- Bergenfield High School is a four-year, comprehensive public high school serving students from Bergenfield, in Bergen County, New Jersey. A suburb of New York City, Bergenfield has a population of 28,000 people, mostly consisting of people in professional, business, and technical fields. As part of the Bergenfield Public Schools, the district had a Total Comparative Cost per pupil in 2004-05 of around $10,185 (vs. an average of $11,172 in similar districts statewide). Approximately 91% of Bergenfield High School students go on to two-year or four-year colleges or technical/business schools. The school's CEEB code is 310090.
- Bergenfield High School is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the New Jersey Department of Education.
- As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,287 students and 71.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 17.9.
- The school was the 234th-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 192nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.
- The school is also recently producing its own television station called Bears Country that will be available to all cablevision customers. This channel will feature special events such as college fairs and other exciting things that go on at BHS, InTune a special program created by Matt Dobrovolsky that will showcase the renowned Bergenfield Music Department, Bears Den created by Brian Cudina showcasing the rich athletic programs at Bergenfield, and In Reel Time created by Jared Cardenas and Stevan Torres which will showcase movie reviews. The Channel is now up and running for cablevision customers on channel 77.
- Marching band
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Bergenfield is well known for its now 196-member marching band resembling the British Royal Guards. The young musicians work under the direction of Mr. Brian P. Timmons. Their football half-time show-stoppers often draw large crowds and they are known for their strict discipline and musicianship. Their Color Guard works under the direction of Michael DeLucia. Among their many invitations to different events, they have been invited to perform at Disney World (every three to four years) and performed at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade for its 20th time in 2000. The Record has placed them on the front cover of the November 2007 issue of Sports Magazine. The marching band performed live at the 41st Tony Awards held in June 1987 at the Mark Hellinger Theatre, appearing as part of a tribute aired to honor the then recently-deceased Robert Preston, best known for his starring role in The Music Man.
- Administration
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Core members of the school's administration are:
- Principal - Hank Sinatra
- Assistant Principals - Jim Fasano and Peter Turnamiam
- Dean of Discipline - Craig Vogt
- Bergenfield High School has 110 faculty members including those listed above, four guidance counselors, two nurses, and two library / media center faculty.
- Athletics
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Bergenfield High School is one of the twelve schools participating in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIL/NBIAL). It plays under the team name of the Bergenfield Bears. Alex Turnamian is Bergenfield's Athletic Director.
- Most sports have Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman teams, but some only have the top one or two tiers.
- Note: Sports marked with an asterisk (*) usually practice and compete with each other, but they are two separate teams and officially compete and are scored separately.
- Fall sports teams: Cross Country (Boys)*, Cross Country (Girls)*, Football, Soccer (Boys), Soccer (Girls), Tennis (Girls), Volleyball, & Cheerleading
- Winter sports teams: Basketball (Boys), Basketball (Girls), Bowling (Boys)*, Bowling (Girls)*, Track (Boys)*, Track (Girls)* ,Wrestling, & Cheerleading
- Spring sports teams: Baseball, Softball, Golf (Boys)*, Golf (Girls)*, Tennis (Boys), Track (Boys)* and Track (Girls)*
- Curriculum
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Bergenfield High School offers a wide range of courses in the areas of art, business and marketing, English, health and physical education, industrial and technological education, mathematics, music, science, social studies, and world language. Class levels range from modified to Advanced Placement. Full- and half-year electives are also offered, and health classes are offered as a quarter-year elective within all gym classes.
- Advanced Placement Program (AP) Courses include AP Studio Art, AP Art History, AP English Language and Composition, AP English Literature and Composition, AP Calculus, AP Computer Science, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP Physics, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP Music Theory, and AP Spanish Language.
- Bergenfield High School offers medical field based classes where the students have an opportunity to receive college credits from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ). Classes include Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology, Dynamics of Healthcare, Emergency and Clinical Care
- Notable alumni
- Harry Basil, stand-up comic, actor in Peggy Sue Got Married and director.
- Thom Fitzgerald (born 1968), filmmaker The Hanging Garden, The Event, 3 Needles.
- Al Di Meola (born 1954), jazz fusion guitarist.
[ Al Di Meola, Telarc International Corporation. Accessed September 20, 2007. "“In the ‘60s, if you didn’t play like Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix or Jimmy Page, you weren’t accepted,” he recalls of his high school years in Bergenfield, New Jersey."]
- Bob Gaudio (born 1942), singer, songwriter and producer, of the group The Four Seasons.
[ Bob Gaudio, VH1. Accessed November 16, 2007. "As he was entering high school, his family moved to Bergenfield, NJ, where he attended Bergenfield High School."]
- Bernard Goldberg (born 1945), the television news reporter and author of Bias, a New York Times number one bestseller about how the media distort the news.
- Bob Guccione (born 1930), publisher of Penthouse magazine
- Vincent Scuro (born 1951), award-winning author
[[1]] and columnist.[[2]]
- Floyd James Thompson (born 1933), America's longest held Prisoner of War.
[Martin, Douglas. "F. J. Thompson, 69, Longtime P.O.W., Dies", The New York Times, July 18, 2002. Accessed April 4, 2008. "Floyd James Thompson was born in Bergenfield, N.J., on July 8, 1933, the son of a bus driver. He worked in a grocery store and graduated from Bergenfield High School in 1951."]
- Ron Villone (born 1970), pitcher for the New York Yankees.
[ Ron Villone, accessed November 23, 2006.]
- Jacklyn Zeman (born 1963), actress who has played Barbara "Bobbie" Spencer on General Hospital since 1977.
- External links
- Bergenfield High School
- Bergenfield Public Schools
- Data for the Bergenfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- Bergenfield High School Profile
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