Glen Rock High School

Glen Rock High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in ninth through twelfth grades from Glen Rock, New Jersey, operating as the lone secondary school of the Glen Rock Public Schools. The school shares a campus with Glen Rock Middle School.

Glen Rock High School
Address
400 Hamilton Avenue Glen Rock , Bergen County , New Jersey 07452 United States
Coordinates	40.955641°N 74.123017°W / 40.955641; -74.123017
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	In scientia vis ("Power in knowledge")
Established	September 1956
School district	Glen Rock Public Schools
NCES School ID	340597000484[1]
Principal	Michelle Giurlando
Faculty	71.4 FTEs[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	729 (as of 2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.2:1[1]
Color(s)	Red   White   Black[2]
Athletics conference	North Jersey Interscholastic Conference
Team name	Panthers[2]
Newspaper	The Glen Echo[3][4]
Yearbook	Glenconian[4]
Website	highschool.glenrocknj.org

As of the 2022–23 school year, the school had an enrollment of 729 students and 71.4 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 10.2:1. There were 3 students (0.4% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and none eligible for reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

History

Proposals for a junior-senior high school in the borough date back to 1935, with a referendum for a $460,000 project (equivalent to $10,200,000 in 2023) that would be covered in part through savings in the tuition being paid for students to attend Ridgewood High School.^[5]

By 1947, the district was expending a quarter of its budget on payments for high school tuition, but the district was notified by the Ridgewood Public Schools in March 1952 that Glen Rock students, who had attended high school for grades 10-12 in Ridgewood from the time the borough was established, could not be accommodated any longer after the 1954-55 school year. The school opened in September 1956 with only tenth graders, as ninth-grade students were in the junior high school and those in eleventh and twelfth grades completed their education through graduation at Ridgewood High School.^[6][7]

Starting in 2009 and completed in 2011, Glen Rock High School underwent a $45.3 million renovation project that included a new science wing, a creative arts department, and system updates.^[8]

Awards, recognition and rankings

The school was one of 18 schools statewide (and three public high schools) honored in 2018 by the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program by the United States Department of Education.^[9][10]

In its listing of "America's Best High Schools 2016", the school was ranked 137th out of 500 best high schools in the country; it was ranked 25th among all high schools in New Jersey and 12th among the state's non-magnet schools.^[11] In its 2013 report on "America's Best High Schools", The Daily Beast ranked the school 218th in the nation among participating public high schools and 17th overall (tenth of non-magnet schools) in New Jersey.^[12] Glen Rock was ranked 30th in New Jersey and 287th nationwide in Newsweek magazine's 2012 issue of "America's Best High Schools."^[13] In the 2012 "Ranking America's Best High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 40th in New Jersey and 1,028th nationwide.^[14] In the 2011 "Ranking America's High Schools" issue by The Washington Post, the school was ranked 31st in New Jersey and 1,070th nationwide.^[15] Glen Rock was ranked 874th, the 24th-highest in New Jersey, in Newsweek magazine's 2010 rankings of America's Best High Schools.^[16] In Newsweek's May 22, 2007, issue, ranking the country's top high schools, Glen Rock High School was listed in 964th place, the 28th-highest ranked school in New Jersey.^[17] The school was ranked as number 614 in the April 30, 2006, issue, the 18th highest ranked school in New Jersey.^[18]

The school was the 2nd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 305 schools statewide in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2018 cover story on the state's "Top Public High Schools", using a new ranking methodology.^[19] The school had been ranked 4th in the state of 328 schools in 2012, after being ranked 28th in 2010 out of 322 schools listed.^[20] The magazine ranked the school 28th in 2008 out of 316 schools.^[21] The school was ranked 6th in the magazine's September 2006 issue, which included 316 schools across the state.^[22] Schooldigger.com ranked the school tied for 31st out of 381 public high schools statewide in its 2011 rankings (an increase of 7 positions from the 2010 ranking) which were based on the combined percentage of students classified as proficient or above proficient on the mathematics (93.5%) and language arts literacy (98.5%) components of the High School Proficiency Assessment (HSPA).^[23]

