Saddle River Day School Explained

Saddle River Day School
Established:1957
Type:Private Day school
Head Of School:Jalaj Desai[1]
Address:147 Chestnut Ridge Road
City:Saddle River
County:Bergen County
State:New Jersey
Zipcode:07458
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.0306°N -74.0848°W
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Campus:Suburban
Grades:K–12
Tuition:$44,500 (9-11), $45,500 (12) for 2022-23[2]
Enrollment:302 (plus 4 in PreK, as of 2017–18)
Faculty:43.3 FTEs
Ratio:7:1
Us Nces School Id:00868768
Colors: Navy blue
Red and
white
Team Name:Rebels
Yearbook:Retrospect[3]
Newspaper:The Rebel Report
Publication:Periscope (Alumni)
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Saddle River Day School is a coeducational, college-preparatory independent day school, located in Saddle River, in Bergen County, New Jersey, serving students in Pre-K3 through twelfth grade.[4] [5] Its student body is drawn from communities in Bergen, Essex, Morris and Passaic counties in New Jersey and Rockland County in New York.

The school was founded in 1957, by John C. Alford, and graduated its first senior class in 1960. Saddle River Day School is composed of three divisions: the Lower Division, the Middle Division and the Upper Division. In 1966 it received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, which expires in July 2027.[6] The school is also accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education and is a member of the New Jersey Association of Independent Schools[7] and the National Association of Independent Schools.

As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 302 students (plus 4 in PreK) and 43.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 7:1. The school's student body was 78.1% (236) White, 13.9% (42) Asian, 3.6% (11) Black, 3.6% (11) Hispanic and 0.7% (2) two or more races.[8]

Curriculum

The Lower School utilizes phonics for language arts instruction. An IDEAS Lab (Innovation, Design, Engineering, Arts, and Science) encourages constructionism through student interactions with their physical environment. This manifests through lessons in robotics, critical thinking, 3D design, and basic coding. Foreign language instruction begins in Kindergarten, which continues as a requirement through 12th grade.[9]

The Middle School offers a robust curriculum, with accelerated tracks in Science and Math, three world languages (Spanish, French, and Arabic), in addition to introductory courses in Business and Graphic Design.[10]

The Upper School offers the following nineteen Advanced Placement courses:[11] English Literature, English Language,United States History, European History, Human Geography, World History, Psychology, Macroeconomics, Music Theory, French, Spanish, Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Biology, Physics C: Mechanics, Chemistry, Computer Science Principles and A.

Additionally, Upper School students can select a diverse range of electives from Linear Algebra, Artificial Intelligence, Middle Eastern Studies, and Photography.

Saddle River Day School also offers students in the 9th-12th grades the opportunity to participate in the yearly French Exchange Program. This program includes a two-week homestay in alternate years in Dijon, France.

Athletics

The Saddle River Day School Rebels[12] participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties, and was created following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[13] [14] [15] Previously, the school was a member of the all-private Patriot Conference, but after a decision by the NJSIAA in February 2008, both Hawthorne Christian Academy and Saddle River Day School joined the Olympic Division of the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) later that year, and remained in the conference until it was disbanded as part of the NJSIAA's 2010 realignment.[16] [17] The BCSL was disbanded as a part of a wide-ranging realignment of high school sports in northern New Jersey, and Saddle River Day moved to the new NJIC in the fall of 2010. With 133 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public B for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 37 to 366 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group II for public schools).[18]

The girls basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state title in 2018 (defeating Rutgers Preparatory School in the tournament final) and 2019 (vs. Trenton Catholic Academy), and was declared as the Non-Public North B sectional champion in 2020 after finals were cancelled due to COVID-19.[19] The team won their first title with a 73-49 win against Rutgers Prep in the finals of the Non-Public B tournament final.[20] The 2019 team repeated as winner of the Non-Public B title against Trenton Catholic by a score of 79-67 in the title game.[21] The teams advanced to the Tournament of Champions both seasons. In 2018, the team was the fifth seed, winning the quarterfinals by 92-63 against fourth-seeded University High School before losing to number-one seed Manasquan High School 80-67 in the semifinal game played at the RWJBarnabas Health Arena to finish at 24-7 for the season.[22] The 2019 team was the second seed and won the semifinal round by a score of 76-63 against number-three seed Manchester Township High School before losing in the finals to top seed Franklin High School by a score of 65-57 and finishing the season at 28-3.[23] [24]

