Orange High School (Ohio)
Encyclopedia
Orange High School is a public high school located in Pepper Pike, Ohio
, an eastern suburb in the Greater Cleveland
metropolitan area and part of the Northeast Ohio region. Orange High School primarily serves the affluent communities that historically formed Orange Township, which are Hunting Valley
, Moreland Hills
, Pepper Pike, Orange
and Woodmere
. OHS is the only high school in the Orange City School District, which also includes Ballard Brady Middle School, and Moreland Hills Elementary School.
Pepper Pike Elementary School was opened in 1954 and expanded in 1956. Moreland Hills Elementary School was opened in 1958 to expand the capacity for elementary education and further free up space in the original school building for grades 6-12. In 1963, Ballard Brady Middle School, named in honor of the superintendent (1951–1967), was opened to house grades 6-8.
In 1973, the current Orange High School's contemporary structure was expanded upon, built around and opened on the site of the original school building.
In 1984, due to fluctuations in student class sizes Pepper Pike Elementary School was closed and reopened as the center for Orange Community Education and Recreation (OCER). However, in 1988 the school reopened to serve grades 3 and 4.
In 2000, Orange High School released its first issue of their newspaper entitled "The Orange Outlook". The newspaper is still releasing issues every 2 months. The paper is sixteen pages featuring school news, entertainment, and student achievements.
In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage.
On November 17, 2009, OHS teacher Robert Coyne died due to complications from H1N1. The funeral was attended by almost 1,000 people.
(NJCL).
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, an eastern suburb in the Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland
Greater Cleveland is a nickname for the metropolitan area surrounding Cleveland, Ohio and is part of what used to be the Connecticut Western Reserve.Northeast Ohio refers to a similar but substantially larger area as described below...
metropolitan area and part of the Northeast Ohio region. Orange High School primarily serves the affluent communities that historically formed Orange Township, which are Hunting Valley
Hunting Valley, Ohio
Hunting Valley is an affluent village located east of Cleveland in Cuyahoga and Geauga counties in the Northeast Ohio region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 705...
, Moreland Hills
Moreland Hills, Ohio
Moreland Hills is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 3,320 at the 2010 census.-History:...
, Pepper Pike, Orange
Orange, Ohio
Orange is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is an affluent suburb of Cleveland. The population was 3,323 at the 2010 census.-History:...
and Woodmere
Woodmere, Ohio
Woodmere is a village in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Cleveland. The population was 884 at the 2010 census.-History:...
. OHS is the only high school in the Orange City School District, which also includes Ballard Brady Middle School, and Moreland Hills Elementary School.
History
In 1924, the Orange Schools were consolidated from the individually operated Orange Township public schools. That year, the Foreman family donated the first 10 acres (40,468.6 m²) of property to ultimately comprise a 172 acre (0.69605992 km²) school district campus and the first Orange Schools building was opened on the current site of the high school. This facility was expanded numerous times to accommodate the growth of the five cities, Pepper Pike, Hunting Valley, Woodmere, Orange, and Moreland Hills, formerly comprising Orange Township.Pepper Pike Elementary School was opened in 1954 and expanded in 1956. Moreland Hills Elementary School was opened in 1958 to expand the capacity for elementary education and further free up space in the original school building for grades 6-12. In 1963, Ballard Brady Middle School, named in honor of the superintendent (1951–1967), was opened to house grades 6-8.
In 1973, the current Orange High School's contemporary structure was expanded upon, built around and opened on the site of the original school building.
In 1984, due to fluctuations in student class sizes Pepper Pike Elementary School was closed and reopened as the center for Orange Community Education and Recreation (OCER). However, in 1988 the school reopened to serve grades 3 and 4.
In 2000, Orange High School released its first issue of their newspaper entitled "The Orange Outlook". The newspaper is still releasing issues every 2 months. The paper is sixteen pages featuring school news, entertainment, and student achievements.
In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage.
On November 17, 2009, OHS teacher Robert Coyne died due to complications from H1N1. The funeral was attended by almost 1,000 people.
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 LeagueNational Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
(NJCL).
Ohio High School Championships
- Boys Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1944
- Orange's Arts and Literary magazineImagine' won 1st place in the state and international magazine competition sponsored by Future Problem Solving Program International in 2007.
- The Orange Outlook school newspaper received 1st place in the Scholastic Press Association's contest for best high school newspapers.
Notable alumni
- George StephanopoulosGeorge StephanopoulosGeorge Robert Stephanopoulos is an American television journalist and a former political advisor.Stephanopoulos is most well known as the chief political correspondent for ABC News – the news division of the broadcast television network ABC – and a co-anchor of ABC News's morning news...
, host of ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
's This WeekThis Week (ABC TV series)This Week is ABC's Sunday morning political affairs program.The Sunday morning talk show has aired on Sunday mornings on ABC since 1981; the program is initially aired at 9:00 AM ET, although many stations air the program later, especially those in other time zones...
, senior political adviser, press secretary and communications director for 42nd U.S. President Bill ClintonBill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation... - Vanessa BayerVanessa BayerVanessa Bayer is an American actress and comedienne who currently appears as a cast member on Saturday Night Live.-Early life and career:...
, current Saturday Night LiveSaturday Night LiveSaturday Night Live is a live American late-night television sketch comedy and variety show developed by Lorne Michaels and Dick Ebersol. The show premiered on NBC on October 11, 1975, under the original title of NBC's Saturday Night.The show's sketches often parody contemporary American culture...
cast member. - JD SamsonJD SamsonJD Samson is the stage name of Jocelyn Samson, a member of the feminist electropunk band Le Tigre. Samson grew up in the Cleveland suburb of Pepper Pike, Ohio and attended Orange High School. She came out as a lesbian at age 15...
, musician, Le TigreLe TigreLe Tigre is an American electroclash band, formed by Kathleen Hanna and Johanna Fateman in 1998. It also featured Sadie Benning from 1998 until 2001, and JD Samson for the rest of the group's run... - Frank Cavanagh, musician, FilterFilter (band)Filter is a rock group formed in 1993 in Cleveland by singer Richard Patrick and guitarist/programmer Brian Liesegang. Filter has released five studio albums, the most recent being The Trouble with Angels, which was released on August 17, 2010....
- Mark Foster, musician, Foster the PeopleFoster the PeopleFoster the People is an American indie pop band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2009. The group is composed of Mark Foster , Mark Pontius , and Cubbie Fink...
- Mark RosewaterMark RosewaterMark Rosewater is a Magic: The Gathering card designer. He is currently Magics head designer.-Biography:Rosewater grew up in Pepper Pike, Ohio, where he attended the Orange High School. Rosewater has a Jewish background. Rosewater has described himself in his youth as a "social outcast", who did...
, head designer for Magic: The GatheringMagic: The GatheringMagic: The Gathering , also known as Magic, is the first collectible trading card game created by mathematics professor Richard Garfield and introduced in 1993 by Wizards of the Coast. Magic continues to thrive, with approximately twelve million players as of 2011...