Big Walnut High School

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Big Walnut High School

"Where students are our first priority"

Location

Sunbury, Ohio, United States

Information

Principal

Gary Barber

Students

930

Type

Public school

Grades

9-12

Campus

Rural

Mascot

Golden Eagle

Color(s)

Red and Gold

Yearbook

The Eagle

Newspaper

The New Eagle

Established

1991

Homepage

http://www.bigwalnut.k12.oh.us/

Big Walnut High School is a public high school located in Sunbury, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Big Walnut Local School District. It was built in 1991 and has a student population of almost 1,000.^{[citation needed]} The school's mascot is the Golden Eagle.

1 School Information
2 Academics
3 Athletics
- 3.1 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championship Titles
4 The Arts
- 4.1 Music
- 4.2 Drama
5 External links
6 Notes and references

[edit] School Information

The school was built in 1991, after the district decided that a new high school was needed. The old high school is the current middle school, Big Walnut Middle School. The school just completed a multi-million dollar renovation that added extra classrooms and an atrium to the entryway.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Academics

Big Walnut recently earned a second "Excellent" designation from the Ohio Department of Education for outstanding student learning and achievements during the 2006-2007 school year.^{[citation needed]} The school offers over one-hundred and eleven courses and a program of study that includes Advanced Placement or Honors opportunities in American History, American Literature, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English 10, French 4, German 3 and 4, Physics, Physical Science, Spanish 3 and 4, and Government.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Athletics

The Big Walnut Golden Eagles football team participates in the Ohio High School Athletic Association, in Division III and is a member of the Ohio Capital Conference (OCC) Capital Division. The Eagles finished the 2007 season with a record-breaking 14-1 season, winning the Division III State Championship with a 17-10 victory over Licking Valley at Canton Fawcett Stadium. This marks the first time that any school in Delaware County has ever won a state title in football.^{[citation needed]} The school also sponsors basketball, cheerleading, wrestling, softball, soccer, baseball, volleyball, tennis, cross-country and track, all of which compete in the OCC. The wrestling team is coming off of back-to-back OCC championships, and the volleyball program has long been a Central Ohio power. Their longtime rivals are the Olentangy Braves; however, they have developed rivalries with other area schools including New Albany, Westerville Central (Battle of the Birds) and Watkins Memorial.^{[original research?]}

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championship Titles

Boys Golf – 2002 ^[1]
Varsity Football- 2007 ^[2]

[edit] The Arts

[edit] Music

Big Walnut High School is home to the "Pride of Big Walnut" Golden Eagle Bands which consist today of over 130 members. The band is complemented by an award-winning choir program (180 members strong). These groups are the largest of the school’s arts program and consistently qualify for state competitions.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Drama

The band and choir are complemented and joined by Big Walnut High School’s drama and theater program. The club produces and performs two shows a year, a fall/winter play and a spring musical. Past productions include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat , Les Miserables, Grease, Seussical the Musical, A Christmas Carol, AIDA and most recently, Bye Bye Birdie among others. In addition, the school offers over 20 artistically based courses.