Bloomfield High School (New Jersey)

For other schools with the same name, see Bloomfield High School (disambiguation).
Bloomfield High School
Location
160 Broad Street
Bloomfield, NJ 07003
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1871
School district Bloomfield Public Schools
Principal Christopher Jennings
Assistant principals Thomas Acton
Dr. John Pierce
Michael Schilare
Cyndie Schirm
Faculty 163.1 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1,946[1] (as of 2012-13)
Student to teacher ratio 11.93:1[1]
Athletics conference Super Essex Conference (SEC)
Team name Bengals
Website School website

Bloomfield High School (BHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades in Bloomfield, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Bloomfield Public Schools. 2011 featured celebrations marking the 100th anniversary of the current school building, which replaced the original high school that had been constructed in 1871.[2][3]

As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,946 students and 163.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.93:1. There were 584 students (30.0% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 156 (8.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 217th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.[4] The school had been ranked 221st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 226th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 181st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 225th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 277th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

Athletics

In 2009, the Bloomfield High School Bengals joined the newly formed Super Essex Conference, which is made up of all high schools in Essex County divided by size, talent and classification by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division A of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which was made up of high schools located in Bergen County, Passaic County and Essex County, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification.[10] With 1,433 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,108 to 2,479 students in that grade range.[11]

The girls' softball team made it to the 2006 North I Group IV State Sectional Championship, falling to Ridgewood High School by 3-0.[12]

The boys volleyball team won the 2006 Essex County Championship for the first time in Bloomfield's History, after defeating Livingston High School. The team advanced to the State Sectional quarterfinals over Livingston High School once again, and fell to Fair Lawn High School.[13]

The wrestling team won the 2007 North I, Group IV state sectional championship, the first in team history, with a 34-33 win over Hackensack High School.[14][15]

The Bengal bowlers, with three female and two male team members, won the Essex County Tournament for the first time in the 1998-99 season.

Bloomfield won the boys all-group cross country state championship in 1956 and 1968.[16]

