Newark High School (Ohio)

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Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Newark City Schools district. Their nickname is the Wildcats.

Grades 9-12. Average enrollment is approximately 1700 students; an additional 150 students attend the The Career Technical Education Center (C-TEC) associated with the school. The staff is around 190. The high school was built in 1959 and opened in 1961. The current high school is campus-style, with 7 classroom buildings, an auditorium, a gymnasium, and the facility in which the entire district's lunches are produced. Newark plays division I athletics in the Ohio Division of the Ohio Capital Conference. Major athletics rivalries are with Lancaster High School and Zanesville High School.

They also have a broadcasting program that offers students the chance to pursue their television dreams, which includes their own closed circuit television station.

Newark High School's Auditorium

The Lawrence E. Griffin Performing Arts Center was built in 1970, and is still regarded as one of the nicer high school auditoriums in the state. James Swearingen wrote the piece "Proud Spirit" for Lawence E. Griffin and was first performed by the Pride of Newark at the auditoriums dedication. The NHS auditorium seats 1047 people. The first recording made there was of the NHS Choirs on April 28th and May 1st 1970.

Newark's marching band, the Pride of Newark, has also been to OMEA State Finals a consecutive 28 years, tying with Grove City as the two marching bands that have been to every OMEA State Finals. Randall Lamb, the music director there, is retiring after 28 years. Rossi DiBenedetto is taking his place.