Indian Hills High School (New Jersey)

Indian Hills High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades, located in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school is a part of the Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District, serving students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff. The high school is located in Oakland. Ramapo High School is the other high school in the district. Students from the three feeder districts may make the choice of which high school to attend by February of the year that they are in eighth grade.[3]

Indian Hills High School
Address
97 Yawpo Avenue

Oakland
,
Bergen County
,
New Jersey
07436

United States
Coordinates41.021584°N 74.2342°W / 41.021584; -74.2342
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1964
School districtRamapo Indian Hills Regional High School District
NCES School ID3413560[1]
PrincipalGregory Vacca
Faculty97.5 FTEs[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,062 (as of 2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.9:1[1]
Color(s)  Navy and
  Gold[2]
Athletics conferenceBig North Conference
Team nameBraves[2]
Websiteindianhills.rih.org

As of the 2018–19 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,062 students and 97.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.9:1. There were 28 students (2.6% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was the 60th-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.[4] The school had been ranked 43rd in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 35th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.[5] The magazine ranked the school 40th in 2008 out of 316 schools.[6] The school was ranked 36th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.[7] Schooldigger.com ranked the school 89th out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 5 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (86.9%) and language arts literacy (97.2%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).[8]

In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 56th in New Jersey and 1,647 nationwide.[9]

The Indian Hills Academic Decathlon Team, coached by Lisa Acquaire from 1995-2009, represented New Jersey in the National Competition in 2001 (Anchorage, AK), 2006 (San Antonio, TX), and 2007 (Honolulu, HI). At the competition in Alaska, the Indian Hills Team was awarded Rookie of the Year and member Brent Morris earned a medal for his overall score that placed him as the third highest scoring decathlete at his level. In 2010, under coach Michael Catelli, the team ranked second in the state[10] and the 2012 team finishing third in the statewide competition. In 2014 the team competed in the online national competition and was ranked second in the nation in their division.[11]

Athletics

The Indian Hills High School Braves[2] 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).[12] With 808 students in grades 10-12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group III for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 761 to 1,058 students in that grade range.[13] The school had previously participated in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League before the 2010 realignment.[14] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group III North for football for 2018–2020.[15]

Indian Hills High School has a long-standing rivalry with Ramapo High School, most notably with the school's football, lacrosse, and ice hockey teams.[16] The Indian Hills-Ramapo football rivalry had been a yearly tradition since the founding of Indian Hills in 1964. Ramapo won the first two games of the series as only the class of 1966 was eligible to play for Indian Hills. However once that class became seniors Indian Hills began a dominant streak winning 20 of the next 24 games. After a period of even play Ramapo has dominated the modern era winning 12 of 13 games. Ramapo won the 2009 by a score of 41-0, though realignment and the disparity in size between the two schools makes continuation of the series for scheduled games increasingly unlikely.[17]

The girls' soccer team won the all groups state championship in 1980 and 1981 (defeating Steinert High School in the tournament final in both years), won the Group III/IV combined state title in 1984 (vs. Ewing High School), the Group III title in 1989 (vs. Holy Cross Academy), and the Group II title in 2002 (as co-champion with Delaware Valley Regional High School) and 2003 (vs. Cinnaminson High School). The program's six state titles are tied for eighth-most in the state.[18] The 1984 soccer team finished the season with a 23-2 record after defeating Ewing High School by a score of 3-0 in the Division A (since reclassified as Group III/IV) championship game.[19] The 2003 girls soccer team won the North I Group II tournament, defeating River Dell Regional High School 1-0 in the final.[20]

The ice hockey team won the Handchen Cup in 1993.[21]

In 2005, the girls' tennis team took the North I, Group II championship, beating Tenafly High School 3½-1½.[22]

The baseball team took the North I, Group II state sectional title in 2007 with a 5-0 win over Westwood Regional High School.[23]

The 2009-10 winter track team won the League, North I Group II sectional Championship, and Group II state championship.[24][25]

The 2010 spring track team won the League, County Group B, and North I Group II sectional championship making them triple crown winners two years in a row.[26]

