Stow-Munroe Falls High School

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Address
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
3227 Graham Road Stow, Ohio, 44224 USA
Information
School district	Stow-Munroe Falls City School District
Principal	Rick Bailey
Assistant principals	Charlene Clamp Susan Schur Don Ross
Enrollment	1,965 (2007)
School type	Public secondary school
Grades	9–12
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Athletics conference	Northeast Ohio Conference
Accreditation(s)	Ohio Department of Education North Central Association of Schools and Colleges
Rival	Cuyahoga Falls Black Tigers Hudson Explorers
Team name	Bulldogs
Color(s)	Maroon and Gold
Publication	Stohion
Communities served	Stow, Munroe Falls
Homepage	Stow-Munroe Falls High School

Stow-Munroe Falls High School is a high school located in Stow, Ohio, USA, a suburb of Akron, Ohio. It contains just under 2,000 students, and more than 150 faculty members. It is one of the largest high schools in Northeast Ohio. Their school mascot is the bulldog.

1 Notable Alumni
2 Activities
3 External links
4 Notes and references

[edit] Notable Alumni

Haley Bennett - singer, songwriter, and actress (attended, but did not graduate from SMFHS)

Larry Csonka - NFL Hall-of-Famer, played college football at Syracuse University. Was running back for the undefeated Miami Dolphins in 1972. He also served as a commentator on the television program, American Gladiators.

Lee Gissendaner - Former running back for Northwestern University and played 2 partial seasons with the Houston Oilers and Minnesota Vikings. Currently works as an NFL scout for the Green Bay Packers.

Dave Jamerson - Former first-round draft pick of the Houston Rockets out of Ohio University. His #33 was retired in January 2007 at Ohio University.

[edit] Activities

[edit] Bands

Stow Marching Band in formation

Stow-Munroe Falls has a sizable band program, including the Wind Ensemble, the Symphonic Bands (Maroon and Gold), and the Freshman concert band. The bands also form a single marching band that performs at contests and football games during the fall season. The percussion section auditions for marching band instruments near the end of May every year. These auditions will place them in one of four sections: pit percussion/cymbals, bass drum, snare, or quads. They remain in their position from the audition time until the end of the football season. Other instruments assign parts based on chair placement at the end of the year, although, flutists can audition to play piccolo for the football season.

[edit] Academic teams

The school has a small but recognized Science Olympiad team that has qualified for the state competitions virtually every year. The team received fourth-place at the regional level during the Winter-Spring season of 2007, and on April 14th of that year several team members placed at the Ohio Science Olympiad States competition.

The school has a chapter of the Ohio Junior Classical League, which has consistently performed well at state competitions.

In addition, Stow-Munroe Falls High School has an Academic Challenge team, which qualified for the National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) Nationals in 2008 three times by getting fourth in the fall NAQT State tournament, first in the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE) state tournament, and third in the spring NAQT state tournament.^[1] At the national tournament, the team earned 6 wins and 4 losses during their first day of competition, placing 37th out of 176 teams. The team then made it to the final round of the playoffs, finishing as part of a fifteen-way tie for 27th place, tying Solon High School for the top finish from an Ohio school.^[2] Team member Ike Jose placed 10th in the nation at the individual level, scoring approximately 7/8 of the team's toss-up points.^[3]

SMFHS also has a notable Speech and Debate team, which received 2nd place at the "little districts" in 2008. It often sends members to the national competition, including a Policy debate team in 2008.

[edit] Athletics

The school currently offers twenty-four varsity athletic teams, which are known as the Bulldogs. They compete in the newly formed Northeast Ohio Conference, which began play in the fall of 2006. Prior to 2006, Stow was a member of the Western Reserve Conference since 1996 and the Metro league from 1937-1996. Most teams play their home matches at Stow-Munroe Falls High School except for the swimming and diving teams, who have meets at the Akron General Hospital Welness Center in Stow; and the bowling teams, who have their home meets at the Sto-Kent Family Lanes in Stow.

In 2002, the Stow-Munroe Falls High School main gym was seen on ESPN highlights when current Cleveland Cavaliers star LeBron James, then still in high school at nearby St. Vincent-St. Mary High School in Akron, slammed the ball hard in a pre-season basketball scrimmage, bringing the rim completely off the backboard.