Garfield Heights High School
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Garfield Heights High School is a public high school
located in Garfield Heights, Ohio
, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio
. It is part of the Garfield Heights City School District. The school currently contains approximately 1500 students. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are navy blue and gold. The current Principal is Mr. Terrance Olszewski.
, with the exception of the Ice Hockey team which belongs to the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League Blue Division. The school fields athletic teams in football, Track & Field. Also wrestling, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, softball, and hockey. The Ohio High School Athletic Association approved bowling as a sanctioned sport starting in the 2006-2007 school year. The 2005-2006 bowling team won a division and league championship.
in the finals. The team also got second place at the PACE Great Lakes Regional on April 14, 2008, losing to Stow-Munroe Falls High School. On April 19, 2008, the team claimed its 2nd NAQT State Title and on May 3, 2008, the team repeated at OAC State Champions, defeating Solon High School
in the finals 58-44. The team started the 2007-2008 school year ranked #23 in the country and #1 in the state of Ohio. The team performed well at both the PACE and NAQT National Tournaments and represented Ohio at the Panasonic Academic Challenge in Orlando. After the 2007-2008 season, Coach Bob Kilner retired after leading the team to over 700 wins and four state titles. Assistant Coach Helen Lindsay took over with the assistance of English teacher Jeffrey Cunningham. The revamped team did well during the 2009-2010 season and traveled to New Orleans to participate in a National Tournament. The team earned a spot at Nationals by winning the televised Academic Challenge on Cleveland's ABC network affiliate. Jeffrey Cunningham is the current head coach.
(Team Captain Dan Humphrey was named State MVP)
(Team Captain Jim Hrdlicka was named State MVP)
High school
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located in Garfield Heights, Ohio
Garfield Heights, Ohio
Garfield Heights is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. The population was 28,849 at the time of the 2010 census.-Geography:Garfield Heights is located at ....
, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. It is part of the Garfield Heights City School District. The school currently contains approximately 1500 students. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are navy blue and gold. The current Principal is Mr. Terrance Olszewski.
New Performing Arts Center
Garfield Heights Board of Education presented the grand opening of the performing arts center on November 3,2007. The building includes a 792-seat Auditorium, a make-up room, a storage room, several changing rooms for both Music Express and Drama performers, and two classrooms, one being the Band room, and another for the Choral department.History
The school has recently received an "Effective" rating from the state of Ohio, the second highest rating a school can achieve. The district is fed by its own middle school and by five nearby parochial schools.Athletics
The school's athletic teams are known as the Bulldogs and mainly belong to the Northeast Ohio ConferenceNortheast Ohio Conference
The Northeast Ohio Conference is a high school athletics conference, recognized by the Ohio High School Athletic Association , in Northeast Ohio. Eighteen member schools — each located within the Northeast District of the OHSAA — compete in three six-member divisions: Valley, River and...
, with the exception of the Ice Hockey team which belongs to the Greater Cleveland High School Hockey League Blue Division. The school fields athletic teams in football, Track & Field. Also wrestling, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, softball, and hockey. The Ohio High School Athletic Association approved bowling as a sanctioned sport starting in the 2006-2007 school year. The 2005-2006 bowling team won a division and league championship.
