Tecumseh High School (New Carlisle, Ohio)

Tecumseh High School
Address
9830 West National Road
New Carlisle, Ohio, (Clark County), 45344
United States
Coordinates 39°54′46″N 83°59′47″W / 39.912713°N 83.996505°WCoordinates: 39°54′46″N 83°59′47″W / 39.912713°N 83.996505°W
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established 1952
School district Tecumseh Local Schools
Superintendent Brad Martin
Principal Ivan Gehret
Grades 9-12
Color(s) Red and Black [1]         
Song Hail Tecumseh High
Fight song On Arrows!
Athletics conference Central Buckeye Conference[1]
Team name Arrows[1]
Newspaper The Arrowhead
Yearbook The Trail
Athletic Director Craig Eier[1]
Website www.tecumseh.k12.oh.us/tecumsehhighschool_home

Tecumseh High School is a public high school near New Carlisle, Ohio. The school and district are named in honor of Tecumseh, the Shawnee Indian chief and warrior who lived in the general area between approximately 1768 and 1813.

Area served

Tecumseh is the only high school in the Tecumseh Local Schools district (renamed from New Carlisle–Bethel Local Schools in 1989). The district encompasses all but the northeast corner of Bethel Township of Clark County, plus the southwestern corner of Pike Township of Clark County and part of the eastern side of Bethel Township of Miami County.[2][3][4] The school thereby serves residents of the city of New Carlisle, the village of Donnelsville, the unincorporated communities of Medway, Park Layne, and Crystal Lakes, plus adjacent rural land.

Mission statement

According to the district web site, “The mission of Tecumseh High School is to provide diverse educational opportunities for students from all backgrounds and with all levels of ability. Tecumseh High School, in partnership with the community, strives to provide a safe, challenging learning environment to help each student become a responsible, well-rounded lifelong learner in an ever-changing technological society.″

History

Olive Branch High School

In March 1952, Tecumseh High School's initial construction was completed. The high school replaced New Carlisle High School (located in the city of New Carlisle proper since 1921), and Olive Branch High School. In 1969 an expansion was built and contained more classrooms, auditorium, and a second gymnasium.

At the end of the 1980–1981 school year neighboring Oscar T. Hawke elementary school closed and the building became part of the Tecumseh High School campus at the beginning of the 1981–1982 school year. This was part of a major re-organization of the school district which included the closing of McAdams Elementary, and New Carlisle Elementary which had occupied the original New Carlisle High School. Also at that time ninth grade was moved from the junior high schools to the high school creating a four-year high school program. Additionally, sixth grade was moved from the elementary schools to the junior high buildings and the junior highs were changed to the middle school format of sixth, seventh, and eighth grades.

In late May 1989 a mild tornado flew over the school and did some roof damage to the Hawke building. This caused school to be closed for one day and finals for the classes housed in that building had to be moved to the main school building.

In the mid-2000s, all Tecumseh district schools were completely rebuilt. In 2007, as part of this project, the high school's old buildings, with the exception of the field house and auditorium, were demolished and replaced with new facilities.

Athletics

Tecumseh High School belongs to the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The school's sports teams are named the Arrows.

State championships

Air Force Junior ROTC

In the fall of 1988 Aerospace Science was added to the curriculum in the form of Air Force Junior Reserve Office Training Corps. The unit designation is OH-881.

Wesley R. Williams, Staff Sergeant, United States Army, became the first alumnus of the school's JROTC program to be killed in combat on December 10, 2012. He died in Kandahar, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 38th Infantry Regiment, 4th Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, under control of the 7th Infantry Division, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.[6] Williams was a member of the Tecumseh Class of 2005 and left behind a wife, one-year-old daughter, and an unborn child.[7]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  2. ↑ "2007 school district & township map of Miami County" (PDF). Ohio Public Utilities Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  3. ↑ "2007 school district & township map of Clark County" (PDF). Ohio Public Utilities Commission. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  4. ↑ "Bethel Township: Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2009-07-06.
  5. ↑ "OHSAA Team State Champion Database" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-10-08.
  6. ↑ "DOD Identifies Army Casualty No. 970-12". United States Department of Defense. 11 December 2012. Retrieved 12 December 2012.
  7. ↑ Andrew, McGinn (12 December 2012). "Local soldier will be buried in Arlington". Dayton Daily News (Dayton, Ohio: Cox Media Group). Retrieved 13 December 2012.

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