Publications

Led by faculty adviser Jason Toncic, the school newspaper, The Glen Echo, transitioned from a print newspaper to an online newspaper in 2012.^[24][25]

Athletics

The Glen Rock High School Panthers^[2] participate in the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference, which is comprised of small-enrollment schools in Bergen, Hudson, Morris and Passaic counties.^[26][27][28] Prior to the sports league realignment that took effect in the fall of 2010, Glen Rock was a member of the smaller Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League (BPSL).^[29] With 560 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Group II for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 486 to 758 students in that grade range.^[30] The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Group II North for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 484 to 683 students.^[31]

Glen Rock is one of the smallest high schools in New Jersey to support ice hockey and lacrosse programs.^[32][33] Because the NJIC does not offer competition in these sports, Glen Rock is a member of the Big North Conference for hockey and competes in lacrosse-specific leagues for both boys' and girls' lacrosse. The ice hockey team specifically has won four consecutive Big North Silver/Freedom championships (2013–16), making the semi-finals of the Public B state tournament twice (2012, 2015) and making the championship in 2016, before winning their first state title in 2017 with an 8–1 victory over Wall High School.^[34][35][36]

The football team won the North I Group I state sectional championship in 1980, 1996, and 1998–2002, and won the North I Group II title in 1988.^[37] The five consecutive state championships won from 1998 to 2002 are one short of the state record.^[38] Down 21–7 at the half, the 1988 team pulled ahead to defeat Park Ridge High School by a score of 22–21 to win the North I Group I championship game.^[39] The 1988 team finished the season with a 10–1 record after winning the North I Group II title with a 17–10 victory against a Mahwah High School team that had been unbeaten going into the championship game.^[40] The team won the 2001 North I, Group I state sectional championship with a 22–14 win in double overtime in the tournament final against Cresskill High School.^[41][42] The team won its fifth consecutive sectional championship with a 41–0 win against Henry P. Becton Regional High School in 2002.^[38][43]

The girls soccer team has won the Group I/II title in 1984 (defeating Delran High School in the tournament final), won the Group I title in 1986 (vs. Bordentown Regional High School), 1987 (vs. Bordentown), 1996 (co-champion with Pingry School), 1999 (vs. Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School), 2002 (co-champion with Pennsville Memorial High School) and 2003 (co-champion with New Providence High School), and won the Group II title in 1989 (as co-champion with Cinnaminson High School), 1995 (as co-champion with Moorestown High School), 1997 (co-champion with Gloucester Catholic High School), 2012; The 11 titles won by the program are the third-most of any public school in the state.^[44] The 1999 team finished the season with a 21-1-1 record after defeating Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School by a score of 2–0 to win the Group I state championship.^[45] In 2012, the girls soccer team won the North I, Group II state sectional final with a 1–0 win against Ramsey High School.^[46] They went on to win the Group II state title with a 4–0 win against Bordentown Regional High School.^[47]

The girls spring / outdoor track and field team won the Group II state championship in 1994, and won the Group I title in 1995, 1997 and 2000–2003; The program's seven state titles are tied for fifth-most in New Jersey.^[48]

The wrestling won the North I Group I sectional title in 1999 and 2000.^[49]

The baseball team won the Group II state title in 1999 vs. Riverside High School.^[50]

The boys tennis team won the Group I state title in 2000, defeating Mountain Lakes High School in the finals.^[51]

The girls tennis team won the Group I title in 2000 vs. Pitman High School and 2001 vs. Mountain Lakes High School.^[52] The girls tennis team took the North I, Group I sectional title in 1999 with a 4–1 win vs. Henry P. Becton Regional High School in the tournament finals.^[53][54]

The boys spring / outdoor track and field won the Group I title in 2003 and 2004.^[55]

The ice hockey team won the Public B state championship in 2017 with an 8–1 win in the tournament finals at the Mennen Arena against Wall High School to run their season record to 22-3-3.^[56][57] The team won the McInnis Cup in 2021 with a 4–0 win against Livingston High School in the championship game.^[58]

Administration

Since 2023, the principal of both Glen Rock High School and Glen Rock Middle School is Michelle Giurlando. Her administration team includes the high school and middle school assistant principals.^[59][60]

