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Teaneck High School

January 19, 2024

Teaneck High School (known as The Castle on the Hill[6]) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Teaneck Public Schools. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1935.[5]

Teaneck High School
Address
100 Elizabeth Street

Teaneck
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07666

United States
Coordinates40°53′28″N 74°0′28″W / 40.89111°N 74.00778°W / 40.89111; -74.00778
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoLatin: Mentem Colere Et Personam Meliorare
(To enrich the mind and improve the character)
Established1922; 102 years ago (1922)
School districtTeaneck Public Schools
NCES School ID341608000840[1]
PrincipalPedro H. Valdes III[2][3]
Faculty101.0 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,239 (as of 2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio12.3:1[1]
Hours in school day6 hours
Color(s)  Royal blue
  White[4]
AthleticsBaseball • basketball • cheerleading • crew • cross country • fencing • football • indoor track • soccer • softball • tennis • track • volleyball • wrestling
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Team nameHighwaymen / Highwaywomen[4]
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[5]
YearbookHi-Way
MagazineThe Looking Glass
Websitewww.teaneckschools.org/teaneckhighschool_home.aspx

As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,239 students and 101.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.3:1. There were 169 students (13.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 87 (7.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

The school was renovated in 2003–04, giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center. Teaneck created two academies that focus on the sciences and the arts.

Teaneck's sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen; girls' teams are called the Highwaywomen.[4] The team name comes from the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century and for the school's location overlooking Route 4.[7][8]

History edit

The school was opened in the current building, which resembles a Tudor palace, in 1928, and a new wing was added in 1936. Honors courses were introduced in the 1960s. Teaneck has been a four-year high school since the 1980s.[citation needed]

 
PWA hod carriers move bricks for construction of Teaneck High School

In 1934, Teaneck High School became the first in the nation to offer a program in aviation as a vocational component of its academic program. Using a plane purchased for $1,800, students were trained in class regarding the technical aspects of flying during the first year of the two-year program, with students getting at least the minimum 50 hours of flight training during the second year needed to obtain a pilot's license.[9]

In May 1964, Teaneck's schools were officially desegregated, after the district's board of education voted to implement a centralized sixth grade school that would serve the entire township.[10]

In 1972, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey represented Teaneck High School student Abbe Seldin in her legal battle to play tennis at the school. The coach would not let her play for the men's team, although no women's team existed. Seldin won her case and later became the first woman at Syracuse University to win an athletic scholarship.[11]

In 1987, the school was the subject of a 20/20 documentary on the effects of Heavy Metal on students.[12]

On May 1, 2014, more than 60 students were taken into police custody following a senior prank at Teaneck High School. A police officer described the overturned tables and vaseline-smeared doorknobs as "the craziest thing [he'd] ever seen" in his 19-year career.[13] Initial reports claimed that students had also urinated in the halls, which was refuted by the district's superintendent.[14][15]

Awards, recognition and rankings edit

In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Teaneck High School was listed in 1080th place, the 33rd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.[16]

The school was the 156th-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.[17] The school had been ranked 126th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 114th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[18] The magazine ranked the school 121st in 2008 out of 316 schools.[19] The school was ranked 102nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[20]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 266th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009–10 rankings 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).[21]

Academies edit

In the fall of 2002, two academies, or "schools within a school," were launched. The T.E.A.M.S. Academy (Technology-Enriched Academy for Mathematics and Science) is a three-hour daily program that seeks to integrate technology, mathematics, science, and computer science in a smaller learning environment. The TAA Performing Arts Academy aims to integrate various art forms such as dance, film making, instrumental music and technical theatre to prepare students for college majors and internships in the Fine and Performing Arts.[22]

Extracurricular activities edit

 
1997 New Jersey State High School Chess Champions

Shearwood "Woody" McClelland, III (Class of 1996) won the National 11th and 12th Grade Chess Championship in 1994 and 1995, the first repeat champion in tournament history.[23] Teaneck High School won the New Jersey State High School Chess Championship in 1997, captained by Woody's sister, Kimberly (Class of 1998).[24]

Athletics edit

Teaneck High School Highwaymen / Highwaywomen[4] compete in the Big North Conference, which is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[25] In the 2009–10 school year, the school competed in the North Jersey Tri-County Conference, which was established on an interim basis to facilitate the realignment.[26] Until the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had participated in Division A of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League, which included high schools located in Bergen, Essex and Passaic counties, and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification.[27] With 876 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[28] The football team competes in the Liberty Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league.[29][30] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 895 to 1,296 students.[31]

Sports offered include:[4]

Fall
boys and girls cross country, football, boys and girls soccer, girls volleyball and girls tennis
Winter
boys and girls basketball, boys and girls swimming, indoor track, scholastic wrestling, boys and girls bowling, and boys and girls fencing
Spring
baseball, softball, tennis, boys track, girls track, golf, boys volleyball, boys and girls crew

Teaneck won the Group IV cross country state championship in 1961. The school's Dave Hunt was the individual champion in Group IV in 1964.[32]

The boys soccer team won the Group IV state championship in 1965 with a 1–0 victory against runner-up Steinert High School in the tournament final.[33][34]

The boys tennis team won the Group IV state championship in 1967, defeating Wayne Valley High School 2–1 in the final match of the playoffs.[35][36]

The boys' basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1999 (vs. Rancocas Valley Regional High School), 2003 (vs. Trenton Central High School), 2016 (vs. Winslow Township High School) and 2017 (vs. Ewing High School).[37] The team won the Group IV state championship in 1999 and advanced to the Tournament of Champions final, losing 54–45 to Seton Hall Preparatory School.[38][39] The team won the 2003 Group IV state championship with a 61–54 win over Elizabeth High School in the semis and a 68–56 win against Trenton Central in the finals.[40][41] Winning their 28th consecutive game that season, the Highwaymen took the 2011 North I Group III state sectional title with a 68–40 win over Passaic Valley Regional High School during their first year under head coach Jerome Smart.[42] That same season, head coach Shenee Clark led the Highwaywomen to a state sectional title in the North I Group III region with a 63–42 win over Ramapo High School.[43]

The THS homecoming football game has been held annually on Thanksgiving Day against rival Hackensack High School since 1931, alternating each year with each school as host.[44] Hackensack has won 62 of the 85 games through the 2017 season. NJ.com listed the rivalry as 27th best in their 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football".[45]

Runner Kahlia Taylor won the Group III state championships in 2012 in both the 100m and 200m sprints, becoming only the sixth female runner from a public school in North Jersey to achieve this accomplishment.[46]

In 2020, the girls' bowling team won the Group II state championship, the first state title in program history.[47][48]

Administration edit

The school's principal is Pedro H. Valdes III. His core administration team includes two vice principals.[2]

