For schools with similar names, see Adams High School

Adams High School

Adams High School may refer to any of the following United States schools:*Adams Central High School in Monroe, Indiana*Adams Central Junior-Senior High School in Hastings, Nebraska*John Adams High School...

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John Adams High School is a public high school located on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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, United States

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. It is part of the Cleveland Metropolitan School District.

History

John Adams High School opened at East 116th Street and Corlett Avenue in 1923. It was closed in 1995, along with West Technical, and Aviation High Schools to help cut the city's budget. The school was rebuilt in 2006.

Clubs and activities

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League

National Junior Classical League

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 (NJCL).

Sports

The mascot for the school is the Rebel. The primary rivals for the school's sports teams are the John F. Kennedy Eagles, who are located nearby, and the James Ford Rhodes Rams on the west side.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys Track and Field
  Track and field
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   — 1953, 1956, 1976, 1982
• Girls Track and Field
  Track and field
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   — 1978, 1979, 1994
• Boys Cross Country
  Cross country running
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   — 1954, 1959, 1963

Notable alumni

• Albert Ayler
  Albert Ayler
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   (1936–1970), jazz saxophonist and composer
• Al Lerner (composer)
  Al Lerner (composer)
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   (b. 1919), pianist, composer, and musical director
• Frederick Fennell
  Frederick Fennell
  Frederick Fennell was an internationally recognized conductor, and one of the primary figures in promoting the wind ensemble as a performing group. He was also influential as a band pedagogue, and greatly affected the field of music education in the USA and abroad...
  
   (1914–2004), conductor and music educator
• Arsenio Hall
  Arsenio Hall
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   (1955–), comedian, actor, producer
• Tom Jackson
  Tom Jackson (American football)
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   (1951–), retired NFL linebacker (Denver Broncos), ESPN NFL analyst
• Kenneth L. Johnson, Cleveland City Councilman
• Don King (1931–), boxing promoter
• Phillip Shriver
  Phillip Shriver
  Phillip Raymond Shriver was an American historian and college administrator who was president of Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, from 1965 to 1981. -Biography:Phillip R. Shriver was born in Cleveland, Ohio...
  
   (1922–), served as president of Miami University
  Miami University
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   from 1965–1981
• Robert Ward (1917–), composer
• Dick Feagler
  Dick Feagler
  Richard "Dick" Feagler is a newspaper columnist, playwright and television personality from Cleveland, Ohio. After attending Ohio University he began his career in journalism in 1963, writing obituaries for the Cleveland Press...
  
   (1938-), columnist
• Madeline Manning
  Madeline Manning
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  (1948-), Track and Field Olympic gold medalist