The softball team won the Group II state championship in 2010 (defeating runner-up Overbrook High School in the tournament finals), and won the Group II title in 2013 (vs. Wall High School) and 2014 (vs. Ewing High School).[27] The softball team won the 2003 North I, Group II title over Hopatcong High School, winning by a score of 6-1.[28][29] The 2010 softball team won leagues, counties, state sectionals and state groups with only two losses the entire season. Indian Hills got its 31st win of the season, defeating Pequannock Township High School by a score of 1-0 to take the North I, Group II, sectional title, making it the 14th team in New Jersey history to finish with 31 wins in a single season.[30] The 2013 team finished the season with a 32-3 record after winning the Group III title by defeating Wall by a score of 4-2 in the championship game.[31] The 2014 softball team won the Group III state championship, defeating Ewing High School in the tournament final by a score of 8-5 to become the first team in the sport to finish their season undefeated with a 34-0 record.[32] NJ.com / The Star-Ledger ranked Indian Hills as their number-one softball team in the state in 2010 and 2014.[33]

The boys cross country team won the Group III state championship in 2015.[34]

Administration

The school's principal is Dr. Gregory Vacca. His administration team includes two assistant principals.[35]

Notable alumni

References
  1. School data for Indian Hills High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 1, 2020.
  2. Indian Hills High School, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  3. Eighth Grade School Choice, Ramapo Indian Hills Regional High School District. Accessed November 25, 2019. "All eighth grade students from Franklin Lakes, Oakland, and Wyckoff may choose to attend the high school of their choice within the following regulations, which are subject to review and revision: 1 - The choice is open to all students entering the district as freshmen only. 2 - The choice must be exercised by February 14 of the eighth grade year."
  4. Staff. "Top Schools Alphabetical List 2014", New Jersey Monthly, September 2, 2014. Accessed September 5, 2014.
  5. Staff. "The Top New Jersey High Schools: Alphabetical", New Jersey Monthly, August 16, 2012. Accessed December 1, 2012.
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  8. New Jersey High School Rankings: 11th Grade HSPA Language Arts Literacy & HSPA Math 2010-2011, Schooldigger.com. Accessed March 1, 2012.
  9. Mathews, Jay. "The High School Challenge 2011: Indian Hills High School", The Washington Post. Accessed August 21, 2011.
  10. . N.J. State Academic Decathlon Results - March 2010, Academic Decathlon of New Jersey. Accessed June 25, 2012.
  11. 2012 State Results, Academic Decathlon of New Jersey. Accessed June 25, 2012.
  12. League & Conference Officers/Affiliated Schools 2020-2021, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  13. NJSIAA General Public School Classifications 2019–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  14. League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed November 19, 2014.
  15. NJSIAA Football Public School Classifications 2018–2020, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, finalized August 2019. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  16. Cummins, Jeff. "Indian H. stuns Ramapo", The Record, November 29, 2003. "Nathanson kicked a 38-yard field goal in The driving rain with 42 seconds left to give Indian Hills a 16-14 win over arch-rival Ramapo on Friday night."
  17. Staff. "Devonshuk leads Ramapo over rival Indian Hills", Franklin Lakes - Oakland Suburban News, September 24, 2009. Accessed August 4, 2011. "With the start of the 2010-11 school year, Ramapo and Indian Hills will be in different leagues and will not play football against each other due to the disparity in the two schools' enrollment. Ramapo has considerably more students and is a Group 3-sized school; Indian Hills is a Group 2 school."
  18. NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  19. "Indian Hills wins girls soccer title", Daily Record, November 18, 1984. Accessed December 14, 2020. "Indian Hills captured its third Division A girls soccer state championship yesterday with a 4-0 victory over Ewing.... Indian Hills completes its season with a 23-2 record."
  20. 2003 Girls Soccer - North I - 2, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2007.
  21. NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  22. 2005 Girls Team Tennis - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2007.
  23. 2007 Baseball - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 22, 2007.
  24. Vorkunov, Mike. "NJSIAA Group II Track - Zebras' Barlow wins girls hurdles; Rahway boys finish 2nd", MyCentralJersey.com, February 20, 2010. Accessed June 16, 2011. "Rahway finished second in Group II boys with 36 points. Indian Hills won the group with 44 points."
  25. NJSIAA Indoor Group Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  26. NJSIAA/Star-Ledger Track & Field Championship Sectionals - North I - Groups II and III - 5/21/2010 to 5/22/2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 4, 2011.
