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Glen Rock High School
Police & Fire
Youngster Seized For Anti-Semitic Desk Graffiti, Internet Searches In Glen Rock
A student accused of marking a Glen Rock High School desk with anti-Semitic graffiti also conducted troubling online searches, authorities said. District officials “handled the matter by district policy,” Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Borough detectives, meanwhile, have classified the matter as a bias incident, which will affect any delinquency complaints signed against the youngster. In addition to the 9th grade desk graffiti, “the student’s school computer internet search history had also been flagged by the administration due to antisemitic searches,” Ackermann said. Gle…
Police & Fire
Exposure To Rat Poison Sends Glen Rock HS Student, Staffers, Police Officer, EMTs To Hospital
A Glen Rock High School student, five school staffers, a police officer and two EMTs were all hospitalized following exposure to a rat poison that the youngster brought in on Monday, authorities said. The student had a reaction to the rodenticide known as Thallium, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. All nine people taken to The Valley Hospital and Hackensack University Medical Center on Oct. 2 -- including the student -- were medically cleared, the chief said. "As of this time none are exhibiting any signs of an adverse reaction," Ackermann said late Monday afternoon. A Glen …
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Student In Glen Rock Among Those Receiving Mass Shooting Threat From Upstate NY: Police
A threat of a mass shooting at a middle school in New York State last week somehow made its way to Glen Rock, where authorities said a student received a disturbing message. The Glen Rock High School student went directly to administrators before the day began last Thursday, March 23, to report it, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The threat involved what the chief called “a potential act of violence” at a middle school nearly 75 miles north, in the Putnam County, NY, town of Carmel. "Hello! Would you like to be a part of a GFMS mass shooting?" sources said a TikTok friend request asked. …
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Rampaging Glen Rock Teens Destroy Statue, Stop Train Service, After Graduation
As many as 100 teens ran wild following Glen Rock High School’s graduation, stopping train service, damaging an event area and stealing a statue of the school mascot, authorities said. The panther statue “was returned to our campus after a gracious parent put out the call for a return,” Principal Michael Parent said. It was destroyed, however, the principal said in an email to the parents of school seniors. Parent called the rampage a “disgraceful act” that he said was “committed by our own students. "To say that I am heartbroken is an understatement,” he added. CLICK HERE for a video of…
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Police Seize Glen Rock High School Senior For Racial, Gender Bias On Instagram, Zoom
Detectives were investigating racially biased Instagram posts by a Glen Rock High School student when the teenage bigot struck again, this time targeting another classmate over gender identity on Zoom, authorities said. Detectives were a month into their investigation of racial bias when administrators at the high school showed them “questionable comments” entered during a school Zoom session, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The comment “appeared to target another student over their gender identity,” the chief said Monday. Using information provided by the teenage victims and the school’…
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Glen Rock Schools Go To Remote Learning After Teacher, Student Test Positive For
Covid-
19
Glen Rock's high school and middle schools will go into remote learning for at least two weeks beginning Monday after a teacher and a student tested positive for COVID-19, district officials said. It marked the sixth time this school year that either a district staffer or student tested positive for the coronavirus and the second time in less than a month that the high school has had to close. Fall athletics, other after-school activities and elementary school instruction remain unchanged, Schools Supt. Dr. Brett Charleston told parents in a letter this weekend. “Our [c]ontact [t]racers de…
Schools
Covid-
19: More Schools In Bergen, Passaic County Go Remote
A switch to remote learning was the move for more schools in Bergen and Passaic counties due to COVID-19. At least two individuals tested positive at Northern Highlands Regional High School, which switched to virtual instruction on Thursday, Oct. 22. Classes will resume in person on Nov. 9, according to a letter sent by schools principal Joseph J. Occhino Wednesday evening. "This letter is to inform you that we just received notification that another individual at Northern Highlands has tested positive for COVID-19," Occhino said, noting schools must close when two or more positive ca…
Schools
Covid-
19: Bergen County High School Goes Remote For One Week
Another Bergen County high school has switched to remote learning after one individual returned a positive COVID-19 test. A non-teaching staff member at the Park Ridge Junior-Senior High School returned a positive rapid test according to a letter from officials sent Oct. 13. On Oct. 19, the community received an update saying the test was a lab-confirmed positive. Classes were being held remotely at the school from Oct. 20 to Oct. 26. Hybrid learning was expected to resume Oct. 27.After-school activities and athletics were also cancelled. The decision to go remote was made by the coun…
Schools
Covid-
19 Cripples Bergen County School District
COVID-19 is taking its toll on schools in Bergen County's Pascack Valley. Westwood Regional Schools announced Sunday evening that all schools in the district would transition to remote instruction. The district did not say how many people tested positive, or if any at all. Only that classes would be remote until early November. Then, an hour before classes were set to begin at Pascack Hills High School Monday morning, the school went remote and cancelled extracurricular activities. The news comes days after one case was reported at Pascack Valley High School, which switched to remote …
Schools
Covid-
19: Bergen County HS Temporarily Remote After 3 Students Test Positive
Another Bergen County school has gone remote due to positive COVID-19 cases. Glen Rock High School will hold classes virtually Monday and Tuesday after three students tested positive for the virus, NorthJersey.com reports citing a letter sent to parents Sunday from Superintendent Brett Charleston. Two students were at the school Thursday, and two were also there for the PSAT Saturday, he said. Students who took the PSAT seated a safe distance away from each other and were wearing masks, Charleston said. One student was in the cafeteria and the other in the media center classroom, according…
Police & Fire
Police: Swastika Found At Glen Rock School
A swastika was found drawn on the wall of a bathroom shared by Glen Rock's high school and middle school last week, authorities said Monday. "There are no suspects, nor has a specific intended target been identified," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "A bias incident follow-up was completed by the Detective Bureau based upon limited information [made] available from school officials" following last Tuesday's discovery, the chief said.
