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serving students in

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through

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s, located in Fair Lawn,

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, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the

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. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,576 students and 116.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 13.6:1. There were 142 students (9.0% of enrollment) eligible for

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and 51 (3.2% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Fair Lawn High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

Approved in June 1941, construction of the building was delayed due to

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and the challenges it caused in obtaining the materials needed to complete the project. The school, constructed at a cost of $700,000 (equivalent to $ million in ), opened in September 1943 with nearly 900 students in seventh through eleventh grades in a building with 29 classrooms and a capacity to serve a maximum enrollment of 1,070 students. Those students from Fair Lawn in twelfth grade who had previously attended Hawthorne High School,

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or Ridgewood High School completed their studies at their receiving school through graduation.

Awards, recognition and rankings

For the 1990–91 and 1997-98 school years, Fair Lawn High School received the National Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence from the

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, the highest honor that an American school can achieve.Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF)

. Accessed May 11, 2006. In 1998, the school's principal was named the State Principal of the Year by the New Jersey Principals and Supervisors Association in recognition of her work, which included being the principal of the only public high school in New Jersey (as of that time) to have won two Blue Ribbon Awards for Excellence. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools" ''

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'' ranked the school 876th in the nation among participating public high schools and 66th among schools in New Jersey. In 2012, Newsweek ranked FLHS in the top 4% of high schools in the nation based on how hard schools challenge their students with Advanced Placement and college level courses. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''

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'', the school was ranked 58th in New Jersey and 1,691st nationwide. In ''

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's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Fair Lawn High School was listed in 808th place, the 19th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was the 70th-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 339 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2014 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 65th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 76th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 81st in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 62nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 72nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (89.3%) and language arts literacy (96.8%) components of the

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(HSPA). The school musical is regularly nominated for both the

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Rising Star Awards as well as Helen Hayes' Metropolitan High School Theatre Awards. In 2008, the Fair Lawn High School Destination Imagination team won the New Jersey Affiliate Finals for the first time in school history. The team competed in the Obstacles, Of Course Challenge.

Curriculum

The school offers numerous classes of various levels, including an extensive

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(AP) program. Students consistently perform above the state average on the

(HSPA) and

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language instruction was introduced in 2007 in the Fair Lawn Public Schools district.

Clubs

Fair Lawn High School has an active extracurricular program encompassing diverse interests. The school has an award-winning musical theater program, as well as shows performed by the Masques (drama group), the Boptones (school rock band), and the orchestra. The Fair Lawn High School musical won a Rising Star Award for Best overall production in 2004 for their production of ''

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''. In 2009, the school also received the Metropolitan High School Theatre Award for their production of ''

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''. On November 11, 2006, the Fair Lawn High School Marching Band and Color Guard won the Class IV national championship in percussion at the 2006 United States National Marching Band Championships held in

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at the

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. The color guard also placed fourth. The team finished third overall in Group IV with a score of 94.225. Both Junior and Senior Math Leagues do well in state and national competitions. The Senior Math League swept the Bergen County Math League earning the first, second, and third place individual scores in 1999-2000. Other successful teams include the Chemistry League, Academic Decathlon, Debate Team, and Computer League. Another club in the school is Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). Many students represent Fair Lawn High School at conferences around the nation every year and bring back many awards. Fair Lawn High School is known to be a strong FBLA chapter and students run for NJ FBLA state office consistently. The

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delegation of Fair Lawn High School is one of the top delegations in New Jersey, and has named the Best Delegation at the AMUN Conference the last six years. Unlike other clubs, Model UN is solely funded through the delegates. The Student Government is a large part of all student activities and is at the base of many school-sponsored events.

Marching band

The Fair Lawn High School Marching Band placed third at the United States National Marching Band Championships in Annapolis, Maryland in 2006, winning Best Percussion. In 2007, they placed fifth in Nationals in Baltimore Maryland. Some past shows include: Bound, Beyond the Periphery, Hypnotize, Passages, The Best Way Out is Always Through, Cascades: A Series of Stages, Festival of Lights, A New Century Dawn, Perspectives, and An American Portrait. Hypnotize is an original composition by musician Alex Knox. "Hypnotize," earned 13th place at National Championships in Baltimore, Maryland. The 2009 show "Passages" got 13th place at Nationals, as well, in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2010 their show was entitled "Beyond the Periphery" and they were the number one marching band in Bergen County for the third year. They placed eighth (over all) and first place for percussion at Nationals in Annapolis, Maryland. The 2011 show, "Bound," placed 5th Place at the USSBA National Championships at Annapolis, Maryland. For the second year in a row the band won the "Best Overall Percussion" award. The 2012 show, titled "Relic" placed fourth at National Championships at MetLife Stadium, getting second place in Percussion and Music. The 2013 show, entitled "Mirage" placed 8th in Group Three Open, coming in Third in Percussion and Sixth in Color Guard. The 2014 show, entitled "Return of the King" competed in Group Three Open and won the Dinkles Award. The 2015 show, "What If?", placed 2nd in Group Two Open, coming in first for music and earning The Cadets Award of Excellence.

