Passaic Valley Regional High School Explained

Passaic Valley Regional High School District
Superintendent:Bracken Healy
Businessadmin:Colin Monahan
Address:100 East Main Street
City:Little Falls
County:Passaic County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07424
Country:United States
Grades:9-12
Schools:1
Enrollment:1,039 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:83.2 FTEs
Ratio:12.5:1
Free Label:District Factor Group
Free Text:FG
Passaic Valley Regional High School
Established:1940
Grades:9-12
Type:Public high school
Principal:Vacant
Enrollment:1,039 (as of 2022–23)
Faculty:83.2 FTEs
Ratio:12.5:1
Us Nces School Id:341257004858
Teamname:Hornets
Conference:Big North Conference (general)
North Jersey Super Football Conference (football)
Colors: Green and
white
Pushpin Map:USA New Jersey Passaic County#USA New Jersey#USA
Motto:"It's a great day to be a hornet."

Passaic Valley Regional High School is the name of both a public school district and regional high school for students in ninth through twelfth grades from a district comprising Little Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park, three communities in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey.[1] [2] [3] [4] The high school is the only facility in the Passaic Valley Regional High School District.[5] [6] [7]

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,039 students and 83.2 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.5:1. There were 278 students (26.8% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 42 (4.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[8]

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "FG", the fourth highest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.[9]

The Passaic Valley board of education consists of nine members, with three members elected from each municipality. The board generally meets on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month during the school year and once a month during the summer.

History

Overcrowding at Paterson Central High School led the three constituent municipalities to begin discussions for the formation of a regional school district that would serve an estimated 600 students at a cost that would be comparable to the amounts paid in tuition for the sending/receiving relationships with the Paterson Public Schools and more cost effective than building high schools in each community.[10]

Constructed at a cost of $500,000 (equivalent to $ million in), nearly half of which was covered by a grant from the Public Works Administration, the school was designed to handle an enrollment of 650 to as many as 800, and opened to students in September 1940.[11] [12] The school mascot, the Hornet, was derived by vote of the first class from the Green Hornet radio series popular in the 1940s, as were the school colors of green and white.[13] [14]

Awards, recognition and rankings

As of 2019, the school is ranked 233rd out of 415 New Jersey public high schools.[15] The school was the 225th-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.[16] The school had been ranked 202nd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 144th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[17] The magazine ranked the school 170th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[18] The school was ranked 166th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.[19]

Schooldigger.com ranked the school 192nd out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 4 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the two components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA), mathematics (79.1%) and language arts literacy (92.3%).[20]

Academics

Passaic Valley Regional High School offers the following advanced placement courses: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Calculus AB, English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition, United States History, Spanish, United States Government & Politics, and Environmental Science. The school also offers the following courses as honors: Anatomy and Physiology, English, United States History, World History, Algebra I, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Geometry, Italian, French, Spanish, Business Practice Firm, Biology and Chemistry.[21]

The school also is part of the Fairleigh Dickinson University Middle College Program where students may choose to obtain college credits for selected courses including Anatomy & Physiology Honors and Holocaust & Genocide.

Extracurricular activities

Passaic Valley participates in "24 Hours Around the World" in which students teleconference with other nations for 24 hours.[22]

Passaic Valley's Drama Department is a part of the North Jersey Metro Cappies, a student critic program that introduces students to the world of theater journalism. They run a summer program where students in grades 9-12 all around the NJ/NY area can work together on a performance.

On March 1, 2019, Passaic Valley celebrated its 74th annual Girl's Show where girls within the school, separated into two teams, compete in the following categories: Exercise, Cheer, Dance, Relays and Novelties, and Posters.[23]

Athletics

The Passaic Valley Regional High School Hornets compete in the Independence Division of the Big North Conference,[24] which comprises 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.[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] Prior to the realignment, the school had participated in the Skyline Division of the Northern Hills Conference, which included schools in Essex, Morris and Passaic counties.[27] With 930 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 Patriot 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 III North for football for 2022–2024, which included schools with 680 to 884 students.[31] Passaic Valley's school colors are green and white.[24]

