3]

As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,549 students and 149 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.11.^[2]

The school was the 296th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 294th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[4] The school was ranked 285th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.^[5]

Awards and recognition

North Bergen High School was recognized as a "Benchmark Public High School for Academic Achievement" by the Business Coalition for Education Excellence, for the years 2005, 2006 and 2007.^[6][7][8]

Athletics

North Bergen High School is home to the Bruins Stadium located in James J. Braddock Park serves as the home field for the Track, Football and Soccer teams. The Tennis Courts at James J. Braddock Park serve as the home courts. N.B.H.S gymnasium serves as the home field for other sports. The Bruins compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County and operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).^[9][10]

Sports programs include:

• Boys Football
• Boys/Girls Basketball
• Boys Baseball
• Girls Softball
• Boys/Girls Tennis
• Boys/Girls Cross Country
• Indoor Boys/Girls Track&Field
• Outdoor Boys/Girls Track&Field
• Boys/Girls Soccer
• Boys/Girls Volleyball
• Boys/Girls Bowling
• Wrestling

The Bruins Cross Country 2007 season came with a surprising third place finish at the NJSIAA state sectional after many years without placing and qualifying.^{[citation needed]}

North Bergen Boys' Tennis team came in 3rd place in the HCIAA finals after a 4–1 loss against their arch rival the Bayonne Bees. The 1st doubles team in the Boys Tennis team were recognized as the top 1st Doubles team in Hudson County. During the 2006 season the boys tennis team defeated Bayonne High School for the first time in 15 years and during the 2007 season NBHS beat Bayonne again (3–2).^{[citation needed]}

North Bergen Bowling team was a top ten team in New Jersey in 2009, winning several tournaments and was a county champion for only the fourth time in school history (1974, 1998, 2002), they're one of the more consistent teams in the county having a winning record every year since 1992.^{[citation needed]}

On March 5, 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group IV state championship, falling to Passaic County Technical Institute by 86–85 in overtime, in a game played at Wayne Valley High School.^[11][12]

The football team won the North I Group IV state championship in 1977, 1978, 1984, 1988, 1990 and 1997.^[13]

Additional extra-curricular activities

North Bergen High School features various interest groups that include the:

• Art Club
• Academic Decathlon Team
• Bible Club
• Chess Club
• Color Guard
• Debate Team
• Distributive Education Clubs of America
• Environmental Club
• FBLA-PBL

The high school also offers various culture groups and honor societies like:

• French Club
• Indian Cultural Club
• Muslim Cultural Awareness Club (MCAC)
• German Club
• Italian Club
• Spanish Club
• Russian Club
• German Club
• Italian National Honor Society
• French National Honor Society
• German National Honor Society
• Spanish National Honor Society
• Russian National Honor Society
• National Honor Society

In addition, North Bergen High School students can participate in community service and student government groups like:

• Rebel
• Key Club
• Student Council

North Bergen High School is also home to various performance groups like:

• Stage Crew
• Modeling club
• Drama club
• Dance club
• Marching Band
• Concert Band
• Jazz Band
• Wind Ensemble
• The Advanced Sciences Club
• Music Creation (M.C)
• Advanced Music Creation (A.M.C)

and as of March 2009 a Gay-Straight Alliance Club has also been created.

Core members of the School's administration are:^[14]

• Paschal H. Tennaro, Principal
• Edward J. Somick, Vice-Principal
• Thomas Liggio, Vice-Principal
• Patricia Brando, Vice-Principal
• Denise Arenas, Vice-Principal

Notable alumni

• Mohamed Mahmood Alessa, charged in 2010 with conspiring to join a terrorist group and kill, maim, and kidnap people outside the U.S.^[15][16]
• Joey Diaz, standup comedian and actor.^[17]
• Rena Sofer (born 1968), actress.^[18][19]

References

1. ^ Tennaro, Paschal. Principal's Message at North Bergen High School's official site
2. ^ ^{a b c d} North Bergen High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 4, 2011.
3. ^ Shortell, Tom. "3 candidates on ballot to be Guttenberg's mayor", The Jersey Journal, November 2, 2008. Accessed March 23, 2011. "Scoullos, who has worked as a budget analyst, said he also plans to audit the town's contracts in order to find ways to cut taxes. Scoullos said in the late 1990s, North Bergen overcharged the town for services at North Bergen High School, which takes Guttenberg students as part of a sending/receiving network."
4. ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 7, 2011.
5. ^ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
6. ^ Just for the Kids – New Jersey Benchmark List 2005, Business Coalition for Education Excellence. Accessed October 23, 2008.
7. ^ Just for the Kids – New Jersey Benchmark List 2006, Business Coalition for Education Excellence. Accessed October 23, 2008.
8. ^ Just for the Kids – New Jersey Benchmark List 2007, Business Coalition for Education Excellence. Accessed October 23, 2008.
9. ^ Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 15, 2007.
10. ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 2, 2011.
11. ^ Passaic Tech wins sectional title in overtime, Herald News, by Adam Zagoria, March 7, 2007
12. ^ 2007 Boys Basketball – North I, Group IV, NJSIAA, accessed March 7, 2007
13. ^ Goldberg, Jeff. N.J.S.I.A.A. FOOTBALL PLAYOFF CHAMPIONS, NJSIAA. Accessed November 7, 2011.
14. ^ 2010-2011 Student Handbook, North Bergen High School. Accessed March 23, 2011.
15. ^ Henry, Samantha. "2 NJ terror suspects had brushes with authority" Washington Post; June 8, 2010
16. ^ "School: NJ terror suspect was dangerous as student" Associated Press/Forbes; June 8, 2010.
17. ^ Hague, Jim. "NB comedian lands role on 'My Name is Earl'". The Union City Reporter. September 23, 2007. Page 6
18. ^ "Rena Sofer", Oh, Grow Up, WCHS. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Born in Arcadia, California, Rena moved to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, following her parents' divorce, and later to North Bergen, New Jersey, where she finished high school."
19. ^ Lipton, Michael A. "Heart Condition: For Rena Sofer, Checking into General Hospital Meant Finding a Healing Love with Costar Wally Kurth", People (magazine), October 31, 1994. Accessed September 22, 2011. "Neither parent remarried, and today Sofer maintains close relations with both her father, who presides at Temple Beth El in North Bergen, N.J., and her mother, a professor of developmental psychology at the University of North Carolina in Fayetteville.... She took a drama class during her senior year at North Bergen High School and then, after less than a semester at Montclair State College, took acting lessons in New York."

External links

• North Bergen High School official website
• North Bergen School District
• North Bergen School District's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• Data for the North Bergen School District, National Center for Education Statistics

Coordinates: 40°47′40″N 73°59′59″W / 40.79435°N 73.999734°W / 40.79435; -73.999734