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The high school serves students in grades 9–12 from Allendale, Ho-Ho-Kus , Saddle River , and Upper Saddle River . Current school population is approximately 1318 with 346 students enrolled in the 12th grade. It is currently known for its girls' soccer, girls' basketball, girls' tennis, softball, boys' wrestling, cross country, and other teams. Among 264 graduates in 2005, 256 (97%) will be attending college. Of those attending college, 250 (95%) will be attending 4-year colleges and 6 (2%) will attend 2-year colleges. Northern Highlands Regional High School is accredited by the Middle States Association Of Colleges And Schools and by the New Jersey Department Of Education . The school newspaper is called ''The Highland Fling''. ADMINISTRATION
CURRICULUM Northern Highlands has a four-day rotating schedule. Students are scheduled for eight courses, six of which meet daily. This schedule provides longer segments of time (56 minute periods) to engage in higher-order thinking and performance-based learning. To receive a Northern Highlands Regional High School diploma, all students must pass the New Jersey High School Proficiency Assessment ( and a freshman writing course for one semester; 1 year of World History / Cultures; 2 years of United States History ; 3 years of Mathematics ; 3 years of Science; 2 years of World Languages; 2 years of Career Education & Consumer, Family, and Life Skills, one semester of which is Computer Applications; 2 years of Visual and Performing Arts; and a year of Physical Education and/or Health for each year a student is in attendance at Northern Highlands. Elective offerings in Visual and Performing Arts include: all art and music classes, Acting I, Actors’ Workshop, Creative Writing I and II, Journalism, TV Production I and II, and Film Studies. Semester courses include: Digital Multimedia and Web Page Design, as well as Mass Communications, Introduction to TV and Film, and Public Speaking. Elective offerings in Family and Life Skills include: Business, Computer classes, Industrial Technology, Family and Consumer Sciences, Music and Fine Arts. Semester courses include Digital Multimedia and Web Page Design which may apply EITHER to Visual and Performing Arts requirements OR Family and Life Skills, and Personal Finance and Investment, Entrepreneurship, Financial Management and Accounting, and Sports and Entertainment Marketing. Presently, there are 37 Honors courses — two of which are Syracuse University Honors Project Advance classes in Forensic Science and Writing Studio I/ Reading Interpretation — and 18 Advanced Placement courses, in English Language, English Literature , United States History, European History , Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics and Probability , Biology , Chemistry , Physics , French , Spanish , Latin , Economics , Computer Programming , Art History, Studio Art, and Music Theory. AP courses are available to juniors and seniors only. Although very few Highlanders take a study, those students who take two lab sciences must have a study. EXTERNAL LINKS
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