Regional High School Archives

NVRHS District
	Report: School gets silver review 12/22/2008 After leading Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest for four years, Principal Bruce Sabatini has helped the school garner national attention.
	KARMA 12/09/2008 Rushal Rege, a junior at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest and his older brother, Kunal, a graduate of the school, have put together Kunal and Rushal Mathematical Advancement (KARMA) to supply math gadgets to needy area high school students
	NV school board budget 12/09/2008 A packed house filled a conference room to listen to Northern Valley Regional High Schools Superintendent Jan Furman’s report on fiscal challenges facing the district.
	New turf fields 12/02/2008 Although officials said the impetus for building new turf fields was the concentration of lead found on the old field surfaces last spring, they said the district is installing new turf in an attempt to make the playing areas last longer.
	Northern Valley budget talks 11/11/2008 The Northern Valley Regional Board of Education debated the merits of several new plans on the relationship of supervision between teachers and principals, with the idea of trimming next year’s budget.
	Substance abuse seminar 11/05/2008 Substance abuse can be a difficult topic of conversation, but Gail Mendelsohn, a Haworth parent, was eager to hear about the reality of it in the area.
	Tuition discounts 10/20/2008 A policy that extends tuition discounts to former Northern Valley Regional High School students has drawn criticism from several residents who regularly attend the Board of Education meetings.
	District reopens fields 08/26/2008 In a close vote district officials agreed Aug. 19 to open the fields at Northern Valley Regional High School in time for the fall sport practices and band camp use, with adherence to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission’s guidelines.
	Keeping their options open 08/14/2008 The Northern Valley Regional High School district has received a proposal from Paul Lioy, director of the Exposure Science Division of the Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute.
	District to further explore lead turf 08/12/2008 One concerned parent in the Northern Valley Regional High School district is using his expertise in the field of toxicology to help the district fields, which have high lead content in the fibers, be a candidate for future testing.
	Federal department says fields are safe 08/04/2008 According to the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission, artificial fields that have come under scrutiny lately because of high lead levels found in the turf fibers, are safe for children to play on.
	Raising passing level on eighth grade test 08/04/2008 Eighth grade students now have to attain a higher mark in order to prove their proficiency in the areas of math and language arts. The State Department of Education has raised the passing level on the New Jersey Assessment of Student Knowledge (ASK) test
	Adequacy standard may mean $7.4M cut 08/04/2008 Northern Valley education officials said $7.4 million would have to be cut from the district’s budget should it have to meet what the state deems to be the "adequate" cost of education for the area.
	Test results to determine field use 07/30/2008 Northern Valley Regional High School district has authorized additional testing on the artificial turf fields at both Demarest and Old Tappan campuses, where previous tests have detected high lead levels in the field fibers.
	Lead issues unresolved 07/01/2008 Last week’s meeting between the Northern Valley Regional High School district and FieldTurf Tarkett, the manufacturer of the district’s artificial fields, resolved none of the issues surrounding the use of the fields.
	New Norwood board member 07/01/2008 Norwood has a new representative on the Northern Valley Regional High School Board of Education. Marie Petikas was sworn in at the June 23 meeting, replacing Elizabeth Stenerson who had represented Norwood on the school board for 17 years.
	School board 06/27/2008 Norwood has a new representative on the Northern Valley Regional High School Board of Education.
	Field use 06/25/2008 Several local mayors urged Northern Valley Regional High School officials last week not to progress with limiting the use of the district’s tracks and artificial fields in order to preserve their life.
	FieldTurf 06/25/2008 Tuesday’s meeting between the Northern Valley Regional High School district and FieldTurf Tarkett, the manufacturer of the district’s artificial fields, resolved none of the issues surrounding the use of the fields.
	Lead meeting 06/20/2008 The Northern Valley Regional High School district has set a meeting Tuesday, June 24 with the company that installed the artificial fields, Landtek Group Inc., and FieldTurf Tarkett, the manufacturer.
	Fields safe for graduation 06/17/2008 Northern Valley Regional High School district can safely proceed with graduation on its artificial turf fields, according to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (NJDHSS).
	District review 06/17/2008 According to Superintendent Jan Furman, Northern Valley will undergo a performance review sometime next year.
