Garfield Heights High School

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Garfield Heights High School (2006)

Garfield Heights High School is a public high school located in Garfield Heights, Ohio, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Garfield Heights City School District. The school currently contains approximately 1400 students. However, enrollment is expected to slightly increase over the next two years. The current Principal is Mr. Terrance Olszewski.

1 History
2 School Alma Mater
3 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
4 Academic Awards
5 Notable Alumni
6 External links

[edit] History

The school has recently received an "Effective" rating from the state of Ohio, the second highest rating a school can achieve. The district is fed by its own middle school and by five nearby parochial schools.

The school's athletic teams are known as the bulldogs and mainly belong to the Lake Erie League Erie Division, which also features Shaw High School, Lorain Admiral King High School, Warrensville High School, Bedford High School and Lorain Southview High School. Starting in the 2007-2008 school year, the Bulldogs will move to an 18-team "superconference" known as the Northeast Ohio Conference. The school fields athletic teams in football, wrestling, baseball, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, softball, and hockey. The Ohio High School Athletic Association approved bowling as a sanctioned sport starting in the 2006-2007 school year. The 2005-2006 bowling team won a division and league championship.

The school also contains several student associations/clubs. The Students of Service program provides community service throughout the community and school. Other programs include: Art Club, Book Club, Tech Crew, Computer Club, among others. The GHHS Academic Challenge team falls under this category as well. They are in their 21st season, having won 18 league championships and recently eclipsed 1,000 wins in the history of the program. The team is the most successful of any team in school history, with a winning percentage near .800.

The current building in use was approved to be built in the year 2000 and was finished and opened in the middle of the 2003-2004 school year. The current middle school was built in 1962 and transitioned into the middle school after the high school was moved to the new complex. The former middle school was demolished to make room for the soon-to-be-built music and arts wing.

[edit] School Alma Mater

Hark the sound of martial feet, breaks upon the air today;

Sons and daughters of Old Garfield, March along to win the fray;

Heart and hand and voice united, as they gaily swing along.

And the answering heavens echo, to their battle song!

Fight for Garfield, Win for Garfield, raise her colors old;

Onward pressing - ever onward for the Blue and Gold.

With a voice of mighty thunder, mounting to the sky;

Hail to thee our Alma Mater, hail old Garfield High.

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Wrestling - 1960,1994

[edit] Academic Awards

2005-2006 GHHS Academic Team -- NAQT Division I State Champions

(Team Captain Jim Hrdlicka was named State MVP)

2004-2005 GHHS Academic Team -- NAQT Division I State Runners-Up
1998-1999 GHHS Academic Team -- OAC State Runners-Up
1996-1997 GHHS Academic Team -- OAC State Runners-Up
1989-1990 GHHS Academic Team -- OAC State Runners-Up
1986-1988, 1990-2000, 2003-2007 GHHS Academic Team -- Northeast Ohio Academic League Champions
1989, 2001, 2002 GHHS Academic Team -- Northeast Ohio Academic League Runners-Up