Bayonne High School

Bayonne High School (BHS) is a four-year community public high school (grades 9-12) located in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. As of 2006 it had 2,362 students and 217 professional staff. The school is operated by the Bayonne Board of Education.

The school has existed since 1936, when the Sweeney Senior High School and the Pulaski Vocational / Technical School were established. The technical school occupied what is now the vocational wing of BHS. The two schools were officially amalgamated in 1953. In 1973, the school was reorganized into six houses, described as "schools within a school".

After an incident in 1997 in which two students were stabbed, one fatally wounded, the school instituted wide ranging measures to reduce violence, from discussion groups to metal detectors. In 2000, it was reported^[1] to be known as a model of school safety.

Extracurricular activities

BHS has many clubs and extra-curricular activities, including:

Athletics:

- Boys: Baseball, Football, Basketball, Volleyball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Wrestling, Hockey
- Girls: Softball, Volleyball, Basketball, Swimming, Soccer, Tennis, Cheerleading
- Co-ed: Fencing, Golf, Bowling, Stepping

Clubs:

- Seinfeld Club
- Christian Revolution
- Future Educators' Club
- Chess Club
- Polish Cultural Society
- Hispanic Cultural Society
- Asian Cultural Society
- Ebony Culture Club
- Physics Club
- Math Team
- Italian Club
- French Club
- FBLA (Future Business Leaders of America)
- DECA (Distributive Education Clubs of America)
- Photography Club
- Poetry Club
- Astronomy Club
- National Honor Society

Activities:

- Jazz Band
- Marching Band
- Concert Band
- Pep Band
- Percussion Ensemble
- Table Tennis Club
- Future Problem Solving
- Color Guard
- Dance Team
- Drama Club
- New Image Choir
- Glee Club
- Bee Sharps
- Musically Yours
- Sweet Harmony
- Academic Challenge Team
- Mock Trial Team
- Chess Club
- Table Tennis
- Student Ambassadors
- Rod n' Reel
- Peer Leadership
- House2House

Seinfeld Club

The BHS Seinfeld Club is a great example of the uniqueness and strong character of the school's student body. Being one of the first clubs of its kind, the "club about nothing" has enjoyed vast success. Participants watch Seinfeld episodes and subsequently discuss them, as well as act out scenes, prepare and take the "SAT's" (Seinfeld Assessment Test), and have an end of the year Festivus. The club is expected to grow in membership and has inspired several other Seinfeld-appreciation clubs to spring up across the nation.

Christian Revolution

The Bayonne High School Christian Revolution is a new organization for the 2006-07 school year that aims to discuss teen topics from a Biblical point of view, to provide Biblical answers to specific questions asked by today’s teenagers, to instill good morals in the school's students, and to establish strong friendships among the members of the club.

Campus

Bayonne High School is well endowed with a hodgepodge of facilities and a large campus. It has the only high school ice rink in all of New Jersey. Also located in the ice rink building are a gymnasium, offices, bathrooms, indoor track, and sundry meeting rooms. The school grounds also have four tennis courts, a football stadium, and one baseball field. The campus also has ample parking space and borders the Newark Bay.

Awards and recognition

For the 1995-96 school year, Bayonne High School was named a "Star School" by the New Jersey Department of Education, the highest honor that a New Jersey school can achieve.^[2]

Bayonne High School's sports teams and athletes have also achieved much success.

Popular culture

Bayonne High School has used as a shooting location for several films and television productions:

Some scenes from the Nickelodeon television show The Adventures of Pete and Pete were shot in Bayonne. Scenes that took place in Wellsville High School were shot in Bayonne High School and P.S. #14.
The 1996 TV show Matt Waters starring Montel Williams, with Williams portraying a fictional high school teacher, was filmed almost entirely in Bayonne, with scenes shot at Bayonne High School.
The music videos Jeremy by Pearl Jam, Someday by Mariah Carey and Popular by Nada Surf were filmed on location at Bayonne High School.
The 2006 film version of Strangers with Candy shot scenes taking place at Flatpoint High inside Bayonne High School.
It is currently featured on every episode of MTV's High School Stories: Scandals, Pranks & Controversies.
Bayonne High School was featured in scenes of the 2002 film Swimfan.
Several MTV short-commercials were shot on location at BHS's surrounding campus.
Bayonne High School pop-punk act, Hudson, had a song featured in the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die.

References

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[1] Back from the brink - Three years after a corridor killing, one high school offers a model of school safety USA Today April 16, 2000

[2] New Jersey Department of Education Star School Award recipient 1995-96, accessed May 23, 2006

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