New Richmond High School

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New Richmond High School is a public high school located in southeastern Clermont County, Ohio approximately twenty-five miles east of downtown Cincinnati. New Richmond High School is a four-year comprehensive high school with a student enrollment of 772. Another 75 high school students receive specialized vocational training by attending one of the career development campuses in the Grant Vocational School. It is the only high school in the New Richmond Exempted Village School District. New Richmond High School is rated excellent by the state of Ohio.

New Richmond High School
Principal Diana Spinnati
Assistant Principal John Frye
Dean of Students Pat Hill
Founded August 22, 1944
School type Public
Location Clermont County, Ohio, USA
Enrollment 772 students (2007–08)"
Mascot Lions
School colors Red and black
Student Newspaper The Messenger
Yearbook NERIHI

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[edit] History

Two nearby townships wished to be combined with the New Richmond Exempted School District (NREVSD) in the late fifties. Pierce School became part of the New Richmond Exempted Village School District in 1955, followed by Monroe School in 1959. Moscow School consolidated with New Richmond District in 1962 and functioned within the New Richmond District until it closed its doors in 1980.


The school at Market Street became overcrowded. As a result, 73 acres of farmland were purchased from Maud Arnold on Bethel-New Richmond Road to build an elementary school. New Richmond Elementary (NRE) was dedicated on May 18, 1958. This left the Market Street School for grades 7-12. Later, in 1965 the New Richmond High School (NRHS) was erected next door to NRE, leaving the middle school at Market Street. Nine years later in 1974, a middle school was built on the same grounds as NRE and NRHS. This is now known as the Main Campus.


Until 1980 the administrative offices were housed in the Market Street building. They relocated to the Middle School and in 1983, the building was sold for $80,100. For the next seven years, the building remained vacant and was left to deteriorate. In 1990, the board repurchased the building at the original sale price of $80,100. Extensive renovations and repairs were made, and the building was once again used for public purposes.


The Market Street building was rededicated on August 27, 1995. The total cost of the repairs and remodeling was $2,500,000. It now serves as a community resource center. This building houses the NREVSD administrative offices, the New Richmond High School Graduation Academy, and the Boys and Girls Club of New Richmond.


In 1997, a new elementary school was built to replace the Pierce Elementary building. This new school, Locust Corner Elementary (LCE), is located behind Pierce Elementary. The Pierce building has now been demolished. (Click here to view pictures.) Monroe and NRE underwent major renovations as well. The students and staff at Monroe Elementary spent on year, 1994-1995, in mobile classrooms during construction. Their sacrifice paid off when they moved back into the beautifully renovated and enlarged building.


History sometimes repeats itself. Just as had happened one hundred years earlier at the Market Street School, NRE was moved into another building, the Pierce elementary building, while renovations were being made. Luckily, this time it was not due to severe safety issues. Half of the NRE students and staff spent the 1998-1999 school year in the Pierce building, while the other half - students from the Moscow area - spent the year at Monroe Elementary.

[edit] Main Campus

[edit] New Richmond High School

The original building opened for the 1965 school year. The classroom wing of New Richmond High School has a red brick exterior and the activity wing has a tan brick exterior. The main academic building contains 2 1/2 stories of classrooms with 25 general rooms,a buissness room, 2 art rooms, 2 special education rooms, a computer technology room, 2 science labs,a drafting room,2 computer labs, and the school administration office. Connected to the main academic building is a science wing with 2 chemistry rooms,2 biology rooms, and a green house. Next to the science rooms there is a multi-purpose gym that is used for wrestling. The Activity wing of the school includes a 500 seat auditorium(w/ stadium seating and a state-of-the art lighting system), a natatorium with a 4 lane lap pool and some seating, a gymnasium with seating for 1,200(including a balcony), a cafeteria with 240 seats, and a library with a computer lab. Under the activity wing there is a work study room, a choir room, a band room, a percussion room, a wood shop, and the school locker rooms.

[edit] New Richmond Middle School

New Richmond Middle School serves 7th and 8th grade students. The School was built in 1971 and has a cement facade. The School is relatively basic because of the facilities of New Richmond High school. The school has a gym(seats 400), a cafeteria(seats 240), a library with a computer lab, 20 general classrooms, 3 science rooms ,an art room, a computer tech. room, a chorus room and a band room.

[edit] New Richmond Elementary School

New Richmond Elementary School is one of three elementary schools in the New Richmond School District serving grades K-6. The School was the first on the campus opening in 1958. The School includes a gym and a cafeteria that open up to each other(stage in gym), and library, and multiple academic classrooms.

[edit] Athletic Facilities

The campus also includes top notch athletic facilities which include a set of 3 tennis courts and a practice tennis court, 2 baseball/softball fields, 1 practice field, and a newly added 7 million dollar stadium, including artificial turf, buildings for both team, the home team's (the lions) includes a weight training room, a medic station and coaches offices. The stadium, used for soccer, football, track and field events, includes a 8 lane track, a High jump pit, a pole vault pit, and a long jump area. The home team's seats are incredibly ergonomic, including actual chairs instead of traditional bleacher/benches. The sound system and lights are all controlled from a state of the art A/V room on top of the Home teams stands, and includes cameras and camera posts. Furthermore, the field-turf, a new age playing surface, has been installed onto the formerly grass football field which improves its durability and allows it to be used for other field sports such as soccer and lacrosse.

