Clay High School (Oregon, Ohio)

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Clay High School
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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
Established1927
School districtOregon City Schools
NCES District ID3904460
Local authorityOregon City Schools
City of Oregon, Ohio
SuperintendentJim Fritz [1]
School codeOH-044602-006494
NCES School ID390446001475
DeanScott Wamer [2]
PrincipalJim Jurski [1] [3]
Teaching staff71.00 (FTE) [4]
Grades 9-12 [3]
Enrollment1,108 (2023-2024) [4]
Student to teacher ratio15.61 [4]
Color(s) Green and Yellow [1]   
Fight song On Clay High School
Athletics conference Northern Lakes League [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]

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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. The Three Rivers Athletic Conference shut down in 2023, which made Clay, Findlay High School, Fremont Ross High School, and Whitmer High School join the Northern Lakes League.

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved April 2, 2010.
  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. December 26, 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 December 31, 2006.
  9. ↑ "Yappi Baseball"Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved February 12, 2007.
  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.
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