Wayne Valley High School
| Wayne Valley High School | |
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| Location | |
| 551 Valley Road Wayne, NJ 07470 |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Motto | "The Tribe with Pride" |
| Established | 1952[1] |
| School district | Wayne Public Schools |
| Principal | Robert V. Reis |
| Asst. Principal | Michael Agrati Michael Rewick |
| Faculty | 110 (on FTE basis)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,494 (as of 2009-10)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.58[2] |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
| Nickname | Indians |
| Publication | Smoke Signals |
| Website | School website |
Wayne Valley High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school, one of the two high schools in Wayne, in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Wayne Public Schools. Wayne Valley has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1954.[3] The school is also accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education. Wayne Valley's school colors are blue and white, and Wayne Valley is the home of the Indians, "The Tribe with Pride", and is known for its "tradition of excellence," both academically and athletically.
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,494 students and 110 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.58.[2]
The school was the 63rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 322 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2010 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", after being ranked 46th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[4] Schooldigger.com ranked the school as 106th out of 376 public high schools statewide in its 2010 rankings (a decrease of 22 positions from the 2009 rank) 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).[5]
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[edit] Sports
The Wayne Valley High School Indians now compete in the Big North Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association.[6] Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school had participated in the Northern Hills Conference. With 1,120 students in grades 10-12, the school is classified by the NJSIAA as North I, Group IV, a category that includes schools with enrollment of 1,120 to 2,479.[7] Wayne Valley has put up new turf fields to be used by the football, lacrosse, field hockey, and soccer teams.
The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group III state sectional championships in 1982, 1988-89 and 1991.[8]
The Wayne Valley boys track team went undefeated in the 2011 season, winning the County Relays, Conference, and County Meets. The girls team went undefeated in the dual meet season, losing the Conference meet to West Orange High School which came down to the last event, and won its fifth county title in a row.[citation needed]
The Wayne Valley football team made it to the North I Group III playoffs in 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2008. In 2005, the Indians were second seeded behind Wayne Hills High School and beat Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest 12-3 in the first round, falling in the 2nd round to 3rd seeded Parsippany Hills High School 27-7.[9]
They went into the 2006 playoff 3rd seeded, losing in the first round to Passaic Valley Regional High School, 49-20.[10]
On March 6, 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group III state championship, falling to Passaic Valley Regional High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute.[11][12] The boys' basketball team, seeded 10th in the tournament, won the North I Group III state championship on March 4, 2008 over top seed West Milford High School by a score of 48-45 in a game played at John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, New Jersey.[13] This was the team's first sectional title in just over a decade.[14]
In the 2007 playoffs, they were once again the 2nd seed behind their cross-town rival, Wayne Hills High School. They made it to the finals, beating Passaic Valley Regional High School 46-23 in the first round and Paramus High School 20-7 in the semifinals. They faced Wayne Hills High School in the finals, for an all-Wayne Championship game, falling 27-7 to Wayne Hills in the North I Group III state sectional championship game played at Giants Stadium. The loss was the sole blemish on an 11-1 season.[15][16]
The Wayne Valley Baseball team won the Passaic County championship over West Milford High School. Tolerico’s two-run homer tied the game and pinch-hitter Chris Edie’s bases-loaded walk forced home senior third baseman Pete Savastano with what emerged as the game-winning run. The Indians’ three-run seventh capped a dramatic comeback from a 4-0 deficit entering the sixth and earned Wayne Valley its first PCT baseball championship since 1988 and the fourth time the team has earned the county title.[17]
[edit] Incidents
On June 13, 2007, authorities found two bundles of what looked like half-sticks of dynamite in two lockers at Wayne Valley. All of the students were evacuated, and the Passaic County Sheriff's Department bomb squad extracted the devices. The devices were then detonated at the Paterson firing range. It is unknown whether the devices were intended to do harm or be used as part of a prank, and police are still investigating.[18] On June 27, 2007, five members of the class that just graduated from the school were arrested for their roles in the incident, and face up to 25 years in jail if convicted on all charges filed.[19]
[edit] Administration
Core members of the schools administration are:[20]
- Robert V. Reis - Principal
- Michael Agrati - Assistant Principal
- Michael Rewick - Assistant Principal
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jay Della Valle (born 1979), filmmaker, singer and songwriter.[21]
- Lisa Edelstein, (born 1967), class of 1984, actress who starred as Lisa Cuddy, the Dean of Medicine at Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital on the FOX drama House.[22]
- Gene Mayer (born 1956), former tennis player from the United States who won fourteen singles titles during his career. At Wayne Valley, he went unbeaten in his two years on the tennis team.[23]
- Art Thoms, (born 1947), class of 1965 former NFL defensive tackle.[24][25]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ School Overview, Wayne Valley High School. Accessed June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b c d Wayne Valley High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 4, 2011.