The school participates as the host school / lead agency in a joint ice hockey team with Cedar Grove High School. The co-op program operates under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[32]

The boys cross country running team won the Group III state championship in 1961 and the Group IV title in 1962.[33]

The boys' bowling team won the overall state championship in 1973.[34]

The football team won the North I Group IV state championships in 1975, 1979, 1980 and 1986.[35] The 1975 team finished with an 11-0 record after winning the North I Group IV state sectional title with a 23-7 victory against North Bergen High School in the playoff finals.[36] In 1979, the team finished 11-0 after defeating Clifton High School by a score of 15-0 to win the North I Group IV state sectional championship game at Giants Stadium.[37] The team repeated as North I Group IV state champion with a 20-0 win against Fair Lawn High School in the finals at Giant Stadium to finish the season at 10-1.[38] The 1986 team won the North I Group IV state sectional title with a come-from-behind 14-10 win against North Bergen in the championship game played at Roosevelt Stadium, to finish the season 9-2.[39] In 2006, the football team beat Wayne Valley High School during the regular season and again in the playoffs, making it to the semi-finals before losing to defending North I Group III champions, Wayne Hills High School.[40] Under first year coach Al Capello, the Hornets made it to the North II Group III state championship at Giants Stadium on December 4, 2009, losing to West Morris Mendham High School by a score of 28-19.[41]

The field hockey team won the North I Group IV state sectional championship in 1976, 1977, 1981, 1984, 1986 and 1987.[42] In 2005 and 2006, the girls' field hockey team won back-to-back county championships led by Coach Cheryl Grande, before repeating as county champion in 2009, defeating Wayne Hills High School in the final game in all three championship seasons.[43]

The softball team won the Group IV championship in 1977 (defeating runner-up Sayreville War Memorial High School in the finals) and the Group III title in 2000 (vs. Middletown High School South).[44] The 1977 team won the Group IV state title with an 11-1 victory in the playoff finals against Sayreville to run their season record to 29-2.[45] The 2000 softball team finished the season with a record of 28-3 after defeating Middletown South by a score of 6-0 in the tournament final to win the Group III state championship. The team won all five playoff games by shutout and set a state record by giving up eight runs the entire season.[46]

The wrestling team won the North I Group IV sectional title in 1981, the North II Group II title in 2005 and the North II Group III title in 2010 and 2016[47]

In 2007-2010, the girls' varsity gymnastics team won the county championships, led by Coach Jenai Agosta.[48] No other team in the 24 years of county championships has won the championship in four consecutive seasons.[49]

Alexis (Missy) Arena continues to hold the gymnastics all-time state record for All Around (AA) scoring with a 37.95 set in 2009. Arena's score breaks the previous mark of 37.325 by Passaic Valley's own Jackie Friscia in 2006. The meet dates to 1986. Arena also holds the 2010 New Jersey State beam Champion title with a 9.475, she placed third on vault with a 9.575 and fifth in the all-around with a 37.25.[50]

In 2007, the boys' basketball team won the North I, Group III state championship, defeating Wayne Valley High School by 60-48, in a game played at Passaic County Technical Institute. The win was their first ever sectional championship in school history and came in Head Coach Rob Carcich's third season. The Hornets advanced to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship game held at the RAC at Rutgers University.[51] [52] The boys' basketball team returned to the sectional final in 2011, this time losing to Teaneck High School on March 8, 2011.[53] They returned to the Sectional final again in 2008 losing once again to Teaneck who was ranked #3 in the state at the time. The team had a record of 150-85 in the previous nine seasons.

In 2007, the varsity baseball team, led by Head Coach John Mazzo, won the Passaic County Championship with a 4-2 victory over Passaic County Technical Institute, the team's third title and their first since repeating in 1998 and 1999.[54] In 2010, they advanced to the Passaic County final, losing to Wayne Valley High School by a score of 5-4.[55]

In 2007, George Abyad won the Penn Relays discus championship at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.[56]

In 2008, the boys' ice hockey team coached by Gary Steele captured their first Nardello Cup, 3-2 against River Dell High School.[57]

In the 2009 spring season, senior Gerardo Valenzuela of the boys' tennis team won the County Championship at 2nd Singles.[58]

In Fall 2009, the Marching Band won 2nd Place against six other bands in the Group 2A division at the Yamaha Cup competition that was held in Giants Stadium. In Fall 2011, the Marching Band won 1st place against four other bands in the Group 3A division at Verona High School. In Fall 2016, The Passaic Valley Marching Band placed 4th at the USBands state championship for group 2A.

