Aiken High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

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Aiken High School
Aiken High School under construction.jpg
The new high school under construction in early 2012
Location
Aiken High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
5641 Belmont Avenue

5641 Belmont Ave,

Cincinnati
,
Ohio
45224

United States
Coordinates 39°11′29″N84°33′4″W / 39.19139°N 84.55111°W / 39.19139; -84.55111
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established1962
School district Cincinnati Public Schools
SuperintendentShauna Murphy [1]
PrincipalLisa Votaw [2]
Teaching staff76.19 (FTE) [3]
Grades 7-12
Enrollment1,195 [3]  (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio15.68 [3]
Color(s) Purple and White [4]   
Athletics conference Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference [4]
MascotFalcon
Nickname Falcons [4]
Website Aiken College & Career,
Aiken University HS

Aiken High School is a public high school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. The school, which opened in 1962, is part of Cincinnati Public Schools.

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Starting with the 1995–1996 school year, the school began a pilot program for Cincinnati Public Schools that keeps student classes together from grade 9 to grade 10. Teachers reported higher retention of ninth-grade students. [5]

History

Background

Aiken high school was founded in 1962 and is one of the several Cincinnati public high schools. The schools culture has changed severely overtime from the early sixties through the eighties. Aiken was a predominantly white school, however, looking at present day demographics, the school is highly diverse. Aiken once housed two educational programs 'Aiken College and Career high school' and 'Aiken University high school', students had the option to learn a trade program such as cosmetology, welding, nursing, and more. Since the school was rebuilt and opened in 2014 in College Hill it is now known as 'Aiken New Tech High School'- focusing primarily on technological skills as technology continues to advance in children's lives. Aiken high school serves children grades 7-12 of multiple ethnicity, disabilities, and backgrounds.

In 2014 along with rebuilding the school, its culture, and its overall name Aiken became partners with New Tech, a partnership that promotes the idea of project based learning, better known as (PBL), project based learning is used in order to encourage self-regulation in students. Project based learning focuses on five overall areas

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cincinnati Public Schools: home page" . Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  2. ↑ "Cincinnati Public Schools: School Listing" . Retrieved August 12, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 "Aiken High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
  4. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 5, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ Griggs, France (January 22, 2001). "High schools' future glimpsed at Aiken". The Cincinnati Post . E. W. Scripps Company. Archived from the original on January 23, 2005.
  6. ↑ "Aiken alum Carlik Jones leads 1st-ever South Sudan Olympic basketball team". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. July 1, 2024.
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