Neumann Preparatory School (known familiarly as Neumann Prep) was a private, Catholic

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located in

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, within the

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. It was founded as The Blessed John Neumann Preparatory

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in 1965. In 1970 Neumann was designated a Preparatory School and was all-male until the 1974–1975 academic year. The school was named for

Saint John Neumann John Nepomucene Neumann (german: link=no, Johann Nepomuk Neumann, cs, Jan Nepomucký Neumann; March 28, 1811 – January 5, 1860) was a Catholic priest from Bohemia. He immigrated to the United States in 1836, where he was ordained, joined t ...

. Neumann Prep closed at the end of the 1989–1990 academic year. Since then the campus has been the site of a Montessori school and the Lakeview Learning Center. The current tenants are the Al-Ghazaly High School and the TSF Academy soccer camp. The property was owned by the Diocese of Paterson.

Sale of the Property

In July, 2022 the Diocese of Paterson sold the property to the Academy of Greatness & Excellence, an Islamic school based in Ridgefield Park, NJ. The AGE is not affiliated with Al-Ghazaly High School. The 25-acre property was purchased for $13.5 million.

Notable alumni

* Fr. Dennis E. Tamburello, O.F.M, Ph.D. (Class of 1971) is a

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Friar, Author and Professor of Religious Studies at Siena College. He is also a chaplain for the NY State Dept. of

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. His areas of scholarly research include the

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(especially John Calvin),

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, and

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. * William J. Nardini (born 1969, class of 1986),

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of the

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. * Michael Bluhm (born 1969, class of 1987), EVP and Chief Financial Officer of Host Hotels and Resorts, a S&P 500 company. Prior to he was a managing director in the investment banking group at Morgan Stanley. * Rev. Msgr. John E. Hart, JCL (Class of 1973) is the

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of The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary parish,

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. He is the former Chancellor of the Diocese of Paterson and is currently the Diocesan Director of

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Personnel and Chair,

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. * Joseph A. Mecca, Esq. (Class of 1974) is an attorney and former member of the

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(1990 to 1992)."The Legislature During the Florio Administration"
Accessed October 31, 2022.

References

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