Athletics

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. compete in the Big North Conference, which is comprised of public and private schools in Bergen and

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counties, and was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the

(NJSIAA). On an interim basis, the school competed in the

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for the 2009-10 season. Prior to the realignment, the school participated in the

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(NBIL/NBIAL). With 1,102 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group IV for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 1,060 to 5,049 students in that grade range. The football team competes in the Ivy White division of the

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, which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The football team is one of the 12 programs assigned to the two Ivy divisions starting in 2020, which are intended to allow weaker programs ineligible for playoff participation to compete primarily against each other. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group IV North for football for 2018–2020. The school participates as the host school / lead agency for a joint ice hockey team with

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and

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. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year. Teams marked with an asterisk (*), although they officially compete and score as separate teams, usually have their events and practices with each other. Depending on the sport, there is at most a Varsity, Junior Varsity, and Freshman team. Some sports do not have all three levels. *Fall sports teams: Cheerleading, Cross country (boys/girls)*, Football, Soccer (boys/girls), Tennis (girls), and Volleyball (girls) *Winter sports teams: Cheerleading, Basketball (boys/girls), Bowling (boys/girls)*, Ice hockey, Swimming (boys/girls)*, Track (boys/girls)*, Wrestling and Fencing (boys/girls)*, Dance *Spring sports teams: Baseball (boys), Softball (girls), Track (boys/girls)*, Tennis (boys), Lacrosse (boys/girls), Volleyball (boys) The girls volleyball team won the Group IV state championship in 1985 (against runner-up Hackensack High School in the final match), 1989 (vs.

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) and 1997 (vs.

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), and in Group III in 2007 (vs. West Morris Mendham High School). The 1985 team won the Group IV title with a 15-9, 15-9 win against a Hackensack team that came into the finals undefeated. Entering the 2007 Group III tournament as the 11th seed, the team won the final match in three sets against West Morris Mendham. The wrestling team won the North I Group IV state sectional title in 1987-1990, 1992, 2000 and 2001. The boys wrestling team was started in 1947 by Frank Bennett (who also founded Washington Township's (now Warren Hills High School) wrestling program and has been inducted in the National Wrestling Hall of Fame). The 1987 Fair Lawn High School wrestling team has been recognized as the best team in Bergen County for the 1980s decade. The boys volleyball team won the state championship in 1995 (defeating

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in the final match of the tournament), 2011 (vs.

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) and 2012 (vs. Southern Regional). The program's three state titles are tied for fourth-most in the state. The boys volleyball team won its first-ever NJSIAA state championship in 1995, finishing with a 25-1 record. The No. 2 seeded Cutters defeated No. 1 and previously undefeated Bridgewater-Raritan High School, in Bridgewater, 2-1 (15-13, 13-15, 15-13), making it the first North Jersey team to ever win the state title. The 2011 team was top-ranked in the state by ''

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'' and won the state title, defeating

in straight sets by scores of 25-17 and 25-23. The ice hockey team won the McMullen Cup in 2003. Since the ice hockey team's inception in 2001, they have compiled an overall record of 152-72-27. They have qualified for the state playoffs in every single season and in 2008 they were the #1 ranked public school in the state of New Jersey. The boys tennis team won the 2007 North I, Group III state sectional championship with a 3-2 win over Ramapo High School.

Administration

The school's principal is Paul Gorski. His administration team includes a vice principal, two assistant principals and the athletic director.

Notable alumni

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(1930–2021, class of 1948), former

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who played for the

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. *

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(born 1982, class of 2001), current linebackers coach for the

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, former linebackers coach at

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, defensive backs coach at

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and tight ends coach for

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, who coached the Fair Lawn HS football team in 2006. * Ben Davis (born 1945), former professional

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and

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for ten years in the NFL. * John E. Dohms (1948-2012, class of 1966), researcher of the

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of avian diseases and a faculty member of the

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. * Tracy Eisser (born 1989),

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who won the gold medal in the

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s at the 2015 World Rowing Championships and was selected to compete as part of the United States team at the

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(born 1991), New York Red Bulls defender. *

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from 1971-72. * Antonio Matarazzo (born 1993), professional

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who currently plays for

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in the

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. *

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(born 1977, class of 1995), manager for

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(born 1980), singer-songwriter and pianist who graduated from FLHS in 1998. *

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''.

Notable faculty

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basketball coach, who coached the school's basketball team in the 1960s.Hubie Brown
''Fair Lawn News'', Summer 2004, accessed April 17, 2007. "Brown was coach of the Fair Lawn High School basketball team in the 1960s and the offensive coordinator for its undefeated football team."

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Fair Lawn High School website

Fair Lawn Public Schools website
* {{Authority control 1943 establishments in New Jersey Educational institutions established in 1943 Fair Lawn, New Jersey Public high schools in Bergen County, New Jersey