Olentangy High School

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Olentangy High School
Established	1990
Type	Public comprehensive secondary
Principal	Mindy Farry
Faculty	101
Students	1,465
Grades	9-12
Location	675 Lewis Center Road Lewis Center, Ohio 43035 USA
District	Olentangy Local School District
Mascot	Brave
Yearbook	Golden Arrow
Newspaper	The Beacon
Nickname	Braves
Website	Olentangy High School

Olentangy High School is a U.S. public high school located in Lewis Center, Ohio, part of the Columbus, Ohio metropolitan area. Operated by the Olentangy Local School District, the school was recently ranked as the 397th best high school in the U.S. by Newsweek.[1]

1 Overview
2 History
3 Athletics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Overview

Olentangy High School opened in 1990 on Lewis Center Road for students in grades 9-12. Since 1990 the district has experienced significant enrollment growth and has opened twelve elementary schools, a second high school, Olentangy Liberty High School, and a third middle school. The district's third high school, which is expected to be open for the 2008 school year, will draw some students from those who now attend Olentangy and Liberty.

The school offers a wide array of standard courses in secondary education, including a number of classes in music, visual arts and theater. Advanced placement courses in language, science, mathematics and social studies are also available. The school has met Ohio and federal standards for student achievement for each of the last three years. Current enrollment is approximately 1,700 with a student-teacher ratio of 16-to-1.

The school principal is Mindy Farry, and one of the school's most notable alumni is Gary LeVox, the lead singer for the band Rascal Flatts. The nickname for the school's athletic teams is the Braves.

[edit] History

In the early 1900s one room school houses scattered among the landscape made up the local education system in Delaware County. Beginning in 1911, those schools consolidated into four K-12 facilities throughout the county. The Powell school was the first to open in 1911 followed by Hyatts in 1914, Berlin in 1915 and Orange in 1916. These were the only schools in the area until 1952 when construction began on one consolidated school located on Shanahan Road. The new school, Olentangy High School, allowed students in grades 1-8 to remain at their original school then come together for grades 9-12.

In 1961 Liberty Union Elementary School was built as a junior high school for kindergarten, seventh and eighth grade students. The new school was built as a neighbor to the Olentangy High School on Shanahan Road and was open to students in 1963.

In 1969 some major changes began when the Orange school closed and the Shanahan Road complex housed students in grades K-12 for the first time. In 1973, Berlin, Hyatts and Powell schools also closed bringing all of the students in the area to one general location on Shanahan Road. The connection between the Liberty Union Elementary School and Olentangy High School was completed allowing room for all students in one general campus. The district continued operating this way until 1990 when the current Olentangy High School was opened on Lewis Center Road.

[edit] Athletics

Olentangy High School offers a comprehensive athletic program which is Title IX compliant. The school screens for drug use in all sports, with 10% of student-athletes chosen at the start of each season for random drug testing. A member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association, Olentangy won a division AA state championship in girls cross country in 1982.