Hasbrouck Heights High School

Hasbrouck Heights High School

Hasbrouck Heights High School
Location
365 Boulevard
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ 07604
Information
Type Public high school
School district Hasbrouck Heights School District
Principal Linda Simmons
Faculty 44.5 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 561[1] (as of 2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio 12.6:1[1]
Color(s)      Orange and
     Black[2]
Athletics conference North Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team name Aviators[2]
Yearbook Coronian
Website School website

Hasbrouck Heights High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Hasbrouck Heights and Teterboro in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone high school of the Hasbrouck Heights School District.

The district serves students from Teterboro, a non-operating district that was merged into the Hasbrouck Heights School District following its dissolution on July 1, 2010.[3]

As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 561 students and 44.5 classroom teachers (on an full-time equivalent basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.6:1. There were 75 students (13.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 22 (3.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 138th-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 72nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 107th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 82nd in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 92nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 49th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 14 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.2%) and language arts literacy (96.6%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

Athletics

The Hasbrouck Heights Aviators[2] compete as a member of the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference in the Meadowlands Division, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[9] With 403 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group I for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 117 to 478 students in that grade range.[10] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Hasbrouck Heights was a part of the Bergen County Scholastic League.[11] The team nickname is the Aviators.

Baseball

The baseball team, coached by Rocco Minichiello, won the North I, Group I state sectional championship in 2007, topping Verona High School 7-4 in the tournament final.[12]

Girls basketball

In March 2015, the girls basketball team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 40-27 victory against Wood-Ridge High School in the tournament final, the first state title for any of the school's basketball teams.[13]

Boys soccer

The Hasbrouck Heights Varsity Soccer program was run for many years by head coach Dennis Sayer. After he resigned following the 2001 season, Peter Morisco stepped in as head coach and took the team to the states two out of the three years he ran the program. The first game of the 2004 state sectional championships was an overtime win against Leonia High School, the first in the soccer team's history. The next game was the state semis against North Warren Regional High School getting the furthest the team ever did, falling 3-2. Joe Bitteto took over the team and brought it to its 2nd consecutive state appearance. The team is currently coached by Vincent Marchese.

Football

The football team is coached by Nick Delcalzo. The most recent state championship won by the football program was in 2007. In 2005, Hasbrouck Heights made the North I Group I State Final in Giants Stadium, losing 27-7 to Pompton Lakes High School.[14] Hasbrouck Heights made the 2nd round in the North I Group I state playoffs in 2006, beating Pascack Hills High School 9-3 in the opening round then losing to ultimate winner Bogota High School 24-17 in the semifinals.[15] Hasbrouck Heights made the playoffs for seven consecutive seasons.

The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group I state sectional championship in 1975, 1976, 1994 and 2007.[16] In 1975, the Heights team went 10-0-1 and won the North I, Group I state sectional championship by defeating Ridgefield Memorial High School 22-6 in the first year that the state held playoffs.[17] They were also the BCSL National champions as well. The 1976, the 11-0 Heights Aviators repeated as North I, Group I sectional champions by defeating Mahwah High School in the finals. They were also the BCSL National Champs in 1976 as well. In 1994, the Heights team went 10-1 and won the state sectional championship by defeating North Arlington High School in Giants Stadium. In 2007, the team won the North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 26-16 win over New Milford High School, in a game played at Giants Stadium. The team went 12-0 while also capturing a BCSL Olympic League Championship. Depken Field was also resurfaced with field turf.[18][19]

The Hasbrouck Heights Aviators football team tied for the most wins with Bergen Catholic High School and had the highest winning percentage from 1970 to 1979 of any team in Bergen County. This success continued well into the mid-1980s when Hasbrouck Heights went to the North I Group I finals in 1985 and 1986 but were defeated by New Milford High School both years.

Hasbrouck Heights High School has won a total of 19 Group I state sectional championships and two Group II state sectional championships since 1920 when the team played in Franklin School. Their best year was in 1969 when the Aviators went undefeated and were ranked #1 in the state of NJ and finished in the top 10 nationally.

The Hasbrouck Heights football Aviators natural rival by geographic location are the Wood-Ridge High School Blue Devils. The two programs have one of the state's longest Thanksgiving Day rivalry games dating back at least 60 years as of 2009.[20] Hasbrouck Heights has won the vast majority of the games and had a 21-year Thanksgiving Day game winning streak.