Notable alumni edit

See also: Category:Teaneck High School alumni

Notable faculty edit

References edit

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  59. ^ , University of Kansas, September 17, 2004, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 17, 2014. "NJ Teaneck Miles L. Bonny Bachelor of General Studies Afr & Afr-Amer StudiesBGS Senior Male Francis Bonny Teaneck High School"
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  61. ^ "Godfather of Harlem Creator To Appear at Teaneck International Film Festival", Northern Valley Press, November 14, 2019. Accessed February 12, 2020. "In episode three of Godfather of Harlem, Chris Brancato, Teaneck High School alumnus and a creator of the series—about Harlem kingpin Bumpy Johnson in the 1960s—acknowledges the town he grew up in. Before heading off to finish some illegal business, Bumpy tells his wife and daughter to go have some ice cream at Bischoff’s."
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  78. ^ Coutros, Evonne. "The guy who knows the score; Composer's movie career is on a roll", The Record, May 18, 1994. Accessed February 12, 2020. "Edelman, born in Paterson and raised in Teaneck, also has scored the films Beethoven, Beethoven's 2nd, The Distinguished Gentleman, The Last of the Mohicans, and Kindergarten Cop.... For the 1965 graduate of Teaneck High School, his big break came after scoring the children's animated feature The Chipmunk Adventure."
  79. ^ Klein, Alvin. "The Duke and I", The New York Times, March 30, 1997. Accessed October 17, 2011. "Born 44 years ago to St. Paul (a minister who always found someplace to preach) and Kathryn Epps (who taught home economics in Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Teaneck), Sheldon Epps lived in Los Angeles until he was 11. 'We moved to Teaneck when I was in the seventh grade, and there I stayed through junior high school and through college,' he said.... He discovered theater when he performed in a summer musical program at Teaneck High School."
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  84. ^ Popper, Steve. "A Coach in Training, Even as a Teenager", The New York Times, January 28, 2004. Accessed March 28, 2008. "Almost 20 years ago, Bruce Frank was the starting point guard for the Teaneck High School team, playing alongside the future N.B.A. player Tony Campbell. Frank was good enough to dream of playing in the N.B.A. himself someday and to earn a place in Howie Garfinkel's Five-Star Basketball Camp. The camp also held interest for Bruce Frank's younger brother, Lawrence, a 16-year-old who had been cut from the same Teaneck High team."
  85. ^ Philadelphia vs. New York Mets, USA Today, September 1, 2002. Accessed December 12, 2007. "'Playing in the rain today felt like playing on the ballfields at Teaneck,' said Glanville, who played at Teaneck High School in New Jersey."
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  87. ^ Pagan, Marion B. "Down Our Street; Drug discovery", The Record, June 23, 1978. Accessed January 1, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Dr. Mark S. Gold, a psychopharmacologist at the Connecticut Mental Health Center run by Yale University School of Medicine's psychiatry department, has found that Clonidine, a recent drug being prescribed for high blood pressure, prevents withdrawal symptoms in drug addicts. Dr. Gold, a 1967 graduate of Teaneck High School, warned that there are dangerous side effects which make it inadvisable for addicts to use Clonidine."
  88. ^ "Goldenberg, Shapiro", The Record, March 13, 1969. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Goldenberg of 114 Ayers Court have announced the engagement of their daughter, Naomi Ruth, to Jonathan Salem Shapiro, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Roland Shapiro of New York City. The bride-to-be was graduated from Teaneck High School and is senior at Douglass College."
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  90. ^ About Jeff, Jeff Gottesfeld. Accessed February 12, 2020. "I grew up in Teaneck, New Jersey, where I went to Whittier School, Benjamin Franklin Junior High School, and Teaneck High School."
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  92. ^ Hi-Way 1949 Yearbook, p. 80.
  93. ^ Daniel Grossberg, Ballotpedia. Accessed December 3, 2023.
  94. ^ "Chiefs Select DE Tamba Hali in Round 1" September 30, 2007, at the Wayback Machine, Kansas City Chiefs, April 29, 2006. Accessed July 3, 2007. "Hali was an All-American defensive end at Teaneck High School by G&W and Super Prep."
  95. ^ Lipowsky, Josh. "Muslim mayor and Jewish deputy highlight Teaneck's diversity", Jewish Standard, July 9, 2010. Accessed September 12, 2011.
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  97. ^ Lisberg, Adam. "Teaneck product is named No. 2 leader at Harvard; As provost, he will be principal planning officer",The Record, October 30, 2001. Accessed January 4, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "A 1970 graduate of Teaneck High School was named provost of Harvard University on Monday after serving five years as director of the National Institute of Mental Health. Steven E. Hyman will assume the provost's position in December, making him the principal planning and policy officer of Harvard and second in command to President Lawrence H. Summers.... Hyman, 49, grew up in Teaneck and attended its public schools. He was captain of the Teaneck High School wrestling team and was named 'class intellect' in the senior yearbook."
  98. ^ Robb, Adam. "NJ native designers Marc Jacobs, Proenza Schouler, nominated for CFDA Fashion Awards", The Star-Ledger, March 17, 2011. Accessed February 12, 2020. "Jacobs was raised in Teaneck and attended Teaneck High School and McCollough grew up in the New Jersey suburbs. (It's not uncommon for high fashion designers to be vague about their NJ roots.)"
  99. ^ Ruse, Leslie. "Did you know these New Jersey celebrities were engaged?", Daily Record, August 7, 2018. Accessed February 12, 2020. "Marc Jacobs, Teaneck – Fashion designer Marc Jacobs, a graduate of Teaneck High School, used a flash mob performance to the Prince song “Kiss" to propose to boyfriend Charly Defrancesco at a Manhattan Chipotle on April 4, 2018."
  100. ^ "The Chris Jasper Interview ... Part 1" February 13, 2020, at the Wayback Machine, Soul and Jazz and Funk, February 27, 2013. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Elaine and Rudolph lived in Teaneck, New Jersey and I'd visit in the summers and I even spent my junior year at Teaneck High School. It was during this time that I formed a group with Ernie and Marvin called The Jazzmen Trio."
  101. ^ Rohan, Virginia. , The Record, June 6, 2007. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Michael Korie, the Tony-nominated Grey Gardens lyricist, leads a visitor to a room in the Teaneck home where he grew up... This place, the Indicks' home since 1963, and these parents had a profound influence on Korie (his middle name, which he uses professionally), a successful lyricist who has also done several operas.... By the time Korie got to Teaneck High School – where he was rehearsal accompanist for shows like "Oklahoma" – he was going on his own, and with friends, to see New York shows."
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  103. ^ Hi-Way 1963 Yearbook, p. 58 as "Robert J. LaKind".
  104. ^ Staff. "Teaneck's Maya Lawrence to represent USA fencing at Olympics", The Record, April 17, 2012. Accessed August 10, 2016. "Teaneck's Maya Lawrence has qualified and will represent the United States in fencing at the 2012 Olympics in London. She will be competing in the individual épée and team épée events.... A 1998 graduate of Teaneck High School, Lawrence was a two-time first team all-state selection in épée her junior and senior years."
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  107. ^ Siegler, Bonnie. , American Jewish Life magazine, February / March 2008. Accessed August 31, 2011. "Lindelof's imagination and dreams actually began during his freshman year at Teaneck High School. 'I always wanted to be making movies, doing something in television or writing a novel', says Damon who, prior to Lost, wrote for Nash Bridges and Crossing Jordan."
  108. ^ Lumenick, Lou. , The Record, October 17, 1994. Accessed May 21, 2007. "Leonard Maltin was a so-so student. 'I was the only student in the history of Teaneck High School to fail a take-home, open-book exam,' he says with a mixture of pride and embarrassment."
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  110. ^ Gabrielle Kirk McDonald March 20, 2012, at the Wayback Machine, Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Accessed September 13, 2011. "When she was in high school, the family moved to Teaneck, New Jersey. Tall and a natural athlete, she played field hockey and was president of the girls' leadership club. Her yearbook states that she is one of the 'nicest' and 'most liked girls' in the class."
  111. ^ The Honorable Gabrielle Kirk McDonald, The History Makers. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald was born on April 12, 1942 in St. Paul, Minnesota to James Kirk and Frances English. McDonald was raised in Manhattan, New York and in Teaneck, New Jersey, where she graduated from Teaneck High School in 1959."
  112. ^ Alvarado, Monsy. , The Record, October 13, 1996. Accessed April 21, 2009. "Melissa Morgan, a junior at Teaneck High School, has been accepted as a scholar for the National Young Leaders Conference in December in Washington, D.C."
  113. ^ Hi-Way 1973 Yearbook.
  114. ^ Morton, Brian. "May 3: When Proust Came to Teaneck", The New York Times, May 2, 2013. Accessed February 13, 2020. "About 50 years later, when Proust reached Teaneck High School, we were blown away, too."
  115. ^ Hi-Way 1970 Yearbook, p. 60.
  116. ^ Kelly, Mike. "One nation under ... ?", The Record, June 30, 2002. Accessed May 5, 2007. "But Newdow, who reportedly was nicknamed "Noodle" at Teaneck High School, has forced us to take a hard look at the 31-word Pledge of Allegiance that far too many of us recite by rote and without questioning what it says."
  117. ^ Rohan, Virginia. , The Record, February 2, 2012, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 10, 2013. Accessed February 13, 2020. "'On set and off, I dance all the time,' says O'Neal, who's actually a senior at Teaneck High School, where he's been in the theater program."
  118. ^ Hi-Way 1963 Yearbook, p. 73.