In the 2009-2010 season the Hornets Wrestling Team captured the state sectional championship by beating Roxbury in the finals. Then they captured the District 13 Tournament championship. In 2012 again they were able to get the District 13 Tournament championship.

Administration

Core members of the district's / school's administration are:[59] [60] [61]

Board of education

The district's board of education, composed of nine members, sets policy and oversees the fiscal and educational operation of the district through its administration. As a Type II school district, the board's trustees are elected directly by voters to serve three-year terms of office on a staggered basis, with three seats up for election each year held (since 2012) as part of the November general election. The board appoints a superintendent to oversee the district's day-to-day operations and a business administrator to supervise the business functions of the district.[63] [64] Seats on the board of education are allocated based on population, with Little Falls, Totowa and Woodland Park each allocated three seats.[65]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.straussesmay.com/seportal/Public/DistrictPolicy.aspx?policyid=0110&id=39da4953aa984907a1d0cb837006d1d8 Passaic Valley Regional High School District No.1 Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20080214055330/http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us/districtinfo.asp District Information
  3. 2004 New Jersey Legislative District Data Book, Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy, December 2004, p. 211.
  4. http://www.northjersey.com/news/West_Paterson_no_more.html West Paterson no more
  5. https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/7868/638412764984270000#page=29 2023–24 Public School Directory
  6. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/selectreport/2022-2023/31/3990 School Performance Reports for the Passaic Valley Regional High School District
  7. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/school/districtid/3990 New Jersey School Directory for the Passaic Valley Regional High School District
  8. https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3412570&ID=341257004858 School data for Passaic Valley Regional High School
  9. http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/rda/dfg.shtml NJ Department of Education District Factor Groups (DFG) for School Districts
  10. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100545030/plans-for-little-falls-totowa-west/ "Regional High Given Board of Education; Little Falls And West Paterson Would Join With Totowa Borough In Building Proposed Institution"
  11. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100545863/rendering-of-future-passaic-valley/ "Proposed Little Falls-Totowa Borough-West Paterson Regional High School"
  12. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100544361/opening-of-passaic-valley-regional-high/ "$500,000 Regional High School To Open Next Monday"
  13. https://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us/cms/lib/NJ02201477/Centricity/Domain/4/PV%20Gazette%20Summer%202018.pdf "Passaic Valley Remembers Clifford Swicher"
  14. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/596266435/ "PVHS"
  15. Web site: Passaic Valley Regional High School.
  16. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  17. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed September 19, 2012.
  18. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 17, 2011.
  19. http://njmonthly.com/articles/towns_and_schools/highschoolrankings/top-new-jersey-high-schools-by-rank.html "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank"
  20. http://www.schooldigger.com/go/NJ/schools/1257004858/school.aspx School Overview; Click on "Rankings" for 2003-11 HSPA results
  21. https://rc.doe.state.nj.us/report.aspx?type=school&lang=english&county=31&district=3990&school=050&SY=1718&schoolyear=2017-2018 2017-18 School Performance Report / School Narrative for Passaic Valley Regional High School
  22. Web site: Around the World . November 5, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110402025455/http://www.pvhs.k12.nj.us/atw/atwindex.asp . April 2, 2011 . dead .
  23. Web site: Girls' Show (2015) - IMDb. .
  24. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/passaic-valley-high-school Passaic Valley High School
  25. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  26. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724142847/http://www.njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/09leagueaffiliations.pdf League Memberships - 2009-2010