Basketball team
The Garfield Heights High School boys’ basketball team won the 2008 Northeast Ohio Conference Championship after posting a 20-1 record, losing only by a single point to Brunswick High School near the end of the season. The team took their record into the difficult Warrensville Heights district where they defeated Nordonia before being upset by Cleveland Heights in the semifinals. Cleveland Heights would go on to lose to state-ranked Warren Harding in the finals. This season saw the first time GH was ever ranked #1 in the Plain Dealer poll and Coach Sonny Johnson has led the team to a 41-4 clip over the last two seasons. Senior forward Rob Wilson will be heading to the University of Wisconsin–Madison on a full athletic scholarship for basketball. Junior point guard Carl "Tay" Jones is widely considered the #1 point guard in all of Ohio and will be attending St. Joseph's University in 2009-2010.Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships
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- 1960, 1994
Clubs
The school also contains several student associations/clubs. The Students of Service program provides community service throughout the community and school. Other programs include: Drama Club Art Club, Book Club, Tech Crew, Computer Club.Academic Challenge Team
The GHHS Academic Challenge team has the highest winning percentage of any team in school history. They are in their 23rd season, having won 21 league championships and recently eclipsed 1,300 wins in the history of the program. The team is the most successful of any team in school history, with a winning percentage near .800. On May 5, 2007, the team participated in the Ohio Academic Competition (OAC) State Finals, where they finally won the OAC State Title, defeating defending state champion William V. Fisher Catholic High SchoolWilliam V. Fisher Catholic High School
William V. Fisher Catholic High School is a private, Catholic high school in Lancaster, Ohio, USA. Its nickname is The Irish.-History:St. Mary High School was founded in 1891 in Lancaster, Ohio. It was renamed Bishop Fenwick High School in 1961. Fisher Catholic was built in 1971 at a new...
in the finals. The team also got second place at the PACE Great Lakes Regional on April 14, 2008, losing to Stow-Munroe Falls High School. On April 19, 2008, the team claimed its 2nd NAQT State Title and on May 3, 2008, the team repeated at OAC State Champions, defeating Solon High School
Solon High School
Solon High School, founded in 1898, is a public high school located in Solon, Ohio, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....
in the finals 58-44. The team started the 2007-2008 school year ranked #23 in the country and #1 in the state of Ohio. The team performed well at both the PACE and NAQT National Tournaments and represented Ohio at the Panasonic Academic Challenge in Orlando. After the 2007-2008 season, Coach Bob Kilner retired after leading the team to over 700 wins and four state titles. Assistant Coach Helen Lindsay took over with the assistance of English teacher Jeffrey Cunningham. The revamped team did well during the 2009-2010 season and traveled to New Orleans to participate in a National Tournament. The team earned a spot at Nationals by winning the televised Academic Challenge on Cleveland's ABC network affiliate. Jeffrey Cunningham is the current head coach.
Music Express
This past 2007 season Garfield Heights Music Express competed in 6 competitions, both in Ohio, and West Virginia. Under the direction of Mr. Stephen Pernod, and Mrs. Reiko Carey, choreographed by Yuri Doolan and combo Director Mr. David Luddington, Music Express took their 2007 show "Light the Fire Within" and won two Grand Championships in both Beavercreek (their first competition of the year) and Grove City's show choir competitions. This was a first for Music Express. Their novelty number "Super Geek" won over not only audiences, but judges, winning two judges choice awards for this number. They also brought home Best Choreography, Best Crew, Best Combo, Best Vocals, and many more.Academic awards
- 2007-2008 GHHS Academic Team—OAC STATE CHAMPIONS
- 2007-2008 GHHS Academic Team—NAQT State Champions
- 2007-2008 GHHS Academic Team—Preseason Polls—1st in Ohio, 23rd Nationally
- 2006-2007 GHHS Academic Team—OAC STATE CHAMPIONS
- 2006-2007 GHHS Academic Team—NAQT Division I - 4th Place
(Team Captain Dan Humphrey was named State MVP)
- 2005-2006 GHHS Academic Team—NAQT Division I State Champions
(Team Captain Jim Hrdlicka was named State MVP)
- 2004-2005 GHHS Academic Team—NAQT Division I State Runners-Up
- 1998-1999 GHHS Academic Team—OAC State Runners-Up
- 1996-1997 GHHS Academic Team—OAC State Runners-Up
- 1989-1990 GHHS Academic Team—OAC State Runners-Up
- 1986-1988, 1990–2000, 2003-2008 GHHS Academic Team—Northeast Ohio Academic League Champions
- 1989, 2001, 2002, 2009 GHHS Academic Team—Northeast Ohio Academic League Runners-Up
Notable alumni
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