  119. ^ Cloud, David S. "A Marine on message", The New York Times, April 23, 2005. Accessed August 31, 2011. "Peter Pace, the son of an Italian immigrant, was born in Brooklyn on Nov. 5, 1945, and raised in Teaneck, N.J. At Teaneck High School, he played soccer, ran track and was vice president of the senior class. The entry by his name in his senior yearbook reads, 'Leadership, modesty, reliability and character are all qualities that personify Pete.'"
  120. ^ "Sutherland Pacing Bates College Five", The Record, January 19, 1959. Accessed June 24, 2023. via Newspapers.com. "Coach Bob Peck is a former Teaneck High School athlete, while one of his top players is Jim Sutherland, a sophomore from Ridgewood."
  121. ^ Hi-Way 1963 Yearbook, p. 52 as "Linda Ruth Jacobs".
  122. ^ Kisseloff, Jeff. Generation on fire: voices of protest from the 1960s : an oral history, p. 228. University Press of Kentucky, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8131-2416-2. Accessed September 14, 2011. "My name was Linda Jacobs... I wanted to have a name that seemed powerful and funny and distant and unforgettable. V seemed like a wonderful letter, and Doris Lessing had a lot of verandas in her work, so I chose the name Verandah Porche because I was sitting on a porch. The e was just a festoon. What got me started on my alien path was moving to Teaneck, New Jersey, when I was eight years old. Growing up in Teaneck was anesthesia.
  123. ^ Wojnarowski, Adrian. , The Record, March 16, 2002. Accessed April 1, 2008. "Three years ago, Kasib Powell came out of Teaneck High School too small and slight for a major conference scholarship."
  124. ^ Jean Prioleau, Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball. Accessed September 25, 2017. "A graduate of Teaneck High School in Teaneck, N.J., Prioleau was a Third Team all- State as well as a First Team All-League and All-Bergen County pick in high school."
  125. ^ Education September 12, 2017, at the Wayback Machine, EricPulier.com. Accessed September 11, 2017. "Mr. Pulier graduated from Teaneck High School in 1984."
  126. ^ "Adventures In Science: Interview With Winners Of The Seventeenth Annual Science Talent Search", Smithsonian Institution. Accessed January 21, 2022. "This is Jane Shelby, 17, from Teaneck High School, Teaneck, New Jersey. For my project in the Science Talent Search, I calculated the orbit of the third stage rocket of Sputnik 1 from the observations of an amateur team that I organized."
  127. ^ Hi-Way 1953 Yearbook, p. 84 as "Paul Allen Rothchild".
  128. ^ "World Getting Bigger, Horizons Unlimited, Graduates Are Told: Teaneck Ceremony Graduates 294; Brees Talks", The Record, June 11, 1954. Accessed June 23, 2023, via Newspapers.com.
  129. ^ Beckerman, Jim. "A play about ex-cons, played by themselves", The Record, July 6, 2008. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "That's the combined prison time of the four ex-convicts who play themselves in this unique off-Broadway play, conceived and directed by Bergen County native David Rothenberg.... Rothenberg, who grew up in Ridgefield Park and Teaneck (Teaneck High School, class of 1951), began his career as a part-time sports writer for The Record."
  130. ^ Horyn, Cathy. "Mary Jane Russell, 50's Fashion Model, Is Dead at 77", The New York Times, December 7, 2003. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Mary Jane Russell, whose maiden name was Walton, was born on July 10, 1926, in Teaneck, N.J. Mr. Russell, whom she met at Teaneck High School, pursued her with a romantic diligence from the South Pacific, where he served in World War II as a radioman aboard seaplane tenders."
  131. ^ Murrells, Joseph. Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s: An Illustrated Directory, p. 156. Batsford (publisher), 1984. ISBN 0-7134-3843-6. Accessed July 23, 2011. "Linda (real name Linda Joy Sampson) was born on 11 June 1945 in Queens, New York and has been performing as a singer since she was four. She moved to Teaneck, New Jersey when 11 and enrolled at the high school there."
  132. ^ "Atlantic City: New Milestone For Linda Scott Of Teaneck; Top Teen Singer Heads Steel Pier Bill, Reads Poe For Diversion Teaneck Headlining the Easter show at Atlantic City's Steel Pier is just another feather in the professional cap of Linda Scott.", The Record, April 21, 1962. Accessed January 4, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "At 17, Linda can already claim appearances with Dick Clark, Ed Sullivan, and Paul Anka. If these weren't proof enough of her success, she was nominated 'Most Promising Female Vocalist' last year by Cashbox Magazine, the bible of show business.... A junior at Teaneck High School, she is enrolled in the college preparatory course."
  133. ^ Hi-Way 1974 Yearbook, p. 80 as "Paul 'Rocky' Shambroom".
  134. ^ "Photographer: Focuses on the faces of small-town politicians", The Record, November 7, 2004. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Q. Do you think suburban New Jersey had any influence on your choice of subjects? Oh, definitely. I was involved politically as a kid. For a brief period I was president of the student council in Teaneck high school ..."
  135. ^ Hi-Way 1988 Yearbook, p. 135.
  136. ^ Longsdorf, Amy. "Cameraman always has eye on Jersey roots"[permanent dead link], The Record, June 1, 2009. Accessed June 2, 2009.
  137. ^ History of the Men's Single/Double Tennis Tournament, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 23, 2016.
  138. ^ Levine, Cecilia. "Teaneck Tennis Player Inducted Into Hall Of Fame", Teaneck Daily Voice, April 20, 2017. Accessed February 13, 2020. "During Siegel’s senior year at Teaneck High School, Siegel won the boys’ tennis state championship. He went on to play collegiately at Miami Dade Junior College North for two years, where he was a two-time All-American in singles and doubles."
  139. ^ Coutros, Evonne. , The Record, March 26, 1995. Accessed October 21, 2007. "Nearly three decades after Alan Silvestri drummed out beats for the Teaneck High School band, he's hoping to march to the podium Monday night to collect an Oscar."
  140. ^ "Sharing a part in a student play", The Record, December 4, 1981. Accessed February 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Two actors are sharing the role of the stage manager in the Teaneck High School production of Our Town.... The cast of 48 includes Suzanne Doyle and David Sirulnick as Mr. and Mrs. Webb..."
  141. ^ Staff. "David Sklansky", Current Biography Yearbook 2007, Volume 68. H. W. Wilson Co., 2007. Accessed August 31, 2011. "Sklansky attended Teaneck High School, graduating in 1966."
  142. ^ Hi-Way 1966 Yearbook, p. 128.
  143. ^ Nash, Margo. "Still Singing, Still a Fan Of Trains", The New York Times, June 22, 2003. Accessed January 5, 2013. "Her first record, Phoebe Snow (Shelter 1974), with the single Poetry Man, went gold, and the 22-year-old, who had been discovered performing in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse, shortly after graduating from Teaneck High School, found herself a sudden success."
  144. ^ Sports Historian Relishes Distant Replays, FDU Online Magazine, Spring 2000. Accessed July 6, 2007. "Hired initially as a consultant by NBA commissioner and fellow Teaneck High School graduate David Stern after a chance meeting at a reunion, Himmelman played a major role in the production of the league's encyclopedia."
  145. ^ Hi-Way 1959 Yearbook, p. 73.
  146. ^ "Reports on Grads; Teaneck High School Music Instructor Points To Accomplishments", The Record, October 29, 1938. Accessed January 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Additional accomplishments by graduates of Teaneck High School music department were announced today by Etzel Willhoit, instructor and founder 10 years ago of the school's band and orchestra. Miss Ellen Stone, class of "35, appeared as French horn soloist when the New Friends of Music, numbering 40 players, made its debut this month at Town Hall."
  147. ^ Christie, Julie. "Former Owl embarking on Olympic journey 2012 graduate Kamali Thompson is attempting to qualify for the 2016 Olympics.", The Temple News, February 16, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2022. "Along with every first- and second-year fencer in New Jersey, Kamali Thompson competed at Freshman, Sophomores in February 2005. In her first year of the sport, the then-freshman at Teaneck High School watched her teammate finish third at the annual competition."
  148. ^ Staff. "A Visit With Lynn Tilton", Rotor & Wing, February 1, 2009. Accessed April 1, 2015. "Education: 'I went to Teaneck High School... Yale undergraduate and I have an MBA from Columbia.'"
  149. ^ Hi-Way 1981 Yearbook, p. 69.
  150. ^ Treaster, Joseph B. "Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend", Accessed July 6, 2007. "Donald W. Maloney, another Teaneck High School graduate, entered Princeton along with Volcker. Although they had been in the same homeroom at Teaneck High for several years and had been high achievers, they had not been especially close."
  151. ^ Quentin Walker, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 27, 2018.
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  154. ^ "Sportlight; NASL strike possible", The Record, March 20, 1979. Accessed January 4, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Doug Wark, who was an All-Bergen County soccer selection at Teaneck High School, was named to the first Major Indoor Soccer League All-Star team."
  155. ^ Robert Weissberg, James G. Martin Center for Academic Renewal. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Robert Weissberg was born in New York City and graduated from Teaneck High School in Teaneck, New Jersey."
  156. ^ Rosenblatt, Gary. "Jewish Past: New Course In Teaneck", The New York Times, April 30, 1972. Accessed January 15, 2018. "Next September Teaneck High School will become the first public high school in the state to offer a Jewish history course. The result of a two‐year struggle by a small group of students, the course was unanimously approved by the Board of Education at a recent meeting.... Bill Zanker, a senior and another organizer of the course, said he had become involved 'when I saw that history books were slighting the Jew and nothing was being done about it.'"
  157. ^ Mills, Ed. "H.S. fencing: Fair Lawn's Gene Packer goes out strong", The Record, January 12, 2016. Accessed February 8, 2018. "Teaneck, under coach Herb Cohen, a former United States two-time Olympic fencer in foil, qualified all three of its competitors in both foil and épée for the final individual round of six at the BCT on Sunday."

