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33-449: The Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League allowed member schools to compete in many sports spread out among three seasons. Although the league does not have a cheerleading division, many member schools have their own cheerleading teams. Other sports, such as fencing, are offered by some schools, but like cheerleading, were not part of the NNJIL. The following is a list of the sports that

66-572: A student–teacher ratio of 13.1:1. The school's student body was 33.1% (448) White, 22.9% (310) Hispanic, 18.8% (254) Black, 14.8% (200) Asian and 6.9% (93) two or more races. In the 2017–18 school year, Principal Stephanie Macaluso assumed leadership of the school. The Paramus Catholic High School Paladins compete in the Big North Conference , which is comprised of public and private high schools in Bergen and Passaic counties, and

99-589: A 28–0 record after winning the Group IV title in two games (15-1, 15–6) against Lakeland Regional in the finals. The softball team won the Non-Public A state title in 1987, defeating runner-up Paul VI High School in the final game of the tournament. The team won the Parochial North A state sectional championship in 2001 with a string of shutout victories, topping Mount Saint Dominic Academy 2–0 in

132-985: A consistent power in ice hockey, girls swimming, and boys basketball. Their biggest rivals include Bergen Catholic High School , Immaculate Heart Academy , St. Joseph Regional High School , Academy of the Holy Angels and Don Bosco Preparatory High School . The school is known for its cheerleading squad and dance team. They both have won many national and state titles such as the 2002 State cheer champions, 2003 EDA National dance champions, 2004 Spirit Championship champions, 2005 NDA junior varsity pom national champions, 2006 Spirit Sports National champions, 2007 State Parochial cheer champions, 2007 EDA National dance champions and 2008 EDA National Dance Champions-Varsity Jazz/JV Jazz and Pom and Prop. 2009 EDA National Dance Team Champions- JV Jazz and Pom and Prop. 2010 EDA National Dance Team Champions- Varsity Hip Hop and Variety and JV Jazz and Pom. The boys cross country running team won

165-588: A final score of 37–34 on a touchdown scored with 1:16 left in the game. This was the program's first Group IV title and its first sectional championship since 1997. In 2013 and 2016, the football team won the Non-Public Group IV state sectional championship, defeating St. Peter's Preparatory School by scores of 13–6 and 33–28 respectively in the tournament final. The girls track team won the winter track Non-Public A state title in 2009 (as co-champion) and 2010. In summer 2010, Paramus Catholic formed

198-506: A marching band for the first time, making it the only Catholic high school to have a marching band in the Archdiocese of Newark and Paterson. In August 2020, it was revealed that two former male students were suing the school, alleging that a former hockey coach had molested them numerous times on school grounds and while on school-sanctioned athletic trips between 1986 and 1988. The two former students, whose ages ranged from 14 to 15 at

231-680: A score of 72–44 to win the Parochial A state title. The team won the 2001 Parochial North A title with a 49–42 win over Immaculata High School . The girls soccer team won the Non-Public state championship in 1982, defeating Notre Dame High School in the tournament final. The girls volleyball team won the Group IV state championship in 1983 (vs. Hackensack High School ), 1998 (vs. Hackensack), 1990 (vs. Lakeland Regional High School ), 1991 (vs. Memorial High School of West New York ), 1992 (vs. Memorial - West New York), 1993 (vs. Immaculate Heart Academy ), 1995 (vs. Ridgewood High School ), and won

264-657: A single school usually practice together and have meets at the same time, there are separate events at their meets for boys and for girls, and therefore, the teams are scored and compete separately.) In 2008, the NJSIAA presented a proposal to realign the major athletic conferences throughout New Jersey. As part of the realignment movement, the NNJIL was disbanded before the 2008-2009 season, and member schools joined three larger conferences, based largely on county affiliations. Essex County schools Bloomfield, Belleville, Nutley, Montclair and Barringer High Schools joined

297-663: Is a co-educational Roman Catholic high school located in Paramus in Bergen County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . The school, founded in 1965, under Archbishop Thomas A. Boland, and Superintendent of Schools, Monsignor Joseph P. Tuite, Paramus Catholic operated as a co-institutional school until 1995. Paramus Catholic was staffed by the Brothers of Christian Schools under the leadership of Bro. James P. Kelly, FSC, Principal, and Paramus Catholic Girls' High School by

