North Bergen High School

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Location
North Bergen High School
7417 Kennedy Boulevard North Bergen, NJ 07047
Information
School district	North Bergen School District
Principal	Paschal H. Tennaro
Vice principal	Allen Pascual Denise Arenas (9th) Edward J. Somick (10th) Thomas Liggio, Jr. (11th) Patricia R. Brando (12th)
Enrollment	2,399 (as of 2005-06)^[1]
Faculty	151.5 (on FTE basis)^[1]
Student:teacher ratio	15.8^[1]
Type	Public high school
Grades	9 - 12
Athletics conference	Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association
Team name	Bruins
Color(s)	red and gold
Information	201-295-2800
Homepage	School website

North Bergen High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school, serving students in ninth through twelfth grade from North Bergen, in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the North Bergen School District.

Students from Guttenberg attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Guttenberg Public School District.^[2]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,399 students and 151.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 15.8.^[1]

North Bergen High School was recognized as a "Benchmark Public High School for Academic Achievement" by the Business Coalition for Education Excellence, for the years of 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006.

1 Clubs
2 Community Involvement
3 Athletics
4 Administration
5 References
6 External links

[edit] Clubs

Art Club, Academic Decathlon Team, Bible Club, Cheerleaders, Chess Club, Color Guard, Debate Team, Distributive Education Clubs of America, The Environmental Club, FBLA-PBL, French Club,GLBT Club, German Club, Italian club, French National Honor Society, National Honor Society, Rebel, Stage Crew, Modeling club, Drama club, Dance club, Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Wind Ensemble.

[edit] Community Involvement

Members of the Key Club, National Honor Society and the Student Council volunteer their time during township/school events to help the event to be successful.

[edit] Athletics

N.B.H.S is home to the Bruins Stadium located in James J. Braddock Park serves as the home field for the football and soccer teams. The Tennis Courts at James J. Braddock Park serve as the home courts. N.B.H.S gymnasium serves as the home field for other sports. The Bruins compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes 22 private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).^[3]

Sports programs are Boys Football, Boys/Girls Basketball, Boys Baseball, Girls Softball, Boys/Girls Tennis, Cross Country, Boys/Girls Soccer, Boys/Girls Volleyball, Bowling, Boys Wrestling, etc.

N.B.H.S Boys Tennis team came in 2nd place in the HCIAA finals after a 4-1 loss against their arch rival the Bayonne Bees. The 1st doubles team in the Boys Tennis team were recognized as the top 1st Doubles team in Hudson County. During the 2006 season the boys tennis team defeated Bayonne High School first time in 15 years and during the 2007 season NBHS beat Bayonne again (3-2).

On March 5, 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group IV state championship, falling to Passaic County Technical Institute by 86-85 in overtime, in a game played at Wayne Valley High School.^[4]^[5]

Over the past two years, the North Bergen High School Marching Band has made a name for themselves by winning in competitions, beating out "Open Class' (the best class) bands

The Boys soccer varsity team has become one of the top soccer programs in the county alongside with memorial.The Bruins in the 2007 season had an impressive record finishing at 17-4 (including a ten-game wining streak) with a team that only had five Seniors.