Clay High School (Oregon, Ohio)

Last updated
Clay High School
Clay High School Oregon City Schools.jpg
Clay High School
Address
Clay High School (Oregon, Ohio)
5665 Seaman Road

Oregon
,
(Lucas County)
,
Ohio
43616-2613

United States
Coordinates 41°39′14″N83°24′46″W / 41.65389°N 83.41278°W / 41.65389; -83.41278
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
School districtOregon City Schools
NCES District ID3904460
Local authorityOregon City Schools
City of Oregon, Ohio
SuperintendentHal Gregory [1]
School codeOH-044602-006494
NCES School ID390446001475
DeanScott Wamer [2]
PrincipalJim Jurski [1] [3]
Teaching staff71.82 (FTE) [4]
Grades 9-12 [3]
Enrollment1,139 (2022-2023) [4]
Student to teacher ratio15.86 [4]
Color(s) Green and Yellow [1]   
SongClay High In Years to come
Athletics conference Three Rivers Athletic Conference [1]
SportsFootball, Soccer, Volleyball, Track and Field, Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Golf, Tennis, Hockey, Lacrosse, Equestrian and Swim
MascotEagle
Team nameEagles [1]
YearbookCrystal
Athletic DirectorJoseph Kiss [5]
Website https://www.oregoncityschools.org/clayhighschool_home.aspx

Clay High School is a public high school in Oregon, Ohio, United States, east of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Oregon City School District. The school is named for Jeremiah Clay, who donated his farmland for the school to be built on. [6]

Contents

Over the last few years, the Clay High School Campus has undergone remodeling. An addition was made to the main building, while the old elementary and the Annex were demolished. The Main building was also gutted and redone.

The school colors are green and yellow. Their nickname is the Eagles, after their mascots, Eddy and Edna the Eagle. Clay was a member of the Great Lakes League until 2003, when they joined the Toledo City League. Clay's joining of the TCL made them the second non-Toledo team to join the league (Cardinal Stritch 1971-1994), though they had played the Toledo City League schools for years before joining. In 2011, Clay joined the newly formed Three Rivers Athletic Conference as a charter member.

Demographics

For the 2020–21 academic year, Clay High School (Oregon, Ohio) enrolled 1,161 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. The school employed 72.3 full-time equivalent educators, resulting in a student to teacher ratio of 16.1:1.

Enrollment by race and ethnicity (2020–21) [4]
Race and ethnicity†Enrolled pupilsPercentage
African American322.76%
Asian231.98%
Hispanic15413.26%
Native American00%
White93680.62%
Native Hawaiian, Pacific islander00%
Multi-race161.38%
Total1,161100%
† "Hispanic" includes Hispanics of any race. All other categories refer to non-Hispanics.
Enrollment by gender (2020–21) [4]
GenderEnrolled pupilsPercentage
Female56548.66%
Male59651.34%
Non-binary00%
Total1,161100%
Enrollment by grade (2020–21) [4]
GradeEnrolled pupilsPercentage
927323.51%
1031527.13%
1129024.98%
1228324.38%
Ungraded00%
Total1,161100%

Career Technical Education Programs

Clay High School offers Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, also sometimes referred to as Career Tech, as a form of vocational education. [7] The current CTE programs offered are:

Athletics

Ohio High School Athletic Association Team State Championships

Performing Arts

Marching, Concert, and Symphonic Band

The modern band program at Clay was started by Clay graduate and saxophonist Nancy Fox Bricker in 1952, cementing the band as a marching band known as the Clay High School Fighting Eagle Marching Band. After Mrs. Bricker became ill and her husband assumed directing duties, Clay graduate Charles Neal was made the new director in 1967. The traditions of the Clay band were continued and expanded by its next director, Clay graduate Brian Gyuras, who was named the new director in 1999 and brought back student direction of the band. The current director of the band is Joseph Kuzdzal, who has held the position since 2019. [10]

