Garfield High School (New Jersey)
- For schools of the same name, see Garfield High School (disambiguation)
Garfield High School | |
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500 Palisade Avenue Garfield, NJ 07026 | |
Information | |
Type | Public high school |
Motto | to promote success |
School district | Garfield Public Schools |
Principal | Dora D'Amico |
Vice Principals |
Nancy Kutsup Steven Mucha |
Faculty | 98.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,074[1] (as of 2013-14) |
Student to teacher ratio | 11.0:1[1] |
Color(s) |
Gold and Purple |
Athletics conference | North Jersey Interscholastic Conference |
Team name | Boilermakers |
Website | GHS Website |
Garfield High School is a four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Garfield, Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Garfield Public Schools.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,074 students and 98.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.0:1. There were 643 students (59.9% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 139 (12.9% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]
Awards, recognition and rankings
The school was the 307th-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.[2] The school had been ranked 321st in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 286th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[3] The magazine ranked the school 285th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 292nd out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (an increase of 19 positions from the 2009 rank) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the language arts literacy and mathematics components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[5] In 2012, Schooldigger.com ranked Garfield High School 306th out of 389 New Jersey High Schools in combined HSPA scores in the state, an increase of 10 positions from 2011.[6]
Athletics
The Garfield High School Boilermakers compete in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference (NJIC), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County, Hudson County and Passaic County, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[7] With 761 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2014-15 school year as North I, Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 754 to 1,076 students in that grade range.[8] Prior to realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Garfield was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).[9]
The boys baseball team won the North I Group IV state sectional championships in both 1962 and 1965.[10]
The girls volleyball team competed in the Group II state championships, falling to Tenafly High School in 1982 and Fort Lee High School in 1988.[11]
The 2015 boys soccer team defeated Dover High School by a score of 4-2 in the tournament final to win the North II Group II state sectional championship, the program's first state title since 1975.[12] The team defeated Holmdel High School by a 2-1 margin, scoring twice with a little more than two minutes remaining in the game, to win the Group II state title at Kean University to capture the program's first state championship.[13]
Administration
Core members of the school's administration are:[14]
- Dora D'Amico, Principal
- Nancy Kutsup, Vice Principal
- Steven Mucha, Vice Principal
Notable alumni
- Miles Austin (born 1984), wide receiver for the Cleveland Browns.[15][16]
- Eddie Brigati (born 1945; class of 1963), vocalist, percussionist, lyricist, founding member of the Rascals, and member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as well as the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[17]
- Luis Castillo (born 1983), defensive end for the San Diego Chargers in the National Football League (NFL).[18]
- Wayne Chrebet (born 1973), wide receiver for the New York Jets in the NFL.[19]
- Sam Sebo (1906–1933), NFL player.[20]
Notable faculty
Notable current and former faculty members include:
- Dick Vitale (born 1939), sports broadcaster who coached a single season at Garfield High School (1963–64).[21]
References
- 1 2 3 4 School Data for Garfield High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed March 27, 2016.
- ↑ Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
- ↑ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed April 1, 2011.
- ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 9, 2012.
- ↑ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2011-2012, Schooldigger.com. Accessed February 4, 2013.
- ↑ League Memberships – 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 26, 2016.
- ↑ 2014-2015 Public Schools Group Classification: ShopRite Cup–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of July 8, 2014. Accessed October 26, 2014.
- ↑ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed October 25, 2014.
- ↑ History of the NJSIAA Baseball Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 30, 2015.
- ↑ NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Staff. "H.S. boys soccer: Garfield wins North 2, Group 2 state sectional championship", The Record (Bergen County), November 14, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2016. "The Garfield boys soccer team won its first state sectional championship since 1975 by beating host Dover, 4-2, in the North 2, Group 2 championship on Friday at the Dover Middle School."
- ↑ Olivero, Antonio. "Look back at live analysis: Garfield shocks Holmdel with 2 goals in 27 seconds, wins 1st ever G2 title", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, November 21, 2015. Accessed March 27, 2016.
- ↑ Administration, Garfield High School. Accessed October 30, 2015.
- ↑ Miles Austin, Cleveland Browns. Accessed October 25, 2014. "A native of Garfield, N.J., Austin was a two-year letterman as a wide receiver and defensive back at Garfield High School."
- ↑ Staff. "Wide Reception: NFLer Miles Austin cherishes his Garfield roots", Bergen.com, October 10, 2012. Accessed October 25, 2014.
- ↑ La Gorce, Tammy. "Rascal on the Rebound: Eddie Brigati Back On Stage; Bitter memories aside, Eddie Brigati, singer of the hitmaking '60s group the Rascals, is stoked to be back on stage with his mates, thanks to a boost from Steve Van Zandt.", New Jersey Monthly, February 11, 2013. Accessed May 26, 2016. "If Brigati thinks so too, he's not saying—partly out of humility, partly because he doesn't want to talk about the past. 'It's all documented, you can read about that,' he says in the living room of one of his New Jersey homes—the one he calls his 'music house,' in North Jersey, where he keeps his Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Songwriters Hall of Fame statuettes directly across from his 1963 Garfield High School diploma."
- ↑ Luis Castillo player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 24, 2007. "Hometown: Garfield, N.J....SuperPrep All-America at Garfield High School in Garfield, New Jersey…first-team all-state and all-county as junior and senior by Associated Press and Newark Star-Ledger…three-time first-team all-league choice…team captain and team MVP as senior…also lettered in track and wrestling as state's top heavyweight"
- ↑ Hermoso, Rafael. "GARFIELD'S CHREBET HOPES TO IMPRESS JETS", The Record (Bergen County), May 4, 1995. Accessed December 5, 2007. "Wayne Chrebet wasn't exactly overconfident when he began his football career as a sophomore at Garfield High School."
- ↑ "SAM SEBO". profootballarchives.com. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
- ↑ Dick Vitale bio, ESPN.com. Accessed June 13, 2011. "He began coaching at the high school level at Garfield High School, where he coached for one season (1963-64)."
External links
- Garfield High School
- Garfield Public Schools
- Garfield Public Schools's 2014–15 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- School Data for the Garfield Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
- GreatSchools.net Profile
- Garfield High School Boilermakers at North Jersey Sports - Coverage of the different sports teams of the high school on an ongoing basis.
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