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Rankings
: These North Jersey Schools Scored Among Top 50 In State
New Jersey released its grades for public schools, ranking each one on a scale of 0 to 100. Nineteen schools in Bergen, Morris and Passaic counties scored among the top 50 in the state. Critics say the ratings are "oversimplified" and state officials say the grades aren't a fair representation of all that a school has to offer. The grades were based on four-year graduation rate, five-year graduation rate, progress toward English language proficiency, English proficiency, math proficiency and chronic absenteeism. Here are the schools that earned the highest grades in Bergen, Morris a…
Police & Fire
Police: Glen Rock HS Student Tries To Sell Adderall On Snapchat
A 17-year-old Glen Rock High School student was caught trying to sell Adderall online, borough police said Tuesday. School administrators helped identify the teen, who “sent SnapChat messages to numerous students attempting to sell Adderall tablets, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. “It was determined that the Adderall had been prescribed to the student…who subsequently attempted to sell some of the tablets for a profit,” the chief said. Police filed a delinquency complaint against the student, who was released to a parent pending a hearing in the Family Part of Superior Court in Hackens…
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Trump Administration Names These North Jersey Schools Best In U.S.
Several North Jersey schools were named 2018 National Blue Ribbons Schools by the U.S. Department of Education. The program is one of the most important in the U.S., recognizing public and private elementary, middle and high schools for their overall academic excellence or their progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Bergen and Passaic National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2018 are: Christ The Teacher School, Fort Lee Glen Rock High School James Fallon Elementary School, Wayne Our Lady Of Mercy Academy, Park Ridge School 28, Paterson Transfiguration Academy, Bergenfield…
Lifestyle
Beloved Glen Rock Youth Football Coach Suffers Stroke; Support Surges
Glen Rock Junior Football Association Head Coach and Boy Scout Troop15 Scout Master Scott Fellini has the community rallying behind him. More than $15,000 was raised on a GoFundMe for the Lyndhurst native, who suffered a stroke last month. The page was launched by Pete Isoldi, who got to know Fellini through his tenure as president of the junior football association. "Very early into my tenure, Scott and I were going to meet GRHS Coach Kurz at the field after one of his practices," he said. "The thing that to this day I remember about the meeting was the interactions Scott h…
Schools
Bergen, Passaic Schools Among Best In NJ: New State Rating
The State Department of Education has published a rating of each public high school on a scale from 1 to 100. According to NJ.com, here are three important facts you should know before analyzing the data: They depend greatly on graduation rate and standardized test scores Some superintendents say the data is misleading and oversimplified Students who skipped the PARCC test counted as if they flunked, hurting the rates The rating is based on graduation rate (50 percent), PARCC test proficiency (35 percent) and chronic absenteeism (15 percent). The highest scoring school (97.47) is Dr. Rona…
Schools
SAT: Ridgewood Students Scored Among Highest In New Jersey
The results are in! According to NJ.com, the average SAT score for the Class of 2017 was 551 in reading and writing, 552 in math and a total of 1,103 out of 1,600.Here's how Bergen and Passaic county schools compare, NJ.com reports. 45. Northern Valley Regional High School at Old Tappan: 1,214; reading: 607; math: 607 39. Glen Rock High School: 1,229; reading 610; math 619 30. Ramapo High School in Franklin Lakes: 1,239 (tie with Union County Tech.); reading 616; math 623 28. Northern Highlands Regional High School: 1,248; reading 624; math 624 24. Northern Va…
Police & Fire
Dad Sold Son’s School-Issued Laptop, Glen Rock Principal Says
GLEN ROCK, N.J. – Computer hacked? No: HOCKED. Glen Rock police were looking for a man who school officials said stole his son’s laptop. The $850 district-issued laptop was then sold by the 48-year-old father, Glen Rock High School officials told police. “The family no longer resides in Glen Rock,” Police Chief Dean Ackermann said, adding that detectives were “attempting to locate the parent, who is believed to be estranged from the family.”
Schools
Report
: Ridgewood High School Among NJ’s Top 50 Publics For Athletes
HILLSDALE, N.J. – Nine schools in Bergen County and three in Passaic are among the best 50 public high schools for athletes in New Jersey – including Pascack Valley Regional High School in Hillsdale which ranks first – according to a new list released by Niche.com. The website analyzes data sets and reviews to produce rankings, report cards and profiles for schools, colleges and places to live. The 2018 rankings are “based on student and parent reviews of athletics, student participation in athletics, and the number of sports offered at the school,” the website states. Here are the Bergen …
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