Oak Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Oak Hills High School is a four-year public secondary school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Oak Hills often is referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run by the Oak Hills Local School District.

With approximately 3,000 students enrolled annually, Oak Hills is the largest of the ten public high schools within the [http://www.gmcsports.com Greater Miami Conference.] Oak Hills is also the largest high school in the state of Ohio.

Academics

For the past seven years, Oak Hills has qualified for the Ohio Department of Education's Excellent rating, the highest rating possible. This is based on average attendance, grades, graduation rates, and scores on the Ohio Graduation Test.

Oak Hills is known for having very high graduation rates. The Ohio Department of Education cites Oak Hills as having the highest graduation rate among large high schools in the state at 99.1%. [http://www.oakhills.k12.oh.us/district/pdf/OakBranches07_08/Oct_07.pdf]

Oak Hills offers numerous courses with varying levels of difficulty. Students can take remedial level, college preparatory, or Advanced Placement classes in a plethora of subjects..

Mock Trial

Oak Hills is a powerhouse school in the Ohio High School Mock Trial Competition, which is the largest academic competition in the state. Each year over 350 teams compete in district and regional tournaments for the right to advance to the state championship competition. Oak Hills has finished in the State's Top Ten six out of the past seven years, as well as won the state championship three times (1983, 2003, 2007). They won in 2003 (defeating Upper Arlington High School in the Final) under the guidance of Tim Taylor, former faculty adviser, and in 2007 (defeating Elder High School in the Final). In 2003, as state champions, they won the right to represent Ohio in the National Mock Trial Championship in New Orleans, Louisiana where they finished 17th. Oak Hills once again represented Ohio as state champions in Dallas, Texas at the 2007 National Championships, where they finished 15th in the Nation. Forty-one States, Guam, The Marinara Islands, and South Korea sent their State and National Champions, respectively, to the U.S. National Competition. The Ohio Mock Trial Competition is sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law Related Education, The Ohio State Bar Association, and The Ohio Supreme Court. [http://www.oclre.org Ohio Mock Trial] The National Competition is administered by the National High School Mock Trial Championship Inc. [http://www.nationalmocktrial.org National Mock Trial] The Oak Hills Mock Trial team is coached by Nick Coorey, Jessica Patrick ('04 alumni), Ashley Brucato ('05 alumna), Kyle West, Amy Bedinghaus ('07 alumni), and Chad Evans ('08 alumnus). The team's faculty adviser is Mr. Terry Gosdin.

Athletics

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys Baseball – 1980 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA] cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Baseball|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]
* Girls Swimming and Diving – 1982

Notable Alumni and Faculty

* Oak Hills has 43 alumni faculty members for the 2008-2009 academic year.

* Denise Alex - reporter/anchor for the Ohio News Network
* Bob Evans - CEO of Churchill Downs, Inc., home of the Kentucky Derby
* Susan Floyd - Actress [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283299/]
* Amy Russ - Actress [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750885/]
* Rich "ACE" Franklin - professional UFC mixed martial arts fighter and former Ufc Middleweight champion; former math teacher at Oak Hills
* Bob Herzog - reporter for WKRC-TV in Cincinnati
* T.D. Hughes - Chairman of the Board of LaRosa's Pizzerias in Cincinnati
* Scott Klingenbeck - Former MLB player for the Cincinnati Reds
* Terry L. Krieg - Founder and President of T.L. Krieg Offset (a commercial printing company in Woodlawn, OH).
* Yoshi Oyakawa - 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m Backstroke.
* Josh Peeno - Engineer developing new methods of energy conservation.
* Jenny Robertson - Actress [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731898/]
* Kim Rodenbaugh - US Olympic Team, 1984 (swimming). Kim also appeared on a Wheaties box in 1989 as party of the product's "Search for Champions II" promotion
* Mark Rodenbaugh - US Olympic Team, 1984 (swimming)
* Pete Rose Jr. - Son of the more famous Pete Rose (not an alumnus). Pete Jr. played for Cincinnati Reds baseball team, and is now playing for the Long Island Ducks in Central Islip, New York.
* Judge Alex Triantafilou - Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, Chairman Hamilton County Republican Party
* Bill Wegman - former MLB pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers
* Brett Wetterich - PGA golfer, winner EDS Byron Nelson Championship (2006)

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References

External links

* [http://www.oakhills.k12.oh.us/ohhs/ Oak Hills High School Web site]