The band performs at Clay football games and, during the off-season, performs concerts and other parades. The band is split into two sections based on grade level, the concert band for freshmen and sophomores, and the symphonic band for juniors and seniors. The band also has multiple subgroups in the form of jazz band and pep band. The band also claims the largest Alumni band in Ohio, which performs every other year during the homecoming football game. [10]

Concert Chorale

Clay High School includes a choir program in the form of Concert Chorale. The program educates students in various subjects of good musicianship and contributes to an enrolled student's fine arts credit needed to graduate. The program also puts on multiple concerts throughout the school year and performs at other events. The current director of the program is Thom Sneed. [11]

The Concert Chorale is also host to Varsity Voices, an audition-based group that learns additional music outside of the school day to perform at concerts. [11] The program also formerly had two gender based groups, a men's chorus and an all female chorus named "Bel Canto".

Theater Department

Aside from the Musical Theatre CTE program, Clay High School also has a theatre group in the form of the CHS Limelighters. The group typically puts on three productions per school year, and membership is open to the Clay student body. The group puts on a combination of musicals, plays, and one-acts and is under the direction of Thom Sneed, Leah Walsh, and Elizabeth Gibson. [12]

Notable alumni

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anthony Wayne High School</span> Public, coeducational school in Whitehouse, Ohio, United States

Anthony Wayne High School is a public high school in Whitehouse, Ohio, a suburb of Toledo. The school has an enrollment of approximately 1,330 students in grades 9–12 as of 2019–20. The school is named for General Anthony Wayne, who led troops in the nearby Battle of Fallen Timbers during the Northwest Indian War.

Lima Senior High School, the only high school in the Lima City Schools District, was established in 1955, in Lima, Ohio. There are approximately 1,500 students currently enrolled at Lima Senior.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Beavercreek High School</span> Public, coeducational high school in Beavercreek, , Ohio, United States

Beavercreek High School is the public high school in Beavercreek, Ohio. A member of the Beavercreek City School District, the high school has an enrollment of more than 2,300 students. The high school campus consists of Ferguson Hall, a free-standing building that houses the ninth grade, and the high school which accommodates the remaining grades 10–12. The principal is Dale Wren for the 2023-2024 school year and the school's mascot is the Battling Beaver.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St. Francis de Sales School (Toledo, Ohio)</span> Private, all-male, college-preparatory school in Toledo, , Ohio, United States

St. Francis de Sales School or SFS is a private, all-male, college-preparatory school in Toledo, Ohio. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo. The school was named as one of the top 20 Catholic high schools in the nation for academics by Catholic High School Honor Roll for two consecutive years in 2005 and 2006.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cleveland Heights High School</span> Public, coeducational high school in Cleveland Heights, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States

Cleveland Heights High School is the senior high school of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District, located in Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Green Meadows Conference</span> Athletic league in northwest Ohio

The Green Meadows Conference is an OHSAA athletic league located in northwest Ohio. The eight member schools are all located in one of three counties: Defiance County, Paulding County, or Williams County.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Euclid High School</span> Public, coeducational school in Euclid, Ohio, United States

Euclid High School is a public high school in Euclid, Ohio, United States, a suburb of Cleveland in the northeast corner of Cuyahoga County. Originally named Euclid Senior High School, it was constructed in 1949 to replace the Euclid Central High School and Shore High School facilities. The school serves a community of approximately 49,000 residents, offering a wide range of programs from vocational education to college preparatory.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Garfield Heights High School</span> Public, coeducational high school in Garfield Heights, , Ohio, United States

Garfield Heights High School is a public high school located in Garfield Heights, Ohio, about 10 miles southeast of downtown Cleveland, Ohio. It is part of the Garfield Heights City School District. The school currently contains approximately 1,300 students. The mascot is the Bulldog and the school colors are navy blue and gold. The current principal is Tammy Hager.

