Tenafly Public Schools

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The Tenafly Public Schools is a comprehensive community public school district that serves students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade from Tenafly, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States.

Contents

1 Schools
2 Notable Graduates
3 References
4 External links

Schools

Schools in the district are:

Elementary Schools (K-5)

Middle School (6-8)

[Tenafly Middle School]

The Tenafly Middle School 8th grade string orchestra, conducted by Mrs. Erika Boras Tesi, won first place in the American String Teachers Association's National Orchestra Festival. The orchestra now has the title of number one middle school orchestra in the United States. The orchestra competed in Kansas City on March 8, 2006, and received a Superior rating.

High School (9-12)

Tenafly High School was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award, Awarded by the United States Department of Education at a special assembly to the Tenafly High School Community on September 20, 2005. Tenafly was the only high school in New Jersey and one of 38 public high schools in the U.S. to receive the 2005 Blue Ribbon School Award.

In 2004, Tenafly High School was recognized by New Jersey Magazine as the most reputable and academically successful public school in the state, before it was found that the magazine's calculations were inaccurate and Tenafly was in fact third in this count. In spite of this slight, Tenafly High School, as a representation in miniature of the borough in general, remains a prestigious institution, with a reputation for high SAT scores and substantial enrollment in Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes.

Professional poet Gary Whitehead teaches English at Tenafly High School. He is the author of The Velocity of Dust (Salmon/Dufour Editions), After the Drowning (Finishing Line Press), A Cool, Dry Place (White Eagle Coffee Store Press), and Walking Back to Providence (Sow's Ear Press). He is a frequent conrtibutor to the Christian Science Monitor.

Notable Graduates

Hope Davis, actor
Lesley Gore, singer
Ed Harris, actor
Jon-Erik Hexum, actor
Sarah Lewitinn alias Ultragrrrl, Spin writer, [blogger], downtown socialite
Max Rosmarin, actor

References

External links

[Tenafly Public Schools]
- [National Center for Education Statistics data for the Tenafly Public Schools]
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