Another closing, another bow for the year …
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Retro RFH Girls’ Track Run

“Rumson Bulldogs put it in gear,” the ’78 RFH Yearbook caption for the photo said.
Well, about half a century later, the RFH Girls Track team put it in high gear and crossed the finish line into the NJSIAA state championship.
Continue reading Retro RFH Girls’ Track RunRFH Girls Outdoor Track: A Run for the NJSIAA State Champ Win

They made a run for it and won. The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Girls Outdoor Track and Field team has been named New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) winner.
Continue reading RFH Girls Outdoor Track: A Run for the NJSIAA State Champ WinRFH Science Scholar Accepted to NJ Governor’s School
It’s a science that Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) junior Henry Gaus has mastered.
The RFH Class of 2026 academic standout has been selected as a New Jersey Governor’s School scholar for the 42nd Governor’s School of New Jersey in the Sciences.
Continue reading RFH Science Scholar Accepted to NJ Governor’s SchoolRetro RFH Weekend Warriors

Photo/courtesy of Leslie Field Bell
Cheers to the spring sun, fun and RFH alum weekend warrior times!
Yes, there’s nothing quite like a toast to warmer times retro RFH-style! The spring sun is finally out, things are warming up to a summertime temperature and it’s time for a time honored party — or at least a partying spirit.
Continue reading Retro RFH Weekend WarriorsRetro RFH Teacher-Administrator Cool at School Moment

Assistant Superintendent Donald Trotter
Photo/George Day
A reprise, originally posted in 2015, because a new RFH superintendent has reported to the office …
RFH has a new superintendent. He’s reported to the office and has walked those hallowed halls of good ol’ RFH.
And with thoughts of welcoming the new, the old and that teacher-administrator rapport comes to mind. Back in the day, or the ’70s at least, there were those administrators who weren’t just a Charlie Brown teacher’s voice cawing over the ol’ daydreaming student’s non-thought process. Some, or one in particular, are remembered as a real education innovators.
Continue reading Retro RFH Teacher-Administrator Cool at School MomentRFH’s New Superintendent Reports to the Office
The search is over. A new superintendent has been called to the office at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH).
Continue reading RFH’s New Superintendent Reports to the OfficeRFH Student-Athletes Sign On to Colleges with Letters of Intent

It’s official. They’ve signed. They’re committed.
Seventeen Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) student-athletes made their college choices official on Wednesday, May 7, by signing Letters of Intent, pledging to continue their athletic and academic careers in colleges.
Continue reading RFH Student-Athletes Sign On to Colleges with Letters of IntentIn Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’70 Grad, Carpenter, Musician, David Mernick, 72
Fair Haven-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) 1970 graduate, David Mernick, “a loving, generous husband and father,” passed away on Friday, May 9, “leaving his family and friends forever missing his joy of life and kindness to all who knew him.” He was 72.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’70 Grad, Carpenter, Musician, David Mernick, 72Retro RFH Mathematical Teaching Moments

Photo/RFH Yearbook
It all adds up. Good teachers plus intriguing personalities equals motivated, successful students. And, no matter how you put the equation together at RFH, there was no zero involved when it came to high school math teachers.
Continue reading Retro RFH Mathematical Teaching MomentsRetro RFH English Teacher Appreciation

Photo/RFH yearbook
What would Teacher Appreciation Day be without a little ode to those who unwittingly set a writer on her twisted path to write — about them?
They are the English teachers at RFH. Back in the 1970s, they comprised quite the crew of educators. They taught us how to communicate more effectively. They chided us for using improper grammar. They expected better when they knew we were capable of the best. They glommed onto the small details that mattered in stringing a better sentence together with the peskiness of a dangling participle.
Continue reading Retro RFH English Teacher AppreciationIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH Grad, Longtime Red Bank Resident, F.J. Clifford Jr., 70
Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate Franklin Joseph “F.J.” Clifford, Jr., a longtime Red Bank resident, passed away on May 3. He was 70.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH Grad, Longtime Red Bank Resident, F.J. Clifford Jr., 70




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