Toronto High School
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Toronto, Ohio, (Jefferson County) 43964 United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°28′24″N 80°35′57″W / 40.47333°N 80.59917°WCoordinates: 40°28′24″N 80°35′57″W / 40.47333°N 80.59917°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | 1926 |
| Founder | Matt Rampello |
| School district | Toronto City School District |
| Superintendent | Fred Burns[1] |
| Dean | Brian Perkins |
| Principal | Maureen Taggart[1] |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Color(s) | Red and White [1] |
| Fight song | "Across the Field" |
| Athletics | Football, Women's Volleyball, Golf, Men & Women's Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Track & Field |
| Athletics conference | Ohio Valley Athletic Conference[1] |
| Mascot | Red Knight |
| Team name | Red Knights[1] |
| Rival | Wellsville Tigers, Steubenville Catholic Crusaders |
| Newspaper | "The Mirror" |
| Yearbook | Torhisean |
| Athletic Director | Andy Reeves[1] |
| Website | School website |
Toronto Junior-Senior High School is a public high school in Toronto, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Toronto City School District. Toronto is a member of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference. Toronto High School and the Toronto City School District were rated EXCELLENT in 2012 by the Ohio Department of Education after evaluation of Ohio Graduation and achievement test scores.
Toronto High School boasts the only successful bond levy of its type to be passed in 2010 in the State of Ohio to construct a brand new, state-of-the-art facility which will house grades six through twelve. The structure is on the district's campus on Dennis Way, in Toronto, Ohio next to the current Karaffa Elementary School.
History
The first graduating class of Toronto High School was in 1889 with four students. In 1898 the first superintendent of schools, Mr. Abram Grove, organized what is known today as the Toronto Public School System. In 1905, Toronto High School was granted a charter as a First Grade High School and in 1918, the school was given membership in the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. The current high school building was erected in 1926, and the latest addition, which provided for the library, cafeteria, the George J. Kunzler Memorial Gymnasium, and additional classrooms was dedicated in April 1940.
Presently, Toronto Junior-Senior High School holds grades 6-12 in a combined facility (opened September 2013) next to Karaffa Elementary School.
Alma Mater
Nick Harvilak played clarinet in the Toronto High School Band when the late D.W. Hoover was director in 1930. At that time, the band was made up entirely of boys, led by a drum major. Hoover was aware of Harvilak’s interest in writing, and in the fall of 1949 he asked him to write the words for an “Alma Mater." The task was completed and submitted to the English department at the school for evaluation. It was favorably accepted and adopted as the school’s Alma Mater. While only one verse and the Chorus are usually sung, the song has two more verses.
Entire Version of T.H.S. Alma Mater:
To Toronto High a song we sing, Alma Mater, praises ring, Standards true we will uphold As the days and years unfold. Schoolmates joining side by side Through the day or eventide, Lift our hearts and voices true, Toronto High, we sing to you.
- CHORUS - Alma Mater, praise to thee Sterling, loyal hearts have we, You were loved in days of yore, And we’ll love thee ever more.
Hail the colors, Red and White, Keep them waving day and night. Shout thy name as years pass by, Till our banners reach the sky. Lo, the golden sun in space Trims the clouds with scarlet lace, And the sound of thy dear name Turns the western sky to flame.
- CHORUS - As the evening disappears, So will dim our high school years, Other classmates will ‘ere long, Praise thee in this faithful song. Matters not where we may be, We will keep in memory
Through the heaven’s twilight rim, Soft, sweet echoes of this hymn.
- CHORUS -
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved 2007-02-12.