Milford High School (Ohio)

Milford High School
Address
1 Eagles Way Milford, Ohio, (Clermont County), 45150 United States
Coordinates	39°10′49″N 84°14′28″W / 39.18028°N 84.24111°W / 39.18028; -84.24111Coordinates: 39°10′49″N 84°14′28″W / 39.18028°N 84.24111°W / 39.18028; -84.24111
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
School district	Milford Exempted Village School District
Superintendent	Robert Farrell
Principal	Mark Lutz
Asst. Principal	Dennis Klasmeier Ernie House Tom Wilson
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	Approx. 1800 [1]
Color(s)	Red, Black and White [1]
Athletics conference	Fort Ancient Valley Conference[1]
Mascot	Eagle
Team name	Eagles[1]
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Newspaper	'Reflector'
Yearbook	Droflim
Athletic Director	Mark Trout[1]
Website	http://www.milfordschools.org

Milford High School ( also known as MHS) is a public high school in Milford, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Milford Exempted Village School District and the largest of the district's 8 school buildings.

Band Program

Milford is well known for its strong overall band program. The Milford Band Program has a long history of excellence and prestige. It is one of the largest and most successful groups in Milford High School.

Marching Band

The Milford High School Marching Band, directed by Brian Brown, Paul Schrameck, and John Espy, is an award winning and nationally renowned marching band. The band is frequently ranked among the top bands in Ohio. The band is a fourteen time BOA regional finalist ,has made semi-finals at Bands of America Grand National Championships five times, in 1996, 1999, 2004, 2006, and 2011. In 2008, the band had the honor of winning the Kentucky Governor's Cup at a competition in Campbell County, Kentucky. The band is the first band from Ohio to have won this award since they did in 1977. Also, the band placed first in Music Bowl I in 1979. Currently, the band has over 140 members and counting. The band's most recent show, This is Us, was composed of original songs by Andrew and Wayne Markworth and clinched a fifth Semi-Finals appearance for Milford. The Milford High School Band has a large, well-qualified staff including.

Drum Majors - Quinn Cartheuser & Ashleigh Baker

• Director - Brian Brown
• Assistant Director - John Espy
• Assistant Director - Paul Schrameck
• Percussion Instructor - John Espy
• Color Guard Director - Drew Steinbrecher
• Drill Writer - Brian Brown
• Visual Coordinator - Kyle Haas
• Music Writer - Andrew Markworth, Wayne Markworth
• Music Writer (Battery) - Nick Angelis
• Front Ensemble Technician - Rob Knueven
• Battery Technician - Chris Kabbes
• Field Commander Instructor - Kirstie Rheinheimer

Recent Marching Band Shows

Year	Show Title
1990	The Broadway Show
1991	The Music of Andrew Lloyd Weber
1992	Beauty and the Beast
1993	The Gospel Show-"Celebration"
1994	Far and Away
1995	Forrest Gump
1996	The Latin Show §
1997	Dragonheart
1998	American Visions
1999	Visions of Flight §
2000	Salvation is Created
2001	Shades of 3
2002	Egyptology 101: Music from the Mummy
2003	Leonardo DaVinci: Inventor-Artist-Scientist
2004	Concierto in F §
2005	Wordplay
2006	Joyful Noises §
2007	Queen Symphony
2008	Sferes ±
2009	Soaring
2010	Reverberations
2011	This is Us §

§-Denotes a Semi-Finals Appearance

±-Denotes the awarding of the Governor's Cup

2011 Results

Competition	Prelims	Finals	Score
Campbell County KMEA Competition	1st Place Class AAAAA Outstanding Music Outstanding General Effect Outstanding Visual Outstanding Guard Outstanding Percussion	Reserve Grand Champion Outstanding Visual Outstanding Guard	N/A
Bands of America Mason Regional	4th Place Class AAA	9th Place Overall	69.10
Bands of America Akron Regional	5th Place Class AAA	8th Place Overall	68.05
Centerville MSBA Invitational	1st Place Open Class Outstanding Auxiliary Outstanding Percussion Outstanding Music Outstanding Visual Outstanding General Effect	4th Place Overall	82.50

