Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Sycamore High School
Address
7400 Cornell Road
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County), 45242
United States
Coordinates 39°16′1″N 84°21′7″W / 39.26694°N 84.35194°W / 39.26694; -84.35194Coordinates: 39°16′1″N 84°21′7″W / 39.26694°N 84.35194°W / 39.26694; -84.35194
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Opened 1974
School district Sycamore Community School District
Superintendent Mr. Frank Forsthoefel [1]
CEEB Code 360525
Principal Doug Mader[1]
Asst. Principal Derrick Richardson,
Ashley Warren,
Dr. Mack Yejide
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,894
Campus type Suburban
Color(s) Forest Green and Gold [1]         
Fight song Across the Field
Athletics conference Greater Miami Conference[1]
Mascot The Aviator
Nickname Aves
Team name Aviator[1]
Newspaper The Leaf
Yearbook The Log
Athletic Director Phil Poggi[1]
Website http://www.sycamoreschools.org/

Sycamore High School (SHS) is a four-year public high school in the north-east suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Sycamore Community School District. The current building was built in 1974 in a modern architectural style employing the progressive and experimental open classroom concept wherein no permanent walls separated the classrooms originally. It was built to accommodate 2000 students and has since been expanded. More walls have been added as the school has been renovated.[2]

Academics

Sycamore offers forty-two accelerated and Advanced Placement courses. The school has a 99.1% graduation rate, and 90% of students go on to attend college. The class of 2009 had a composite SAT score of 1132, and the class of 2012 had a composite ACT score of 30, both being higher than the state and national averages. Sycamore also regularly has among the highest number of National Merit Scholars in Ohio. In 2009, thirty-one students received the award.[3]

In 1999, Sycamore had a record 35 National Merit Scholars, the highest number for any public school in Ohio. That year, four students also scored perfect scores on the major college entrance examinations, including the only two perfect ACT scores in Ohio that year (out of sixteen nationwide).[4]

Sycamore regularly places nationally in the National Science Bowl, including as high as fourth place in 2002.[5] Sycamore also excels in mathematics, having placed first in the Ohio Math League competition in 2004–05,[6] 1999–2000,[7] 1998–99,[8] and 1997–1998.[9] It won the Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics competition in 2007,[10] 2001,[11] and 2000.[12]

Sycamore has been historically successful in science fairs; they generally select multiple students who compete at the University of Cincinnati Regional Science Fair. Many of these students then go onto compete at the state science fair at the Ohio State University and usually win multiple awards; In 2013, Sycamore won the "Harold C. Shaw Outstanding School Award" at the state science day. Only four schools in Ohio merited this honor.[13]

Clubs and activities

Sycamore's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[14] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[15]

Student Publications

The Leaf is the official high school news magazine of Sycamore High School. After 60 years of having a black-and-white newspaper, the 2013-2014 editorial staff, led by Print Editors in Chief Sanika Vaidya, Ana Barros, and Shea Lothrop, completely transformed what had for years been the number one high school student-run newspaper in the state of Ohio into a magazine, with selective pages in color. Meanwhile, the web team, led by Webmaster and Web-Editor in Chief, Eli Seidman-Deutsch and Kathryn Tenbarge respectively, revitalizing "The Leaf's" online platform into an interactive window for student life at SHS. The third platform is Broadcast.

The Log yearbook is annually given out to all students in Sycamore High School. The 2012-2013 yearbook was nationally recognized for its theme, "One More Angle" with Editors-in-chief Myra Saeed and Karin Oh.

Ink is an annual literary magazine published by members of Creative Writing Club.[16]

Fine Arts

The Sycamore Music Program has been recognized nationally by NAMM as an Outstanding Music Education Program for 2010, 2011 and 2012.

Sycamore boasts a distinguished theater program.

The Sycamore High School Marching Band has achieved an OMEA Inferior Rating for more than 15 years in a row. The marching band competes in three circuits: OMEA, Mid-States and Bands Of America. In 2013, Sycamore High School Marching Band qualified for BOA regional finals in Toledo, placing 10th.

The Sycamore High School Orchestra for many years has been one of the few all string orchestras in the nation and often received ones (highest marks) at state competition for multiple years running. Now with Chamber Orchestra and Sycamore Electric Ensemble there are multiple opportunities to engage in the performing arts.

Athletics

Sycamore High School competes in the Greater Miami Conference. Before 1989, Sycamore High School competed in the Eastern Metro League (EML). The Aviators remain arch-rivals with the Milford Eagles, both former EHL schools who entered the GMC in 1989. Sycamore students used to dress up as "Millbillies" before the rivals competed, and Milford students would shout "sick-a-more" and variations depending on the level of competition. The competition between Sycamore and Milford has drawn comparison to the Ohio University and Miami University rivalry in Ohio. In 2008, Milford left the GMC. Since then, the school has developed a strong rivalry with William Mason High School from Mason, Ohio, prompting the spread of the slogan, "Go Aves, Beat Mason".

GMC Championships

State Appearances

State Final Fours

State Championships

OHSAA Team State Championships

Other Team State championships

Individual State championships

Wrestling

Boy's Track

Girl's Track

Diving

Boys Swimming

Girls Swimming

Boys Golf

Boys Tennis

Girls Tennis

Girls Gymnastics

National Championships

Other athletic accomplishments

Notable alumni

Kevin Youkilis

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6
  2. ↑ "Schools restructure classrooms". Enquirer.com. 2002-11-04. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  3. ↑
  4. ↑ "Three Sycamore seniors ace college-entrance exams". Enquirer.com. 1999-01-08. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  5. ↑ "Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, National Science Bowl® Champion". United States Department of Energy. May 6, 2002. Archived from the original on September 26, 2006. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  6. ↑ "April 2005 High School Score Report Summary". Ohio Mathematics League. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  7. ↑ "April 2000 High School Score Report Summary". Ohio Mathematics League. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  8. ↑ "April 1999 High School Score Report Summary". Ohio Mathematics League. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ "April 1998 High School Score Report Summary". Ohio Mathematics League. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ "2007 OCTM Tournament Results" (PDF). Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  11. ↑ "2001 OCTM Tournament Results" (PDF). Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  12. ↑ "2000 OCTM Tournament Results" (PDF). Ohio Council of Teachers of Mathematics. Retrieved May 16, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Winning is a science". Cincinnati.com. Gannett.
  14. ↑ "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved August 10, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved September 18, 2009. ...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  16. ↑ Goldman, Ellie (8 December 2011). "Calling all writers- literary magazine accepting submissions". The Leaf. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  17. ↑ "Academic – Champions". Greater Miami Conference.
  18. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  19. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved December 31, 2006.
  20. ↑ OHSSCA. "Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association-Boys Water Polo State Champions". Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
  21. ↑ OHSSCA. "Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association-Girls Water Polo State Champions". Archived from the original on June 23, 2006. Retrieved March 8, 2007.
  22. ↑ "2004 Boys' HS State Champions". Laxpower.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  23. ↑ Zipperstein, Leah (December 23, 2009). "Olympic medalist dives into coaching" (fee required). The Cincinnati Enquirer (Gannett Company). Retrieved December 26, 2009. [Dan] Ketchum, a Sycamore High graduate who swam for Michigan and competed in the 2004 Olympics, is in his first season as coach at Loveland High.
  24. ↑ Iole, Kevin (2013-10-23). "Daniel Straus trying to cope with stereotypes and succeed in MMA career after arrest - Yahoo Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.

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