Strongsville High School is a public high school located in Strongsville, Ohio, USA. The current principal is Mark Smithberger.
The school colors are forest green and white. The mascot is the Mustang. The school was a member of the Pioneer Conference but moved to the Northeast Ohio Conference at the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year. The fight song is to the tune of "On Wisconsin".
Maps, Directions, and Place Reviews
Academic standards
Strongsville High is designated an Ohio School of Excellence with Distinction--".
Activities
UNICEF Club
UNICEF is the world's leading organization for children, working in over 190 countries and territories to help children realize their full potential. UNICEF works for more children, in more places, and on more issues than any other humanitarian organization. The Strongsville High School UNICEF Club upholds the values of this organization by completing three major goals: educate, advocate, and fundraise.
Key Club
The Strongsville Key Club, chartered in 1999, is a member of the Kiwanis International service-leadership program for high school students: Key Club International. Through Key Club, members learn leadership by the core values, which are centered around serving others.
The Marching Mustangs
Strongsville's marching band, the "Marching Mustangs," has participated in the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Orange Bowl Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and in the Inauguration Parade for President George H.W. Bush. They also went to Honolulu in the spring of 2009, along with the orchestra, led by Andy Hire. The band's annual hoagie sandwich fundraiser, where members of the band prepare and sell thousands of hoagies, and Mattress Fundraiser helps to cover its traveling expenses. The band is also supported by the Strongsville Instrumental Music Boosters. The band attended the Outback Bowl on January 1, 2011. In 2012 the band attended a week-long stay in Orlando performing in a pre-parade in Disney's Magic Kingdom.
German Club
The Strongsville High School German Club is one of the most active clubs in the school. Annually, it holds parties on German holidays, school-wide German trivia contests, and informs students of German culture and cultural traditions. It also supports the school's chapter of the German National Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Phi, or Deutsche Ehrenverbindung.
Athletics
Stadium
In late 2002 the school converted a rough field behind the school to a state-of-the-art 5,200 seat football stadium in just 84 days. The $1.85 million stadium was entirely privately financed. The name of the stadium is Pat Catan Stadium. The previous location of the high school football field was at Center Middle School (demolished in 2016) . The stadium was featured on national television when the Mustangs took on the Glenville Tarblooders in 2006.
Championships
Ohio High School Athletic Association Division I State Championships:
- Baseball - 2006
- Boys Soccer - 1997
- Girls Soccer - 1998, 2002, 2005, 2011
State records
Tim Arthurs holds the Ohio High School Athletic Association Record for highest completion percentage among Ohio high school quarterbacks in a single season, with 72.5% in 1998.
Court case
In January 2006 a male former Strongsville High student sued the school district and the police department claiming that they did nothing to stop an affair he had with a female teacher while he was a student at the school. The teacher concerned was put on probation.
Notable faculty
- Margaret Raub won the Presidential award for excellence in teaching in 1986.
Notable alumni
- Lorin Morgan-Richards, author and illustrator, primarily of children's literature
- D. J. Woods, Ottawa Redblacks wide receiver
- Aaron White, Washington Wizards power forward
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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