Wayne Hills High School

Infobox_School | name = Wayne Hills High School
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motto =
established = 1967
grades = 9 - 12
district = Wayne Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Frank Markowick
enrollment = 1,385 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 99.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.9
nickname = Patriots
colors =
publication = "The Patriot Press"
location = 272 Berdan Avenue
Wayne, NJ 07470
information = 973-633-3090
website = [http://www.wayneschools.com/whills School website]

Wayne Hills High School is a comprehensive community public high school, one of the two high schools in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Wayne Public Schools. The mascot is a Patriot.

As of the 2007-08 school year, there was a student population of 1,385 students with 99.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis). This equates to a 13.9:1 student-teacher ratio. There were 157 Asian, 10 Black, 75 Hispanic, and 1,143 White students. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=341728004966&ID=341728004966 Wayne Hills High School] from the National Center for Education Statistics, accessed October 27, 2007.]

Awards and recognition

In "Newsweek's" May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Wayne Hiils High School was listed in 1102nd place, the 34th-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 the 60th-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 70th 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.]

Sports played at WHHS

Wayne Hills sports teams include: volleyball, soccer, tennis, football, marching band, field hockey, basketball, cheerleading, bowling, wrestling, skiing, fencing, ice hockey, track and field, swimming, cross country running, lacrosse, gymnastics, baseball, softball and golf.

The Wayne Hills Patriots compete in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIAL), and is the only team outside Bergen County participating in the league.

The Wayne Hills Boys track team were 2003 State Champions.

As of 2007, Wayne Hills also has the reigning county champions in Boys and Girls Tennis.

Football

The football team has won five state sectional championships in six years through 2007, reigning as the four-time defending champs of North 1 Group 3. It was the 40th straight victory for Wayne Hills (12-0), the longest current winning streak in the state, its fourth consecutive sectional title and fifth in the last six years, including three recent undefeated seasons with the team going 12-0. The team has accumulated a 53-6 record during the six seasons through 2007.

The football team was in the 2005 playoffs as the top seed in the North I, Group III bracket, and won the first two rounds, beating #8-seed Teaneck High School 40-6 and number-four Ramapo High School 41-13, and then crushing third-seeded Parsippany Hills High School 46-0 in the sectional finals. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=128997&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III NJSIAA 2005 Football - North I, Group III] , accessed June 5, 2006.]

In 2006, the Patriots came in seeded second in the North I, Group III bracket, and won the first two rounds, beating 7th-seed Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan 37-7 and 6th-seed Passaic Valley Regional High School 33-0. In the state finals, played at Rutgers University on December 2, 2006, Wayne Hills defeated fourth-seeded Parsippany Hills High School 23-12, the second consecutive year the two faced each other in the finals. [ [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 2006, the football team was ranked 3rd behind #1 Don Bosco Prep and #2 St.Peter's Prep in New Jersey. The team was ranked 7th in the East region by "USA Today" in their final 2006 Super 25 prep football regional rankings. [ [http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/football/poll/2006-regional-ranking.htm Super 25 prep football regional rankings] , "USA Today, December 26, 2006.]

Wayne Hill's football team finished 12-0 in the 2007 season, defeating Wayne Valley High School in the North I Group III state sectional championship game played at Giants Stadium by a final score of 27-7. The win was team's 40th consecutive win, and its fourth consecutive sectional title. [Czerwinski, Mark J. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjI4MTI1 "Hills is king of the hill"] , "The New York Times", December 1, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "That's because the Patriots capped off their season in spectacular fashion, stopping crosstown rival Wayne Valley, 27-7, to win their fourth straight North 1, Group 3 football title in front of 12,527 fans at Giants Stadium.... The win is the 40th straight for the Patriots (12-0), who came into the game ranked No. 2 in The Record Top 25."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246272&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2007 Football - North I, Group III] , NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.] [Zagoria, Adam. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk5JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjI5MDU0 "Wayne Hills, PC each join 'elite' status with fifth state crowns"] , "Herald News", December 2, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007.]

Notable alumni

The following attended Wayne Hills High School:
*Chris Carter and fellow founding members of Dramarama. [Agnish, Jai. [http://www.montclairtimes.com/page.php?page=10883 "Dramarama"] , "The Montclair Times", November 28, 2005. Accessed October 6, 2007. ""The journey began in Wayne, where Easdale and the original bandmates - Mark “Mr. E Boy” Englert, Peter Wood, and Chris Carter -- grew up. It takes them through the hallways of Wayne Hills High School and rehearsals in the basement of the Sound Exchange record store on Route 23 in Wayne."]
*Stacey Mitnick (born 1963), a pornographic movie actress who used the stage name Barbara Dare. [ [http://www.lukeford.com/stars/female/barbara_dare.html Biography of Barbara Dare] , from Lukeford.com]
*Ryan Neill (born 1982), Defensive End and Long Snapper for the Buffalo Bills 2006-present. Ryan previously played football for Rutgers University and was All-Big East and an SI.com All-American. [ [http://www.bigeast.org/genrel/060806aaa.html Rutgers' Ryan Neill, USF's Samantha Ray Selected as Nominees for NCAA Sportsmanship Award] ]
*Greg Olsen (born 1985), tight end who played for University of Miami, Selected as the 31st pick in the 2007 NFL draft to the Chicago Bears. [ [http://hurricanesports.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/olsen_greg00.html Greg Olsen biography at University of Miami Athletics Web Site] , accessed April 2, 2007.]
*Ryan Ward, a child actor who starred in the 2002 film "Far from Heaven". [ [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1362617/bio Ryan Ward biography] , Internet Movie Database, accessed April 2, 2007.]
*Major General Guy C. Swan III, commanding general of the Military District of Washington. [Barry, Jan. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk0NSZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NzA0OTY1MSZ5cmlyeTdmNzE3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTM= "Army general from Wayne had key role at Ford funeral"] , "The Record (New Jersey)", January 1, 2007. Accessed July 20, 2007. "Swan, who grew up in Wayne, was the military escort for Betty Ford at the funeral ceremonies in California and in the nation's capital, where he is the commander of the Military District of Washington. Swan's widely televised role as Mrs. Ford's escort set off a buzz among former neighbors in the Pines Lake section where he grew up and among Wayne Hills High School classmates."]

See also

* Wayne Valley High School
* List of high schools in New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.wayneschools.com/whills/ Wayne Hills High School website]
*NJReportCard|31|5570|055|Wayne Hills High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=341728004966&ID=341728004966 Data for Wayne Hills High School] , National Center for Education Statistics