Passaic Valley Regional High School
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| Passaic Valley Regional High School | |
| Location | |
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| 100 East Main Street Little Falls, NJ 07424 |
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| Information | |
| School district | Passaic Valley Regional High School District |
| Principal | John Wallace |
| Enrollment |
1,266 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Faculty | 93.6 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Student:teacher ratio | 13.5[1] |
| Type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Athletics conference | Northern Hills Conference Skyline Division |
| Nickname | Hornets |
| Information | 973-890-2500 |
| Homepage | School website |
Passaic Valley Regional High School is a regional comprehensive four-year public high school and school district that serves students in grades 9 - 12 from three communities in Passaic County, New Jersey. The school serves students from Little Falls (370 students from a 2000 Census population of 10,855), Totowa Borough (392.5 students from a population of 9,892) and West Paterson Borough (385 students from a population of 10,987).[2][3] The school facility is located in Little Falls.
As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,266 students and 93.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.5.[1]
The Passaic Valley Board of Education consists of nine members, with three members from each municipality in this evenly-balanced district, both in terms of population and enrollment. The board generally meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer.
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[edit] Extracurricular activities
The Passaic Valley Regional High School Hornets compete in the Skyline Division of the Northern Hills Conference.
Passaic Valley also has a program call "24 Hours Around the World" in which students teleconference with other nations for 24 hours.
Passaic Valley also has a ski club, in which students go on a trip to Mountain Creek.
Passaic Valley's school colors are green and white. The school mascot, the Hornet, was derived, by vote of the first class, from The Green Hornet radio series popular in the 1940s.
The main event year in and year out at Passaic Valley is "Girl Show", in which girls from Totowa, Little Falls and West Paterson have the option of which color they want to be (green or white). Each year every girl has the option of trying out and participating. They practice for almost half the year for the event which includes competitions of cheer and dance. This event can be found on local television.
[edit] Athletics
On March 6, 2007, the boys' basketball team won the North I, Group III state championship, defeating Wayne Valley High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. The win was their first ever sectional championship in school history.[4][5]
On April 28, 2007, George Abyad won the Penn Relays discus championship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[6]
In 2006, the football team beat Wayne Valley High School once in the regular season and once in the playoffs, making it to the semi-finals. The team lost to defending North 1 Group 3 champions, Wayne Hills High School by a score of 33-0 in the semifinal round.[7]
In 2005 and 2006, the girls' field hockey team won back to back county championships led by Coach Cheryl Grande.[citation needed]
On February 25, 2008 the boy's ice hockey team coached by Gary Steele captured the Nardello Cup, 3-2 against River Dell Regional High School.[citation needed]
[edit] Administration
- Dr. Viktor J. Joganow - Superintendent (an alumnus of PVRHS)
- Paul Gerber - Business Administrator
- John Wallace - Principal
[edit] Noted alumni
- David Blaine - Class of 1991, magician although he claims to have not attended Passaic Valley.[8]
- David Messineo - Class of 1980 - Publisher, Sensations Magazine. Three-time winner, national American Literary Magazine Awards. Researcher of the "Rediscovering America in Poetry Research Series," which won an award from the New Jersey Institute of Technology for research excellence. The series offers the first comprehensive multicultural collection of American poetry from the years 1565-1700, and is serialized in the 1990 to 1999 issues of Sensations Magazine. [1]
- Frank DeCaro - Class of 1980 - Writer, entertainer, and satellite radio talk show host; co-wrote and hosted Out at the Movies segments on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.[9]
- Laurie Giardino - Class of 1977. Writer & Photographer; Totowa Book of the Dead
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Passaic Valley Regional High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 1, 2008.
- ^ District Information, Passaic Valley High School. Accessed March 1, 2008. "The regional district which is served by Passaic Valley High School is comprised of the communities of Little Falls, Totowa Borough and West Paterson."
- ^ 2004 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, December 2004, p. 211.
- ^ Zagoria, Adam. Castro, Hornets down Valley, win first sectional crown, Herald News, March 7, 2007.
- ^ 2007 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed March 7, 2007.
- ^ 304 HSB Discus Throw Championship, Penn Relays. Accessed June 9, 2007.
- ^ NJSIAA 2006 Football - North I, Group III, accessed December 6, 2006.
- ^ Behrens, David. "THE ART OF WONDER / From performing death-defying stunts to launching readers of his new book on an old-fashioned treasure hunt, David Blaine delights in surprises", Newsday, November 7, 2002. Accessed September 18, 2007. "Later, they moved to New Jersey, where he attended Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls."
- ^ Sharkey, Joe. "Their Son, the Writer, Finally Tells All", The New York Times, June 2, 1996. Accessed April 10, 2008. "At Passaic Valley High School, he was undoubtedly the only boy nicknamed Phyllis, and probably the only one with his own Cuisinart."
