Findlay High School

Findlay High School
Address
1200 Broad Avenue Findlay, Ohio, (Hancock County), 45840 United States
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
School district	Findlay City Schools
Superintendent	Dean Wittwer^[1]
Principal	Victoria Swartz^[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2171
Grade 9	467
Grade 10	501
Grade 11	633
Grade 12	570
Color(s)	Blue and Gold Alternate - Black and Blue ^[1]
Athletics conference	Three Rivers Athletic Conference^[1]
Mascot	Tommy the Trojan
Nickname	FHS
Team name	Trojans^[1]
Rival	Basketball - Lima Senior High School, Football - Fremont Ross High School, Men's Swimming - Shawnee High School (Lima, Ohio), Soccer - Perrysburg High School, Ice hockey - Bowling Green High School
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ^[2]
Newspaper	Blue and Gold Today
Athletic Director	Nate Weihrauch^[1]
Website	findlaycityschools.org

Findlay High School is a public high school in Findlay, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Findlay City School District, and the second largest high school in northwest Ohio. Their nickname is the Trojans. They are members of the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. The new conference is going to be a "super conference", containing the major athletic powers in the area. They also have a very highly respected performing arts program, with multiple groups winning state and national championships. The journalism program also stands out, winning annual awards for the student newspaper.

1 Student Groups
2 Famous alumni
3 Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
4 External links
5 Notes and references

Student Groups

Findlay First Edition, national award-winning (advanced mixed) show choir. Findlay First Edition (Called FFE or "First Edition) recently won the FAME 2007 show choir award. (Grand Champion) In 2009, they competed at the FAME competition and received 3rd runner up. In 2010, they competed at Show Choir Nationals in Nashville, TN. and received 5th runner up. On April 9th, they competed at the inaugural Finale Nationals Competition and did not place.

Voices In Perfection, the freshman show choir. Also known as VIP. Every year VIP has competed at the Heritage fest, they have received a Gold rating.

Blue & Gold, the nationally award winning student newspaper. The staff recently won a National Pacemaker Award by the National Scholastic Press Association. In the 2010-2011 school year, the paper placed first in the "Newspapers 8 pages or fewer" category at both the Fall and Spring National High School Journalism Conventions hosted by NSPA and the Journalism Education Association.

Pantasia, the steel drum band. They perform over 40 performances a year and have performed for President Clinton and have been on many cruises to perform.

Latin Club, functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)^[3] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).^[4]

Famous alumni

James Purdy, Novelist, Short story-writer, Poet and Playwright
Gavin Creel, singer/songwriter and Broadway performer (Currently the lead in Hair on Broadway)
Josh Huston, kicker NFL football player
John Kidd, NFL football Kicker Buffalo Bills/Miami Dolphins
Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Boys Baseball – 1971 ^[5]
Boys Basketball – 1948 ^[6]
Boys Cross Country – 1974 ^[7]
Boys Golf – 1984 ^[7]
Boys Ice hockey – 1978, 1979, 1983 ^[7]
Boys Swimming and Diving – 1944 ^[7]

Note: The Boys' ice hockey team (1971) and football team (1926) each won state championships in their respective sport before they were sanctioned OHSAA sports.

External links

District Website

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". http://www.cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=586. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070617024347/http://ohiojcl.org/prefile.shtml. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020721140258/http://www.ohiojcl.org/resources/constitution.html#c31. Retrieved August 16, 2010. "... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL."
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball AAA". http://www.yappi.com/boysbasketball/AAA.html. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.