The team's rivals are Wood-Ridge, Cresskill, Emerson, Glen Rock, New Milford, Bogota, Park Ridge and Pompton Lakes high schools.

Girls soccer

The joint Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge High School soccer team won the North I Group II state sectional championship in 2008 under former coach Ollie Pimm with a 2-0 win against Glen Rock High School.[21] His assistant coach Joseph Mastropietro took over the program in 2009 and finished with a record of 17-2-2 in his first season. The Aviators were undefeated BCSL National League champions that season.

Tennis

In 1968, the men's tennis team had a perfect 17-0 record. They won the BCSL title and became the only men's sports team to go undefeated for an entire season.[22]

In 2013, the top-ranked boys tennis team beat Cedar Grove High School by 3-2 to claim the North I Group I state sectional title.[23]

Wrestling

The recreation level wrestling program was established in the 1970s by then-director Andy Feintuch. In 1976, heavyweight Bill Spindler became the school's first NJSIAA state champion, pinning each of his opponents on his way to the gold medal.[24]

Head coach Tom Basile led the 1989 team to league and county titles. The Aviators captured their first North Jersey Group I state sectional championship after a one-sided victory over defending champion Waldwick High School. The team was back-to-back champions in 1990, and won again in 1993 and 1995.[25] For their accomplishments, the 1989 team was elected to the Hasbrouck Heights Athletic Hall of Fame in 2005.

In the mid-1990s, HH alum Mike Scuilla took over from Basile. The pinnacle individual performance came in 2001 when Morgan Horner won the 189 lb. weight class at the NJSIAA championships defeating the defending champion.[24] This accomplishment earned Horner the award for the championship's Most Outstanding Wrestler.[26] The 2006 team won the state North II, Group I sectional title.[25][27] The 2007 team repeated as North II, Group I state sectional championship with a 46-16 win vs. Madison High School.[25][28]

Girls track & field

The spring track program won 20 league championships in the BCSL, in 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010. The program has also won the Bergen County Relay Championships in 1994, 1998, 2002, 2009, 2010, Bergen County Group Championship in 1998, 2009, 2010, and state sectional championships in 1994, 1998. Recent highlights: 2010 4×400 relay team of Naomi Robinson, Jenn Nass, Marissa Romano, & Michele Gianni won their heat at the prestigious Penn Relay Carnival in a time of 4:05.12 to win the Penn Relays Wall Plaque. The same team later in the season broke the school record in the 4 × 400 with a time of 4:02.09. Jeff Kresch was the head coach from 1987-April 1996, Robert Brady is the head coach starting in April 1996.

Boy's track & field

The boy's outdoor team won BCSL titles in 1970, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010. The boys have also won the Bergen County Relay Championships in 1994, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, Bergen County Group Championships in 1970, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010, and State Sectional Titles in 1970, 1994, 2006, and have finished 2nd in the state group championships in 2005, 2006, 2009, 2010. Recent highlights, Junior Pat Cole won the 2010 Bergen County Meet of Champions in the Shot Put, Pat also won the 2010 League, county Group, State Sectional, State Group Shot put Championships. Cole also had a 6th-place finish at the Penn Relay Shot put Championships and a 4th-place finish in the NJ State Meet of Champions. Kevin Condal won the 2010 Bergen County Meet of Champions 400m dash with a new meet record of 47.94 seconds a new school record and the 5th fastest time in Bergen County History. Kevin Also won the league, county group, state sectional 400m dash all with new meet records. The Boys 4 × 400 team of Condal, Harris, Davis and Quinn won the league, county group, state sectional, and state group championships, setting new meet records in the county and state sectional. The team was coached by Jeff Kresch from 1988 to April 1996 and coached by Robert Brady since then.

The boys track team won the 2011 Group I indoor relay championships.[29]

Extracurricular activities

Pilot's Log

The high school publishes Pilot's Log, an award-winning student newspaper. At the 2006 National Scholastic Press Association Fall National High School Journalism Convention in Nashville, Tennessee, Pilot's Log earned the highest accolade of "best in show" for newspapers with 13-16 pages, from all high schools, regardless of size.[30] The newspaper staff also won a National Pacemaker Award for the publication, one of 26 high school publications nationwide to be recognized, unofficially known as the "Pulitzer Prizes of student journalism".[31]

Coronian

The high school's yearbook is named the Coronian. The 2010 102nd volume was the first to be printed entirely in color.