Notable alumni

See also: Category:Glen Rock High School alumni

• Corinne May Botz (born 1977, class of 1995), visual artist and educator whose practice encompasses photography, writing, and filmmaking^[61]
• Keith Cardona (born 1992), goalkeeper who played for the Indy Eleven of the North American Soccer League.^[62]
• Daniel Flaherty (born 1993), actor, known for his role as Stanley Lucerne on the MTV television teen drama Skins.^[63]
• Bud Hedinger (born 1947), talk radio host in the Orlando, Florida area on station WFLA AM 540 (WFLF).^[64]
• Paul Melicharek, professional football player for the Green Bay Blizzard of the Indoor Football League.^[65]
• Samuel Petrone (born 1989), professional soccer player who plays for Swedish football club, Mjällby AIF.^[66]
• Warren Ruggiero (born 1966), American football coach who is offensive coordinator for Wake Forest.^[67]
• Julie Spira, author and media personality on the subjects of online dating, social media, mobile dating and netiquette.^[68]
• Paul Stekler (born 1953, class of 1970), political documentary filmmaker and former chair and head of the production program in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at the University of Texas at Austin.^[69]
• Patrick Stickles (born 1985, class of 2004), singer, guitarist, and songwriter of the band Titus Andronicus.^[70]
• Charlie Tahan (born 1998, class of 2016), actor, known for his roles in Ozark, Frankenweenie, I Am Legend and Charlie St. Cloud.^[71]
• Floyd Vivino (born 1951), star of The Uncle Floyd Show.^[72]
• Jerry Vivino (born 1954, class of 1972), musician.^[72][73]
• Jimmy Vivino (born 1955, class of 1973), musician.^[72][73][74]
• Will Wood (born 1981, class of 2011), visual artist and musician, known for his music under his stage name and the band Will Wood and the Tapeworms^[75]