[edit] Major Construction Projects

  • 1958- New Richmond Elementary is opened.
  • 1965- New Richmond High School is opened.
  • 1973- New Richmond High School Auditorium is added.
  • 1974- New Richmond Middle school is opened.
  • 1990- New Richmond High school Science wing and multi-purpose gym are added.
  • 1998- New Richmond Elementary receives complete interior makeover.
  • 2002- New Richmond Stadium begins a $7 million transformation.
  • 2007- New Richmond High School receives a facade replacement.

[edit] Locust Corner Campus

Locust Corner Elementary School is the only building on the L.C.E. campus. The school was built in 1997 making it the newest N.R. school. The school is about 85,000 square feet and is made up of academic classrooms, a library , a gym and a cafetorium. The gym and cafetorium open up to each other, makingg it a multi-use space. The school also features a main playground, a kindergarden playground, and a black-top playground.

[edit] Monroe Campus

The Monroe campus consists of the district transportation office and Monroe Elementary School. The transportation office even has its own "bus wash". Monroe is an elementary school in the N.R. school district and includes a gym(with a stage),a cafeteria, a library, and academic classrooms.

[edit] District Market Street Building

The Market Street Building was the original School in the N.R. district.

[edit] Boys And Girls Club

This is a program to monitor children before and after school. The club is in the gym/auditorium of the old school.

[edit] Graduation Academy

This Academy is used to help seniors who are not going to be able graduate on the normal track. The school graduates about 15 students each year.

[edit] Administration Offices

The following Administrators have offices in this building: The Superintendent (Thomas Durbin), Treasurer (Teresa Napier), Technology Coordinator (Matthew Prichard), and Director of Pupil Services (Gregory Hackett).



[edit] Students

New Richmond's student body consists of approximately 772(2007-2008) students and is predominately homogeneous, being made up primarily of lower-middle to middle class caucasian students.

[edit] Faculty

Currently, the school has 56 teachers and faculty members. The teacher to student ratio is higher this year, due to the implementation of open-enrollment, at about 1:18. In the '06-'07 school year, musical director, Doug Heflin, was nominated as the Wal-Mart teacher of the year. The average experience of New Richmond High School teachers is 16 years.

[edit] Curriculum

A complete high school program is offered at New Richmond High School. For the 2006-2007 school year, students are required to complete the following program of studies:

Subject Credits Required Notes
English 4 Must be in English 9, 10, 11 and 12
Mathematics 4 Must include Algebra I and Geometry; Recommended students may take integrated math courses which include the topics of traditional Algebra I and Geometry
Science 4 Must include 1 unit of physical science and 1 unit of biological science
Social Studies 3 Must include 2 units of United States History and 1 unit of American Government
Health .5
Physical Education .5
Fine Arts 1.0 This includes music and art classes.
Practical arts 1.0 Choose from business, woods, engineering/drafting, and computer technology.
Electives 5.0 electives include: business/technology, foreign language, or the fine arts: music or visual arts
Total 23.0

[edit] Bell Schedule

1 7:53-8:38
2 8:42-9:27
3 9:31-10:16
4 10:20-11:05
5 11:09-12:35
Lunch A 11:09-11:35
Lunch B 11:39-12:05
Lunch C 12:09-12:35
6 12:39-1:24
7 1:28-2:20

[edit] Troubadours

The Troubs are a choral group consisting of 113 sophomores, juniors, and seniors. The group has performed in The Heritage National Music Festival in Washington D.C. and in Carnegie Hall in New York City. The Troubs were recently named the winners of the Pontiac Create your own Commercial contest and received $10,000. In March 2008, the Troubadours competed in The Heritage National Music Festival in Chicago and received first place. The men troubadours brought home the gold at the competition and the ladies brought home the silver. The group is under the direction of Douglas M. Heflin.

[edit] Athletics

All students are able to participate in athletics free of charge in this district.

[edit] Fall sports

[edit] Winter sports

[edit] Spring sports

[edit] Other extracurricular activities

All students are able to participate in any extracurricular activity and/or athletic activity completely free of charge!

  • Mock Trial
  • National Honor Society
  • The Messenger(Newspaper)
  • Prom Committee
  • Student Council
  • Ultimate Frisbee (NRFU)
  • Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
  • Hi-Y(community Service)
  • Men's Chorus
  • Women's Chorus
  • Yearbook Staff
  • Drama Club (1 musical and 2 plays each year)
  • Thespians
  • Ecology Club
  • Science Challenge
  • Jazz Band
  • Teen Counseling
  • Gifted
  • Pep Band


[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Mission statement

“ Every child a high performing student. Every stakeholder a high performing team member.. ”

[edit] School Songs

[edit] Official school fight song

Fight the team across the field
Show them New Richmond's here.
Set the earth reverberating
With a mighty cheer.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Hit them hard and see
How they fall.
Never let that team get the ball.
Hail, hail, the gang's all here
And we'll beat [Name of opposing school] tonight!

[edit] Official school alma mater

New Richmond, our alma mater The home where lions roar Sing we of they honor Every lasting, ever more

New Richmond, our alma mater We pledge in song to you Hail, oh hail our alma mater New Richmond High School

[edit] External links