Theatrical performances

Every school year, a selected performance is created by students under the supervision of the school's communications teacher Erin Schneeweiss. A different play is performed every year.

Music

The school holds a concert three times during the school year in which the concert band and jazz band, directed by Joseph Ascolese, perform. The marching band, also directed by Ascolese, recently came in first place in Best Music as well as Best Effect during the 2012 USSBA Competition.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are:[32][33]

On March 22, 2014, superintendent of schools Dr. Mark Porto resigned for "personal reasons". Porto, who was under contract with the Hasbrouck Heights school system until June 30, 2018, earned $157,500 and was to be paid through September 19, 2014.[34]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 School Data for Hasbrouck Heights High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Hasbrouck Heights High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  3. ↑ Graham, Dr. Aaron R. Bergen County Report on Consolidation and Regionalization, Bergen County Executive County Superintendent, March 15, 2010. Accessed June 15, 2011. "Hasbrouck Heights (PK-12) and Teterboro (non-op): The two districts will form the newly merged district of Hasbrouck Heights with Teterboro, a non-operating district scheduled for elimination on July 1, 2010."
  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 April 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 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 26, 2012.
  9. ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  10. ↑ 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 November 19, 2014.
  11. ↑ League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  12. ↑ 2007 Baseball - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 21, 2011.
  13. ↑ Mills, Ed. "H.S. girls basketball: Hasbrouck Heights enjoys first sectional title", The Record (Bergen County), March 10, 2015. Accessed March 10, 2015. "Sparked by that aggressive 1-3-1 and a combined 33 points from Stacey Porzl (13), Stefanie Pagan (10) and Hannah Bailey (10), Hasbrouck Heights defeated Wood-Ridge, 40-27, Monday night in the North 1, Group 1 girls basketball championship game. It is the first sectional title in school history for the Aviators' basketball programs — girls or boys."
  14. ↑ Stapleton, Art. "The unlikely champions", The Record (Bergen County), December 4, 2005. Accessed June 8, 2008. "Pompton Lakes was dominant in all facets during its 27-7 victory over Hasbrouck Heights, capturing only its third sectional title since the school opened in 1932."
  15. ↑ 2006 Football Tournament - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 21, 2007.
  16. ↑ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  17. ↑ Staff. "Passaic Valley Routs North Bergen, 23-7", The New York Times, December 7, 1975. Accessed July 8, 2008. "Hasbrouck Heights (10-0-1) took the North Jersey Section 1, Group 1, title with a 22-6 defeat of Ridgefield (7-3)."
  18. ↑ Czerwinski, Mark J. "Heights caps off unfinished job", The Record (Bergen County), December 2, 2007. "Heights completed a perfect season with a 26-16 victory over the Knights in the North 1, Group 1 title game at frigid Giants Stadium.... The championship is the first since 1994 for the Aviators (12-0), who are ranked No. 6 in The Record's Top 25."
  19. ↑ 2007 Football - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  20. ↑ Kensik, Edward. "Two Turkey Day games continue longtime tradition", Community News, November 26, 2009. Accessed August 21, 2011. "Thanksgiving day has always been a Hasbrouck Heights vs. Wood-Ridge football game at 10:30 a.m. at the field on Route 17 or at Wood-Ridge High School off of Hackensack Avenue. Hasbrouck Heights Athletic Director John Tessaro, who has been with the district for almost 40 years, believes that the annual game is at least 60 years old."
  21. ↑ Leonard, Tim. "Defender ignites Heights' offense", copy of article from The Record (Bergen County), November 15, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2011. "Romano had one of those moments Friday, heading home a corner kick from Megan Gwozdecke in the 16th minute of the second half as No. 1 seed Hasbrouck Heights/Wood-Ridge defeated No. 2 seed Glen Rock, 2-0, in the North 1, Group 2 girls soccer final. The sectional title is the first for the Aviators, who face North 2 champion Caldwell in the State semifinal on Tuesday at 5 p.m. at Bridgewater-Raritan."
