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RFH 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.

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RFH 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.

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RFH 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.

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In 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.

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Retro RFH Mathematical Teaching Moments

RFH math teachers of the 1970s
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.

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Retro RFH Science of Teaching

RFH science teachers of the 1970s
Photo/RFH Yearbook

A reprise from 2022, because it’s Teacher Appreciation Week and not enough people read it the first time …

Science! It was truly poetry in motion at RFH, just like the 1980s song by Thomas Dolby. And, no, no teacher blinded anyone with science at RFH, more like made the students see the subject — and more clearly.

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Retro RFH Boys’ Jump for Home Plate

RFH boys play ball in the 1970s
Photo/George Day

Play ball!

That’s just what these RFH boys of the 1970s did, and with frequency. There was no major organization or uniforms involved in their free time ball games. It was just a few RFH guys, a ball, some mitts, bats, topsiders and Adidas instead of cleats, some groovin’ 70s clothes and a lot of fun.

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In Memoriam: Former Longtime Fair Havenite, RFH Grad, Noted Area Chef, Tommy Ekleberry, 73

Former longtime Fair Havenite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate and well-known area chef, Thomas “Tommy” Edward Ekleberry, passed away on April 11. He was 73.

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