• KMEA - Kentucky Music Educator's Association

• MSBA - Mid-States Band Association

Grand National Championships

Prelims	Semi-Finals	Finals
23rd Overall - 81.15	30th Overall - 76.60	Did not compete

Concert Band Program

Milford High School boasts a rich and successful Concert Band Program. Although smaller than other schools, the Concert Band system at Milford is strong and organized. Students start out in 6th Grade Band and in Junior High there is a 7th and an 8th Grade Band (All directed by Mr. Paul Schrameck). The 8th Grade Band annually competes at the OMEA District XIV Concert band contest and has earned a Superior Rating almost every year. In High School there are the Concert Band (Directed by Mr. John Espy), for Freshman, and the school's top band, The Symphonic Band (Directed by Mr. Brian Brown). Students place in the Symphonic Band based on audition, those not in Symphonic Band are in the Concert Band. The Concert band plays High School Class B pieces and has received Superior at the OMEA High School Concert Band Competition in recent years. The Symphonic band, which plays Class A and AA pieces, has also enjoyed success, having earned Superior for many years running. In addition to these bands, the school offers a Jazz Band as an extra curricular activity, a percussion ensemble, and a Pep Band. In 2010, twenty-three Milford High School band students were selected for the District XIV Honor Band, this encompassed almost a third of the ensemble.

Unlike many other schools, Milford High School lacks a string program and an Orchestra.

Winter Guard

In addition to a strong band program, the Milford High School Winter Guard has enjoyed recent success. Directed by Drew Steinbrecher, the guard has improved greatly in recent years. The guard program in Milford consists of an Elementary, Jr. High, and High School Junior Varsity and Varsity Guard. The varsity guard's 2011 show, "Jar of Hearts", recently won bronze in Scholastic A class at WGI World Championships in Dayton, Ohio. In addition, they won gold at the Mid-South WGI Colorguard regional in Nashville, Tennessee.

History

Milford was originally called The Main Street School. This location housed all grades and was a state-of-the-art building when completed before World War I. The original building was later used as a middle school, grades 5–6, and then when Milford underwent an expansion of its elementary schools so they could cater to K–6, the building became a storage site for the district. The building remains a Milford landmark.^{[citation needed]}

Recent photo of the old Main Street School

Racial Integration

At a time when most schools were strictly segregated throughout the country, Milford High School was open to all children in the area regardless of race in 1917. Students posed in front of the school for class photos in 1917.

• 

  Yearbook photo of 1917 MHS graduate Jessie Clark.

Senior high school era

During the 1970s and 1980s, the high school enrolled grades 10–12, and the adjacent Milford Junior High School campus enrolled grades 8 and 9.

Recent history

The High School has recently undergone expansion and renovations. The project took 18 months and cost Milford School District over $33,000,000. The new expansion includes a state-of-the-art wing set aside for only the ninth grade. In addition, a new cafeteria has been built and a new music wing. Every room in the new music room has a projector and a tower with $10,000 worth of equipment inside. In the ninth grade community, each room has a DVD player, a clock, and a speaker worn around the teacher's neck. Each ninth grade teacher was also given a Fujitsu Life Book tablet computer running Windows 7. In addition a new main entrance was built complete with new front offices and administration areas. These additions include a nurse office, principal offices, a new school store, and a main waiting area. Lastly, the old cafeteria has been renovated into new science labs.

On August 29, 2009, Principal Dr. Raymond Bauer died suddenly from a heart attack while exercising in his home.

Academics

The Milford District achieved the rating of Excellent with Distinction in 2011. The high school offers several programs, including a Project Lead the Way series of STEM courses.

As of the 2010–11 school year, Milford High School offers twelve Advanced Placement Courses.
AP Biology
AP Calculus
AP Chemistry
AP English Language and Composition
AP English Literature and Composition
AP Environmental Science
AP Government and Politics: United States
AP Physics
AP Spanish Language
AP Statistics
AP United States History
AP Psychology

The Milford Exempted Village School District is Excellent as rated by the Ohio Department of Education.