Sources edit

  • 1995 Teaneck High School Alumni Directory, Bernard C. Harris Publishing Company, Inc., 1995 (used exclusively to confirm / identify year of graduation)

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Teaneck High School known as The Castle on the Hill 6 is a four year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck in Bergen County New Jersey United States serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Teaneck Public Schools The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1935 5 Teaneck High SchoolAddress100 Elizabeth StreetTeaneck Bergen County New Jersey 07666United StatesCoordinates40 53 28 N 74 0 28 W 40 89111 N 74 00778 W 40 89111 74 00778InformationSchool typePublic high schoolMottoLatin Mentem Colere Et Personam Meliorare To enrich the mind and improve the character Established1922 102 years ago 1922 School districtTeaneck Public SchoolsNCES School ID341608000840 1 PrincipalPedro H Valdes III 2 3 Faculty101 0 FTEs 1 Grades9 12 1 Enrollment1 239 as of 2021 22 1 Student to teacher ratio12 3 1 1 Hours in school day6 hoursColor s Royal blue White 4 AthleticsBaseball basketball cheerleading crew cross country fencing football indoor track soccer softball tennis track volleyball wrestlingAthletics conferenceBig North Conference general North Jersey Super Football Conference football Team nameHighwaymen Highwaywomen 4 AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools 5 YearbookHi WayMagazineThe Looking GlassWebsitewww wbr teaneckschools wbr org wbr teaneckhighschool wbr home wbr aspxAs of the 2021 22 school year the school had an enrollment of 1 239 students and 101 0 classroom teachers on an FTE basis for a student teacher ratio of 12 3 1 There were 169 students 13 6 of enrollment eligible for free lunch and 87 7 0 of students eligible for reduced cost lunch 1 The school was renovated in 2003 04 giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center Teaneck created two academies that focus on the sciences and the arts Teaneck s sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen girls teams are called the Highwaywomen 4 The team name comes from the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century and for the school s location overlooking Route 4 7 8 Contents 1 History 2 Awards recognition and rankings 3 Academies 4 Extracurricular activities 5 Athletics 6 Administration 7 Notable alumni 8 Notable faculty 9 References 10 Sources 11 External linksHistory editThe school was opened in the current building which resembles a Tudor palace in 1928 and a new wing was added in 1936 Honors courses were introduced in the 1960s Teaneck has been a four year high school since the 1980s citation needed nbsp PWA hod carriers move bricks for construction of Teaneck High SchoolIn 1934 Teaneck High School became the first in the nation to offer a program in aviation as a vocational component of its academic program Using a plane purchased for 1 800 students were trained in class regarding the technical aspects of flying during the first year of the two year program with students getting at least the minimum 50 hours of flight training during the second year needed to obtain a pilot s license 9 In May 1964 Teaneck s schools were officially desegregated after the district s board of education voted to implement a centralized sixth grade school that would serve the entire township 10 In 1972 the American Civil Liberties Union of New Jersey represented Teaneck High School student Abbe Seldin in her legal battle to play tennis at the school The coach would not let her play for the men s team although no women s team existed Seldin won her case and later became the first woman at Syracuse University to win an athletic scholarship 11 In 1987 the school was the subject of a 20 20 documentary on the effects of Heavy Metal on students 12 On May 1 2014 more than 60 students were taken into police custody following a senior prank at Teaneck High School A police officer described the overturned tables and vaseline smeared doorknobs as the craziest thing he d ever seen in his 19 year career 13 Initial reports claimed that students had also urinated in the halls which was refuted by the district s superintendent 14 15 Awards recognition and rankings editIn Newsweek s May 22 2007 issue ranking the country s top high schools Teaneck High School was listed in 1080th place the 33rd highest ranked school in New Jersey 16 The school was the 156th 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 17 The school had been ranked 126th in the state of 328 schools in 2012 after being ranked 114th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed 18 The magazine ranked the school 121st in 2008 out of 316 schools 19 The school was ranked 102nd in the magazine s September 2006 issue which surveyed 316 schools across the state 20 Schooldigger com ranked the school 266th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009 10 rankings 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 21 Academies editIn the fall of 2002 two academies or schools within a school were launched The T E A M S Academy Technology Enriched Academy for Mathematics and Science is a three hour daily program that seeks to integrate technology mathematics science and computer science in a smaller learning environment The TAA Performing Arts Academy aims to integrate various art forms such as dance film making instrumental music and technical theatre to prepare students for college majors and internships in the Fine and Performing Arts 22 Extracurricular activities edit nbsp 1997 New Jersey State High School Chess ChampionsShearwood Woody McClelland III Class of 1996 won the National 11th and 12th Grade Chess Championship in 1994 and 1995 the first repeat champion in tournament history 23 Teaneck High School won the New Jersey State High School Chess Championship in 1997 captained by Woody s sister Kimberly Class of 1998 24 Athletics editTeaneck High School Highwaymen Highwaywomen 4 compete in the Big North Conference which is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association NJSIAA 25 In the 2009 10 school year the school competed in the North Jersey Tri County Conference which was established on an interim basis to facilitate the realignment 26 Until the NJSIAA s 2009 realignment the school had participated in Division A of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League which included high schools located in Bergen Essex and Passaic counties and was separated into three divisions based on NJSIAA size classification 27 With 876 students in grades 10 12 the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019 20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1 058 students in that grade range 28 The football team competes in the Liberty Blue division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions making it the nation s biggest football only high school sports league 29 30 The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2022 2024 which included schools with 895 to 1 296 students 31 Sports offered include 4 Fall boys and girls cross country football boys and girls soccer girls volleyball and girls tennis Winter boys and girls basketball boys and girls swimming indoor track scholastic wrestling boys and girls bowling and boys and girls fencing Spring baseball softball tennis boys track girls track golf boys volleyball boys and girls crewTeaneck won the Group IV cross country state championship in 1961 The school s Dave Hunt was the individual champion in Group IV in 1964 32 The boys soccer team won the Group IV state championship in 1965 with a 1 0 victory against runner up Steinert High School in the tournament final 33 34 The boys tennis team won the Group IV state championship in 1967 defeating Wayne Valley High School 2 1 in the final match of the playoffs 35 36 The boys basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1999 vs Rancocas Valley Regional High School 2003 vs Trenton Central High School 2016 vs Winslow Township High School and 2017 vs Ewing High School 37 The team won the Group IV state championship in 1999 and advanced to the Tournament of Champions final losing 54 45 to Seton Hall Preparatory School 38 39 The team won the 2003 Group IV state championship with a 61 54 win over Elizabeth High School in the semis and a 68 56 win against Trenton Central in the finals 40 41 Winning their 28th consecutive game that season the Highwaymen took the 2011 North I Group III state sectional title with a 68 40 win over Passaic Valley Regional High School during their first year under head coach Jerome Smart 42 That same season head coach Shenee Clark led the Highwaywomen to a state sectional title in the North I Group III region with a 63 42 win over Ramapo High School 43 The THS homecoming football game has been held annually on Thanksgiving Day against rival Hackensack High School since 1931 alternating each year with each school as host 44 Hackensack has won 62 of the 85 games through the 2017 season NJ com listed the rivalry as 27th best in their 2017 list Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N J HS football 45 Runner Kahlia Taylor won the Group III state championships in 2012 in both the 100m and 200m sprints becoming only the sixth female runner from a public school in North Jersey to achieve this accomplishment 46 In 2020 the girls bowling team won the Group II state championship the first state title in program history 47 48 Administration editThe school s principal is Pedro H Valdes III His core administration team includes two vice principals 2 Notable alumni editSee also Category Teaneck High School alumni Lance Ball born 1985 class of 2003 running back for the Denver Broncos 49 50 Cathy Bao Bean born 1942 class of 1960 author 51 52 Roger Birnbaum born 1950 class of 1968 film producer 53 Louis Black class of 1968 co founder of The Austin Chronicle and the South by Southwest SXSW festival 54 Don Bolles 1928 1976 class of 1946 investigative reporter killed in a Mob related car bombing The THS class of 1946 dedicated a journalism scholarship in his name 55 56 Richard Nelson Bolles 1927 2017 class of 1945 author of What Color is Your Parachute 57 58 Miles Bonny born 1980 record producer singer songwriter trumpeter and DJ 59 Chris Brancato born 1962 class of 1980 producer and writer of shows including Beverly Hills 90210 The X