Tenafly High School

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Tenafly High School
Location
19 Columbus Drive
Tenafly, NJ, 07670
USA
Information
Principal Dora P. Kontogiannis
Enrollment

992 (as of 2005-06)[1]
Faculty 90.6 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 10.9[1]
Type Public high school
Grades 9-12
Athletics conference Bergen County Scholastic League
Team name Tigers
Color(s) black and orange
Information 201-816-6600
Homepage School website

Tenafly High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve from Tenafly, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Tenafly Public Schools. Students from the neighboring community of Alpine attend the school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Alpine Public School.[2]

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 992 students and 90.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 10.9.[1]

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[edit] Awards and recognition

Tenafly High School was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award, awarded by the United States Department of Education at a special assembly to the Tenafly High School Community on September 20, 2005. Tenafly was the only high school in New Jersey and one of 38 public high schools in the U.S. to receive the 2005 Blue Ribbon School Award.[3]

Tenafly High School was the 2nd ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's January 2008 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.[4] It also earned 2nd place in the magazine's September 2006 rankings.[5]

In Newsweek's May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Tenafly High School was listed in 928th place, the 27th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[6]

[edit] Library Media Center

Tenafly High School's Lalor Library Media Center is a full service library containing over 22,000 volumes, an electronic reference center with on line resources, and an academic theater for projecting all types of materials. A professional television studio located in the center of the library (perhaps the first and only library to so closely integrate television broadcast within a working library) features integrated videoconferencing that allows guest speakers to be brought in electronically) is supported by a television control room located in a one time AV storage room. Live local access broadcasting as well as worldwide web streaming at www.librarymedia.net enables in house productions and presentations to be broadcast and shared worldwide.

[edit] Athletics and extracurricular activities

Tenafly is noted for its competitive debate team which has been awarded numerous awards over the years.[citation needed] In recent years, the debate team came in first in overall standings in 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2004-2005, 2006-2007. The team placed second in 2005-2006. Also, the winner of the 2000-2001 season is unclear as the caretaker of the website has done a poor job of making sure all parts of the site function correctly.

The Tenafly High School Tigers compete in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.[7] The league operates under the jurisdiction of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The school nickname is the Tigers, and its school colors are consequently black and orange, with a nod to those of Princeton University.

Tenafly is noted for its tennis team (currently being coached by Anthony Zorovich).[8][9]

The boys tennis team won the 2006 Group II State Championship, defeating Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School 3-2 in the semifinals and West Essex High School 3-2 in the finals to take the title.[10] In 2007, the Boy's Tennis Team won the state sectionals defeating Dwight Morrow High School 5-0 to win the North I, Group II championship, the team's sixth consecutive sectional title.[11][12] The team moved onto win the 2007 NJSIAA Group II State Championship, defeating Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School 3-2 in the final match to earn their fourth consecutive Group II State Championship.[13][14][15]

In addition, the Tenafly boys tennis team has won 25 out of the past 26 BCSL American championships (1982-1995, 1997-2007).[citation needed]

In 2007, the girls tennis team took the North I, Group II state sectionals with a string of 5-0 wins over Westwood Regional High School in the quarterfinals, Newton High School in the semis and Pascack Hills High School in the finals.[16] The win was the eighth sectional title in team history.[17] The team took the Group II State Championship with a 3½-1½ win over Haddonfield Memorial High School in the semifinals and Manasquan High School in the finals by a 3-2 score.[18]

Tenafly also has had very successful Ice Hockey and Football teams. Their Ice Hockey team has merged with Cresskill High School to form one team under the name "The Tigers."

Tenafly is also known for its extraordinary bowling team coached my James Stanik and led in 2008 by Chris Hopkins

Other sports in Tenafly that have winning traditions include swimming, soccer, softball, track, bowling, and volleyball.[citation needed] Basketball is among the other sports offered at Tenafly.