  22. ↑ Celentano, Rob. "Height of perfection", The Record (New Jersey), April 16, 2008, backed up by the Internet Archive as of December 1, 2008. Accessed August 21, 2011. "During the turbulent spring of 1968 in which two of the nation's most prominent figures, Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, were assassinated, something special was brewing on the tennis courts at Hasbrouck Heights.... Heights completed the only undefeated boys tennis season in school history that year, going 17-0 to win the BCSL title when there were only eight teams in the league. The title also was the first tennis championship won by the Aviators."
  23. ↑ Jongsma, Joshua. "Boys tennis: Cedar Grove High School reaches state finals", Verona - Cedar Grove Times, May 23, 2013. Accessed July 10, 2013. "The Cedar Grove boys tennis team matched the program's deepest run into the state tournament, but the Panthers were stopped just short of a sectional championship by No. 1 Hasbrouck Heights. Cedar Grove battled the top-seeded Aviators (16-2) in the title bout on Monday, May 20, but ultimately fell 3-2."
  24. 1 2 Wrestling State Champions, New Jersey Wrestling. Accessed May 20, 2012.
  25. 1 2 3 History of the NJSIAA Team Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  26. ↑ Staff. "STERLING'S MARK MANCHIO CLAIMS THIRD STATE CROWN", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 12, 2001. Accessed May 20, 2012. "Morgan Horner (189) of Hasbrouck Heights was the tournament's outstanding wrestler. He won his semifinal and final matched by pin, and decked the top seed to win the crown."
  27. ↑ 2006 Team Wrestling - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 2, 2007.
  28. ↑ 2007 Team Wrestling Tournament - North II, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed June 4, 2007.
  29. ↑ History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  30. ↑ NSPA Best of Show Winners: 2006 JEA/NSPA Fall National High School Journalism Convention, accessed January 1, 2007.
  31. ↑ 2006 NSPA Newspaper Pacemaker Winners, accessed January 1, 2007.
  32. ↑ Administration, Hasbrouck Heights School District. Accessed December 9, 2015.
  33. ↑ Quartuccio, Alana. "Principals Named For Middle, High Schools: Joseph Mastropietro has been appointed as the new middle school principal, Catherine Cassidy has been appointed assistant principal to the middle school/high school.", HasbrougkHeightsPatch, May 15, 2012. Accessed May 20, 2012. "The Board of Education has named Joseph Mastropietro the new middle school principal and Catherine Cassidy as assistant principal to the middle school and high school.... Both Mastropietro and Cassidy have been working alongside Linda Simmons who formerly was the middle school principal until she was appointed to an interim role last December overseeing both the middle and high school. She will take over as high school principal officially on July 1, a decision which was made by the Board of Education this past January."
  34. ↑ Staff. The Bergen Dispatch. The Bergen Dispatch http://www.bergendispatch.com/articles/33190862/Documents-Shed-Some-Light-On-Hasbrouck-Heights-Superintendent-Of-Schools-Resignation-Raise-Other-Questions.aspx. Retrieved June 10, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  35. ↑ McKinley, Jesse. "THEATER; Bye, Bye 'American Pie'; Mrs. Robinson Is Calling", The New York Times, March 31, 2002. Accessed February 16, 2012. "Unlike that character, Mr. Biggs was proving to be a pretty normal teenager, playing high school tennis and holding a series of menial jobs (flower delivery boy, sandwich maker, kitchen staff at a hospital). In 1996, he graduated from Hasbrouck Heights High School and started at New York University, where he enrolled in the College of Arts and Sciences."
  36. ↑ Fischer, Heinz Dietrich; and Fischer, Erika J. Complete biographical encyclopedia of Pulitzer Prize winners, 1917-2000: Journalists, writers and composers on their ways to the coveted awards, p. 35. Walter de Gruyter, 2002. ISBN 3-598-30186-3. Accessed August 21, 2011. "Caldwell, William Anthony, born on December 5, 1906, in Butler, Pa., had just completed his sophomore year at Hasbrouck Heights High School when his father died."
  37. ↑ "The Working Class", Time (magazine), June 11, 1951. Accessed June 4, 2007. "Radio-TV Comic Arthur Godfrey, whose formal higher education consisted of 'one short year at Hasbrouck Heights High School' in New Jersey, got an honorary Doctor of Science degree at Rider College in Trenton, N.J."
  38. ↑ Fox, Ron. "Article: COLTS SIGN SLUTZKER", The Record (Bergen County), July 12, 1996. Accessed June 17, 2009.

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