Notable alumni

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.saddleriverday.org/about-srds/welcome-from-our-head-of-school Welcome from our Head of School
  2. https://www.saddleriverday.org/admissions/tution-financial-aid Tuition & Financial Aid
  3. https://www.saddleriverday.org/our-community/student-life Clubs and Activities
  4. Web site: Preschool in Bergen County NJ Saddle River Day School . 2023-05-04 . www.saddleriverday.org . en-US.
  5. Web site: Private High School in Bergen County, NJ Saddle River Day School . 2023-05-04 . www.saddleriverday.org . en-US.
  6. https://www.msa-cess.org/school-profile/?oId=0065e00000B8Rr5&typ=school-profile Saddle River Day School
  7. http://www.njais.org/page.cfm?p=365 List of Member Schools
  8. https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00868768 School data for Saddle River Day School
  9. Web site: Private Lower School Curriculum . saddleriverday.org . Saddle River Day School . 13 August 2024.
  10. Web site: Middle School Curriculum . saddleriverday.org . Saddle River Day School . 13 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Upper School Curriculum . saddleriverday.org . Saddle River Day School . 13 August 2024.
  12. https://www.njsiaa.org/schools/saddle-river-day-school Saddle River Day School
  13. Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
  14. https://www.northjerseyic.org/g5-bin/client.cgi?G5genie=265 Member Schools
  15. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-10/2020-2021-lc-officers-schools.pdf League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021
  16. Schutta, Gregory. "Two non-publics enter BCSL Olympic", The Record, February 7. 2008. Accessed February 7, 2008.
  17. https://web.archive.org/web/20110724142847/http://www.njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/09leagueaffiliations.pdf New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010
  18. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/general-classifications-2018-2020.pdf NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020
  19. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-girls-basketball-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History
  20. Copper, Darren. "Girls basketball: Saddle River Day rips Rutgers Prep to earn first title; IHA's run ends", The Record, March 10, 2018. Accessed October 27, 2020. "The Rebels gave New Jersey a good shake at the Barnabas Center racing past Rutgers Prep 73-49 to claim their first Non-Public B girls basketball state title Saturday. Saddle River Day advances to the six-team Tournament of Champions, which opens Wednesday."
  21. https://www.nj.com/highschoolsports/article/no-3-saddle-river-day-girls-basketball-does-it-again-beats-no-6-trenton-catholic-in-non-public-b-final/ "No. 3 Saddle River Day girls basketball does it again, wins Non-Public B title"
  22. Lerner, Gregg. "Good as Advertised; Masonius Fuels Manasquan Into ToC Final", Shore Sports Network, March 16, 2018. Accessed February 8, 2021. "She penned the latest chapter Friday night with a dominating performance that covered practically every shred of lumber on the court at RWJBarnabas Health Arena, collecting 26 points and 20 rebounds to complement her overall composure in powering top-seeded Manasquan to an 80-67 triumph over fifth-seeded Saddle River Day in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions."
  23. https://www.njsiaa.org/sites/default/files/documents/2020-11/2020-girls-tofc-history.pdf NJSIAA Girls Basketball Tournament of Champions History
  24. Tartaglia, Gregg. "Saddle River Day basketball comes up short in bid for Tournament of Champions title", The Record, March 17, 2019. Accessed February 8, 2021. "The No. 2 seed Rebels bowed to No. 1 Franklin, 65-57, in Sunday's NJSIAA Tournament of Champions final at Rutgers' Louis Brown Athletic Center.... Saddle River Day finished its finest season at 28-3."
  25. https://www.giftoflife.org/posts/post/srds-creates-teen-focused-appeal-for-gift-of-life Students at Gift of Life CEO’s alma mater create teen-focused ad campaign
  26. https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/ridgewood/2016/10/20/swab-mob-group-helps-to-save-lives-in-saddle-river/93057256/ "'Swab Mob' group helps to save lives in Saddle River"
  27. [Adrian Wojnarowski|Wojnarowski, Adrian]
  28. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1641759509/saddleriverdayorg/f11f3geu9azudnrisaxi/finalFDsrdsreport2111821.pdf#page=7 Bulletin and Annual Report 2021
  29. Salemi, Vicki. "Glorifying Jersey; A noted Hollywood screenwriter uses her Jersey roots to help inform her storytelling.", New Jersey Monthly, December 13, 2010. Accessed July 25, 2011. ""It's definitely part of who I am," says the Los Angeles-based scribe, who was born in France and moved with her family to Fort Lee when she was 6 months old. The family later moved to Demarest and then Montvale, where she lived from age seven until college. Brosh McKenna, now 43, attended Saddle River Day School, studied literature at Harvard and, after graduation, co-wrote A Co-Ed's Companion with her college roommate."
  30. Web site: Natalie Janowski, '22 to exhibit art at Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's National Art Show . saddleriverday.org . Saddle River Day School . 21 August 2024.
  31. Kuperinsky, Amy. "Meet Ghosts star Danielle Pinnock. How Jersey’s joyful spirit is making people laugh all pandemic long.", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 7, 2021. Accessed December 22, 2021. "Growing up in Teaneck, Pinnock earned a scholarship to Saddle River Day School, where she became a regular on the stage."
  32. https://resources.finalsite.net/images/v1607363476/saddleriverdayorg/hxjhufyuyf2zpi9zccro/SupportSRDS-BulletinAnnualReportPDF.pdf#page=7 Fall 2020 Bulletin and Annual Report
  33. Web site: Bulletin and Annual Report 2017 . Saddle River Day School . 21 August 2024.

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