William Mason High School (Mason, Ohio)

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**Wm. Mason High School**

Principal	Dr. David Allen
Founded	1827
School type	Public
Location	Warren County, Ohio, United States
Enrollment	2,600+ students (2006–07)
Mascot	Comets
School colors	Green and white
Website	[1]

William Mason High School (MHS) is a four-year public secondary school located in Mason, Ohio, located north of Cincinnati, Ohio. It serves more than 2,600 students in grades 9 through 12, supported by classroom teachers, media specialists, technologists, administrators, counselors and an array of staff members, special educators, volunteers and aides. Mason Schools are accredited by the North Central Association. MHS has recently built a new school that cost over 70 million dollars in an attempt to offer the best possible academic environment for students.

1 Overview
2 Technology
3 Upper-level Courses
4 Extra Curriculars
- 4.1 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
5 Class Time
6 External links
7 Notes and references

[edit] Overview

Mason High School uses a trimester schedule. Three levels of achievement are recognized with the honor roll: B (3.00-3.29); B+ (3.3-3.69) and A (3.7-4.0). Exams are given three times a year over a two-day period.

Ohio Blue Ribbon of Excellence School, 1997, 1998 National Blue Ribbon of Excellence School, 2002

Mason High School Class of 2005:

79 percent attended four-year colleges.
7 percent attended two-year colleges.
3 percent entered the military.
2 percent Full-Time Employment.
4 percent Other or N/A.

[edit] Technology

The facility is teeming with technology meant to prepare students for the world beyond high school. Each classroom has a projector, DVD player, VCR, synchronized atomic clocks, a telephone with voicemail for each teacher and cable hookup, as well as multi-media computers, depending on the type of classroom. There are 28 computer labs in the building, and they have between 13 and 25 computers in each with instructional software ranging from photography, media production, math, accounting, CAD/CAM, biology, etc. supporting hands-on project-based instruction. There are approximately 1,100 computers in the school. The entire building has wireless internet capability, including a state of the art lecture hall and a 1,200 seat auditorium with a theatrical sound system and lighting.

Mason City Schools has one of the fastest school networks in Ohio operating over 1,700 times faster than the standard home Internet connection while supporting over 3,200 classroom computers. There are approximately 3 students per computer in the district. The district also supports individual teacher pages for posting of work assignments and other class information. Parents have secure web access to student grades, transportation information, lunch account balances, and more.

[edit] Upper-level Courses

Mason offers the following AP and Honors Courses:

Honors English I
Honors English II
Honors English III
Honors Multicultural English
Honors Geometry
Honors Algebra II
Honors Pre-Calculus
Honors World History after 1750
Anatomy & Physiology
Honors Wind Symphony
Honors Concert Choir
AP Art Studio
AP Music Theory
AP English
AP Literature
AP Composition
AP American History
AP American Government
AP Calculus A/B
AP Calculus B/C
AP Statistics
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP Computer Programming
AP Spanish

[edit] Extra Curriculars

More than 70 percent of students at Mason High School are involved in extracurriculars. As a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the Fort Ancient Valley Conference, Mason High School Athletic Department sponsors baseball, girls and boys basketball, girls and boys bowling, girls and boys cross country, cheerleading, football, girls and boys golf, girls gymnastics, girls and boys lacrosse, girls and boys soccer, girls fastpitch softball, girls and boys swimming, girls and boys tennis, girls and boys track, girls and boys volleyball, girls and boys water polo, and wrestling.

Other activities are superior music programs, including band and chorus, drama presentations, intramurals, broomball,special interest and honor clubs, and publications, such as The Comet Chronicle and Masonian, and dance team

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Girls Basketball - 2000 ^[1]
Girls Track and Field – 2004 ^[1]

[edit] Class Time

In order to continue the quality of education offered at the high school level, the administration is committed to time set aside for the staff to meet and collaborate. "Prime Time" Wednesdays allow students an early release and teachers staff development time. Teachers can meet, collaborate on instructional plans, share techniques, iron out problems and build staff cohesion.

A typical day at Mason High School is broken into five 72-minute periods a day.