The district currently has about 6547 students in grades Preschool through 12th grade. Click to download the August 28 enrollment count. There are nine schools in the district including:

• Milford High School—1917 students (Capacity, 1,365)—includes vocational students
• Milford Junior High—920 students (Capacity, 650)
• McCormick Elementary—540 students (Capacity, 600)
• Meadowview Elementary—675 students (Capacity, 600)
• Mulberry Elementary—620 students (Capacity, 600)
• Pattison Elementary—715 students (Capacity, 600)
• Seipelt Elementary—403 students (Capacity, 356)
• Smith Elementary—565 students (Capacity, 407)
• Milford Preschool—192 students

Currently, Milford Senior High School is under construction which will end in December 2010. After the loss of their principal, Dr. Ray Bauer, they decided to make a memorial in the commons to remember how he influenced the students daily.

The cost per pupil has become an important statistic for the community to compare Milford to other schools. The following information details the costs per pupil for area schools and the state average for the 2007–2008 school year*:

• Sycamore—$13,159
• Mariemont—$12,152
• Winton Woods—$11,022
• Wyoming—$10,734
• Madeira—$10,689
• Forest Hills—$10,097
• STATE AVG.—$9,939

• Finneytown—$9,924
• Mason—$9,815
• Loveland—$9,322
• Lakota—$9,129
• Milford—$8,938
• Oak Hills—$8,713
• West Clermont—$8,528
• Fairfield—$8,191

• The 2007–08 cost per pupil is the most recent statistic available from the Ohio Department of Education based on the 07–08 Local Report Card.

Sports

Fall Sports
Girls Cross Country
Boys Cross Country
Football
Marching Band
Boys Golf
Girls Golf
Boys Soccer
Girls Soccer
Girls Tennis
Girls Volleyball
Boys and Girls Water Pollo

Winter Sports
Cheerleading Academic Team
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Boys and Girls Bowling
Chess
Dance
Boys and Girls Diving
Boys and Girls Swimming
Wrestling

Spring Sports
Baseball
Softball
Boys Tennis
Boys Track
Girls Track
Boys Volleyball

Clubs and activities

The clubs include Spanish Club, Drama, Robotics Club, Chess Club, Key Club, Hi-Y, Yearbook(Academic), Reflector(Academic), DECA(Academic) and JROTC(Academic). MHS has many sports and activities including, but not limited to: Golf, Soccer, National Honor Society, Student Council and Marching Band. 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]

Milford Eagles

Milford Eagles
School(s)	Milford High School
Division	Buckeye Division
Conference	FAVC
Athletics director	Mark Trout
Location	{{{location}}}
Varsity teams	26
Stadium	Eagles Stadium
Nickname	Eagles
Mascot	The Eagle
Colors	Red and Black
Website	http://www.milfordathletics.org/

The Milford Eagles are the various teams for Milford High School in Milford, Ohio. The Eagles belong to the Fort Ancient Valley Conference (FAVC) Buckeye Division. Their rival team is the nearby Loveland Tigers, who also belong in the Buckeye Division of the FAVC.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

• Boys Golf – 1989 ^[5]

• Boys Water Polo - 2006, 2008*^[6]

• • *Water Polo is not an OHSAA sanctioned sport

Notable alumni

• Michael A. Banks^{[citation needed]} - New York Times Bestselling Author
• John Van Benschoten^{[citation needed]} - Major League Baseball player
• Barry Bonnell^{[citation needed]} - Major League Baseball Former
• Napoleon McCallum - class of 1981 - National Football League Former
• Zach Strief - National Football League player

External links

• District Website
• High School Website
• Fort Ancient Valley Conference Website
• Milford High School Athletics Site
• Milford Band Homepage

Notes and references

1. ^ ^{a b c d} OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1034. Retrieved 2010-02-17. 
2. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2010-02-17. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ "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. 
4. ^ "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." 
5. ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31. 
6. ^ OHSSCA. "Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association-Boys Water Polo State Champions". http://www.ohssca.org/Waterpolo/waterpolochamps-boys.htm. Retrieved 2009-01-23. ^{[dead link]}