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[17]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Bloomfield High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 24, 2015.
  2. ↑ Eustachewich, Lia. "BHS to Celebrate 100 Years with 'Reunion of All Reunions'", BloomfieldPatch, April 6, 2011. Accessed April 11, 2012. "Former Bloomfield High School students will be treated to a night of dancing and reminiscing at the school's 100th anniversary April 16, organized by the Bloomfield Educational Foundation."
  3. ↑ Frankel, Jeff. "Bloomfield High School celebrating 100 years of education", Bloomfield Life, May 5, 2011. Accessed April 11, 2012. "The first high school, located at 155 Broad St., was erected in 1871 at a cost of nearly $30,000. The school now houses the district’s administration building.... Since its completion in 1911, thousands of students have walked the halls, and all have unique memories to share. Bloomfield Life spoke with several alumni and a school administrator for a glimpse of life at the high school."
  4. ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
  6. ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed March 7, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  8. ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 10, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2014-2015, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 9, 2014.
  10. ↑ Home Page, Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 9, 2009. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  11. ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed September 9, 2014.
  12. ↑ 2006 Softball - North I, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 26, 2006.
  13. ↑ 2006 Boys Volleyball - North, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 14, 2007.
  14. ↑ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North I, Group IV, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 1, 2007.
  15. ↑ Behre, Bob. "Bloomfield clicked under Fusaro", The Star-Ledger, March 30, 2007. Accessed September 19, 2007. "And it was Fusaro who molded a team devoid of stars into the school's first sectional champion.... It was senior James Chauncey who came to Bloomfield's rescue in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 4 final. Chauncey's pin in the meet-closing bout at 125 pounds against Hackensack clinched a 34-33 victory by criteria and secured the sectional championship for Bloomfield (20-3)."
  16. ↑ Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 10, 2012.
  17. ↑ District Administrators, Bloomfield High School. Accessed September 21, 2015.
  18. ↑ Bonk, Thomas. "NCAA BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT Duke's Abdelnaby Is Driven Blue Devils: After three inconsistent seasons and some off-court difficulties, the center has finally established himself heading into his biggest games.", Los Angeles Times, March 30, 1990. Accessed August 11, 2008. "Playing for Coach Paul Palek at Bloomfield High School, [Alaa Abdelnaby] yearned for a chance at the NBA. Palek, now assistant principal at Glen Ridge High School in New Jersey, thought the sky was the limit for Abdelnaby."
  19. ↑ Alaa Abdelnaby profile, Basketball Reference. Accessed August 11, 2008.
  20. ↑ Staff. "Fordham's Hall of Fame to Add Four Members", The New York Times, April 18, 1971. Accessed September 17, 2008. "Borowy was born in 1916 in Bloomfield, N. J. He starred as a right-handed pitcher at Bloomfield High School, where he was on the state championship team in his senior year."
  21. ↑ Obituary for Hank Borowy, Asbury Park Press, August 25, 2004, text copied at thedeadballera.com. Accessed September 17, 2008.
  22. ↑ Litsky, Frank. "Johnny Gibson, 101, Track Coach With a Long Legacy, Is Dead", The New York Times, January 1, 2007. Accessed June 5, 2008. "Gibson was 5 when his father died, and he attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and then Fordham at night, working days running messages on Wall Street (he actually ran from building to building)."
  23. ↑ Frankel, Jeff. "Bloomfield Bicentennial: Notable people", Bloomfield Life, October 26, 2012. Accessed December 22, 2014. "He graduated Bloomfield High School in 1960. In his high school yearbook he was listed as an 'amateur songwriter.'"
  24. ↑ Lamb, Yvonne Shinhoster. "Journalist Benjamin F. Holman, 76; Advised Nixon, Ford on Racial Issues", The Washington Post, January 27, 2007. Accessed July 18, 2011. "Mr. Holman, who went by Ben, was born in Columbia, S.C. At age 4, his father died, and his mother moved with him and his sister to Bloomfield, N.J. As a youngster, he dreamed of writing musicals -- to combine his passion for writing and music, his sister said -- and also of training to be an engineer. But by his junior year in high school, he knew he wanted to become a journalist."
  25. ↑ Andy Kostecka. basketball-reference.com. Accessed January 26, 2013.
  26. ↑ Sandomir, Richard. "TV SPORTS; Disney Making a Commitment to Complete Soccer Coverage", The New York Times, June 7, 1998. Accessed December 25, 2007. "The American games are important, said Ley, who became a soccer enthusiast when he attended Bloomfield High School in New Jersey during the North American Soccer League's heyday."
  27. ↑ Tuite, James. "METS ENDURE ON RUN IN 7TH, 1-0", The New York Times, April 25, 1982. Accessed January 10, 2012. "Bamberger was exulting over his decision to promote Charlie Puleo to a new four-pitcher rotation that also includes Pat Zachry, Mike Scott and Randy Jones. Puleo, a right-hander who attended Bloomfield (N.J.) High School and Seton Hall University, gave up only three hits in six and one-third innings."
  28. ↑ Charlie Puleo, Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 8, 2008.
  29. ↑ Frankel, Jeff. "Bloomfield Bicentennial: Notable people", Bloomfield Life, October 26, 2012. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Sceurman has been in the publishing industry most of his life as a graphic designer, writer and behind the scenes in New Jersey music front, according to his biography. He still lives in Bloomfield with his wife Shirley and their daughter."
  30. ↑ Federico-O'Murchu, Linda. "BEF Gala Honors a Century of Excellence in Bloomfield; The Bloomfield Educational Foundation’s '2nd Century of Excellence' honored four members of the community who made significant contributions to education in the township", Bloomfield Patch, April 28, 2012. Accessed December 22, 2014. "Additional honorees included Mark Sceurman ‘75, who received the Alumnus of the Year Award, BHS Principal Christopher Jennings, who received the Educator of the Year Award and The St. Valentine’s Athletic Club, which received of The Friends of Bloomfield Schools Award."
  31. ↑ McIntyre, Jason. "An Interview with ESPN’s Bob Ley", BigLeadSports.com, November 21, 2008. Accessed April 11, 2012. "In one of the more pleasant coincidences (NOT an irony, class – study the difference) of my tenure, the folks in charge hired Anish Shroff to anchor ESPNews – a fella from my old high school in Bloomfield, N.J."
  32. ↑ Dinki, Tom. "UB's Kristjan Sokoli is relentless on and off the field; Sokoli's journey from an Albanian who had never heard of football to a Division I player with eyes on the NFL", The Spectrum, February 1, 2015. Accessed May 6, 2015. "On Aug. 18, 2009, a few weeks before Sokoli was set to begin his senior season at Bloomfield High School, Edmir and another man entered Rachel Jewelers in Kearny, New Jersey with the intent to rob it."
  33. ↑ Robert C Stempel Bio, Energy Conversion Devices Ovonics. Accessed March 8, 2008.
  34. ↑ Tribute to Mildred Fairbanks Stone, National Women's History Museum. Accessed July 18, 2011.
  35. ↑ Frankel, Jeff. "Funeral set for Broncos quarterback Tripucka, formerly of Bloomfield", Bloomfield Life, September 13, 2013. Accessed September 15, 2013. "Funeral plans are set for Frank Tripucka, the Denver Broncos' first quarterback. He was a Bloomfield native.... Tripucka, 85, a 1945 Bloomfield High School graduate, died Thursday at his Woodland Park home."
  36. ↑ Frankel, Jeff. "Tripucka recalls the stadium that started it all", Bloomfield Life, March 4, 2011. Accessed January 10, 2012. "Frank Tripucka credits William Foley, Bloomfield High School's legendary football coach during the 1930s and 40s, for allowing him to enjoy a long, successful career in organized football."
  37. ↑ Frank Tripucka, database Football. Accessed May 1, 2009.
  38. ↑ "PLUS: BASKETBALL; Nets Pick Tripucka As Radio Analyst", The New York Times, September 11, 2001. Accessed January 10, 2011. "He was a two-time basketball all-American at Bloomfield High School."
  39. ↑ Bob Woollard, SC ACC Hoops. Accessed March 24, 2015.

External links

Coordinates: 40°47′58″N 74°11′50″W / 40.799349°N 74.1971°W / 40.799349; -74.1971

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, October 17, 2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.