  27. https://web.archive.org/web/20110128150637/http://northernhillsconference.com/ Home Page
  28. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  29. Cooper, Darren. "Here's what we know about the new Super Football Conference 2020 schedule", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference (SFC) is a 112-team group, the largest high school football-only conference in America, and is comprised of teams from five different counties."
  30. Cooper, Darren. "NJ football: Super Football Conference revised schedules for 2020 regular season", The Record, July 23, 2020. Accessed March 22, 2021. "The Super Football Conference has 112 teams that will play across 20 divisions."
  31. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-08/Football%20%2722%20%26%20%2723.pdf NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2022–2024
  32. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-12/winter-co-ops-2020-21.pdf NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs
  33. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-xc-group-team-champions_0.pdf NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions
  34. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2022-07/22%20Bowling.pdf History of NJSIAA Boys Bowling Championships
  35. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-football.pdf NJSIAA Football History
  36. Schwartz, Larry. "Passaic Valley, 23-7", The Record, December 7, 1975. Accessed January 7, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Passaic Valley was as generous allowing points as it was with champagne, the 11-0 Hornets would not have celebrated the winning of their first outright State sectional football championship yesterday.... And with John Miller leading the offense by throwing two touchdown passes, Passaic Valley registered a 23-7 victory over North Bergen in the Group 4 North Jersey Section 1 final."
  37. O'Connell, Jack. "Passaic Valley avenges loss to Clifton", The Record, December 3, 1979. Accessed February 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "It was a season of maturity for Passaic Valley, and the Hornets' continual growth as a football team was never more evident than in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association playoff game yesterday at Giants Stadium.... Passaic Valley, however, proved it was more than just another team. It did so by totally dominating Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League rival Clifton, 15-0, for the Group 4, North Jersey Section 1 championship."
  38. Maddock, Rick. "PV crushes Fair Lawn", The News, December 8, 1980. Accessed March 11, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Brute strength and overall endurance enabled Passaic Valley (10-1) to successfully defend its North Jersey, Section I, Group IV title. The Hornets belted Fair Lawn (9-2), 20-0, Saturday at Giants Stadium."
  39. Zeitlinger, Bob. "PV rallies to stun North Bergen", The Record, December 7, 1986. Accessed January 26, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Passaic Valley, seeded fourth in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association Group 4, North Section 1 playoffs, wasn't given much of a shot at the title when it edged Bayonne for the final postseason berth. Even after the Hornets upset top-seeded Ridgewood in the first round, they were considered underdogs against No. 3 North Bergen in yesterday's sectional final Senior quarterback James Damico, however, rallied Passaic Valley from yet another fourth-quarter deficit for a 14-10 victory and the sectional crown at Roosevelt Stadium."
  40. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=188015&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III NJSIAA 2006 Football - North I, Group III
  41. Hague, Jim. "West Morris Captures Football Championship: North 2, Group III Championship", Daily Record, December 4, 2009. Accessed June 20, 2011. "Burton carried the ball 16 times for 158 yards and scored a touchdown, returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown and threw a 47-yard touchdown pass, leading West Morris to a 28-19 victory over Passaic Valley in the NJSIAA North Jersey Section 2, Group III championship game at Giants Stadium."
  42. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-12/21-girls-field-hockey_0.pdf History of NJSIAA Field Hockey Championships
  43. Staff. "Passaic Valley's Grande hits milestone", Wayne Today, October 29, 2009. Accessed June 20, 2011. "Grande's first County title came in 2005 with a thrilling 3-2 win, on strokes, over Wayne Hills. The following year, the Hornets repeated as County champions by winning another close game against Wayne Hills. After failing to reach the finals in 2007 and 2008, Passaic Valley made a spirited run in this year's tournament. Coming from the fourth seed, the team defeated fifth seeded West Milford, and then stunned the two-time defending champion, Pompton Lakes, in the semifinals before stopping an undefeated Wayne Hills club in the final."
