| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Somerset County, NJ |
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| Total Students |
759 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
59 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 214 students | | Grade 10 - 183 students | | Grade 11 - 186 students | | Grade 12 - 176 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:13 |
1:13 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
n/a |
n/a |
| % Asian |
6% |
7% |
| % Hispanic |
11% |
15% |
| % Black |
2% |
17% |
| % White |
81% |
61% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
3% |
16% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
1% |
4% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
n/a |
n/a |
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| School District Name |
Somerset Hills Regional School District |
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| Number of Schools Managed |
3 |
5 |
| Number of Students Managed |
2,005 students |
2,429 students |
| District Total Revenue |
$35,995,000 |
$39,780,000 |
| District Expenditure |
$38,965,000 |
$39,973,000 |
| District Revenue / Student |
$17,953 |
$16,377 |
| District Expenditure / Student |
$19,434 |
$16,457 |
| District Graduation Rates |
95% |
81% |
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- Bernards High School is a comprehensive four-year regional public high school in Somerset County, New Jersey. The school is part of the Somerset Hills Regional School District, a regional K - 12 school district that consists of the participating municipalities of Bernardsville (1,161 students), Far Hills (81 students) and Peapack-Gladstone (421 students). For grades 9 through 12, students from Bedminster (230 students in grades 9-12) are sent to the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship. The school is located in Bernardsville, within walking distance from the main section of Bernardsville.
- As of the 2006-07 school year, the school had an enrollment of 760 students and 59.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 12.9.
- The school is a fully accredited member of the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education.
- The school offered students the opportunity to participate in the International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB), a most academically demanding, comprehensive two-year curriculum pursued by students during junior and senior years, until the end of the 2008-2009 scholastic year. Students take a rigorous course of studies in six academic areas. Successful completion of an IB Diploma may lead to college credit. Enrollment is highly selective and honors credit is earned. Students must take a variety of internal and external assessments. Advanced Placement (AP) courses are also offered, which may also lead to college credit. Bernards High School was certified to offer the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma in February 2002. The school was one of only 16 schools in New Jersey to offer the IB program.
- Awards and recognition
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The school was ranked 198th in Newsweek's 2009 ranking of the top 1,500 high schools in the United States and was the fourth-ranked school in New Jersey, with 3.023 IB tests taken in 2008 per graduating senior and 49% of all graduating seniors passing at least one IB exam; The school was ranked 518th nationwide in 2008. In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Bernards High School was listed in 218th place, the sixth-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was listed in 141st place, the fourth highest ranked school in New Jersey, in Newsweek's May 8, 2006, issue, listing the Top 1,200 High Schools in The United States.
- The school was the 36th-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 50th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.Just recently, the school board decided to phase out the IB program from the school
- Administration
- Principal - Dr. Scot Beckerman (resigning by September 1, 2009)
- Assistant Principals - Michael Hoppe, Pat Lott
- Director of Guidance - Richard Charwin, Ed.D.
- Athletics
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The school itself takes much pride in its sports, as well as its academics. The Football team won conference champs and the boys cross country team won a sectional title during the 2005-2006 school year. More recently, the school's Fencing team finished 1st in 2006 (Boys), 1st in 2007 (Girls), and 1st in 2008 (Boys again). All 3 State Fencing Team Championships achieved by a program created 7 years ago. Also during the 2006-2007 one girls basketball star, Cathrine Carr scored her 2,000th point. Junior Shane Painter scored his 1,000th pointThe school is also known for its prestigious girls' track team. The team dominated in the 1980s but was dismantled in 1989 because of budget deficits. The program was resurrected in 2000 and the team has consistently won conference titles and championships. They won the Indoor NJSIAA State Group I Relays along with the Indoor NJSIAA North 2 Group I Sectional Championships and the Indoor NJSIAA State Group I Championships in 2009.
- In the 2006-07 school year, Bernards joined the Skyland Conference, after having been in the Colonial Hills Conference for many years. The Bernards boys soccer team took advantage of this conference adjustment that year, winning the conference championship. The team won the Group II State Championship with a 2-1 win over Ramsey High School in the semifinals and a 3-2 win against Haddonfield Memorial High School in the finals.
- Extracurricular activities
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In the second semester of 2006-07, the Bernards Mountaineers Marching Band was invited to travel to New Orleans to perform in a Mardi Gras parade for a town that was devastated by Hurricane Katrina.
- History
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The following historical synopsis derives from Among the Blue Hills...Bernardsville...a History, published by the Bernardsville History Book Committee, 1991. "On January 26, 1926, a Citizen's Committee was chosen to work with the Board of Education.....The Committee reported that the two existing buildings contained sixteen classrooms, for two classes of each of the eight grades. It was believed that this would be adequate for some time. In order to provide for the special equipment and facilities needed for a high school program, the building of a new high school would be the logical solution....The building was completed and occupied in 1927."
- Notable alumni
- Roger Bart (born 1962), Tony award-winning actor, class of 1980.
- John W. Geils Jr. (born 1946), musician, J. Geils of The J. Geils Band - class of 1964.
- Meryl Streep (born 1949), Academy Award winning actress, attended BHS in the late 1960s.
- External links
- Bernards High School website
- Data for Bernards High School, National Center for Education Statistics
- Bernards High Alumni website
- Source: Wikipedia; it is used under the GNU Free Documentation License. You may redistribute it, verbatim or modified, providing that you comply with the terms of the GFDL.
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| About This Zip Code (07924) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
7,282 people |
8,215,963 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
64% |
35% |
| Population Average Age |
40 years old
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36 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.7 persons
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2.6 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$103,506
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$55,509 |
| Avg. # of Rooms in Household |
7.8 rooms |
5.6 rooms |
| Median Age of Housing Structure |
51 years old |
47 years old |
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83% / 17% |
62% / 38% |
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