	Lead levels 06/16/2008 Additional tests of Northern Valley Regional High School artificial turf fields at both Demarest and Old Tappan campuses revealed that the lead found in the fields’ green pigment is not leaching into the soil and is present in the fields’ dust in acce
	Field Turf 06/11/2008 FieldTurf Tarkett, the company that installed the turf fields at Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest and Old Tappan, is disputing the findings of the district’s initial lead tests.
	Lead levels 06/10/2008 The turf fields at both Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest and Old Tappan were closed June 6 after state mandated lead tests came back high.
	NVRHS Lead Fields 06/06/2008 Testing done on the artificial fields at Northern Valley Regional High School revealed they contain lead "above acceptable levels," said Superintendent Jan Furman.
	Regional High School 05/28/2008 Education officials in the Northern Valley are considering contributing $2,000 to an advocacy group that is representing the interests of Bergen County’s affluent districts in a Supreme Court case.
	EDUCATION 05/27/2008 Elizabeth Stenerson hopes she has left a legacy of positive contributions to education in the Northern Valley as she departs the Board of Education she has served for the past 17 years.
	Track and turf 05/20/2008 Education officials are looking to restrict the use of tracks and turf fields in order to control maintenance costs.
	Decision-making 05/08/2008 "Drugs will take everything in life you love away from you."
	Computer use 05/07/2008 A committee has been formed at Northern Valley Regional High School to explore the possibility of transitioning to a 1:1 student to computer ratio.
	Regional Election 04/15/2008 The Northern Valley Regional High School budget passed in all but one of the district’s sending towns.
	The Challenge 04/08/2008 The team of students from Northern Valley High School at Old Tappan has advanced to the second round in the quiz show The Challenge, to be aired April 12.
	Drunk carts 04/01/2008 Leaving trampled orange cones in their wake, three golf-carts haltingly traversed obstacle courses on the field behind Northern Valley High School at Demarest last Tuesday.
	Firsthand experience 04/01/2008 School officials want to promote greater understanding of the Korean population, which comprises about 28 percent of the student body at Northern Valley Regional High School District. So a trip sending teachers to Seoul is in the works for next year, to b
	AP Policy remains 03/27/2008 The mandated AP testing policy, which has been the subject of much controversy over past weeks, will remain unchanged for this year’s seniors class.
	Northern Valley Budget 03/24/2008 Taxpayers in the seven sending districts of Northern Valley Regional High School can expect to be responsible for $41,321,482 the tax levy on the tentative 2008/2009 school budget.
	AP fight 03/19/2008 With fervent pleas from students matched by educators’ staunch resolve, the dispute over Northern Valley’s AP testing policy remains deadlocked.
	No funding 03/11/2008 The Northern Valley Regional High School district is still awaiting funding sources for the latest study that was proposed to determine if there is a problem at the St. Anthony’s school in Northvale.
	AP Tests 02/29/2008 Students and parents renewed their fight against the Northern Valley Regional School District administration to change the AP testing policy Feb. 26, days before educators are required to submit payment to the College Board for the tests
	Education experience 02/28/2008 The Northern Valley Board of Education is considering dual enrollment opportunities with Bergen Community College and Montclair State University as well as the implementation of internship and mentorship programs for high school seniors.
	District budget 02/21/2008 The Northern Valley Regional High School Board of Education will discuss the 2008 budget at the board meeting Feb. 25 at 7:30 p.m.
	New position 02/20/2008 The Northern Valley Regional school board has its sending districts’ approval for the creation of a position that would help the districts comply with state and federal mandates.
	Second study 02/12/2008 Last week, the three entities concerned with the St. Anthony’s site in Northvale learned more about the doctor who has offered to conduct another study there. Those entities are: the Northern Valley Regional High School district, which leases space at t
	NVRHS state aid 02/06/2008 The new state aid funding formula the state Legislature approved fails to help districts in the Northern Valley, top education leaders said.
	NVOT graduate death 02/05/2008 A recent graduate of Northern Valley Old Tappan, Norwood resident Nick Magaraci, was found Saturday, Jan. 26 hanged in his apartment off campus at Wagner College in Staten Island.