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Teaneck High School (known as The Castle on the Hill〔Buchsbaum, Herbert; Monagle, Katie; and Peart, Karen N. ("Race and class. (problems of school integration)" ), ''Scholastic Update'', November 18, 1994. Accessed June 15, 2011. "The Gothic-style school building, set back on a campus, resembles a medieval fortress. Residents call it 'the castle on the hill.'"〕) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Teaneck, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States, serving students in ninth through twelfth grades as the lone secondary school of the Teaneck Public Schools. The school has been accredited since 1935 by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools.〔(Teaneck High School ), Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 15, 2012. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 As of the 2012-13 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,274 students and 114.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 11.14:1. There were 296 students (23.2% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 118 (9.3% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.〔(School Data for Teaneck High School ), National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed March 29, 2015.〕 The school was renovated in 2003–04, giving students new classrooms as well as a new student center. Teaneck has implemented two academies that focus on the sciences and the arts. Core members of the school's administration are principal Dennis Heck, with assistant principals Peter LoGiudice and Pedro Valdes III.〔(Administration ), Teaneck High School. Accessed March 16, 2014.〕 Heck was named interim principal on August 3, 2011, after the Board of Education approved a series of administrative changes that moved Angela Davis from her principal post at Teaneck High School to assume the same position at Thomas Jefferson Middle School, and to name Peter LoGiudice as assistant principal at the high school on an interim basis.〔Pinto, Jennifer. ("New Principals to Greet Students This Year: Dennis Heck takes the helm at THS; Angela Davis to lead TJMS; and Deirdre Spollen-LaRaia fills principal role at Hawthorne" ), ''TeaneckPatch'', August 31, 2011. Accessed August 31, 2011. "On Aug. 3, the Teaneck Board of Education approved the transfer of former Teaneck High School Principal Angela Davis to her new role as principal of Thomas Jefferson Middle School. Former THS Assistant Principal Dennis Heck now serves as interim principal of THS, with former Dean of Students Peter LoGiudice now serving as interim assistant principal alongside Assistant Principal Marianne Conway."〕 Teaneck's sports teams are nicknamed the Highwaymen; girls' teams are called the Highwaywomen.〔(Teaneck High School ), New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 18, 2015.〕 The team name comes from the highwaymen who would seize money and belongings from those traveling along highways during the 17th and 18th century and for the school's location overlooking Route 4.〔Houck, Emerson B. (''Go Huskies! Beat Felix the Cat!: the story of America's high school athletic nicknames and mascots and what they reveal about who we are'' ), p. 67. Bradford House, 2003. ISBN 9780974533506. Accessed August 18, 2015.〕 == Awards, recognition and rankings == In ''Newsweek's'' May 22, 2007 issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Teaneck High School was listed in 1080th place, the 33rd-highest ranked school in New Jersey.〔("The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,200 top U.S. schools" ), ''Newsweek'', May 22, 2007. Accessed May 24, 2007.〕 The school was the 156th-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.〔Staff. ("Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.〕 The school had been ranked 126th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 114th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.〔Staff. ("The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2012. Accessed September 20, 2012.〕 The magazine ranked the school 121st in 2008 out of 316 schools.〔Staff. ("2010 Top High Schools" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', August 16, 2010. Accessed February 10, 2011.〕 The school was ranked 102nd in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which surveyed 316 schools across the state.〔("Top New Jersey High Schools 2008: By Rank" ), ''New Jersey Monthly'', September 2008, posted August 7, 2008. Accessed August 19, 2008.〕 Schooldigger.com ranked the school 266th out of 367 public high schools statewide in its 2009-10 rankings 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).〔(New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2009-2010 ), Schooldigger.com. Accessed December 29, 2011.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teaneck High School」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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