Ashland High School (Ohio)

Ashland High School
Address
1440 King Road
Ashland, Ohio, (Ashland County) 44805
United States
Coordinates 40°51′12″N 82°19′26″W / 40.85333°N 82.32389°W / 40.85333; -82.32389Coordinates: 40°51′12″N 82°19′26″W / 40.85333°N 82.32389°W / 40.85333; -82.32389
Information
Type Public
Superintendent Douglas J. Marrah
Principal Mike Riley[1]
Grades 912
Color(s) Black and Orange [2]         
Athletics conference Ohio Cardinal Conference[2]
Mascot Arrows
Team name Arrows[2]
Rival Lexington Minutemen
Newspaper Panorama
Athletic Director Jason Goings[2]
Website School Website

Ashland High School (AHS) is the only high school of the Ashland City School District of Ashland, Ohio.

Ashland High School (AHS) is a school of around 1,200 students. Class offerings include 3 foreign languages (Spanish, French, and Latin), a post secondary program and several Advanced Placement (A.P.) courses (including A.P. Chemistry, A.P. Biology, A.P. Calculus, A.P. U.S. History, A.P. Statistics, A.P. English, A.P. Government, and A.P. Environmental Science), as well as a music program which includes 3 Choirs (Concert, Symphonic, and A Capella), two concert bands (concert band and symphonic band), a marching band, two jazz bands, and an orchestra. Ashland High School also publishes the Panorama, a weekly newspaper which has won national awards several times.

One of the more noted annual events is the spring musical. Recent productions include Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Beauty and the Beast, Damn Yankees, Oliver!, Grease, Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, Curtains, Cinderella, Elton Johns and Tim Rices Aida, and George Gershwins and Ira Gershwins Crazy for You, which took place in February 2014.

As of August 2015, the principal of AHS is Mike Riley. The school teams are called the "Ashland Arrows" and school colors are orange and black.

Athletics

Ashland High School has a long tradition in sports, especially baseball, basketball, soccer, volleyball, track and field, football and golf. The boys varsity golf teams have the only state championships recorded in school history, in 1962 and 1998. The boys and girls golf teams advanced to the OHSAA Division 1 State Golf Championships in 2008 and the girls team returned to the championships in 2009 where senior Rachel Thompson received medalist runner-up honors.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Clubs

Notable alumni

Notable faculty members

References

  1. Nearhood, Caitlin (August 11, 2015). "New Ashland High School Principal Mike Riley Enjoys Guiding Students to Meet their Potential". Ashland Times-Gazette. Retrieved 2 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2009-12-15.
  3. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Archived from the original on 31 December 2006. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  4. "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  5. "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009. ...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  6. It's showtime Ashland graduate Ernie Cline breaks into the movies with script for Fanboys
  7. "Johnny Roseboro Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 21, 2012.
  8. Josie Karp. "A real kick: Former high-school coach lands in Dallas". CNN. Retrieved 2006-12-31.

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