Westwood Regional High School

Westwood Regional Jr./Sr. High School is a five-year comprehensive regional public high school that serves students in eighth through twelfth grades from Borough of Westwood and the Township of Washington, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, operating as the lone secondary school of the Westwood Regional School District.[4][5]

Westwood Regional Jr./Sr. High School
Address
701 Ridgewood Road

Township of Washington
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07676

United States
Coordinates40.981009°N 74.062298°W / 40.981009; -74.062298
Information
TypePublic high school
MottoCrescat Scientia (Let knowledge grow from more to more)[1]
Established1967
School districtWestwood Regional School District
NCES School ID3417820[2]
PrincipalFrank Connelly
Faculty102.8 FTEs[2]
Grades8-12
Enrollment1,059 (as of 2018–19)[2]
Student to teacher ratio10.3:1[2]
Color(s)  Scarlet
  Black and
  white[3]
Athletics20 teams
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference
Team nameCardinals[3]
NewspaperThe Cardinal Chronicle
Websitewww.wwrsd.org/westwoodrhs

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,059 students and 102.8 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.3:1. There were 77 students (7.3% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 27 (2.5% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[2]

Awards and recognition

The school was the 106th-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.[6] The school had been ranked 58th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 92nd in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[7] The magazine ranked the school 56th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[8] The school was ranked 81st in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[9] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 128th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (a decrease of 9 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (83.8%) and language arts literacy (95.9%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[10]

Curriculum

Advanced Placement (AP) courses offered include AP Art History, AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP English Literature and Composition, AP French Language, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics B, AP Psychology, AP Spanish Language, AP Statistics, AP Studio Art, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP World History.[11]

Extracurricular activities

There is a wide range of activities and clubs for students to participate in:[12]

Athletics

The Westwood Regional High School Cardinals[3] compete in the Big North Conference, following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).[13] With 626 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2015-16 school year as North I, Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 495 to 762 students in that grade range.[14] Before the NJSIAA's 2009 realignment, the school had previously participated in the Bergen County Scholastic League (BCSL) American Conference, which was made up of private and public high schools located in Bergen County and Hudson County.[15] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2018–2020.[16] Westwood Regional High School athletic teams are called the Cardinals. They wear school colors scarlet, white and black.[3] The school's original colors were scarlet and white, with black added later as an official school color.

The school participates in joint cooperative boys / girls swimming teams with River Dell Regional High School as the host school / lead agency. River Dell also hosts a co-op ice hockey team that includes Emerson Jr./Sr. High School and Westwood. These co-op programs operate under agreements scheduled to expire at the end of the 2023–24 school year.[17]

Sports offered by the school include:[3]

  • Fall sports: cross country (boys and girls), field hockey, football, soccer (boys and girls), tennis (girls), volleyball (girls)
  • Winter sports: basketball (boys and girls), bowling (boys and girls), indoor track (boys and girls), wrestling
  • Spring sports: baseball, golf, lacrosse (boys and girls), outdoor track (boys and girls), softball, tennis (boys and girls)

The boys' basketball team finished the 1951 season with a 21-1 record after winning the Group II state championship with a 68-48 victory against runner-up Ocean City High School in the tournament final.[18][19]

The boys cross country team won the Group II state title in 1963.[20]

The softball team won the North I state sectional championship in 1974 and 1975.[21]

The field hockey team won the North I Group II state sectional title in 1987 and won the Group II state title that year as co-champion with Moorestown High School.[22]

The girls volleyball team won the Group II state championship in 1989 (defeating runner-up Lyndhurst High School in the final match of the playoffs) and 1997 (vs. New Milford High School).[23]

The boys track team won the indoor relay championship in Group I in 1998.[24]

The football team won the NJSIAA North I Group II state sectional championship in 2000, 2006, 2013 and 2014, and won the North I Group I title in 2004.[25] The 2000 team won the North II Group I state sectional title with a 33-7 win against Pompton Lakes High School in the championship final played at Kean University.[26] The 2006 team went to Giants Stadium in East Rutherford where they played the Indians of Pascack Valley High School in the North I Group II finals, beating them 9-8.[27] The school has had a football rivalry since 1976 with River Dell Regional High School called the "Bird Bowl", in which the winner receives a trophy with a football inside of a bird cage. Westwood leads the series with an overall record of 20-18 through the 2017 season. NJ.com listed the rivalry as 28th on its 2017 list "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football".[28]

The boys' spring track team won three consecutive Bergen County Tournament championships from 2004-2006. In Spring 2005 the team when undefeated in Bergen County, and won the North I, Group II state championship by a record margin.

