Saint Joseph Regional High School | |
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Address | |
40 Chestnut Ridge Road Montvale, NJ, Bergen County 07645 |
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Coordinates | 41°03′00″N 74°04′16″W / 41.049923°N 74.071219°WCoordinates: 41°03′00″N 74°04′16″W / 41.049923°N 74.071219°W |
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Type | Private, All-Boys |
Motto | Vir Fidelis (The Faithful Man) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 1962 |
Oversight | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark |
President | Barry Donnelly, SJR, '71 |
Headmaster | Michael Bruno, SJR, '05 |
Faculty | 34.1 (on FTE basis) |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 513 (2013-14) |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.0:1 |
Campus | Urban fringe of large metro area |
Campus size | 35+ acres (14+ hectares) |
Color(s) |
Green and Gold |
Athletics conference | Big North Conference |
Team name | Green Knights |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
Newspaper | The Guardian |
Yearbook | Aegis |
Director of Development | Tracey Taylor |
Admissions Director/Head Basketball Coach | Michael Doherty, SJR, '82 |
Athletic Director | Anthony Karcich |
Website | http://www.saintjosephregional.org |
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Saint Joseph Regional High School (known as SJR, St. Joe's or Joe's) is a private, Roman Catholic, college preparatory school for boys, located on a 33-acre (130,000 m2) campus in Montvale, in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Newark. St. Joseph Regional High School was founded in 1962 by the Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier. The school has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools since 1968.
As of the 2013-14 school year, the school had an enrollment of 513 students and 34.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 15.0:1. In 2014, St. Joseph Regional High School graduated its 7,000 student.
The St. Joseph curriculum includes honors and Advanced Placement courses, and has college credit courses available through Saint Peter's University in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Saint Joseph Regional offers courses in English, World/US History, Science, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Theology, and a number of electives, most with accelerated and honor levels. The school offers a number of Advanced Placement and college-level courses. In addition, a Virtual High School program provides an opportunity for qualified students to take courses on-line through an educational consortium endorsed by the United States Department of Education. Students can take classes as diverse as Mandarin Chinese and Marine Biology.