Hackensack High School

Infobox School
name = Hackensack High School
native_name =

motto = "There is no limit to the good a man can do, if he doesn't care who gets the credit."
Seal motto: "Scientia Terras Irradiamus" (We irradiate the Earth with knowledge.)
established = 1894
city = Hackensack
state = NJ
zipcode = 07601
information = 201-646-7900
country = USA
campus =
type = Public high school
conference = Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League
principal = Mark Porto
asst principal = Mark Johnson
James Montesano
William Paladino
enrollment = 1,854 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 141.2 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.1
grades = 9-12
address = First & Beech Streets
district = Hackensack Public Schools
accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
nickname = Comets
colors = Blue and Gold
colours =
newspaper = "The Voice"
yearbook = "The Comet"
free_label_1 =
free_1 =
free_label_2 = School Song
free_2 = "Old Hackensack"
free_label_3 = Athletics
free_3 = 25 Teams
website = [http://www.hackensackhigh.org School website]
footnotes =
picture =

Hackensack High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Hackensack, New Jersey, in the United States as part of the Hackensack Public Schools. Hackensack High School serves students from the Bergen County, New Jersey communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack, Maywood, and Rochelle Park. [ [http://education.state.nj.us/rc/rc06/narrative/03/1860/03-1860-050.html Hackensack High School 2006 Report Card Narrative] , New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed February 12, 2008. "Hackensack High School serves the communities of Hackensack, South Hackensack, Maywood and Rochelle Park."] Students from Teterboro, New Jersey may choose to attend either Hackensack High School or Hasbrouck Heights High School in Hasbrouck Heights, New Jersey as part of sending/receiving relationship with the respective districts.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,854 students and 141.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.2. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3409630&ID=340963005238 Hackensack High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed February 12, 2008.]

The school was the 184th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in "New Jersey Monthly" magazine's September 2008 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools". The school was ranked 203rd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state. [ [http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"] , "New Jersey Monthly", September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.]

History

Hackensack High School was founded in 1894 and graduated its first class on February 1, 1898. The cornerstone for its present location at First and Beech Streets in Hackensack was laid on December 2, 1916. The building was dedicated in 1918. By 1920, twenty-two Bergen County towns sent their students to Hackensack High School. New wings were built in the 40's and 50's. The 1965 expansion of Hackensack High School encompassed neighboring Beech Street School and extended a two-story bridge over First Street and in 1967 the Beech Street elementary school became the "east wing" of the high school as it stands today [ [http://web.archive.org/web/20070614164918/http://hackensackhigh.org/hhspix.html Hackensack High School pictures] , accessed August 7, 2006] .

ports

Hackensack is a founding member of the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League. Hackensack High and Ridgewood High School are the only founding members of the NNJIL to remain in the league. Since the 1912 visit of Halley's Comet, Hackensack's athletic teams have been known as the Comets ("Colts" before 1912). During the 1924-25 season, the Hackensack Comets Boys Basketball team beat Passaic High School which had won an amazing 159 consecutive games. The ball commemorating this feat still remains in the trophy case in the gym named for that team's captain, Howard Bollerman, Sr. (later principal of Hackensack High School).

The HHS homecoming football game has been held annually on Thanksgiving Day against rival Teaneck High School since 1931, alternating each year with each school as host. [Schutta, Gregory. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-22605282.html "HACKENSACK'S CARTER BURIES TEANECK"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", November 29, 1991. Accessed August 11, 2008. "Carter ran for 102 yards 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. "]

Vince Lombardi was hired to coach football at Hackensack High School, but couldn't get out of his contract with neighboring St. Cecilia's in Englewood, New Jersey. Hackensack turned to Tom DellaTorre to coach the football team, he responded by winning 13 championships and having the football field renamed "Tom DellaTorre Athletic Field"

chool Song

The "alma mater" of Hackensack High School was written by W. Demarest and B. Pratt of the Class of 1918. It is to the tune of the alma mater of New York University, "Palisades" (used by permission).

"OLD HACKENSACK" :"Oh Hackensack, dear Alma Mater,":"For thee we raise the gold and blue,":"And strive to lift thy banner higher":"In each and everything we do." :"And when we bring up to thy altar":"Trophies from football, field, and track,":"We'll mingle many hearts and voices":"in praise of Hackensack." :"But high school friendships all must sever":"And fade as does the dying day,":"And comrades all must come to parting":"As out in life we wend our way." :"Whatever fate may hold in secret":"May we turn our memories back,":"Renew once more our old devotion":"For thee, dear Hackensack."

Notable alumni

* Chet Forte (1935-1996), television sports pioneer. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906EED61339F93AA25756C0A960958260&scp=1&sq=%22Chet+Forte%22+hackensack&st=nyt "Chet Forte, 60, an Innovator in Television Sports"] , "The New York Times", May 19, 1996. Accessed February 12, 2008.]
* Mike Fratello (born 1947), former NBA coach who starred at Hackensack High School as a student and who returned for his first job as an assistant coach after graduating from college. [ [http://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/fratemi99c.html Mike Fratello] , Basketball-Reference.com. Accessed November 1, 2007.]
* Alex Vincent (born 1981), played "Andy Barclay" in the film "Child's Play" and its sequel "Child's Play 2".Fact|date=March 2008

ee also

* List of high schools in New Jersey

References

External links

* [http://www.hackensackhigh.org Hackensack High School website]
* [http://www.hackensackschools.org/ Hackensack Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|03|1860|050|Hackensack High School
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406270 Hackensack Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics