Butler High School is part of Vandalia-Butler City Schools

Vandalia-Butler City School District, Montgomery County, Ohio

The Vandalia-Butler City School District serves Butler Township and Vandalia, Ohio with an enrollment of about 3500 students in 2005. The superintendent, as of 2008, is Dr. Christy L. Donnelly. Their mascot is the Aviator. This is because the Dayton International Airport is located next to Vandalia...

 located in Vandalia, Ohio

Vandalia, Ohio

Vandalia is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and a suburb of Dayton. Its population was 15,246 during the 2010 census. The James M. Cox Dayton International Airport is located in the city...

. The school mascot

Mascot

The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...

 is the aviator

Aviator

An aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...

. The mission at Butler High School is to prepare for the future by focusing on communication, dedication and teamwork.
Butler has been rated as "Excellent" since 2002 by the Ohio Department of Education. The school met all 12 of the state indicators for the 2005-2006 school year. Butler is also ranked at a 3.7 level on the Harmon scale according to the Harmon Association of America (HAA).

Sports, Clubs, Etc.

Butler High School offers a large assortment of after and in-school activities such as:

• The Butler Film Club
• Aviator Science & Engineering Club
• Track and Field
• Cross Country
  Cross country running
  Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
  
  
• Swimming
  Swimming (sport)
  Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
  
  
• Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
  
  
• Baseball
  Baseball
  Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
  
  
• Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  
• Softball
  Softball
  Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
  
  
• Cheerleading
  Cheerleading
  Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
  
  
• Football
  American football
  American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
  
  
• Soccer
• Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
  
  
• Golf
  Golf
  Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
  
  
• Marching Band
  Marching band
  Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
  
  
• Kickline
• Drama
• Witch Hunting
• Art
• Academic Challenge
• SADD
• Junior Council on World Affairs
• Student Government
• Aviators of Change
• Future Educators of America
• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
  The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
  
  
• Latin Club
• French Club
• Spanish Club
• Student Liaison
• Mock Trial
• AFJROTC
• Muse Machine

Rivalries

Butler has two school rivals, the Northmont Thunderbolts

Northmont High School

Northmont High School is part of Northmont City Schools. The school is located in Clayton, Ohio, and serves approximately 2000 students from the communities of northern Montgomery County, including Clayton, Englewood, Phillipsburg, and Union...

 of the Englewood

Englewood, Ohio

Englewood, a northern suburb of Dayton, is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States. The population was 13,465 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area.-History:...

 area and the Wayne Warriors

Wayne High School (Ohio)

Wayne High School is a secondary public school with an enrollment of more than 2,300 located in Huber Heights, Ohio, north of Dayton, Ohio.In 2007 Dr. Reva Cosby became head principal, replacing John Allen.- Facilities :...

 of Huber Heights

Huber Heights, Ohio

Huber Heights is a city in Montgomery, Miami, and Greene Counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. Huber Heights's motto is "America's largest community of brick homes." The city is named for Charles Huber, the developer who constructed a number of the houses that would later comprise the city. Suburban...

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Notable Alumni

• Amber Newman
  Amber Newman
  Amber Newman is a model and actress from Tipp City, Ohio best known for her appearances in Cinemax TV shows and movies. To date, she has appeared in over 35 TV shows and movies.-Biography:...
  
   (1994) - Adult film star

• Cory Vance
  Cory Vance
  Cory Wade Vance is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Colorado Rockies from to .Vance attended George Tech and went 13-3 with a 3.40 ERA and 123 strikeouts in...
  
   - Former Major League Baseball Pitcher

• Josh Betts
  Josh Betts
  Joshua David Betts is a professional Canadian football quarterback who is currently a Tennis player. He was signed by the Indianapolis Colts as an undrafted free agent in 2006...
  
   - Former National Football League Quarterback

• Schellas Hyndman
  Schellas Hyndman
  Schellas Hyndman is an American former soccer player. He is currently the head coach of FC Dallas in Major League Soccer.Despite having a limited career as a professional athlete, Hyndman is one of the most successful college soccer coaches in American sports history, compiling a 466-122-49 record...
  
  - Current Head Coach of Major League Soccer's FC Dallas

External links

• Vandalia-Butler City Schools Website
• Vandalia-Butler Muse Machine