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5. "Vote Dec. 17 On Glen Rock School; Junior-Senior High School Building Is Proposed", The Sunday News, December 1, 1935. Accessed March 25, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "After slashing 60.000 from the estimated cost of construction, the Board of Education in Glen Rock last week unanimously voted to place before the citizens of that community the proposition of building a new junior-senior high school. Previously, it was estimated that school construction work would cost about $550,000 but a four-room addition to the Central School building was eliminated for the time being and the new junior-senior high school project will cost about $460,000."
6. Bagby, Scott; and Pangburn, Weaver Wendell. The Glen Rock Plan: A Comprehensive Guide for Continuous Action Designed to Maintain and Increase Basic Social and Economic Values, p. 18. Borough of Glen Rock, 1952. Accessed March 25, 2022. "Although the three upper grades have gone to Ridgewood High School since before the founding of the Borough, Glen Rock has now been notified that by 1955 it will have to provide for its own high school students elsewhere. Studies for a possible Senior High School have been made since 1947 and earlier. In that year it was estimated that 25 percent of the school budget was spent on tuition to Ridgewood."
7. "Glen Rock To Open High School Class; Juniors, Seniors Stay At Ridgewood, Sophomores Attend Classes Here", The Record, August 22, 1956. Accessed March 25, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Opening of the new Glen Rock High School on September 6 will create the unusual situation of three schools, each a separate entity, operating under one roof. The High School will occupy part of the greatly enlarged Junior High School building but they will operate as two separate schools, not a junior-senior high school, according to Superintendent Eugene J. Bradford.... There will be only sophomores in the new school this year, as juniors and seniors will complete their secondary education in Ridgewood High School.... Opening of the High School brings the climax to a 4 1/2-year task for Bradford and the Board of Education. The Board received notice from Ridgewood in March 1952 that no more Glen Rock students could be accommodated at Ridgewood after September 1954."
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24. DeSanta, Richard. "Glen Rock High School students take paper digital", Glen Rock Gazette, November 23, 2012. Accessed September 29, 2013. "Emulating a potential trend in professional publishing, Glen Rock High School's student newspaper is moving to a digital-only format to spur immediacy and spike printing costs.... The Glen Echo's first all-electronic issue hit the website on Tuesday, Nov. 13, about a month after the national news magazine Newsweek announced that its Dec. 31, 2012 edition will be the last one it prints."
25. McGinley, Devin. "GRHS Student School Paper Goes OnlineIn a sign of the times, the traditional student newspaper makes way for the student news site.", Ridgewood-GlenRockPatch, November 13, 2012. Accessed September 29, 2013.
26. Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
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32. "2011 Ice Hockey Regulations" Archived February 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 28, 2011. Note that Public School Classification on page 10 lists Glen Rock as 5th smallest school.
33. "2010 Boys Lacrosse Groups" Archived December 19, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 28, 2011. Note that Glen Rock is 10th smallest school.
34. Conrad, JJ. "H.S. hockey: Glen Rock tops St. Joseph for Big North Freedom Cup", The Record, February 21, 2015. Accessed July 9, 2015.
35. Conrad, JJ. "H.S. ice hockey: State semifinals preview", The Record, March 3, 2015. Accessed July 9, 2015.
36. Gould, Brandon. "No. 7 Glen Rock ice hockey tops Wall, wins 1st state title in program history", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 26, 2017, updated August 23, 2019. Accessed October 2, 2020. "Top-seeded Glen Rock, No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, made program history and collected its first ever state title with an 8-1 win over 10th-seeded Wall in the final of the NJSIAA/Devils Public B Tournament on Monday at Mennen Arena."
37. NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
38. Fox, Ron. "Long Live Rock! - Panthers roll; capture fifth straight title", The Record, December 8, 2002. Accessed July 31, 2007. "But the senior quarterback/safety returned to action quickly enough and contributed another interception and two more scores to the 41-0 rout of the third-seeded Wildcats, which earned the fourth-seeded Panthers their fifth straight sectional title, one short of the State record held by Pope John of Sparta and Paulsboro."
39. Raffo, Dave. "Glen Rock wins thriller", The News, December 8, 1980. Accessed March 11, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "The 21-7 score didn't come close to showing how much trouble the Glen Rock football team was in Saturday at halftime. Besides being down two touchdowns, the Rockers were a confused team which doubted its ability to stop the opponent. By the time the game was over Park Ridge was the frustrated team, and Glen Rock had scored a 22-21 victory to capture its first state championship ever. The win also kept the North Jersey Section I, Group I title in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League for the third straight year."
