- Orange High School (Ohio)
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Orange High School Address 32000 Chagrin Boulevard
Pepper Pike, Ohio, (Cuyahoga County), 44124
United StatesCoordinates 41°27′28″N 81°27′15″W / 41.45778°N 81.45417°WCoordinates: 41°27′28″N 81°27′15″W / 41.45778°N 81.45417°W Information Type Public, Coeducational high school Established 1924 Superintendent Dr. Nancy Wingenbach[1] Principal Dr. Paul Lucas[1] Grades 9-12 Color(s) Orange and Black [1] Athletics conference Chagrin Valley Conference[1] Mascot Lion Team name Lions[1] Board of Education Tom Bonda, Cindy Eickhoff, Dagmar Fellowes, Stanley Morganstern, Samuel Steinhouse (Board President) Athletic Director T.J. Rockwell[1] Website http://www.orangeschools.org Orange High School is a public high school located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, an eastern suburb in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area and part of the Northeast Ohio region. Orange High School primarily serves the affluent communities that historically formed Orange Township, which are Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Pepper Pike, Orange and Woodmere. OHS is the only high school in the Orange City School District, which also includes Ballard Brady Middle School, and Moreland Hills Elementary School.
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History
In 1924, the Orange Schools were consolidated from the individually operated Orange Township public schools. That year, the Foreman family donated the first 10 acres (40,000 m2) of property to ultimately comprise a 172-acre (0.70 km2) school district campus and the first Orange Schools building was opened on the current site of the high school. This facility was expanded numerous times to accommodate the growth of the five cities, Pepper Pike, Hunting Valley, Woodmere, Orange, and Moreland Hills, formerly comprising Orange Township.
Pepper Pike Elementary School was opened in 1954 and expanded in 1956. Moreland Hills Elementary School was opened in 1958 to expand the capacity for elementary education and further free up space in the original school building for grades 6-12. In 1963, Ballard Brady Middle School, named in honor of the superintendent (1951–1967), was opened to house grades 6-8.
In 1973, the current Orange High School's contemporary structure was expanded upon, built around and opened on the site of the original school building.
In 1984, due to fluctuations in student class sizes Pepper Pike Elementary School was closed and reopened as the center for Orange Community Education and Recreation (OCER). However, in 1988 the school reopened to serve grades 3 and 4.
In 2000, Orange High School released its first issue of their newspaper entitled "The Orange Outlook". The newspaper is still releasing issues every 2 months. The paper is sixteen pages featuring school news, entertainment, and student achievements.
In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage.
On November 17, 2009, OHS teacher Robert Coyne died due to complications from H1N1. The funeral was attended by almost 1,000 people.[2]
Clubs and activities
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[3] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[4]
Ohio High School Championships
- Boys Track and Field – 1944 [5]
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association- Orange's Arts and Literary magazineImagine' won 1st place in the state and international magazine competition sponsored by Future Problem Solving Program International in 2007.
- The Orange Outlook school newspaper received 1st place in the Scholastic Press Association's contest for best high school newspapers.
Notable alumni
- George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's This Week, senior political adviser, press secretary and communications director for 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton
- Vanessa Bayer, current Saturday Night Live cast member.
- JD Samson, musician, Le Tigre
- Frank Cavanagh, musician, Filter
- Mark Foster, musician, Foster the People
- Mark Rosewater, head designer for Magic: The Gathering
External links
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1208. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Friends, family mourn Orange teacher who died ffrom swine flu". Lindsay Betz, Sun News. November 27, 2009. http://www.cleveland.com/chagrinsolonsun/index.ssf/2009/11/friends_family_mourn_orange_te.html. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
- ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070617024347/http://ohiojcl.org/prefile.shtml. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020721140258/http://www.ohiojcl.org/resources/constitution.html#c31. Retrieved August 16, 2010. "... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL."
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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