Files and North Shore Writer of the films Hoodlum and Species II 60 61 Chris Brantley born 1970 class of 1989 former NFL player with the Rams and Bills 62 63 64 Tony Campbell born 1962 class of 1980 former professional basketball player 60 65 Gale D Candaras born 1949 class of 1967 member of the Massachusetts Senate 66 67 Gordon Chambers born c 1969 class of 1986 singer songwriter whose work includes If You Love Me by Brownstone 68 69 Gaius Charles born 1983 class of 2001 actor Friday Night Lights 70 71 Carlos Clark born 1996 footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for the Albany Great Danes men s soccer team and the Puerto Rican national team 72 Shemekia Copeland born 1979 class of 1997 blues singer 73 Thomas Costa 1912 2003 class of 1931 member of the New Jersey General Assembly from 1968 to 1972 who served as mayor of Teaneck from 1966 to 1969 74 Mike DeGerick born 1943 class of 1961 pitcher who played two games for the Chicago White Sox before a line drive hit his head and ended his career 75 76 Randy Edelman born 1947 class of 1965 composer of film and television scores 77 78 Sheldon Epps born 1952 director and producer of television and theatrical works 79 Dan E Fesman class of 1980 television writer and producer of Wonderfalls and LAX 80 Marty Fleisher born 1958 class of 1976 champion bridge player winner of the Intercollegiate Bridge Championship 1977 the Cavendish Invitational Pairs 2000 five major American Contract Bridge League North American Bridge Championship titles and represented the US in the 2011 2013 2017 and 2019 World Championships including winning a gold medal in 2017 81 82 Lawrence Frank born 1970 class of 1989 American Basketball coach recently head coach of the New Jersey Nets 83 84 Doug Glanville born 1970 class of 1988 former outfielder who played for the Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs 85 86 Mark S Gold born 1949 class of 1967 physician professor author and researcher on the effects of opioids cocaine tobacco and other drugs as well as food on the brain and behavior 87 Naomi Goldenberg born 1947 professor at the University of Ottawa 88 Jeff Gottesfeld born 1956 class of 1974 but graduated summer 1973 author screenwriter Broken Bridges and television writer for shows including The Young and the Restless and Smallville 89 90 Nelson G Gross 1932 1997 class of 1949 politician who served in the New Jersey General Assembly and as Chairman of the New Jersey Republican State Committee 91 92 Daniel Grossberg born 1978 Kentucky state legislator 93 Tamba Hali born 1983 linebacker who played in the NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs 94 Mohammed Hameeduddin born c 1973 Mayor of Teaneck 95 Taral Hicks born 1974 class of 1994 R amp B singer 73 Steven Hyman born 1952 class of 1970 neuroscientist and Provost of Harvard University 96 97 Marc Jacobs born 1963 fashion designer graduated from High School of Art and Design 98 99 Chris Jasper born 1951 singer composer and producer who was a member of the Isley Brothers and Isley Jasper Isley 100 Michael Korie born Michael Cory Indick class of 1973 librettist and lyricist whose works include Grey Gardens 101 102 Jeffrey Kramer born 1945 class of 1963 film television actor who won an Emmy Award as a producer of Ally McBeal citation needed Bobby LaKind 1945 1992 class of 1963 percussionist of the Doobie Brothers 103 Maya Lawrence born 1980 class of 1998 fencer and member of the United States Fencing Team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she won a bronze medal in the women s team epee 104 David P Levin born 1958 class of 1976 producer director writer and editor 105 Ilana Levine born 1963 actress who made her first on screen appearance as Andrea Spinelli in the HBO comedy drama series Tanner 88 106 Damon Lindelof born 1973 co creator producer and head writer of Lost 107 Leonard Maltin born 1950 class of 1968 film critic 108 109 Gabrielle Kirk McDonald born 1942 class of 1959 judge who was president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and served on the Iran United States Claims Tribunal 110 111 Melissa Morgan born 1980 jazz musician 112 Brian Morton born 1955 class of 1973 novelist 113 114 Michael Newdow born 1953 class of 1970 physician and separation of church and state advocate who filed suit against inclusion of the words under God in public schools recitals of the United States Pledge of Allegiance 115 116 Chris O Neal actor who appeared in the 2012 Nickelodeon television series How to Rock 117 Peter Pace born 1945 class of 1963 former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff 118 119 Bob Peck 1928 2021 athletic administrator who served as athletic director at Boston University and Williams College 120 Verandah Porche born 1945 as Linda Jacobs class of 1963 poet 121 122 Kasib Powell born 1981 NBA basketball player who has played for the Miami Heat 123 Jean Prioleau born 1970 head coach of the San Jose State Spartans men s basketball team 124 Eric Pulier class of 1984 entrepreneur author and philanthropist 125 Jane S Richardson born 1941 biophysicist best known for developing the Richardson diagram or ribbon diagram a method of representing the 3D structure of proteins 126 Paul A Rothchild 1935 1995 class of 1954 record producer most notably of The Doors 127 128 David Rothenberg born 1933 class of 1951 Broadway producer and prisoners rights activist 129 Mary Jane Russell 1926 2003 photographic fashion model 130 Linda Scott born 1945 as Linda Joy Sampson pop singer best known for her 1961 hit I ve Told Every Little Star 1961 131 132 Paul Shambroom born 1956 class of 1974 photographer 133 134 Lawrence Sher born 1970 class of 1988 cinematographer who developed an interest in photography after his father convinced him to take a 35mm camera on a school sponsored trip to France 135 136 Steve Siegel born 1948 class of 1966 former professional tennis player who played briefly on the international tennis circuit in the 1970s 137 138 Alan Silvestri born 1950 class of 1968 film composer 109 139 Dave Sirulnick born 1964 television producer 140 David Sklansky born 1947 class of 1966 professional poker player 141 142 Phoebe Snow stage name of Phoebe Laub 1950 2011 class of 1968 singer songwriter whose stage name was taken from the name of a train that ran through Teaneck the Phoebe Snow 109 143 David Stern 1942 2020 class of 1959 Commissioner of the National Basketball Association 144 145 Ellen Stone born 1917 class of 1935 French horn player 146 Kamali Thompson born 1991 fencer and physician 147 Lynn Tilton born 1959 class of 1977 businesswoman who was a tennis player at Teaneck 148 John Ventimiglia born 1963 class of 1981 actor most notably on The Sopranos 149 Paul Volcker 1927 2019 class of 1945 former Federal Reserve chairman 1979 1987 57 150 Quentin Walker born 1961 class of 1979 former running back who played in the NFL for the St Louis Rams 151 152 Doug Wark born 1951 class of 1970 professional soccer forward who played on the United States National Soccer Team 153 154 Robert Weissberg born 1941 political scientist 155 Bill Zanker class of 1972 businessman who is best known for being the founder of the adult education company The Learning Annex 156 Notable faculty editHerbert Cohen born 1940 Olympic fencer coaches the fencing team 157 References edit a b c d e f School data for Teaneck High School National Center for Education Statistics Accessed December 1 2022 a b Administration Teaneck High School Accessed January 21 2022 Burrow Megan New Teaneck High School principal s goal is to send more students on to college The Record September 4 2019 Accessed February 12 2020 As students walk through the doors of Teaneck High School on Thursday morning they will be greeted by a new face Principal Clifton Thompson who took over as the school s leader in July a b c d e Teaneck High School New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed January 23 2015 a b Teaneck High School Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools Accessed September 6 2022 Buchsbaum Herbert Monagle Katie and Peart Karen N Race and class problems of school integration Scholastic Update November 18 1994 Accessed June 15 2011 The Gothic style school building set back on a 15 acre 61 000 m2 campus resembles a medieval fortress Residents call it the castle on the hill Tartaglia Greg The stories behind North Jersey s wackiest high school sports nicknames The Record July 23 2018 Accessed May 11 2020 The main reason Teaneck is the Highwaymen and Highwaywomen is because a state highway Route 4 runs directly past the school Their logo is an outline of a horse mounted highwayman i e the type of robber that victimized British travelers in the 17th 19th centuries Houck Emerson B Go Huskies Beat Felix the Cat the story of America s high school athletic nicknames and mascots and what they reveal about who we are p 67 Bradford House 2003 ISBN 9780974533506 Accessed August 18 2015 Staff Aviation Now Taught in Jersey High School The New York Times March 4 1934 Accessed October 16 2011 Burrow Megan May 14 2014 Desegregation of schools Teaneck led the way The Record Archived from the original on February 6 2017 Retrieved February 5 2017 via www northjersey com Fifty years ago on May 13 1964 the Teaneck School Board voted 7 2 to have children of all races from all areas of town attend a central sixth grade school Markos Kibret Making legal history and a few enemies Archived November 5 2010 at the Wayback Machine The Record November 1 2010 Accessed March 2 2011 20 20 Heavy Metal Clip Pt 1 via www youtube com 60 Teens Arrested After Senior Pranksters Break Into New Jersey School Urinate in Hallways NBC News May 2 2014 Retrieved May 2 2014 At least 60 New Jersey students arrested for trashing school peeing in hallways in elaborate senior prank cops New York Daily News May 1 2014 Retrieved May 1 2014 Peralta Eyder Superintendent Reports On N J High School Prank Were Exaggerated National Public Radio May 2 2014 Accessed September 16 2014 The Top of the Class The complete list of the 1 200 top U S schools Archived May 23 2007 at the Wayback Machine Newsweek May 22 2007 Accessed May 24 2007 Staff Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014 New Jersey Monthly September 2 2014 Accessed September 5 2014 Staff The Top New Jersey High Schools Alphabetical New Jersey Monthly August 16 2012 Accessed September 