| Mentor High School | |
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6477 Center Street Mentor, Ohio, (Lake County), USA |
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| Coordinates | 41°41′39″N 81°20′20″W / 41.69417°N 81.33889°WCoordinates: 41°41′39″N 81°20′20″W / 41.69417°N 81.33889°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Established | 1923 |
| Superintendent | Jacqueline Hoynes, Ph.D. |
| Principal | Joseph Spiccia |
| Faculty | 175 certified staff members |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 3,200 |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and Grey |
| Fight song | Across the Field |
| Athletics conference | Lake Erie League |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
| Athletics | Boys Baseball Boys Basketball Girls Basketball Bowling Cheerleading Boys Cross Country Girls Cross Country Girls Fastpitch Football Boys Golf Girls Golf Gymnastics Ice hockey Boys Lacrosse Girls Lacrosse Boys Soccer Girls Soccer Swimming/Dive Team Boys Tennis Girls Tennis Boys Track & Field Girls Track & Field Volleyball Wrestling |
| Website | www.mentorhigh.com |
Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). In the 2008-2009 school year, it shifted from a three-year school (grades 10-12) to a four-year high school (grades 9-12), serving 3,200 students. It is the eighth largest high school by enrollment in the State of Ohio.[1][not in citation given] Mentor High School educates students from Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, and parts of Kirtland Hills and Concord Township in Lake County, Ohio. Mentor is known for its strong academics as well as athletic and career-prep programs.
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Alma Mater
Keep the banners waving o'er us,
Floating toward the sky,
We've a team that's fighting for us,
Cheer for Mentor High.
Alma Mater, Alma Mater
When from thee we part,
We shall keep thy mem'ries ever,
Woven in our hearts.
Extracurricular activities
Science Olympiad
In 2007, the Science Olympiad team saw one of its greatest successes in over a decade, finishing second in the state competition, overtaking Solon High School, a local rival, to get a bid to the national competition at Wichita State University. They finished fifth in the nation, an impressive finish for the young team.
In 2009, the Science Olympiad team finished seventh nationally.
Athletics
Mentor High is a Division I school in the Ohio High School Athletic Association and a member of the Lake Erie League. The Cardinals have won several state championship titles sponsored by the OHSAA.[2]
- Boys Track and Field - 1933
- Boys Cross Country - 1985
- Boys Soccer - 1994
- Girls Tennis - Kara Sherwood - 2008
Coach Lee Tressel led the Mentor Cardinals football team to 34 consecutive victories in the 1950s.[3]
Other Activities
- Academic Challenge
- Academic Decathlon
- Athletic Assistants
- Buckeye Boys and Girls State
- Business Club
- Choir
- Ecology Club
- Equality Club
- Fighting Cardinal Marching Band
- Future Educators
- Future Leaders
- Harvest for Hunger
- Inkwell
- International Explorers
- Improv Club
- Interact Club
- Intramurals
- Law Club
- Latin Club - functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[4] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[5]
- Manheim Orchestra
- Mock Trial
- Model UN
- National Honor Society
- Poetry Club
- Pride
- PTSA
- Refuge
- Science Olympiad
- See you at the Pole!
- Ski/Board Club
- Speech and Debate Team
- Spirit Club
- Student Government
- Teen Institute
- Theatre
- Top 25
- Yearbook
- Young Politicians
- Web Team
Administration
- Dr. Jacqueline Hoynes, superintendant
- Joseph Spiccia, principal
- Lawrence Luciano, assistant principal
- John Diamond, Unit 12 principal
- Sally Miller, Unit 11 principal
- Lee Munoz, Unit 10 principal
- Chrisl Wolf, Unit 9 principal
Adult Classes
- Home Maintenance & Repair
- Digital Photography
Notable alumni
- Gary Durchik – NCAA, Canadian Football League, and Canadian Junior Football League Football Coach
- Bob Hallen – NFL Football Player
- Dustin Kirby – MLS Soccer Player
- Sinisa Ubiparipovic – MLS Soccer Player - New York Red Bull Roster
- Dan Ryczek – NFL Football player
- Michael Salinger - Author
- David Wilcox – Recording Artist
- Jamie Hull - Awarded the best looking guy in Mentor, Ohio.
- Bart Tanski – 2007 Mr. Football Award (Ohio) Recipient
- Greg Debeljak - Head football coach at Case Western Reserve University
- Mike Lebowitz - attorney, pioneer in military expression, military law
- Kimberly Dawn Trenor - charged in death of daughter Riley Ann Sawyers
- Eric Mohat - student who was bullied to death.[6] [7] [8]
Notes and references
- ^ Ohio Department of Education. "ODE Data & Statistics". http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?Page=2&TopicID=661&TopicRelationID=3. Retrieved 2007-07-10.
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ "Coach Tressel Family Tree". http://www.coachtressel.com/coach_tressel/father.asp/. Retrieved 2099-6-18.
- ^ "Elected Officer Pre-file Application". Executive Board Pre-File Application. Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. http://ohiojcl.org/prefile.shtml. Retrieved 24 October 2009.
- ^ "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. http://ohiojcl.org/resources/080309_OJCL_Constitution.pdf. Retrieved 18 September 2009. "...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL."
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7228335&page=1
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7228335&page=2
- ^ http://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/story?id=7228335&page=3
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