  44. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2024-02/Softball%2023.pdf Softball Championship History 1972–2023
  45. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67174119/passaic-valley-defeats-sayreville-for/ "Passaic Valley 'walks' to title"
  46. Schutta, Gregory. "Caruso-led PV zips to the title", The Record, June 11, 2000. Accessed December 14, 2020. "But tired or not, there was absolutely no way Lisa Caruso was going to give up the State Group 3 softball championship trophy. Once they handed the Passaic Valley senior the trophy following the Hornets' dominating 6-0 victory over Middletown South at Toms River East High School, Caruso lifted it up for her teammates to see, hoisted it above them a second time, and then carried it from interview to interview before heading for the bus back home.... And the Hornets (28-3) grabbed on with both hands, shutting out all five of their playoff opponents on the way to winning their first State championship and erasing the disappointment of a loss in the 1998 final."
  47. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2021-04/2021-wrestling-history.pdf NJSIAA Wrestling Team Championship History
  48. Staff. "NJ Gymnastics: Missy Arena leads Passaic Valley to Passaic County Championships title", The Star-Ledger, November 1, 2010. Accessed June 20, 2011. "Senior Missy Arena posted first-place scores on vault (9.375) and beam (9.0.) and Dominique Brown, Jessica Burden and Ali Fischbach delivered timely performances as Passaic Valley amassed 103.75 points to capture its fourth consecutive Passaic County Championships title Monday in West Milford."
  49. http://www.passaiccountycoaches.org/Gymnastics.html Passaic County Gymnastics History
  50. Smith, Kate. "NJ Gymnastics: Missy Arena of Passaic Valley wins state beam title", The Star-Ledger, November 13, 2010. Accessed June 20, 2011. "Although Arena was one of the earlier competitors on beam, her score of 9.475 held up, earning her the state balance beam title Saturday at the NJSIAA/The Star-Ledger individual finals at Montgomery."
  51. Zagoria, Adam. "Title worth the wait -- Passaic Valley secures first sectional crown", The Record, March 7, 2007. Accessed May 31, 2016. "Three years ago, Joe Castro and the Passaic Valley boys' basketball team were mired in a 40-game losing streak. Now, after a remarkable turnaround, they are celebrating the school's first North 1, Group 3 championship. Castro put on a magnificent display, piling up 17 points, 11 assists, three rebounds and two steals as the No. 7-seeded Hornets defeated their archrival, No. 9 Wayne Valley, 60-48, before a capacity crowd at Passaic Tech."
  52. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=202502&tclass=North%20I%2C%20Group%20III 2007 Boys' Basketball - North I, Group III
  53. Idec, Keith. "Teaneck defeats Passaic Valley for North 1, Group 3 title", The Record, March 9, 2011. Accessed June 20, 2011. "Members of the Teaneck boys' basketball team didn't do much smiling and jumping around after winning the North 1, Group 3 title Tuesday night. They weren't overconfident or disrespectful to Passaic Valley, the team the Highwaymen defeated, 64-40, to capture Teaneck's second sectional title in three years."
  54. http://www.passaiccountycoaches.org/Baseball.html Baseball Tournament History
  55. Idec, Keith. "Wayne Valley rallies to win Passaic County Tournament", The Record, May 31, 2010. Accessed June 20, 2011. "The junior center fielder crushed a solo homer over the short porch in right field in the top of the sixth, before blasting an even longer two-run shot in the seventh to lead fifth-seeded Wayne Valley to a 5-4 victory over second-seeded Passaic Valley in the Passaic County Tournament final."
  56. http://www.pennathletics.com/fls/1700/Relays/Results/304.html 304 HSB Discus Throw Championship
  57. Vasquez, Andy. "Goal-oriented victory -- Passaic Valley holds off River Dell to capture title", The Record, February 26, 2008. Accessed June 20, 2011. "It was more nerve-wracking than dominating, but the Passaic Valley hockey team captured its first Nardello Cup title Monday night. The No. 1 seeded Hornets beat River Dell, 3-2, in a close game at South Mountain Arena that wasn't decided until, literally, the final second."
  58. http://www.passaiccountycoaches.org/BoysTennis09.html 2009 Boys' Tennis
  59. https://www.pvrhs.org/domain/119 Administration