330-605: Is a classification of the school size as determined by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). The bigger the Group, the more students that go to that school. The league had originally eight members, but added Westwood and Wayne Hills in the mid-1970s. It expanded further, adding Bergenfield and Fair Lawn in the early 1990s, and split into two divisions for most sports. Mahwah replaced Westwood when

363-413: Is not allowed (per NBIL rules, some local laws, and state legislation) at NBIL events. Spectators are asked to "enthusiastically encourage" their own teams, to refrain from booing and using negative remarks, and to applaud "outstanding play" by any team. State and NBIL regulations prohibit noisemakers, signs, and banners at competitions. Paramus Catholic High School Paramus Catholic High School

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396-774: The Big North Conference . All Hudson County schools of the North Jersey Tri-County Conference returned to the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association . Many of the high schools that were members of the NNJIL were seen as athletic powerhouses, and numerous state and sectional championships were won by member schools. Fierce rivalries developed in the league, especially in football, where neighboring towns hold decades-long traditional matchups, or where Non-Public schools such as Bergen Catholic and Don Bosco have battled for state championships over

429-584: The 1995–1996 school year. When the school was unified to one academic institution, the Christian Brothers withdrew from involvement, and the Sisters of Charity took over leadership, until their withdrawal from the school in the early 2000s. Paramus Catholic High School is one of several high schools in the Archdiocese of Newark . It has the largest enrollment of any Roman Catholic high school in

462-784: The Big North Conference. Pascack Hills, who participated in the NBIL in every sport except for football (where they were a member of the Bergen County Scholastic League ), was the only school that did not and followed its football conferencemates to the North Jersey Interscholastic Conference ; they eventually reconsidered and moved to the Big North in 2012. (Note: Wayne Valley High School , despite belonging to

495-470: The Group III title in 1998 (vs. Northern Valley Regional High School at Demarest ) and 1999 (vs. Ramapo High School ); the team's 10 group titles are tied for fifth-most in the state. The 1983 team finished the season with a 30–1 record after winning the Group IV state championship in two games (15-11 and 15–9) against Hackensack in the final match of the tournament. The team finished the 1990 season with

528-443: The NBIL. The following is a list of the sports that the NBIL offers. Some sports do not have a team from every school, while other sports have teams from all twelve schools. Each bullet is technically an individual team, but in sports marked with an asterisk (*), these two teams usually practice together (depending on the school and sport) and have almost every if not all of their meets, games, matches, competitions, and other events at

561-413: The NNJIL offered. Each bullet was an individual team (as in one team for girls and one team for boys —not a combined unisex team), but in sports marked with an asterisk (*), these two teams usually practice together (depending on the school) and have almost every if not all of their meets, games, matches, competitions, or other events together. (For example, although the boys and girls track teams from

594-504: The Non-Public Group A state championship in 1972 and 1975. The boys' track team won the Non-Public indoor relay state championship in 1977. The girls basketball team won the Group III state championship in 1978 (vs. Edgewood Regional High School ) and in 1979 (vs. Ocean City High School ), won the Non-Public A title in 1984 (vs. Notre Dame High School ), 1985 (vs. Bishop George Ahr High School ) and 1986 (vs. Paul VI), and

627-570: The Non-Public Group IV title in 2012, 2013 and 2016. With the hiring of alumni Chris Partridge, the Paramus Catholic football team improved and began to compete more effectively against Bergen Catholic High School and Don Bosco Preparatory High School in New Jersey's Group IV Non-Public division. In December 2012, the Paramus Catholic football team won the Non-Public Group IV state championship against Bergen Catholic High School by

660-478: The Sisters of Charity of Convent Station, New Jersey, under the leadership of Sr. Helen Demetria, SC, Principal. There was a sharing of the plant and facility, however, the two schools operated as separate academic institutions. Paramus Catholic was the last secondary school established by the Archdiocese of Newark in Bergen County. The two schools were unified into one by the Archdiocese of Newark beginning in

693-607: The United Red division of the North Jersey Super Football Conference , which includes 112 schools competing in 20 divisions, making it the nation's biggest football-only high school sports league. The school was classified by the NJSIAA as Non-Public Group B (equivalent to Group I/II for public schools) for football for 2024–2026, which included schools with 140 to 686 students. In addition to football, cheer and girls basketball, they are also

