Marysville High School (Ohio)
| Marysville High School | |
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| Location | |
| Marysville, Ohio, United States | |
| Coordinates | 40°15′01″N 83°22′51″W / 40.250221°N 83.380921°WCoordinates: 40°15′01″N 83°22′51″W / 40.250221°N 83.380921°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Secondary |
| School district | Marysville Exempted Village Schools |
| Enrollment | approximately 1,650 |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Athletics conference | Ohio Capital Conference Central Division |
| Mascot | Monarch |
| Rival | Dublin Coffman High School |
| Website | Marysville High School |
Marysville High School (MHS) is a public high school in Marysville, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Marysville Exempted Village School District. MHS's school mascot is the "Monarch", which is actually a lion that symbolizes the "King (Monarch) of the Jungle".
Notable alumni
- Gary Shirk, football tight end - New York Giants, Memphis Southmen, Memphis Showboats
- Chase Blackburn, National Football League linebacker - New York Giants.
- Robert S. Beightler, American general
- Mark Alan Wade, orchestral trumpeter and National Hammered Dulcimer Champion
- Darren Hall, Major League Baseball player, 1994-
Athletics
Marysville offers many Athletic teams, including football, baseball, boys and girls basketball, softball, volleyball, boys and girls soccer, track and field, cross country, swimming, boys and girls golf, and wrestling. Club sports include boys and girls lacrosse, gymnastics, and bowling.
The wrestling program is consistently ranked among the top in the state, and produces state placers at the state tournament each year, including a state champion in 1992, 2000, 2007, 2013, two in 2014, and one in 2015.
Extracurricular activities
The band has made an appearance at the OMEA State Marching Band Finals in each of the years from 1997 to 2015. The Marysville Marching Monarchs perform the "Incomparable Script OHIO" at football games. Script OHIO has been performed by MHS since 1999, under the direction of Bill Thissen.
Marysville High School is home to the Marysville Swingers Unlimited, an award-winning show choir, which travels throughout Ohio and the mid-west. The Swingers Unlimited has been an active group at the high school for over a quarter century, and have won over 20 grand championships in the last seven years. The Marysville Swingers Unlimited are under the vocal direction of Jeremy Alfera with combo direction by Jacob Newland, and choreography by Alfera, Alex Hall, and Randy Sage. Alfera is a nationally known choreographer and has arranged music for many other award winning show choirs as well.
Marysville is also host to a Mock Trial program in the state of Ohio. They have won one state title (2005) and have been to states many times during the program's history, most recently in 2011-2012.
A former program that was offered was the Model United Nations. This program was also one of the best in the state of Ohio. The team attended many conferences throughout the nation, going to places like California, Iowa, Earlham College, the University of Dayton, Boston, and the high school nationals in New York City.
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[1] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[2]
Language exchanges
Marysville High School has been doing international scholar exchanges since the late 1990s. For example, a school with which they frequently hold exchanges is I.E.S. "Mariano Quintanilla", located in Segovia, Spain. There have also been several exchanges with foreign French-speaking schools.
References
- ↑ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ↑ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.