  27. NJSIAA Softball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  28. "Emerson shuts out Midland Park", The Record, May 30, 2003. Accessed September 16, 2015. "North 1, Group 2: Indian Hills 6, Hopatcong 1 - Danielle DeCarlo, Ashley Funari, and Erin Kindle each had an RBI as the top-seeded Braves jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning of the sectional final."
  29. 2003 Softball Tournament - North I, Group II, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed April 29, 2007.
  30. Reilly, Sean. "Softball - 2010 NJSIAA Tournament - North 1, Group 2 - Round 4 - Game 1 - Softball", The Star-Ledger, May 28, 2010. Accessed June 16, 2011. "Perri Goldberg of Indian Hills figured that yesterday's game against Pequannock for the championship of the NJSIAA/Blue Ribbon Awards North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2 tournament was going to be a close one.... Katie Enright (29-2) pitched a five-hitter for Indian Hills (31-2), which became the 14th team in state history to win 31 games in a season."
  31. "Wall falls to Indian Hills in Group III softball title game", USA Today High School Sports, June 9, 2013. Accessed July 7, 2021. "Durando threw a complete game with 13 strikeouts as Indian Hills defeated Wall, 4-2, to win the Group III championship Sunday at Toms River High School North. Indian Hills (32-3) won its first state title since capturing the Group II crown in 2010."
  32. Holcomb, Dave. "Softball state championships: Indian Hills beats Ewing for Group 3 title and finishes 34-0", The Star-Ledger, June 7, 2014. Accessed June 9, 2014. "Not only was the team defending its Group 3 state title, Indian Hills needed one more victory to become the first New Jersey softball team ever to complete a season 34-0.... St. John Vianney (2004) and Indian Hills (2010) were the only teams in New Jersey to win 33 games in a season. This year's Indian Hills squad was the first team to win 34 and remain unbeaten."
  33. "Softball: Every No. 1 team in the state from 1979 to 2015", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, June 21, 2015, updated August 24, 2019. Accessed January 4, 2021. "Following are the teams that finished as the NJ.com No. 1 softball team in the state with year and record.... 2014: Indian Hills (34-0)... 2010: Indian Hills (33-2)"
  34. NJSIAA Boys Cross Country State Group Champions, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed October 20, 2020.
  35. Administration, Indian Hills High School. Accessed May 28, 2020.
  36. Staff. "Bored to Death", The Oakland Journal, September 2009. Accessed April 22, 2012. "Jonathan Ames is also the author of several novels, a performance artist, and an occasional actor. He is less well known for being an alumni [sic] of Indian Hills High School."
  37. Barone, Matt. "Happy to Be 'Bored to Death'", Inside Jersey, April 2011. Accessed April 24. 2012. "The prolific 47-year-old writer was born and raised in Oakland, where he attended Indian Hills High School."
  38. "Amazon Prime Conjures More of Cindy Callaghan's Just Add Magic", Broadway World, January 10, 2018. Accessed February 1, 2018. "A New Jersey native (she grew up in Franklin Lakes and is a graduate of Indian Hills High School in Oakland) and Delawarean since 1990, the University of Delaware undergrad and masters graduate frequently uses a fictionalized version of Wilmington, Del., and other areas in the state as settings for her novels."
  39. Longsdorf, Amy. "N.J. writer puts her mark on Hollywood", The Record, July 20, 2009. Accessed August 4, 2011. "Screenwriter and former Oakland resident Karen McCullah Lutz is the first to admit she owes New Jersey a big debt of gratitude. Spending four years at Indian Hills High School sparked her love of Springsteen and the Paramus Park Mall, but Lutz is particularly grateful for an even more lasting Garden State gift."
  40. Klein, Alvin. "Silver Screen is Gold for Bergen Youth", The New York Times, December 20, 1981. Accessed October 19, 2016. "Oakland... The young actor, who lives in this Bergen County community, considers himself, at 15, a 'veteran of show business'... Having finished three more films since On Golden Pond, Doug is in what he calls a 'hiatus,' which means that he's back in Indian Hills High School as a sophomore and taking exams, instead of traveling around with a tutor."
  41. Stoltz, Marsha A. "Jack Wallace of Franklin Lakes to represent U.S. at Paralympics in Korea", The Record, March 5, 2018. Accessed May 28, 2020. "Franklin Lakes — A 2016 Indian Hills High School graduate who lost his right leg above the knee at age 10 will represent the United States on the sled hockey team at the Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Jack Wallace, 19, has the support of his hometown, where a banner across the pillars in front of Borough Hall sends good wishes from its 10,952 residents for his performance in the upcoming Games, which begin Wednesday and run through Sunday, March 18."
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