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726-521: The first round, Immaculate Heart Academy 2–0 in the semifinals and Pope John XXIII Regional High School 2–0 in the tournament final. The 1992 baseball team finished the season with a 29–2 after winning the Non-Public A state championship, defeating Paul VI High School by a score of 4–2 in the final game of the tournament at Rutgers University . The football team won the Non-Public Group III state sectional championship in 1997 and

759-461: The latter left the league, and Ramsey replaced longtime league member River Dell. After the original NJSIAA realignment in 2009, Paramus Catholic High School was added to the NBIL while Wayne Hills and Fair Lawn left to join the North Jersey Tri-County Conference. The NBIL ceased to exist following the 2009–10 seasons, and its remaining member institutions joined with most of the NJTCC schools to form

792-405: The new Super Essex Conference, where they remain to this day. Clifton, Passaic, Paterson Eastside and Paterson Kennedy (representatives from Passaic County), along with Paramus, Hackensack, Teaneck and Ridgewood (Bergen County public schools) and Bergen Catholic, Don Bosco Prep, Immaculate Heart Academy, Academy of the Holy Angels and Saint Joseph Regional (Bergen County Non-Public schools) joined

825-551: The newly formed North Jersey Tri-County Conference. This new conference comprised schools from Passaic, Bergen and Hudson County. Paramus Catholic, the last remaining school of the old NNJIL, joined the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIL). For the 2010 season, the Bergen and Passaic County schools of the North Jersey Tri-County Conference joined with the schools of the former NBIL and Northern Hills Conferences to form

858-797: The past two decades. Many of the schools in the NNJIL have been included in the most recent realignment conducted by the NJSIAA as part of the 40-member Big North Conference. The NNJIL encourages parents and spectators to support good sportsmanship and to be positive role models to student athletes. Smoking is not allowed (per NNJIL rules, some local laws, and state legislation) at NNJIL events. Spectators are asked to "enthusiastically encourage" their own teams, to refrain from booing and using negative remarks, and to applaud "outstanding play" by any team. State and NNJIL regulations prohibit noisemakers, signs, and banners at competitions. North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League The North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League , abbreviated NBIL or NBIAL ,

891-535: The same school district as Wayne Hills High School, is not part of the NBIL.) (Note: Pascack Hills High School did not participate in the NBIL for football.) The North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League allows member schools to compete with each other in many sports spread out among three seasons. Although the league does not have a cheerleading division, many member schools have their own cheerleading teams. Other sports, such as fencing, are offered by some schools, but like cheerleading, are not included as part of

924-418: The same time. (For example, although the boys and girls track teams from a single school usually practice together and have meets at the same time, there are separate events at their meets for boys and for girls; therefore, the teams compete and score separately.) The NBIL encourages parents and spectators to support good sportsmanship and to be positive role models to student athletes. Smoking

957-484: The state of New Jersey . Paramus Catholic is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools since 1996 and is accredited through July 2027. Only one student is accepted for every four applicants. As of the 2017–18 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,353 students and 103.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for

990-477: The time of the alleged abuse, also alleged that Archdiocese of Newark, the school and Archbishop Theodore McCarrick had covered up the abuse after it was reported as well. In October 2020, eight more former Paramus Catholic students filed lawsuits accusing former hockey coach Bernard Garris of sexually abusing them. As of November 2022 the Japanese Weekend School of New Jersey (ニュージャージー補習授業校),

1023-476: Was an athletic conference of twelve high schools located in the northern part of Bergen County , New Jersey . Wayne Hills High School , located in Wayne , Passaic County , New Jersey , was the only school not located in Bergen County. There are twelve member NBIAL schools, which are split up into two divisions. Division 1 is made up of all Group III schools, while Division 2 is made up of Group II schools. Group

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1056-661: Was established following a reorganization of sports leagues in Northern New Jersey by the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association . Prior to the 2010 realignment, the school participated in the North Bergen Interscholastic Athletic League (NBIAL). With 914 students in grades 10–12, the school was classified by the NJSIAA for the 2019–20 school year as Non-Public A for most athletic competition purposes, which included schools with an enrollment of 381 to 1,454 students in that grade range (equivalent to Group III for public schools). The football team competes in

1089-400: Was the Non-Public B champion in 2013 (vs. Morris Catholic High School ). The program's five state titles are tied for tenth-most in the state. Led by Anne Donovan , the 1978 team finished the season with a 27–2 record after winning the Group III state title with a 60–58 win against Edgewood in the championship game. The 1984 team went 28–0 after defeating Notre Dame in the tournament final by

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