Jennings, Rob. "Treasure trove of Jersey lore", Asbury Park Press, December 28, 2006, accessed April 24, 2007. "Deborah Harry was perhaps the biggest pop sensation of the late 1970s, scoring huge hits with 'Call Me' and 'Heart of Glass' and becoming a worldwide sex symbol. Before all that, she was fencing at Hawthorne High School. Harry and her band, Blondie, made their mark in New York City but Harry's roots are in the Jersey suburbs. She graduated from Hawthorne in 1963."
Koetting, Rebecca. "Local acts way to 'NYPD Blue' fame", The Shopper News. Accessed May 6, 2012. "Pete Davida, an ex con and murder suspect on next Tuesday night's episode of NYPD Blue, might look familiar to residents. The part is being played by Fulvio Cecere, of the Hawthorne High School Class of 1978."
Administration, Hawthorne High School. Accessed September 26, 2024.
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"Proposed Hawthorne High School", The News, March 21, 1925. Accessed January 17, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "The central building will have thirty-one modern equipped rooms and will be erected at a cost of $360,000.... Many voters in the borough are under the impression that the building will be used only as a high school, but this is not so, according to the board of education."
"Hawthorne's High School Problem.", The Morning Call, October 20, 1931. Accessed January 17, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "The people of Hawthorne will tonight decide whether or not the borough shall undertake the erection of a high school of its own or whether it shall, for the time, continue to send its high school pupils to Central high school, in Paterson. That Hawthorne, with its more than 400 high school pupils has a large enough number to operate a high school of its own, and with proper management can do so at no greater cost than it now pays to Paterson in the way of tuition and for the transportation of the children to and from the borough, is the belief of many of the residents and has been attested to by those familiar with the subject."
"Playoff emotions run high", The Record, December 8, 1975. Accessed January 2, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Hawthorne coach Dennis Penha was a weeping winner in Saturday's Group 2 sectional playoff against Rutherford. The normally self-contained coach extended himself as did his team in its 14-12 victory."
Kurland, Bob. "Hawthorne wins, 14-12", The Record, December 7, 1975. Accessed January 7, 2021. "It didn't really matter because Hawthorne defeated Rutherford, 14-12, yesterday to win its second straight Group 2 North Jersey Section 1 football championship."
Ross, Sherry. "Lenape Valley Keeps Class", Daily Record, December 3, 1978. Accessed December 3, 2020, via Newspapers.com. "The occasion was a midfield celebration of Hawthorne's North Jersey Section I, Group 2 football championship a 19-14 win over defending champion Lenape Valley."
Sullivan, Matt. "Just Perfect!", The Record, December 7, 2001. Accessed October 23, 2019. "Hawthorne (31-0) Repeated as Group 2 State and Passaic County champs."
Resnick, Rick. "WPC taps DeMaio for football job", Herald News,July 14, 1988. Accessed July 24, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "WBC taps DeMaio forfootball.iob By Rick Resnlck Staff Writer WAYNE William Paterson College is set to fill its football coaching gap by' hiring Hawthornes Tom DeMaio, Jr. as head coach on an interim basis, according to WPC athletie director Arthur Eason. The 27-year-old DeMaio will be following the lead of his father, Tom DeMaio, who is the head football coach at Hawthorne High School..... Playjng for his father at Hawthorne, DeMaio quarterbacked the Bears to a state title."
Mattura, Greg. "Small-school NJIC may debut its own league championship", The Record, January 9, 2017. Accessed August 30, 2020. "The small-school North Jersey Interscholastic Conference may debut its own boys basketball tournament this season, one season after introducing its girls hoops championship. The NJIC is comprised of schools from Bergen, Passaic and Hudson counties and the event offered to the 36 boys teams would serve as an alternative to likely competing against larger programs in a county tournament."
Rohan, Virginia. "North Jersey-bred ... and so talented", The Record, June 18, 2007. Accessed November 18, 2015. "Debbie Harry: Class of 1963, Hawthorne High School....Ivan Sergei: Class of 1989, Hawthorne High School"