- ^ Wayne Valley High School, Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed January 5, 2012.
- ^ Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 21, 2011.
- ^ New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010, Schooldigger.com. Accessed January 5, 2012.
- ^ League Memberships – 2011-2012, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 1, 2011.
- ^ 2011-2012 Public Schools Group Classification for ShopRite Cup–Tennis–Soccer–Basketball–Baseball–Softball for North I, NJSIAA. Accessed January 5, 2012.
- ^ Goldberg, Jeff. NJSIAA Football Playoff Champions, NJSIAA. Accessed December 25, 2011.
- ^ 2005 North I Group II Football, NJSIAA. Accessed November 1, 2011.
- ^ 2006 Football Tournament - North I, Group III, NJSIAA, accessed April 21, 2007.
- ^ Castro, Hornets down Valley, win first sectional crown, Herald News, by Adam Zagoria, March 7, 2007
- ^ 2007 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed March 7, 2007.
- ^ 2008 Boys Basketball - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed March 9, 2008.
- ^ Zagoria, Adam. "Wayne Valley guard comes up big", The Record (New Jersey), March 5, 2008. Accessed March 9, 2008. "Valley (20-9) has won four consecutive road tournament games to capture its first sectional title since 1997, when the Indians beat Indian Hills, led by current Valley head coach Joe Leicht."
- ^ Czerwinski, Mark J. "Hills is king of the hill", The New York Times, December 1, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007. "That's because the Patriots capped off their season in spectacular fashion, stopping crosstown rival Wayne Valley, 27-7, to win their fourth straight North 1, Group 3 football title in front of 12,527 fans at Giants Stadium.... The loss snapped an 11-game winning streak for the Indians (11-1), The Record's No. 5 team."
- ^ 2007 Football - North I, Group III, NJSIAA. Accessed December 3, 2007.
- ^ Staff. "THE WAIT IS OVER", Wayne Today, June 3, 2010. Accessed February 21, 2011. Engraved across the top it said 'Passaic County Baseball Champions.' For the fourth time ever, that prize belongs to Wayne Valley (1981, 1986, 1988, 2010).
- ^ Heininger, Claire; Sterling, Guy; and Heyboer, Kelly "Pyrotechnics force evacuation of school", The Star-Ledger, June 13, 2007. Accessed June 13, 2007. "Wayne Valley High School was evacuated this morning after pyrotechnic devices capable of causing "catastrophic" damage were found in the building a day before final exams were to begin, authorities said. No one was injured in the scare, which began around 9:15 a.m. when a student spotted wires protruding from his second-floor locker, authorities said. The locker, which the student had cleaned out the day before, and another nearby each contained two bundles of pyrotechnics - 16 half-sticks of the material in all, authorities said."
- ^ Schweber, Nate. "5 Charged in Planting of Devices at School", The New York Times, June 28, 2007. Accessed July 1, 2007. "Five teenagers who graduated last week from Wayne Valley High School have been arrested in connection with the discovery of 16 devices with fuses in lockers at the school, forcing the evacuation of 1,400 students on the last full day of classes. The young men, three of them 18 and two 17 at the time of the evacuation, face up to 25 years in prison if found guilty, said James Wilson, chief of the arson unit for the Passaic County prosecutor.
- ^ Administration & Staff, Wayne Valley High School. Accessed February 21, 2011.
- ^ Winters, Debra. "Indie film continues production", Wayne Today, February 4, 2010. Accessed February 21, 2011. "Both Della Valle and Beatty are graduates from Wayne Valley High School just a year apart in classes of 1996 and 1997."
- ^ Rohan, Virginia. "North Jersey-bred and talented too", The Record (Bergen County), June 18, 2007. Accessed June 25, 2007. "Lisa Edelstein: Class of 1984, Wayne Valley High School"
- ^ Best Boys Tennis Team of the Century, The Star-Ledger. Accessed December 10, 2007.
- ^ Art Thoms player profile, database Football. Accessed August 11, 2007.
- ^ Art Thoms, Oakland Raiders. Accessed August 11, 2007. "I started playing football in high school. It was the freshman team at Wayne High School in Wayne, N.J. I played two years there and then my family moved to Brickjohn [sic], NJ. I played the last two years of high school ball there."
[edit] External links
- Wayne Valley High School website
- Wayne Valley High School's 2009–10 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
- Data for Wayne Valley High School, National Center for Education Statistics
- publicschoolreview.com review
Coordinates: 40°55′51″N 74°13′51″W / 40.9308°N 74.2307°W
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