Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive

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serving students in

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through

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s from Glen Rock, in

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, United States, operating as the lone

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of the Glen Rock Public Schools. The school shares a campus with Glen Rock Middle School. As of the 2021–22 school year, the school had an enrollment of 693 students and 71.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a

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of 9.8:1. There were 3 students (0.4% of enrollment) eligible for

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and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.School data for Glen Rock High School

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. Accessed December 1, 2022.

History

Proposals for a junior-senior high school in the borough date back to 1935, with a referendum for a $460,000 project (equivalent to $ in ) that would be covered in part through savings in the tuition being paid for students to attend Ridgewood High School. By 1947, the district was expending a quarter of its budget on payments for high school tuition, but the district was notified by the

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in March 1952 that Glen Rock students, who had attended high school for grades 10-12 in Ridgewood from the time the borough was established, could not be accommodated any longer after the 1954-55 school year. The school opened in September 1956 with only tenth graders, as ninth-grade students were in the junior high school and those in eleventh and twelfth grades completed their education through graduation at Ridgewood High School. Starting in 2009 and completed in 2011, Glen Rock High School underwent a $45.3 million renovation project that included a new science wing, a creative arts department, and system updates.

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was one of 18 schools statewide (and three public high schools) honored in 2018 by the

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by the

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. In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 137th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 25th among all high schools in New Jersey and 12th among the state's non-magnet schools. In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", ''

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'' ranked the school 218th in the nation among participating public high schools and 17th overall (tenth of non-

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s) in New Jersey. Glen Rock was ranked 30th in New Jersey and 287th nationwide in ''

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'' magazine's 2012 issue of "America's Best High Schools." In the 2012 "Ranking America's Best High Schools" issue by ''

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'', the school was ranked 40th in New Jersey and 1,028th nationwide. In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by ''

'', the school was ranked 31st in New Jersey and 1,070th nationwide. Glen Rock was ranked 874th, the 24th-highest in New Jersey, in ''

'' magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools. In ''

's'' May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Glen Rock High School was listed in 964th place, the 28th-highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was ranked as number 614 in the April 30, 2006 issue, the 18th highest ranked school in New Jersey. The school was the 2nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 305 schools statewide in ''

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'' magazine's September 2018 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology. The school had been ranked 4th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 28th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed. The magazine ranked the school 28th in 2008 out of 316 schools. The school was ranked 6th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state. Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 31st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase 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 (93.5%) and language arts literacy (98.5%) components of the

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(HSPA).

Publications

Led by faculty adviser Jason Toncic, the

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, ''The Glen Echo'', transitioned from a print newspaper to a
online newspaper
in 2012.

Athletics

The Glen Rock High School PanthersGlen Rock High School

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. Accessed October 20, 2020. participate in the

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, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen,

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and

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counties. Prior to the sports league realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Glen Rock was a member of the smaller

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(BPSL). With 560 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020. Glen Rock is one of the smallest high schools in New Jersey to support ice hockey and lacrosse programs. Because the NJIC does not offer competition in these sports, Glen Rock is a member of the Big North Conference for hockey and competes in lacrosse-specific leagues for both boys' and girls' lacrosse. The ice hockey team specifically has won four consecutive Big North Silver/Freedom championships (2013–16), making the semi-finals of the Public B state tournament twice (2012, 2015) and making the championship in 2016, before winning their first state title in 2017 with an 8–1 victory over Wall High School.Gould, Brandon
"No. 7 Glen Rock ice hockey tops Wall, wins 1st state title in program history"
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, March 26, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed October 2, 2020. "Top-seeded Glen Rock, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, made program history and collected its first ever state title with an 8-1 win over 10th-seeded Wall in the final of the NJSIAA/Devils Public B Tournament on Monday at Mennen Arena." The football team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1980, 1996, and 1998–2002, and won the North I Group II title in 1988.NJSIAA Football History

. Accessed October 20, 2020. The five consecutive state championships won from 1998 to 2002 are one short of the state record. Down 21–7 at the half, the 1988 team pulled ahead to defeat

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by a score of 22–21 to win the North I Group I championship game. The 1988 team finished the season with a 10–1 record after winning the North I Group II title with a 17–10 victory against a

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team that had been unbeaten going into the championship game. The team won the 2001 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 22–14 win in double overtime in the tournament final against

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. The team won its fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 41–0 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School in 2002.Fox, Ron
"Long Live Rock! - Panthers roll; capture fifth straight title"
'' The Record'', December 8, 2002. Accessed July 31, 2007. "But the senior quarterback/safety returned to action quickly enough and contributed another interception and two more scores to the 41-0 rout of the third-seeded Wildcats, which earned the fourth-seeded Panthers their fifth straight sectional title, one short of the State record held by Pope John of Sparta and Paulsboro." The girls soccer team has won the Group I/II title in 1984 (defeating

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in the tournament final), won the Group I title in 1986 (vs.

