Coffman High School (Dublin, Ohio)

Dublin Coffman High School is a public high school located in Dublin, Ohio, United States, a suburb northwest of Columbus, Ohio, which was formerly known as Dublin High School. It is the oldest of three high schools in the Dublin City Schools district, and serves the southern and central parts of the District.

History

Dublin Coffman was established as "Dublin High School" over 50 years ago and was the only high school in the Dublin area at the time. Over its fifty year history, Coffman has gone through many additions and upgrades; the most major include the expansion of the B building, which now houses the English and Social Studies departments, and the addition of the A building, which encompasses the library, technology related classes, Mathematics, and Science departments.

Dublin Coffman High School hosted the 2008 Democratic nominee for president, Barack Obama, on August 30, 2008.

Class Offerings

Dublin Coffman has many Honors and AP classes as well as advanced technological classes, which include CISCO CCNA Certification class and AP Computer Science. New to the Dublin Schools as of 2008 International Baccalaureate classes were offered to any student willing to undertake the difficult courses.

Change of curriculum

The curriculum and student handbook at Dublin Coffman High School, as well as at the other two high schools in the Dublin City School District is being revised in order to conform with the International Baccalaureate degree program.cite web|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/?sec=dublin&story=sites/thisweeknews/121307/Dublin/News/121307-News-469164.html&tab=tab4|title="High school changes are approved"|accessdate=2007-12-16|author=ThisWeek Community Newspapers] These changes include recognizing all students with a GPA of 4.1 or above to receive valedictorian status(a shift which is projected to result in the naming of over 100 valedictorians); a shift from a seven period day to an eight period day; and a change from year long 1.0 credit courses to semester 0.5 credit courses.cite web|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/?sec=dublin&story=sites/thisweeknews/121307/Dublin/News/121307-News-469164.html&tab=tab4|title="High school changes are approved"|accessdate=2007-12-16|author=ThisWeek Community Newspapers] Students will now receive 0.5 credits for each semester, instead of 1.0 credit at the end of the year.cite web|url=http://www.thisweeknews.com/?sec=dublin&story=sites/thisweeknews/121307/Dublin/News/121307-News-469164.html&tab=tab4|title="High school changes are approved"|accessdate=2007-12-16|author=ThisWeek Community Newspapers]

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys Baseball - 2001 cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Baseball|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]
* Boys Golf – 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983
* Girls Golf – 2000
* Girls Gymnastics – 1980, 1982, 1984
* Girls Soccer – 2001, 2003cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]

ee also

*Dublin City School District
*Dublin Jerome High School
*Dublin Scioto High School

External links

* [http://dublincoffman.com Official School Website]
* [http://www.dublinschools.net District Website]
* [http://dublincoffmanshamrocks.com Athletic Website]

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