Oak Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Oak Hills High School
Location
3200 Ebenezer Rd.
Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Information
School district Oak Hills Local
Principal Jeff Brandt
Enrollment

2,989
Faculty 133
School type Public
Grades 9-12
Athletics conference Greater Miami Conference
Fight song "On Highlanders"
Mascot Highlander
Color(s) Red and Black          
Newspaper Tartan
Established 1958
Homepage Oak Hills High School

Oak Hills High School is a four year public secondary school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Oak Hills is often referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run by the Oak Hills Local School District.

With approximately 3000 students enrolled annually, Oak Hills is the largest of the ten public high schools within the Greater Miami Conference. Oak Hills is also the largest high school in the state of Ohio.

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[edit] Academics

Oak Hills, for the past six years, has qualified for the Ohio Department of Education's Excellent rating, the highest rating possible. This is based on average attendance, grades, graduation rates, and scores on the Ohio Graduation Test.

Oak Hills is known for having very high graduation rates. The Ohio Department of Education cites Oak Hills as having the highest graduation rate among large high schools in the state at 99.1%.[1]

Oak Hills offers numerous courses with varying levels of difficulty. Students can take remedial level, college prepatory, or Advanced Placement classes in a plethora of subjects.

[edit] Mock Trial

Oak Hills is a power house school in the Ohio High School Mock Trial Competition, which is the largest academic competition in the state. Each year over 350 teams compete in district and regional tournaments for the right to advance to the state championship competition. Oak Hills has finished in the State's Top Ten 6 out of the past 7 years, as well as won the state championship 3 times (1983, 2003, 2007). They won in 2003 (defeating Upper Arlington High in the final) under the guidance of Tim Taylor, former faculty adviser, and in 2007 (defeating Elder High School in the final). In 2003 as state champions they won the right to represent Ohio in the National Mock Trial Championship in New Orleans, Louisiana where they finished 17th. They once again represented Ohio as state champions in Dallas, Texas at the 2007 National Championships, where they finished 15th in the Nation. 41 States, Guam, The Marinara Islands, and South Korea send their State and National Champions respectively to the US National Competition. The Ohio Mock Trial Competition is sponsored by the Ohio Center for Law Related Education, The Ohio State Bar Association, and The Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio Mock Trial The National Competition is administered by the National High School Mock Trial Championship Inc. National Mock Trial

The Oak Hills Mock Trial team is coached by Nick Coorey, Jessica Patrick ('04 alums), Ashley Brucato ('05 alum), Kyle West, Amy Bedinghaus ('07 alums) and Chad Evans ('08 alum). The team's faculty adviser is Mr. Terry Gosdin.

[edit] Notable Alumni and Faculty

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.oakhills.k12.oh.us/district/pdf/OakBranches07_08/Oct_07.pdf
  2. ^ a b OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.
  3. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Baseball. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.

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