20 2012 Staff 2010 Top High Schools New Jersey Monthly August 16 2010 Accessed February 10 2011 Top New Jersey High Schools 2008 By Rank New Jersey Monthly September 2008 posted August 7 2008 Accessed August 19 2008 New Jersey High School Rankings 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy amp HSPA Math 2009 2010 Archived October 7 2008 at the Wayback Machine Schooldigger com Accessed December 29 2011 Academies Archived February 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine Teaneck Public Schools Accessed January 24 2008 Staff New Jersey High School Senior Is National Chess Champion Jet January 22 1986 Accessed February 14 2016 The hard work and dedication matched with his helped McClelland a senior Teaneck High School in Teaneck NJ become the National 12th grade chess champion his second national title He is the first repeat winner from the 11th to the 12th grade Stancavish Don Chess Champs Beat All Odds The Record March 23 1997 Accessed February 14 2016 League amp Conference Officers Affiliated Schools 2020 2021 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed October 20 2020 League Memberships 2009 1010 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24 2011 Accessed September 16 2014 Home Page Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 9 2009 Accessed December 15 2014 NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019 2020 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed November 20 2020 Cooper Darren Here s what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule The Record July 23 2020 Accessed March 22 2021 The Super Football Conference SFC is a 112 team group the largest high school football only conference in America and is comprised of teams from five different counties Cooper Darren NJ football Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season The Record July 23 2020 Accessed March 22 2021 The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022 2024 New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed May 1 2023 NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed May 1 2023 NJSIAA History of Boys Soccer New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed May 1 2023 Teaneck Gains Group 4 Crown The Record November 24 1965 Accessed February 21 2021 via Newspapers com Teaneck goalie Pete Geltman recorded his 14th shutout and Andy Gibson scored his first goal of the season yesterday to pace the Highwaymen to a 1 0 victory over Steinert of Hamilton East and the New Jersey State Interscholastic A A Group 4 championship History of Boys Team Tennis Championship Tournament New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed November 20 2020 Teaneck Captures Group 4 Net Title The Record June 3 1967 Accessed February 21 2021 via Newspapers com Gary Kaplan s accurate placements provided a 6 3 8 6 victory over Bob Tanis of Wayne Valley yesterday to give Teaneck a 2 1 victory and the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4 tennis championship NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed September 1 2022 NJSIAA Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions History New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed November 20 2020 Stancavish Don Teaneck Hails Hoop Heroes The Record March 16 1999 Accessed July 4 2008 Students teachers and township officials continued to celebrate Monday one day after the Teaneck High School boys basketball team captured the State Group 4 championship 2003 Boys Basketball Group IV Semis Finals New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed May 26 2007 Boys Roundup Asbury Park Press March 17 2013 Accessed November 23 2020 via Newspapers com Teaneck 68 Trenton 56 Willie Irick had 19 points and 11 rebounds as Teaneck won the Group IV title Keon Riggins led Teaneck 23 6 which won the Group IV title in 1999 with 22 points Idec Keith Teaneck defeats Passaic Valley for North 1 Group 3 title Archived March 14 2011 at the Wayback Machine The Record March 9 2011 Accessed May 15 2011 Doviak Cory K Teaneck takes a timeout then takes North 1 Group 3 title NorthJerseySports com March 8 2011 Accessed May 15 2011 Schutta Gregory Hackensack s Carter Buries Teaneck The Record November 29 1991 Accessed August 11 2008 Carter ran for 102 yards 93 m and three touchdowns as Hackensack trampled Teaneck 39 21 in the 60th Thanksgiving football meeting between the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League Pacific Division rivals Stypulkoski Matt Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N J HS football NJ Advance Media for NJ com October 27 2017 updated May 15 2019 Accessed December 1 2020 27 Hackensack vs Teaneck These two schools have been playing on Thanksgiving since 1931 alternating each year as host school All time series Hackensack leads 62 23 Schwartz Paul Track Teaneck EC stars are golden The Record June 3 2012 Accessed June 3 2012 Teaneck always has been known as a sprint powerhouse But Kahlia Taylor took the Highwaywomen this weekend to a place that they ve never been in state competition a gold medal in the 100 or 200 And not only did the senior win the Group 3 100 Friday in less than ideal conditions she added the 200 Saturday by more than a half second becoming just the sixth North Jersey girl from a public school in any group to record the sprint double History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed November 20 2020 Tartaglia Greg Girls bowling Brick Memorial wins Tournament of Champions Teaneck gets first state title The Record February 12 2020 Accessed February 12 2020 Teaneck 2 565 won the closest race of the day holding off Carteret by 25 pins for the first Group 2 championship in program history Lance Ball Archived September 27 2011 at the Wayback Machine Denver Broncos Accessed September 12 2011 Ball rushed for 3 403 yards and 39 touchdowns during his career at Teaneck High School in Teaneck N J Hi Way 2003 Yearbook p 51 The Chopsticks Fork Principle A Memoir and Manual Cathy Bao Bean Accessed September 13 2011 Hi Way 1960 Yearbook p 20 as Cathy Bao Spelling Ian Let the Lion Roar Teaneck native Roger Birnbaum shines brightly in Hollywood 201 magazine June 1 2011 Accessed October 6 2011 Much of the producer s touch the instinct that drives Birnbaum to financially back a script or to help nurture a pitch into a script and then into a feature and his overall taste as a filmmaker can be traced back to his formative years in Teaneck He was raised there and attended Teaneck High School Black Louis Page Two The Austin Chronicle October 4 1996 Accessed February 12 2020 Maltin had sold the first edition our senior year in high school Back in the summer of 1964 when Leonard and I were 13 we lived in Teaneck New Jersey just a short drive from New York City Staff New Jersey Briefs The New York Times June 4 1977 Accessed September 13 2011 Hi Way 1946 Yearbook a b Teaneck High School Hi Way 1945 Yearbook Staff Janet Price Bride of Richard Bolles in New Jersey Janesville Daily Gazette January 4 1950 Accessed August 18 2015 Miss Janet Lorraine Price daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas J Price of Pomander Walk Teaneck became the bride of Richard Nelson Bolles in Christ Episcopal Church West Englewood N J Friday evening Both the bride and groom are graduates of Teaneck High School class of 1945 KU SUMMER 2004 GRADUATES NEW JERSEY University of Kansas September 17 2004 backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 17 2014 NJ Teaneck Miles L Bonny Bachelor of General Studies Afr amp Afr Amer StudiesBGS Senior Male Francis Bonny Teaneck High School a b Hi Way 1980 Yearbook p 25 Christopher Brancato Godfather of Harlem Creator To Appear at Teaneck International Film Festival Northern Valley Press November 14 2019 Accessed February 12 2020 In episode three of Godfather of Harlem Chris Brancato Teaneck High School alumnus and a creator of the series about Harlem kingpin Bumpy Johnson in the 1960s acknowledges the town he grew up in Before heading off to finish some illegal business Bumpy tells his wife and daughter to go have some ice cream at Bischoff s Chris Brantley Archived February 13 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseFootball com Accessed November 4 2007 via Associated Press Hitmen playing in XFL with hopes of return to NFL CNN Sports Illustrated February 1 2001 backed up by the Internet Archive as of February 14 2006 Accessed February 12 2020 It depends on how well everything goes How well I play said wide receiver Chris Brantley a Teaneck High School star who played for Rutgers before three NFL seasons with the Rams in Los Angeles and the Buffalo Bills Hi Way 1989 Yearbook p 111 The game I ll never forget the Timberwolves first go to guy had his career day on the expansion franchise s biggest stage yet Basketball Digest January 2003 Accessed May 5 2007 Campbell hasn t quit his day job He s the in school suspension counselor at Teaneck High School his alma mater Gale Candaras Biography Gale Candaras backed up by the Internet Archive as of April 2 2012 Accessed February 12 2020 Gale was raised in Brooklyn and Teaneck New Jersey where she attended public schools and graduated from Teaneck High School 1995 THS Alumni Directory p 27 Garcia Alfa With a song in his heart for Teaneck Native son returns to pay tribute The Record May 14 2009 For Gordon Chambers returning to Teaneck to perform is more than just a homecoming it s a chance to pay tribute to the town that helped him on the road to becoming an award winning songwriter and performer Teaneck is the place where I had all my musical training says Chambers who was born in the Bronx and moved to Teaneck in 1977 As a student at Teaneck High School Chambers took up trumpet and piano and joined a high school 16 piece cover band called New Progressions 1995 THS Alumni Directory p 31 Teaneck actor got in the zone to land Friday Night Lights role The Record November 26 2006 backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 4 2007 Accessed March 29 2015 After graduating from Teaneck High in 2001 Charles moved on to Carnegie Mellon graduating magna cum laude with a B F A in drama in 2005 Hi Way 2001 Yearbook p 55 Carlos Clark Albany Great Danes men s soccer Accessed January 21 2022 Hometown Teaneck N J High School Teaneck a b Beckerman Jim Where Stars Are Born The Record August 19 2000 Accessed February 12 2020 When