Hawthorne High School (New Jersey)

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name = Hawthorne High School


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grades = 9 - 12
district = Hawthorne Public Schools
type = Public high school
principal = Dr. David M. Browne
enrollment = 703 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 50.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 13.9
teamname = Bears
conference = Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League
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location = 160 Parmelee Avenue
Hawthorne, NJ 07506
information = 973-423-6415
website = [http://www.hawthorne.k12.nj.us/highschool.htm School website]

Hawthorne High School is a four year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grade from Hawthorne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hawthorne Public Schools.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 703 students and 50.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 13.9. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710&ID=340471000380 Hawthorne High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 15, 2007.]

The school was the 148th-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 157th 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.]

Athletics

The Hawthorne High School Bears compete in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL), made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Passaic County.

Administration

Core members of the school's administration are: [ [http://www.hawthorne.k12.nj.us/HHSPHONE.HTM Hawthorne High School Contacts] , Hawthorne High School. Accessed October 7, 2007.]
*Dr. David M. Browne - Principal
*Kurt Karcich - Vice Principal

Notable alumni

* Lois A. Cuccinello, who has served on the Passaic County Board of Chosen Freeholders since 1997. In January 1999 she was selected to serve as Freeholder Director, making Freeholder Cuccinello the first woman to hold that position in four decades. [ [http://www.passaiccountynj.org/freeholders/Freeholder_Bios/loiscuccinello.htm Biography of Freeholder Lois A. Cuccinello] , accessed December 20, 2006]
* Debbie Harry (born 1945), lead singer of Blondie, Class of 1963. [Jennings, Rob. [http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061228/NEWS/612280380 "Treasure trove of Jersey lore"] , "Asbury Park Press", December 28, 2006, accessed April 24, 2007. "Deborah Harry was perhaps the biggest pop sensation of the late 1970s, scoring huge hits with "Call Me" and "Heart of Glass" and becoming a worldwide sex symbol. Before all that, she was fencing at Hawthorne High School. Harry and her band, Blondie, made their mark in New York City but Harry's roots are in the Jersey suburbs. She graduated from Hawthorne in 1963."] Rohan, Virginia. [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxOTMmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcxNTE5NDcmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3 "North Jersey-bred and talented too"] , "The Record (Bergen County)", June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Debbie Harry: Class of 1963, Hawthorne High School....Ivan Sergei: Class of 1989, Hawthorne High School"]
* Ivan Sergei (born 1972), actor best known for his work in television, Class of 1989.

References

External links

* [http://www.hawthorne.k12.nj.us/highschool.htm Hawthorne High School]
* [http://www.hawthorne.k12.nj.us/ Hawthorne Public Schools]
*NJReportCard|31|2100|0|Hawthorne Public Schools
* [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_list.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3406990 Data for the Hawthorne Public Schools] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.hawthorne-high.com Hawthorne High School alumni forum (unofficial)]
* [http://powertolearn.com/challenge/nj/teams2.shtml?130]
* [http://northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk3MjE0NDQ2]
* [http://www.northjersey.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjczN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzNTkmZmdiZWw3Zjd2cWVlRUV5eTcyMDM3NzYmeXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXky]