Whitmer High School (Toledo, Ohio)

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Whitmer High School is a public high school in Toledo, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Washington Local School District in Lucas County, Ohio, serving the northwest section of Toledo up to the Michigan state line. It is the largest high school in the Toledo area. Democrat Hillary Clinton visited the school on February 22, 2008.

1 History
2 Whitmer High School Administration
3 Athletics
4 2008 Presidential Election
5 External links

[edit] History

Whitmer Senior High School opened in 1927 in the Jefferson building. In 1960, the Whitmer building opened. In 1976, the Whitmer Vocational Building (now Career Technology Center (CTC)) opened.

[edit] Whitmer High School Administration

Principal - Bradford Faust
Attendance/ Dean Center Associate Principal - Phyllis Zielinski
Counseling Center Associate Principal - Kim Dedo
Testing Center Associate Principal - Ed Kaser, Jr.
Athletic Director/ Associate Principal - Thomas Snook
Associate Principal- Ronald Alvarez
Career Technology Director - Deb Heban
Career Technology Center Associate Principal - Jim Kieper

[edit] Athletics

The school's athletic teams are known as the Panthers with jersey colors maize and blue. The Panthers played in the Great Lakes League (GLL) until 2003 when they joined the Toledo City League. Prior to being part of the GLL, Whitmer was an independent during the early 1970s. However, Whitmer had been playing many City League teams in all sports for years prior to this joining. Their rival is the Start Spartans, they meet annually for the Battle of Tremainsville Road. During the GLL days, the Bedford Mules of Temperance Michigan were another big rival of Whitmer. It is said that the addition of Clay and Whitmer to the City League would bring about a new Red and Blue Division like the glory years of City League athletics. However, no modifications have been made yet to the league structure.

There are sometimes complaints that Whitmer places more value on its athletics than academic subjects, however Whitmer ranks higher in academics than any Toledo Public School.^{[citation needed]} The school is a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association (OHSAA) and its football team has qualified for the state playoffs for four of the last five years. The 1986 team went undefeated and 1987 and 1988 made it to the state semi-finals in Football. The late 80's were the best teams Whitmer ever put on the field. The 2007-2008 panthers made an unexpected run to the state final four in basketball. yo yo

[edit] 2008 Presidential Election

On Feb. 22, 2008 Senator Hillary Clinton made a campaign stop in the Whitmer High School Fieldhouse where she mentioned the Whitmer Pep and Marching band.