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Education and Schools in Tenafly, New Jersey
| EDUCATION | Tenafly, New Jersey | United States |
| School Expend. | $10,979 | $6,058 |
| Pupil/Teacher Ratio | 16.3 | 15.9 |
The Tenafly Public Schools serve students in Kindergarten through twelfth grade. Schools in the district are four K-5 elementary schools (Mackay School, Maugham School, Smith School and Stillman School), Tenafly Middle School for grades 6-8 and Tenafly High School for grades 9-12.
The Tenafly Middle School 8th grade string orchestra, conducted by Mrs. Erika Boras Tesi, won first place in the American String Teachers Association's National Orchestra Festival. The orchestra now has the title of number one middle school orchestra in the United States. The orchestra competed in Kansas City on March 8, 2006, and received a Superior rating.
Tenafly High School was awarded the prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award, Awarded by the United States Department of Education at a special assembly to the Tenafly High School Community on September 20, 2005. Tenafly was the only high school in New Jersey and one of 38 public high schools in the U.S. to receive the 2005 Blue Ribbon School Award.
In 2004, Tenafly High School was recognized by New Jersey Magazine as the most reputable and academically successful public school in the state, before it was found that the magazine's calculations were inaccurate and Tenafly was in fact third in this count. In spite of this slight, Tenafly High School, as a representation in miniature of the borough in general, remains a prestigious institution, with a reputation for high SAT scores and substantial enrollment in Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes.
Professional poet Gary Whitehead teaches English at Tenafly High School. He is the author of The Velocity of Dust (Salmon/Dufour Editions), After the Drowning (Finishing Line Press), A Cool, Dry Place (White Eagle Coffee Store Press), and Walking Back to Providence (Sow's Ear Press). He is a frequent conrtibutor to the Christian Science Monitor.
* Tenafly Public Schools
* Mackay School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* Maugham School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* Smith School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* Stillman School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* Tenafly Middle School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* Tenafly High School School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
* National Center for Education Statistics data for the Tenafly Public Schools
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