40. Czerwinski, Mark J. "O'Sullivan Stars in Glen Rock Shocker", The Record, December 4, 1988. Accessed December 17, 2020. "Mike O'Sullivan may not be Glen Rock's most talented football player, but he certainly was the most popular following Saturday's Group 2, Section 1 championship game. The senior halfback, who labels himself 'at best, a Division 3 prospect,' scored two touchdowns and starred on defense as the Panthers stunned previously unbeaten Mahwah, 17-10, to win the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association title.... The Panthers (10-1) led 10-0 at the half on O'Sullivan's 8-yard touchdown and David Feuer's 28-yard field goal."
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42. Cummins, Jeff. "Glen Rock escapes in 2 OT; Panthers win fourth straight championship", The Record December 2, 2001. Accessed December 7, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "One play captured the essence of Saturdays Cresskill-Glen Rock game.... Three plays later, DeChiaro faked the hand-off to Brandon Vanderbeck and went in from the 1-yard line with the winning score as Glen Rock gutted out a 22-14 victory in double overtime to capture its fourth consecutive Group 1, North 1 championship. The Panthers have won five of the last six Group 1 championships, including three in a row over Cresskill (10-2)."
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44. NJSIAA History of Girls Soccer, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed January 1, 2022.
45. Leonard, Tim. "Glen Rock takes its first solo title", The Record, November 21, 1999. Accessed January 31, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "So many times Glen Rock has gotten to this place, only to have it become another in a string of disappointments. Sure, the Panthers have shared State girls soccer championships, but there was never that unique feeling of being alone at the top, the queens of the mountain. Today, Glen Rock knows that feeling oh so well. The Panthers scored early and stymied the Rumson-Fair Haven offense for a convincing 2-0 victory in the NJSIAA Group 1 championship game.... Glen Rock (21-1-1) clearly was the better team, save for a couple of lapses."
46. "Ramsey (0) at Glen Rock (1), NJSIAA Tournament, Final Round, North Jersey, Section 1, Group 2 - Girls Soccer", NJ.com, November 20, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2020.
47. "Bordentown girls fall to Glen Rock in Group 2 soccer final", The Philadelphia Inquirer, December 2, 2012. Accessed September 12, 2020.
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51. History of Boys Team Tennis Championship Tournament, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
52. Girls Tennis Championship History: 1971–2023, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, updated November 2023. Accessed September 1, 2024.
53. "Immaculate Heart Wins Championship", The Record, October 22, 1999. Accessed July 31, 2007. "In Group 1, freshman phenom Gabby Pasternak, the Bergen County small schools first singles champ, led a 4-1 Glen Rock victory over Becton."
54. Girls Tennis Public Group Finals - North I, Group I, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed July 31, 2007.
55. NJSIAA Spring Track Summary of Group Titles Boys, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed September 1, 2021.
56. NJSIAA Ice Hockey State Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
57. Tartaglia, Greg. "Glen Rock rolls to first state hockey championship", The Record, March 6, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2021. "Colin Morrow and Leo Pawlika held the jersey proclaiming their team as Public B champions.... None of the Panthers, in particular their four senior captains, held back the smiles after Monday night’s 8-1 rout of Wall at Mennen Arena.... Cassidy started the scoring with 4:16 left in the first period. Twenty-two seconds later, junior Eddie Corvelli buried a feed from Kinney to give top-seeded Glen Rock (22-3-3) a 2-0 lead."
58. Koob, Andrew. "Glen Rock ice hockey wins McInnis Cup in 2nd year as NJIIHL member", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, March 4, 2021. Accessed March 23, 2021. "Fifth-seeded Glen Rock left little doubt, imposing its will physically in a 4-0 victory over second-seeded Livingston in the McInnis Cup final Thursday afternoon."
59. School Administration, Glen Rock High School. Accessed September 11, 2024.
60. Allen, Julie. "Glen Rock School District welcomes MS/HS Principal.", Banana Tree News, August 24, 2023. Accessed September 11, 2024. "Glen Rock High School announced a new principal at the June 12, 2023 Board of Ed meeting. Ms. Giurlando, Director of Student Personnel Services was appointed as the new principal of the Glen Rock Middle & Senior High School as of July 1, 2023."
61. "Botz earns top scholarship award", Ridgewood News, February 16, 1995. Accessed June 11, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Photographer Corinne May Botz, a senior at Glen Rock High School, earned a $3,000 Level I cash award for her participation in ARTS Week 95, held in January in Miami, Fla."
62. Fox, Ron. "Goalie Keith Cardona must 'save' his best attempt for later", Glen Rock Gazette, August 6, 2010, backed up by the Internet Archive as of November 14, 2016. Accessed August 30, 2018. "It's difficult to believe that Parade Magazine All-American goalkeeper Keith Cardona once was a center-back. That was several years ago when the Glen Rock teen played for the Shooting Stars locally, and he felt content at that position.... Too bad Cardona won't be doing so for the Glen Rock High School team, even though he'll be a senior there next month."