Shanell Jones graduated from Teaneck High School in June she already had a deal with Def Jam a major recording label But as former Motown Records artist Taral Hicks Teaneck Class of 1994 and Alligator recording artist Shemekia Copeland Teaneck Class of 1997 could tell her that s no big deal in this neck of the woods Johnson Paul H Thomas Costa former Teaneck mayor assemblyman The Record April 5 2003 Accessed December 31 2014 Thomas Costa the former mayor of Teaneck and a former assemblyman died Friday in Florida He was 90 Born in the Bronx Mr Costa grew up in Teaneck He was a member of the first graduating class of Teaneck High School in 1931 and attended the Longfellow School via Associated Press Degerick Gets Over 50 000 The New York Times June 24 1961 Accessed September 12 2011 Mike Degerick a pitcher for Teaneck High signed a contract with the Chicago White Sox last night for a bonus in excess of 50 000 Hi Way 1961 Yearbook p 31 Hi Way 1965 Yearbook p 35 Coutros Evonne The guy who knows the score Composer s movie career is on a roll The Record May 18 1994 Accessed February 12 2020 Edelman born in Paterson and raised in Teaneck also has scored the films Beethoven Beethoven s 2nd The Distinguished Gentleman The Last of the Mohicans and Kindergarten Cop For the 1965 graduate of Teaneck High School his big break came after scoring the children s animated feature The Chipmunk Adventure Klein Alvin The Duke and I The New York Times March 30 1997 Accessed October 17 2011 Born 44 years ago to St Paul a minister who always found someplace to preach and Kathryn Epps who taught home economics in Thomas Jefferson Junior High School in Teaneck Sheldon Epps lived in Los Angeles until he was 11 We moved to Teaneck when I was in the seventh grade and there I stayed through junior high school and through college he said He discovered theater when he performed in a summer musical program at Teaneck High School 1995 THS Alumni Directory p 56 Staff Bridge Jersey Westchester Team Loses Grand National Final The New York Times August 2 1976 Accessed September 13 2011 In one case that came very early for Martin Fleisher of Teaneck NJ is 17 years old and has just completed high school Hi Way 1976 Yearbook p 56 Hi Way 1989 Yearbook p 116 Popper Steve A Coach in Training Even as a Teenager The New York Times January 28 2004 Accessed March 28 2008 Almost 20 years ago Bruce Frank was the starting point guard for the Teaneck High School team playing alongside the future N B A player Tony Campbell Frank was good enough to dream of playing in the N B A himself someday and to earn a place in Howie Garfinkel s Five Star Basketball Camp The camp also held interest for Bruce Frank s younger brother Lawrence a 16 year old who had been cut from the same Teaneck High team Philadelphia vs New York Mets USA Today September 1 2002 Accessed December 12 2007 Playing in the rain today felt like playing on the ballfields at Teaneck said Glanville who played at Teaneck High School in New Jersey Hi Way 1988 Yearbook p 113 as Douglas Glanville Pagan Marion B Down Our Street Drug discovery The Record June 23 1978 Accessed January 1 2022 via Newspapers com Dr Mark S Gold a psychopharmacologist at the Connecticut Mental Health Center run by Yale University School of Medicine s psychiatry department has found that Clonidine a recent drug being prescribed for high blood pressure prevents withdrawal symptoms in drug addicts Dr Gold a 1967 graduate of Teaneck High School warned that there are dangerous side effects which make it inadvisable for addicts to use Clonidine Goldenberg Shapiro The Record March 13 1969 Accessed January 21 2022 via Newspapers com Mr and Mrs Herbert Goldenberg of 114 Ayers Court have announced the engagement of their daughter Naomi Ruth to Jonathan Salem Shapiro son of Mr and Mrs Harold Roland Shapiro of New York City The bride to be was graduated from Teaneck High School and is senior at Douglass College Jeff Gottesfeld CherieBennett com Accessed October 10 2007 Jeff was also a member of the Teaneck High School NJ state championship Ultimate Frisbee team About Jeff Jeff Gottesfeld Accessed February 12 2020 I grew up in Teaneck New Jersey where I went to Whittier School Benjamin Franklin Junior High School and Teaneck High School Hanley Robert From Political Heights to a Quiet Life in the Suburbs The New York Times September 25 1997 Accessed February 12 2020 He maintained an athlete s trim which dated from his teen age days as an all county tackle on Teaneck High School s football team by jogging regularly and pursuing his avocation of golf Hi Way 1949 Yearbook p 80 Daniel Grossberg Ballotpedia Accessed December 3 2023 Chiefs Select DE Tamba Hali in Round 1 Archived September 30 2007 at the Wayback Machine Kansas City Chiefs April 29 2006 Accessed July 3 2007 Hali was an All American defensive end at Teaneck High School by G amp W and Super Prep Lipowsky Josh Muslim mayor and Jewish deputy highlight Teaneck s diversity Jewish Standard July 9 2010 Accessed September 12 2011 Hi Way 1970 Yearbook p 51 Lisberg Adam Teaneck product is named No 2 leader at Harvard As provost he will be principal planning officer The Record October 30 2001 Accessed January 4 2021 via Newspapers com A 1970 graduate of Teaneck High School was named provost of Harvard University on Monday after serving five years as director of the National Institute of Mental Health Steven E Hyman will assume the provost s position in December making him the principal planning and policy officer of Harvard and second in command to President Lawrence H Summers Hyman 49 grew up in Teaneck and attended its public schools He was captain of the Teaneck High School wrestling team and was named class intellect in the senior yearbook Robb Adam NJ native designers Marc Jacobs Proenza Schouler nominated for CFDA Fashion Awards The Star Ledger March 17 2011 Accessed February 12 2020 Jacobs was raised in Teaneck and attended Teaneck High School and McCollough grew up in the New Jersey suburbs It s not uncommon for high fashion designers to be vague about their NJ roots Ruse Leslie Did you know these New Jersey celebrities were engaged Daily Record August 7 2018 Accessed February 12 2020 Marc Jacobs Teaneck Fashion designer Marc Jacobs a graduate of Teaneck High School used a flash mob performance to the Prince song Kiss to propose to boyfriend Charly Defrancesco at a Manhattan Chipotle on April 4 2018 The Chris Jasper Interview Part 1 Archived February 13 2020 at the Wayback Machine Soul and Jazz and Funk February 27 2013 Accessed February 13 2020 Elaine and Rudolph lived in Teaneck New Jersey and I d visit in the summers and I even spent my junior year at Teaneck High School It was during this time that I formed a group with Ernie and Marvin called The Jazzmen Trio Rohan Virginia The seeds of Grey Gardens songs The Record June 6 2007 Accessed February 13 2020 Michael Korie the Tony nominated Grey Gardens lyricist leads a visitor to a room in the Teaneck home where he grew up This place the Indicks home since 1963 and these parents had a profound influence on Korie his middle name which he uses professionally a successful lyricist who has also done several operas By the time Korie got to Teaneck High School where he was rehearsal accompanist for shows like Oklahoma he was going on his own and with friends to see New York shows 1995 THS Alumni Directory p 103 Hi Way 1963 Yearbook p 58 as Robert J LaKind Staff Teaneck s Maya Lawrence to represent USA fencing at Olympics The Record April 17 2012 Accessed August 10 2016 Teaneck s Maya Lawrence has qualified and will represent the United States in fencing at the 2012 Olympics in London She will be competing in the individual epee and team epee events A 1998 graduate of Teaneck High School Lawrence was a two time first team all state selection in epee her junior and senior years Teaneck HiWay 1976 Amazon Mushinske Joram Behind The Curtain Stage Actress Ilana Levine celebrates live performance in her podcast 201 magazine December 2020 Accessed January 4 2021 Grew up in Teaneck Education Teaneck High School Fordham University Siegler Bonnie Lost and found American Jewish Life magazine February March 2008 Accessed August 31 2011 Lindelof s imagination and dreams actually began during his freshman year at Teaneck High School I always wanted to be making movies doing something in television or writing a novel says Damon who prior to Lost wrote for Nash Bridges and Crossing Jordan Lumenick Lou Leonard Maltin s Reel Life Story Movie Maven Went From Teaneck To Hollywood The Record October 17 1994 Accessed May 21 2007 Leonard Maltin was a so so student I was the only student in the history of Teaneck High School to fail a take home open book exam he says with a mixture of pride and embarrassment a b c Hi Way 1968 Yearbook Gabrielle Kirk McDonald Archived March 20 2012 at the Wayback Machine Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Accessed September 13 2011 When she was in high school the family moved to Teaneck New Jersey Tall and a natural athlete she played field hockey and was president of the girls leadership club Her yearbook states that she is one of the nicest and most liked girls in the class The Honorable Gabrielle Kirk McDonald The History Makers Accessed February 13 2020 Judge Gabrielle Kirk McDonald was born on April 12 1942 in St Paul Minnesota to James Kirk and Frances English McDonald was raised in Manhattan New York and in Teaneck New Jersey where she graduated from Teaneck High School in 1959 Alvarado Monsy Bulletin Board The Record October 13 1996 Accessed April 21 2009 Melissa Morgan a junior at Teaneck High School has been accepted as a scholar for the National Young Leaders Conference in December in Washington D C Hi Way 1973 Yearbook Morton Brian May 3 When Proust Came to Teaneck The New York Times May 2 2013 Accessed February 13 2020 About 50 years later when Proust reached Teaneck High School we were blown away too Hi Way 1970 Yearbook p 60 Kelly Mike One nation under The Record June 30 2002 Accessed May 5 2007 But Newdow who reportedly was nicknamed Noodle at Teaneck High School has forced us to take a hard look at the 31 word Pledge of Allegiance that far too many of us recite by rote and without questioning what it says Rohan Virginia Teaneck teen actor lands his dream role The Record February 2 2012 backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 10 2013 Accessed February 13 2020 On set and off I dance all the time says O Neal who s actually a senior at Teaneck High School where he s been in the theater program Hi Way 1963 Yearbook p 73 Cloud David S A Marine on message The New York Times April 23 2005 Accessed August 31 2011 Peter Pace the son of an Italian immigrant was born in Brooklyn on Nov 5 1945 and raised in Teaneck N J At Teaneck High School he played soccer ran track and was vice president of the senior class The entry by his name in his senior yearbook reads Leadership modesty reliability and character are all qualities that personify Pete Sutherland Pacing Bates College Five The Record January 19 1959 Accessed June 24 2023 via Newspapers com Coach Bob Peck is a former Teaneck High School athlete while one of his top players is Jim Sutherland a sophomore from Ridgewood Hi Way 1963 Yearbook p 52 as Linda Ruth Jacobs Kisseloff Jeff Generation on fire voices of protest from the 1960s an oral history p 228 University Press of Kentucky 2007 ISBN 978 0 8131 2416 2 Accessed September 14 2011 My name was Linda Jacobs I wanted to have a name that seemed powerful and funny and distant and unforgettable V seemed like a wonderful letter and Doris Lessing had a lot of verandas in her work so I chose the name Verandah Porche because I was sitting on a porch The e was just a festoon What got me started on my alien path was moving to Teaneck New Jersey when I was eight years old Growing up in Teaneck was anesthesia Wojnarowski Adrian Powell Leads For General The Record March 16 2002 Accessed April 1 2008 Three years ago Kasib Powell came out of Teaneck High School too small and slight for a major conference scholarship Jean Prioleau Marquette Golden Eagles men s basketball Accessed September 25 2017 A graduate of Teaneck High School in Teaneck N J Prioleau was a Third Team all State as well as a First Team All League and All Bergen County pick in high school Education Archived September 12 2017 at the Wayback Machine EricPulier com Accessed September 11 2017 Mr Pulier graduated from Teaneck High School in 1984 Adventures In Science Interview With Winners Of The Seventeenth Annual Science Talent Search Smithsonian Institution Accessed January 21 2022 This is Jane Shelby 17 from Teaneck High School Teaneck New Jersey For my project in the Science Talent Search I calculated the orbit of the third stage rocket of Sputnik 1 from the observations of an amateur team that I organized Hi Way 1953 Yearbook p 84 as Paul Allen Rothchild World Getting Bigger Horizons Unlimited Graduates Are Told Teaneck Ceremony Graduates 294 Brees Talks The Record June 11 1954 Accessed June 23 2023 via Newspapers com Beckerman Jim A play about ex cons played by themselves The Record July 6 2008 Accessed January 21 2022 via Newspapers com That s the combined prison time of the four ex convicts who play themselves in this unique off Broadway play conceived and directed by Bergen County native David Rothenberg Rothenberg who grew up in Ridgefield Park and Teaneck Teaneck High School class of 1951 began his career as a part time sports writer for The Record Horyn Cathy Mary Jane Russell 50 s Fashion Model Is Dead at 77 The New York Times December 7 2003 Accessed February 13 2020 Mary Jane Russell whose maiden name was Walton was born on July 10 1926 in Teaneck N J Mr Russell whom she met at Teaneck High School pursued her with a romantic diligence from the South Pacific where he served in World War II as a radioman aboard seaplane tenders Murrells Joseph Million Selling Records from the 1900s to the 1980s An Illustrated Directory p 156 Batsford publisher 1984 ISBN 0 7134 3843 6 Accessed July 23 2011 Linda real name Linda Joy Sampson was born on 11 June 1945 in Queens New York and has been performing as a singer since she was four She moved to Teaneck New Jersey when 11 and enrolled at the high school there Atlantic City New Milestone For Linda Scott Of Teaneck Top Teen Singer Heads Steel Pier Bill Reads Poe For Diversion Teaneck Headlining the Easter show at Atlantic City s Steel Pier is just another feather in the professional cap of Linda Scott The Record April 21 1962 Accessed January 4 2021 via Newspapers com At 17 Linda can already claim appearances with Dick Clark Ed Sullivan and Paul Anka If these weren t proof enough of her success she was nominated Most Promising Female Vocalist last year by Cashbox Magazine the bible of show business A junior at Teaneck High School she is enrolled in the college preparatory course Hi Way 1974 Yearbook p 80 as Paul Rocky Shambroom Photographer Focuses on the faces of small town politicians The Record November 7 2004 Accessed January 21 2022 via Newspapers com Q Do you think suburban New Jersey had any influence on your choice of subjects Oh definitely I was involved politically as a kid For a brief period I was president of the student council in Teaneck high school Hi Way 1988 Yearbook p 135 Longsdorf Amy Cameraman always has eye on Jersey roots permanent dead link The Record June 1 2009 Accessed June 2 2009 History of the Men s Single Double Tennis Tournament New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Accessed January 23 2016 Levine Cecilia Teaneck Tennis Player Inducted Into Hall Of Fame Teaneck Daily Voice April 20 2017 Accessed February 13 2020 During Siegel s senior year at Teaneck High School Siegel won the boys tennis state championship He went on to play collegiately at Miami Dade Junior College North for two years where he was a two time All American in singles and doubles Coutros Evonne The Drummer Whom Gump Marches To The Record March 26 1995 Accessed October 21 2007 Nearly three decades after Alan Silvestri drummed out beats for the Teaneck High School band he s hoping to march to the podium Monday night to collect an Oscar Sharing a part in a student play The Record December 4 1981 Accessed February 2 2021 via Newspapers com Two actors are sharing the role of the stage manager in the Teaneck High School production of Our Town The cast of 48 includes Suzanne Doyle and David Sirulnick as Mr and Mrs Webb Staff David Sklansky Current Biography Yearbook 2007 Volume 68 H W Wilson Co 2007 Accessed August 31 2011 Sklansky attended Teaneck High School graduating in 1966 Hi Way 1966 Yearbook p 128 Nash Margo Still Singing Still a Fan Of Trains The New York Times June 22 2003 Accessed January 5 2013 Her first record Phoebe Snow Shelter 1974 with the single Poetry Man went gold and the 22 year old who had been discovered performing in a Greenwich Village coffeehouse shortly after graduating from Teaneck High School found herself a sudden success Sports Historian Relishes Distant Replays FDU Online Magazine Spring 2000 Accessed July 6 2007 Hired initially as a consultant by NBA commissioner and fellow Teaneck High School graduate David Stern after a chance meeting at a reunion Himmelman played a major role in the production of the league s encyclopedia Hi Way 1959 Yearbook p 73 Reports on Grads Teaneck High School Music Instructor Points To Accomplishments The Record October 29 1938 Accessed January 21 2022 via Newspapers com Additional accomplishments by graduates of Teaneck High School music department were announced today by Etzel Willhoit instructor and founder 10 years ago of the school s band and orchestra Miss Ellen Stone class of 35 appeared as French horn soloist when the New Friends of Music numbering 40 players made its debut this month at Town Hall Christie Julie Former Owl embarking on Olympic journey 2012 graduate Kamali Thompson is attempting to qualify for the 2016 Olympics The Temple News February 16 2016 Accessed February 8 2022 Along with every first and second year fencer in New Jersey Kamali Thompson competed at Freshman Sophomores in February 2005 In her first year of the sport the then freshman at Teaneck High School watched her teammate finish third at the annual competition Staff A Visit With Lynn Tilton Rotor amp Wing February 1 2009 Accessed April 1 2015 Education I went to Teaneck High School Yale undergraduate and I have an MBA from Columbia Hi Way 1981 Yearbook p 69 Treaster Joseph B Paul Volcker The Making of a Financial Legend Accessed July 6 2007 Donald W Maloney another Teaneck High School graduate entered Princeton along with Volcker Although they had been in the same homeroom at Teaneck High for several years and had been high achievers they had not been especially close Quentin Walker Pro Football Reference com Accessed May 27 2018 Hi Way 1979 Yearbook p 59 Hi Way 1970 Yearbook p 89 Sportlight NASL strike possible The Record March 20 1979 Accessed January 4 2021 via Newspapers com Doug Wark who was an All Bergen County soccer selection at Teaneck High School was named to the first Major Indoor Soccer League All Star team Robert Weissberg James G Martin Center for Academic Renewal Accessed February 13 2020 Robert Weissberg was born in New York City and graduated from Teaneck High School in Teaneck New Jersey Rosenblatt Gary Jewish Past New Course In Teaneck The New York Times April 30 1972 Accessed January 15 2018 Next September Teaneck High School will become the first public high school in the state to offer a Jewish history course The result of a two year struggle by a small group of students the course was unanimously approved by the Board of Education at a recent meeting Bill Zanker a senior and another organizer of the course said he had become involved when I saw that history books were slighting the Jew and nothing was being done about it Mills Ed H S fencing Fair Lawn s Gene Packer goes out strong The Record January 12 2016 Accessed February 8 2018 Teaneck under coach Herb Cohen a former United States two time Olympic fencer in foil qualified all three of its competitors in both foil and epee for the final individual round of six at the BCT on Sunday Sources edit1995 Teaneck High School Alumni Directory Bernard C Harris Publishing Company Inc 1995 used exclusively to confirm identify year of graduation External links editOfficial website nbsp School Performance Report for Teaneck High School New Jersey Department of Education School Data for the Teaneck Public Schools National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Teaneck High School amp oldid 1188126691, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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