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), 1987 (vs. Bordentown), 1996 (co-champion with

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), 1999 (vs.

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), 2002 (co-champion with

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) and 2003 (co-champion with

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), and won the Group II title in 1989 (as co-champion with Cinnaminson High School), 1995 (as co-champion with

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), 1997 (co-champion with

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), 2012; The 11 titles won by the program are the third-most of any public school in the state. The 1999 team finished the season with a 21-1-1 record after defeating

by a score of 2–0 to win the Group I state championship. In 2012, the girls soccer team won the North I, Group II state sectional final with a 1–0 win against Ramsey High School. They went on to win the Group II state title with a 4–0 win against

. The girls spring / outdoor track and field team won the Group II state championship in 1994, and won the Group I title in 1995, 1997 and 2000–2003; The program's seven state titles are tied for fifth-most in New Jersey. The wrestling won the North I Group I sectional title in 1999 and 2000. The baseball team won the Group II state title in 1999 vs. Riverside High School. The boys tennis team won the Group I state title in 2000, defeating

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in the finals. The girls tennis team won the Group I title in 2000 vs.

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and 2001 vs.

. The girls tennis team took the North I, Group I sectional title in 1999 with a 4–1 win vs. Henry P. Becton Regional High School in the tournament finals. The boys spring / outdoor track and field won the Group I title in 2003 and 2004. The ice hockey team won the Public B state championship in 2017 with an 8–1 win in the tournament finals at the

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against Wall High School to run their season record to 22-3-3. The team won the McInnis Cup in 2021 with a 4–0 win against Livingston High School in the championship game.

Administration

Since 2020, the principal of both Glen Rock High School and Glen Rock Middle School is Michael Parent. His administration team includes the high school assistant principal.

Notable alumni

* Keith Cardona (born 1992), goalkeeper who played for the

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. *

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television teen drama '' Skins''. * Bud Hedinger (born 1947),

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host in the

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area on station WFLA AM 540 (WFLF). *

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, professional football player for the

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of the

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. * Samuel Petrone (born 1989), professional soccer player who plays for Swedish football club,

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. * Warren Ruggiero (born 1966),

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coach who is

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for Wake Forest. * Julie Spira, author and media personality on the subjects of

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. * Paul Stekler (born 1953, class of 1970), political documentary filmmaker and former chair and head of the production program in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the

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. *

Patrick Stickles Patrick Stickles (born July 28, 1985) is an American musician and the lead singer, frontman, and songwriter of New Jersey-based punk rock band Titus Andronicus. Stickles grew up in Glen Rock, New Jersey and graduated from Glen Rock High School as ...

(born 1985, class of 2004), singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the band

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. * Charlie Tahan (born 1998, class of 2016), actor, known for his roles in '' Frankenweenie'', '' I Am Legend'' and '' Charlie St. Cloud''. *

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(born 1951), star of ''The Uncle Floyd Show''. *

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(born 1954, class of 1972), musician."Fab Faux Followers"
''Glen Rock Gazette'', March 6, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2021, via

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. "Glen Rock High School alumni traveled to the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair on Feb. 28 to see their former classmates Jimmy Vivino ('73) and Jerry Vivino ('72) perform as members of the group Fab Faux." *

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(born 1955, class of 1973), musician.Biography
Jimmy Vivino, backed up by the

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as of March 4, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2017. "By the mid-seventies, The Uncle Floyd Show was very popular, and Floyd Vivino was selling out the Bottom Line in New York City. At this time Jimmy's band provided the music. On sax was Jerry Vivino; on guitar, Jimmy Vivino; on keyboards the fabulous Ed Alstrom; and on drums, Frank Pagano. Interestingly, all of the band were Glen Rock High School graduates, and they all went on to be successful musicians."Stevens, Amanda
"John Sebastian & GR's Jimmy Vivino Electrify Mexicali Live; Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sebastian and Vivino shared the stage in Teaneck"
Ridgewood Patch, December 12, 2011. Accessed October 18, 2017. "John Sebastian and Glen Rock native Jimmy Vivino performed at Mexicali Live in Teaneck Saturday night before a full house. Vivino, a Glen Rock High School graduate, is the band leader of the Basic Cable Band on Conan O'Brien's late night talk show."

References

External links

Glen Rock High School website
*
School Data for the Glen Rock Public Schools

Glen Rock High School Alumni website
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