In 2007, the boys' basketball team played in the North I, Group II state championship, falling to Pascack Hills High School by 66-65 in overtime, in a game played at River Dell High School.[29][30]

The girls spring track team was the Group I co-champion in 2010.[31]

Administration

The school's principal is Frank Connelly. His administration team includes five assistant principals.[32]

Notable alumni

References
  1. Open House Presentation - January 20, 2015, Westwood Regional High School. Accessed January 6, 2019. "Crescat Scientia' - Let knowledge grow from more to more"
  2. School data for Westwood Junior/Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  3. Westwood Regional Jr-Sr High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  4. Westwood Regional School District 2016 Report Card Narrative, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed August 7, 2017. "The Westwood Regional School District is the only K-12 regional school district in Bergen County, serving approximately 2,740 students from the Borough of Westwood and the Township of Washington."
  5. Community and District Profiles, Westwood Regional School District, May 28, 2004. Accessed June 20, 2016. "The Westwood Regional School District serves the Borough of Westwood (population 10,400) and the Township of Washington (population 9,800). These two communities are located approximately fifteen miles northwest of midtown Manhattan."
  6. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  7. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed August 27, 2012.
  8. Staff. "2010 Top High Schools", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2010. Accessed February 3, 2011.
  9. "Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank", New Jersey Monthly, September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.
  10. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 4, 2012.
  11. Westwood Junior / Senior High School 2013-14 School Performance Report, New Jersey Department of Education. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  12. Activities & Clubs Directory, Westwood Regional Jr. / Sr. High School. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  13. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  14. General Public School Classifications 2015-2016, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, as of December 15, 2015. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  15. New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 25, 2014.
  16. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  17. NJSIAA Winter Cooperative Sports Programs, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed December 1, 2020.
  18. NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  19. "Westwood And Englewood Capture State Basketball Championships", The Record, March 19, 1951. Accessed December 15, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "Bergen County did itself proud In the N.J.S.I.A.A. basketball tournament at Elizabeth Saturday by walking off with two championships. Westwood wrapped up the Group II title by belting Ocean City 68-48, and Englewood walked off with the Group III crown by mauling Woodrow Wilson of Camden 59-34.... Westwood's varsity had a 21-1 record, while its Jayvees compiled a 16-1 mark."
  20. NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  21. NJSIAA Softball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2020.
  22. NJSIAA History of Field Hockey Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  23. NJSIAA Girls Volleyball Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  24. History of the NJSIAA Indoor Relay Championships, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  25. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  26. Schutta, Gregory. "Feeling good: Westwood finally wins the big one", The Record, December 3, 2000. Accessed December 26, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "When the horn finally sounded on Westwood's 33-7 victory over Pompton Lakes at Kean University, giving the Cardinals their first NJSIAA Group 2, Section 1 title and ending three years of championship frustration, there was no stopping O'Melia."
  27. 2006 Football Tournament - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed February 18, 2007.
  28. Stypulkoski, Matt. "Ranking the 31 fiercest rivalries in N.J. HS football", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, October 27, 2017, updated May 15, 2019. Accessed December 1, 2020. "28-River Dell vs. Westwood - The prize for winning the Bird Bowl Rivalry? A bird cage trophy with a football inside. This Bergen County rivalry between the Westwood Cardinals and River Dell Hawks has been played annually since 1976.... All-time series: Westwood leads, 20-18"
  29. Roberts, Jeff. "Pascack Hills leaps for joy -- Denies Raji, Westwood in OT", The Record, March 6, 2007. Accessed December 1, 2015.
  30. 2007 Boys Basketball - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed March 7, 2007.
  31. NJSIAA Girls Spring Track Summary of Group Titles, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  32. Contact Us / Overview, Westwood Regional High School. Accessed May 8, 2020.
  33. Weingrad, Michael. Letters to America: Selected Poems of Reuven Ben-Yosef, p. 4. Syracuse University Press, 2015. ISBN 9780815653257. Accessed June 5, 2016. "Robert grew up in Manhattan, attending P.S. 187 and the High School of Music and Art before the family moved to New Jersey where he excelled as a student-athlete at Westwood High School in Bergen County."
  34. Fard, Maggie Fazeli. "Washington Township native named newest four-star general", The Record, December 31, 2009. Accessed February 3, 2011. "Johns Jr., the eldest child of Doris and Raymond Johns Sr., grew up in Township of Washington with his younger brother, Kevin, and sister, Susan. He attended Westwood High School, where he met his future wife, Diana, and discovered what he wanted to do for the rest of his life."
  35. Rispoli, Michael. "ACORN sting 'pimp' is N.J. man who attended Rutgers University", The Star-Ledger, September 17, 2009. Accessed March 31, 2015. "The younger O'Keefe, a former Eagle Scout who graduated from Westwood High School, and a friend, 20-year-old Hannah Giles, a journalism student at Florida International University, spent their summer traveling to ACORN offices across the nation."
  36. DiTrani, Vinny. "DiTrani: Westwood High's B.J. Raji makes a Super play", The Record, January 23, 2011. Accessed February 3, 2011.
  37. Corey Raji, Boston College Eagles men's basketball. Accessed October 7, 2017.
  38. Kevin Sampson player profile, National Football League Players Association. Accessed July 23, 2007. "Hometown: Westwood, NJ... A three-year starter on the offensive line at Westwood High School in Westwood, New Jersey."
  39. Feldberg, Robert. "Feldberg: Shot for Westwood's Kyle Scatliffe to show range", The Record, February 3, 2017. Accessed November 22, 2017. "Kyle Scatliffe, who grew up in Westwood and began his performing life in the borough's high school, has had a notable start to his musical-theater career."
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