Shaw High School is a public high school in East Cleveland, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the East Cleveland City School District and serves approximately 630 students in grades 9 through 12. The current Shaw facility was constructed around 2007. Larry Ellis is the principal. Athletic teams are known as the Cardinals and the school colors are red and black.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whitmer High School</span> Public, coeducational high school in Toledo, Ohio, United States

Whitmer High School is a public high school in Toledo, Ohio, named for John Wallace Whitmer, an educator who helped organize high school classes for the area. It is the only high school in the Washington Local School District in Lucas County, Ohio, serving the northwest section of Toledo up to the Michigan state line. It is the largest high school in the Toledo area. Whitmer offers 200 courses including honors and AP classes, 16 career training programs, 22 varsity sports, and more than 50 extracurricular activities. Students regularly receive district, state, and national accolades in art, music, and career training competitions.

Chaminade Julienne Catholic High School is a private, co-educational, center-city, Catholic high school. It is located in downtown Dayton, in the U.S. state of Ohio, and is owned and operated by the Society of Mary and the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. It is named after Blessed William Joseph Chaminade and St. Julie Billiart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Fairview High School (Sherwood, Ohio)</span> Public high school in Sherwood, Ohio, United States

Fairview High School is a public high school in Sherwood, Defiance County, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Central Local School District.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Hoover High School (Ohio)</span> Public high school in North Canton, Ohio

Hoover High School, often referred to as North Canton Hoover, is a public high school in North Canton, Ohio, United States.

Bowling Green High School (BGHS) is a public high school in Bowling Green, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Bowling Green Area School District. It serves the greater Bowling Green community, which includes the city and surrounding areas. As of 2021, the enrollment is 877.

Martins Ferry High School is a public high school in Martins Ferry, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Martins Ferry City School District. Athletic teams compete as the Martins Ferry Purple Riders in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Buckeye 8 Athletic League as well as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cuyahoga Falls High School</span> Secondary school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States

Cuyahoga Falls High School (CFHS) is a public high school in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Cuyahoga Falls City School District. It has a current enrollment of around 1,663 students in grades 9–12. The school's athletic teams are known as the Black Tigers and compete in the Suburban League.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Findlay High School</span> Public high school in Findlay, Hancock, Ohio, United States

Findlay High School is a public high school in Findlay, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Findlay City School District, and the second largest high school in northwest Ohio. Their nickname is the Trojans. They are members of the Northern Lakes League. They have a respected performing arts program.

Norwalk High School is a public high school in Norwalk, Ohio. It is the only public high school in the Norwalk City Schools district. The school was established in 1857 and the nickname of the school is the Truckers.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wheelersburg High School</span> Public high school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States

Wheelersburg High School (WHS) is a public high school in Wheelersburg, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Wheelersburg Local School District, which is located in Porter Township along the northern bank of the Ohio River in Southern Ohio. Wheelersburg's mascot is the Pirates and their school colors are orange and black.

New Philadelphia High School is a public high school in New Philadelphia, Ohio, United States. Founded in 1913 as Central High School, New Philadelphia High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the Ohio Department of Education. Athletic teams compete as the New Philadelphia Quakers in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Ohio Cardinal Conference.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. ↑ "Oregon City Schools Staff Directory". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. 1 2 "Clay High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "School Detail for Clay High School". nces.ed.gov. September 22, 2024.
  5. ↑ "Oregon City Schools Staff Directory". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
  6. ↑ (tm), e-yearbook.com. "Clay High School - Crystal Yearbook (Oregon, OH), Class of 1968, Page 8".
  7. ↑ "Oregon City Schools Career & Technology". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Ohio High School Athletic Association"OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  9. ↑ "Yappi Baseball"Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  10. 1 2 "Oregon City Schools Band". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  11. 1 2 "Oregon City Schools Choir". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Oregon City Schools Limelighters". Oregon City Schools. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.