[edit] Notable alumni

Other prominent Tenafly graduates in Performing Arts include: Alexander Tall, baritone, City opera; Adam Rothenberg, actor, Mad Money, Kennedy Center's A Streetcar named Desire; Annika Boras, Actress, graduate of RADA, Paper Mill Playhouse's The Miracle Worker; Alexander Gemignani, actor, starred in Les Misérables, Assassins, Sunday in the Park with George; James Youmans, set designer, "Gypsy'; Diane Davis, actress, Regrets Only, Old Acquaintance. Other THS notables in the Performing Arts include: Michael Sorvino, actor/producer, Blur, Gods and Generals; Amanda Sorvino, actress/ producer, The Trouble with Cali; Kira Simring, director, Cell Theatre Co. NYC; Shelley Gershoni, actress, One Life to Live, Metropolitan Opera; Brad Raimondo, director/ actor/ producer, Dreamscape theatre in NYC; Karen Schiff, playwright; Andre Pluess, sound designer, NYC.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Tenafly High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 29, 2007.
  2. ^ Alvarado, Monsy. "Alpine to keep sending students to Tenafly", The Record (Bergen County), April 4, 2003. Accessed January 2, 2008."ALPINE - The borough's high school students will continue to attend Tenafly High School under a new contract approved by the Board of Education this week."
  3. ^ Schools selected as No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools in 2005. Retrieved on May 2, 2006.
  4. ^ "Ranking of the Top High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, January 28, 2008. Accessed March 6, 2008.
  5. ^ "Top Public High Schools in New Jersey", New Jersey Monthly, September 2006, backed up by Internet Archive as of April 29, 2007. Accessed March 5, 2008.
  6. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools", Newsweek, May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.
  7. ^ School Info, Bergen County Scholastic League American Division. Accessed March 9, 2008.
  8. ^ All-County Tennis - Bergen, The Record (Bergen County), December 6, 2006.
  9. ^ Bergen all team tennis, The Record (Bergen County), December 6, 2006.
  10. ^ 2006 Boys Team Tennis - Public Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 30, 2007.
  11. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - North I, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  12. ^ "Palisades Park wins sectional", The Record (Bergen County), May 22, 2007. "Top-seeded Tenafly won five matches in straight sets to defeat third-seeded Englewood, 5-0, for its fourth straight sectional title. The Tigers also won North 1, Group 3 in 2002 and 2003, giving them six sectional titles in the past six years."
  13. ^ Celentano, Rob."Lee digs deep to clinch title", The Record (Bergen County), May 25, 2007. "Lee worked his way through a couple of cramps in the second set and rallied to beat Sean Pahler, 6-4, 3-6, 6-2, at first singles as Tenafly defeated Rumson-Fair Haven, 3-2, at Mercer County Park to win its fourth straight Group 2 tennis title."
  14. ^ 2007 Boys Tennis - Public Group Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed May 27, 2007.
  15. ^ DigitalSports article (from Rumson Fair-Haven's perspective) of Tenafly Boys Tennis' Group II championship win over Rumson. Accessed February 24, 2008.
  16. ^ 2007 Girls Team Tennis - North I, Group II, NJSIAA. Accessed October 25, 2007.
  17. ^ Pompton Lakes captures crown, The Star-Ledger, October 13, 2007. Accessed October 25, 2007. "Tenafly defeated Pascack Hills, 5-0, in the North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2 final at Old Tappan, marking the eighth sectional victory in the school's history."
  18. ^ 2007 Girls Team Tennis - Public Group Semis/Finals, NJSIAA. Accessed October 25, 2007.
  19. ^ "AMBITIOUS STAGE FOR TENAFLY TEENS; YEARLY SHOW FUELS THEATER DREAMS." The Record (Bergen County) May 23, 1997.
  20. ^ a b Rohan, Virginia. "North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed July 5, 2007. "Hope Davis: Class of 1982, Tenafly High School.... Ed Harris: Class of 1969, Tenafly High School"
  21. ^ Rohan, Virginia. "Tenafly High grad stars in Fox pilot", The Record (Bergen County), March 4, 2008. Accessed March 4, 2008.
  22. ^ Stein, Ruthe. They're Ready For Their Close-Ups: Camped out at Oscars, the starstruck wait to sneak a peek, San Francisco Chronicle, March 25, 2001. Accessed May 31, 2007. "She's hoping to score a seat near the front and catch the eye of Oscar nominee Ed Harris, who went to Tenafly High School in New Jersey with her mother."
  23. ^ Biography for Jon-Erik Hexum, accessed November 30, 2006.
  24. ^ RICHARD A. LEVAO NAMED 16th BLOOMFIELD COLLEGE PRESIDENT, Bloomfield College press release dated January 21, 2003. Accessed May 11, 2007.
  25. ^ Minutes of Library Board Meeting, Tenafly Public Library, dated October 15, 2007. Accessed January 22, 2008.
  26. ^ Jen Maxfield, WABC-TV. Accessed November 20, 2006.
  27. ^ Jersey Boys
  28. ^ Steven Rothman, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed June 7, 2007.
  29. ^ "MUSIC NOTES", The Star-Ledger, November 16, 2000, p. 71. "Wright returns. Singer-songwriter-keyboardist Gary Wright, who grew up in Cresskill and went to Tenafly High School, will perform in New York tonight for the first time in 20 years."

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