  60. https://homeroom6.doe.state.nj.us/directory/district/county/passaic New Jersey School Directory for Passaic County
  61. https://www.passaiccountynj.org/home/showpublisheddocument/6300/638134569940470000#page=29 Passaic County 2022–23 Public School Directory
  62. Mubarak, Lulu. "Principal Raymond Rotella Retires After 34 Years Serving Community", Valley Echo, October 23, 2019. Accessed March 31, 2021. "Principal Raymond Rotella has retired from his position at Passaic Valley High School as of October 1st."
  63. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/dwb/DistrictByTypeList2018.pdf New Jersey Boards of Education by District Election Types - 2018 School Election
  64. https://www.nj.gov/education/finance/fp/acfr/search/22/3990.pdf#page=44 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report of the Passaic Valley Regional High School District
  65. https://www.pvrhs.org/Page/31 Board of Education Members
  66. Bednar, Chuck. David Blaine: Illusionist and Endurance Artist, p. 16. Simon and Schuster, 2015. . Accessed October 20, 2019. "When David was 11, his mother married John Bukalo, and they moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, to live with his new stepfather and his stepbrother, Michael. David attended Passaic Valley High School there, but academics were not his major concern."
  67. Caldera, Pete. "Sniffen Has His Act Together after Football", The Record. Accessed October 8, 2018. "This wasn't the career that Jeff Chase envisioned at Passaic Valley in the mid '80s. But here he is, in the company of Tom Cruise, shooting a scene with Paul Giamatti, standing on a red carpet with Donald Sutherland. Back in West Paterson and Totowa, he was Jeff Sniffen, a high school tight end and basketball player growing into an agile and affable 6-foot-7, 300 pound man."
  68. [Joe Sharkey|Sharkey, Joe]
  69. Beckerman, Jim. "Ex-Totowa resident a shaper of Star Trek", The Record, September 8, 2016. Accessed September 12, 2016. "'That was kind of the only way at the time,' says Fontana, who was born in Sussex, moved to Totowa a year later, and lived there for the next 19 years.... Which is why Fontana, though she had early dreams of being a novelist, majored in business – first at Passaic Valley High School where she graduated in 1957, and then at Fairleigh Dickinson University (at the now-defunct Rutherford campus) where she graduated in 1959 with an Associate in Arts degree, Executive Secretarial major."
  70. Woosnam, Jeff. "Meeting of the Minds; Byram writer helps nurture others' art", Daily Record, October 18, 1997. Accessed February 14, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "Accustomed to being surrounded by highly literate people after nearly 30 years of living, writing, performing, publishing and teaching in New York City, Daniela Gioseffi was concerned for her intellectual health when she and her husband moved to a rural home after his retirement six years ago.... After graduating from Passaic Valley High School in Little Falls she earned a bachelor's degree at the former Montclair State College and a master of fine arts degree at American University in Washington, D.C."
  71. D'Uva. Nancy. "Boys' Soccer: Totowa's Gurrieri working with U.S. Team", Wayne Today, September 11, 2013. Accessed October 12, 2015. "Totowa's Kyle Gurrieri played soccer at Passaic Valley High School his freshman year before accepting the invitation to the U.S. Soccer Under-17 Men's Residency Program for the 2013 fall semester."
  72. Iannazzone, Al. "Little Falls' Bobby Marks a key to Nets' future", The Record, July 18, 2010. Accessed October 7, 2016. "Armed with a computer, calculator, spreadsheet and the Collective Bargaining Agreement, Marks has been the behind-the-scenes backbone of the Nets' basketball department... But the former All-Northern Hills Conference football and tennis player at Passaic Valley wasn't satisfied."
  73. Margolin, Josh; and Sherman, Ted. "Arrests shine spotlight on an unknown crime fighter", The Star-Ledger, August 2, 2009. Accessed May 18, 2013. "He played football for Passaic Valley Regional High ('I wasn't anything great, but it was fun') and then went on to Rutgers University, where he majored in history, and then New York University Law School, where he was a member of the law review."
  74. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-herald-news-class-of-1962-at-passaic/140972085/ "287 Students to Graduate From Passaic Valley H.S."
  75. http://www.michaelpetersmith.com/msbio.shtml Biography
  76. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-news-class-of-1975-at-passaic-valley/140970202/ "532 Graduate Passaic Valley H.S."

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