63. Rohan, Virginia. "Glen Rock actor stars in MTV's "Skins"", The Record, January 17, 2011, backed up by the Internet Archive as of May 5, 2015. Accessed August 30, 2018. "Now a senior at Glen Rock High School — which, during filming, sent his schoolwork to Toronto, where Danny worked with an on-set tutor — he also sings and plays guitar (and is in a band called MF Killer Starfish)."
64. "John Hedinger Plans To Wed", The Sunday News (Ridgewood, New Jersey), May 21, 1972. Accessed September 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mrs. Anthony D'Onofrio of this community announces the engagement of her daughter, Lynda Ann, to John H. B. (Bud) Hedinger III, son of Mr. and Mrs. John H. B. Hedinger, Jr. of 16 Rock Road, Glen Rock.... Her fiance graduated from Glen. Rock High School and Colgate University and received his masters degree from Syracuse University."
65. Kleimann, James. "Glen Rock Native Has NFL Dreams; Paul Melicharek is working out at the Jets practice facility, one of the NFL's 11 regional combines open to the public.", Ridgewood-GlenRockPatch, March 5, 2013. Accessed September 29, 2013. "Talented Bridgewood State defensive tackle and 2009 Glen Rock High School graduate Paul Melicharek is working out at the New York Jets practice facility in Florham Park looking to make an NFL roster, according to a report on northjersey.com."
66. Wilson, Dennis. "Petrone battles Bermuda while U.S. ties England", Glen Rock Gazette, June 18, 2010. Accessed July 15, 2014. "What does Glen Rock High School's career men's soccer scoring leader do during the summer recess from college? Sam Petrone, who netted 86 goals for the Panthers, 27 as a senior, is a member of the Premier Development League's New Jersey Rangers."
67. Warren Ruggiero, Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football. Accessed September 5, 2021. "Hometown: Glen Rock, N.J.; High School: Glen Rock"
68. "Robert Campi, Julie Spira", The Record, December 20, 1989. Accessed September 21, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Julie Spira and Robert Campi were married recently at Tammy Brook Country Club, Cresskill, where a reception followed.... The bride is a graduate of Glen Rock High School and Ithaca (N.Y.) College."
69. Deshpande, Nirmal. "Stekler film debuts on PBS", Glen Rock Gazette, July 30, 2004. Accessed November 17, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Glen Rock native Paul Stekler, the head of the film program at the University of Texas at Austin, has since won two George Foster Peabody Awards and three Emmy Awards for his political film documentaries.... Stekler graduated from Glen Rock High School in 1970 and from Williams College in 1974."
70. Aberback, Brian. "Glen Rock's Titus Andronicus to play at soon-to-shut Maxwell's", The Record, July 10, 2013, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2016. accessed August 30, 2018. "'It's important to support local business,' said Stickles (Glen Rock High School class of 2004)."
71. Rohan, Virginia. "Glen Rock's Charlie Tahan stars in Fox's Wayward Pines", The Record, June 9, 2015, backed up by the Internet Archive as of October 21, 2016. Accessed August 30, 2018. "'People kind of always assume that if you're a child actor, you don't have friends or anything, but I've never experienced that really,' says Tahan, who is finishing his junior year at Glen Rock High School."
72. Biography, Jimmy Vivino, backed up by the Internet Archive as of March 4, 2007. Accessed October 18, 2017. "By the mid-seventies, The Uncle Floyd Show was very popular, and Floyd Vivino was selling out the Bottom Line in New York City. At this time Jimmy's band provided the music. On sax was Jerry Vivino; on guitar, Jimmy Vivino; on keyboards the fabulous Ed Alstrom; and on drums, Frank Pagano. Interestingly, all of the band were Glen Rock High School graduates, and they all went on to be successful musicians."
73. "Fab Faux Followers", Glen Rock Gazette, March 6, 2015. Accessed September 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Glen Rock High School alumni traveled to the Wellmont Theatre in Montclair on Feb. 28 to see their former classmates Jimmy Vivino ('73) and Jerry Vivino ('72) perform as members of the group Fab Faux."
74. Stevens, Amanda. "John Sebastian & GR's Jimmy Vivino Electrify Mexicali Live; Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Sebastian and Vivino shared the stage in Teaneck", Ridgewood Patch, December 12, 2011. Accessed October 18, 2017. "John Sebastian and Glen Rock native Jimmy Vivino performed at Mexicali Live in Teaneck Saturday night before a full house. Vivino, a Glen Rock High School graduate, is the band leader of the Basic Cable Band on Conan O'Brien's late night talk show."
75. Gerace, Joseph M. "Glen Rock Students Get Nod for Helen Hayes Award", Ridgewood-Glen Rock, NJ Patch, May 18, 2011. Accessed September 11, 2024. "A big mazel tov is due to a talented pair of Glen Rock High students. The Helen Hayes High School Theatre Awards have been announced and Senior Wil Colligan and freshman Peter Schertz both got nods for their roles in February's musical production of Fiddler on the Roof."

External links

• Glen Rock High School website
• School Performance Report for Glen Rock High School, New Jersey Department of Education
• School Data for the Glen Rock Public Schools, National Center for Education Statistics
• Glen Rock High School Alumni website