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Teaneck High School
Address
Map
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]
Faculty108.3 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,271 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio11.7:1[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 Edit this at Wikidata

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]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,271 students and 108.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.7:1. There were 282 students (22.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 112 (8.8% 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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 2024–2026, which included schools with 893 to 1,315 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

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

Notable alumni

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See also: Category:Teaneck High School alumni

Notable faculty

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References

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  2. ^ a b Administration, Teaneck High School. Accessed January 21, 2022.
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  5. ^ a b Teaneck High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. Accessed September 6, 2022.
  6. ^ 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.'"
  7. ^ 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."
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  46. ^ 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."
  47. ^ History of NJSIAA Girls Bowling Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
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  58. ^ 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."
  59. ^ 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 & Afr-Amer StudiesBGS Senior Male Francis Bonny Teaneck High School"
  60. ^ a b Hi-Way 1980 Yearbook, p. 25, "Christopher Brancato".
  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."
  62. ^ Chris Brantley Archived February 13, 2008, at the Wayback Machine, databaseFootball.com. Accessed November 4, 2007.
  63. ^ 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."
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  65. ^ "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."
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  67. ^ 1995 THS Alumni Directory, p. 27.
  68. ^ 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."
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  70. ^ "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."
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  75. ^ 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."
  76. ^ Hi-Way 1961 Yearbook, p. 31.
  77. ^ Hi-Way 1965 Yearbook, p. 35.
  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 September 22, 2024. "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."
  86. ^ Hi-Way 1988 Yearbook, p. 113 as "Douglas Glanville".
  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" 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&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.
  96. ^ Hi-Way 1970 Yearbook, p. 51.
  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" 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."
  101. ^ 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."
  102. ^ 1995 THS Alumni Directory, p. 103.
  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."
  105. ^ "Teaneck HiWay, 1976". Amazon.
  106. ^ 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"
  107. ^ 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."
  108. ^ 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."
  109. ^ a b c Hi-Way 1968 Yearbook.
  110. ^ 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."
  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. "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."
  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. "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."
  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. "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."
  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 Archived 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. ^ "Margery Stone is Engaged to Frederick F. Schauer", The Record, January 9, 1968. Accessed September 22, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. Schauer was graduated from Teaneck High School and Dartmouth College. He will receive a Master of Business Administration degree from the Amos Tuck school at Dartmouth in June and will then attend law school."
  132. ^ 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."
  133. ^ "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."
  134. ^ Hi-Way 1974 Yearbook, p. 80 as "Paul 'Rocky' Shambroom".
  135. ^ "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 ..."
  136. ^ Hi-Way 1988 Yearbook, p. 135.
  137. ^ Longsdorf, Amy. "Cameraman always has eye on Jersey roots"[permanent dead link‍], The Record, June 1, 2009. Accessed June 2, 2009.
  138. ^ History of the Men's Single/Double Tennis Tournament, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 23, 2016.
  139. ^ 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."
  140. ^ 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."
  141. ^ "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..."
  142. ^ 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."
  143. ^ Hi-Way 1966 Yearbook, p. 128.
  144. ^ 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."
  145. ^ Pierre Sow, RealGM. Accessed September 22, 2024. "Birthplace/Hometown: Teaneck, New Jersey... High School: Teaneck High School [Teaneck, New Jersey]"
  146. ^ 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."
  147. ^ Hi-Way 1959 Yearbook, p. 73.
  148. ^ "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."
  149. ^ 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."
  150. ^ 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.'"
  151. ^ Hi-Way 1981 Yearbook, p. 69.
  152. ^ 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."
  153. ^ Quentin Walker, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed May 27, 2018.
  154. ^ Hi-Way 1979 Yearbook, p. 59.
  155. ^ Hi-Way 1970 Yearbook, p. 89.
  156. ^ "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."
  157. ^ 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."
  158. ^ 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.'"
  159. ^ 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

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  • 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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