Pleasant High School (Marion, Ohio)

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Pleasant High School is a public high school in Pleasant Township, near Marion, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Pleasant Local Schools district. Their nickname is the Spartans. The High School contains about 500 students, with approximately 460 attending on campus, and another 40 students attending the local Joint Vocational School.

Brian Sparling is the Principal of Pleasant High School, assisted by Kirk Ballinger. The Superintendant of the Pleasant Local School District is Mr. Steve Larcomb, and School Board members are Ed Vaflor, Chris Mattix, Gary Sims, Tom Baker, and Kim Miller. Pleasant Schools remains, under this leadership, financially stable; a rarity in the public school systems of Ohio, and additionally, the high school has earned the highest rating possible (Excellent) on the State Report Card every year since the Ohio Department of Education began rating individual buildings in the 2002 - 2003 school year.

Pleasant High School offers traditional courses in all fields of study, in addition to advanced placement courses in Government and Senior English, Advanced Biology, Chemistry II, Advanced Math, Math Analysis, and four years of both French and Spanish. Additionally, Pleasant has one of the largest PSEO (Post Secondary Enrollment Option) enrollments at The Ohio State University of Marion, and Marion Technical College among juniors and seniors of any area school. Students taking these college level courses have traditionally earned an A or B. Our 2008 graduating class of 115 students received over a $1,500,000 in scholarships and grants. 70+ scholarships were available to the class of 2008.

In the area of extracurricular activity, Pleasant offers many choices in the fine arts and athletics, as well as many clubs and organizations. Students may participate in activities such as Concert Choir, Show Choir (Spartans in Motion), Concert Band, Marching Band, Jazz Band, and Pep Band, Fall Drama and Winter Musical, French and Spanish Clubs. Athletics offered at Pleasant include Football (numerous State Championships), Basketball(both Boys and Girls), Baseball, Soccer, Track and Field, Softball, Volleyball, Tennis, and Wrestling, and in the 2007 season, Pleasant won 7 Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference Championships, and through the years, has garnered 9 total State championships. Students may also choose to participate in various clubs and organizations at the school, including Fellowship of Christial Athletes, Teen Institute, French and Spanish Clubs, Chess club, and many others too numerous to list, and the district also offers special programs for talented and gifted students, as well as special needs students. Pleasant participates in mandatory initial drug testing with random testing throughout the year for all students participating in extra-curricular activities.

Several parent support organizations are very active at the school, including the Parent/Teacher Organization, Academic Boosters, Music Boosters, and Athletic Boosters.

Demographics and Statistical Data for the Pleasant Local School District may be found at http://www.pleasant.treca.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=37&Itemid=57