Columbian High School

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Columbian High School
Address
Columbian High School
300 South Monroe Street

,
44883

United States
Coordinates 41°06′31″N83°10′41″W / 41.108746°N 83.177924°W / 41.108746; -83.177924
Information
Type Public
Established1859
School district Tiffin City School District
PrincipalDavid Alvarado
Grades9–12
Enrollment836 (2016-17) [1]
Color(s)Navy blue and Vegas gold
  
Athletics conference Sandusky Bay Conference
MascotTeddy Tornado
Team nameTornadoes
Rival Bellevue Redmen
Website www.tiffincityschools.org/about-tcs/our-schools/columbian-high-school

Columbian High School is a comprehensive public high school in Tiffin, Ohio, United States. It is the only public high school in the Tiffin City School District. Their nickname is the Tornadoes. A long time member of the Northern Ohio League (1954-2017), Tiffin Columbian joined the Sandusky Bay Conference in 2017. The school has 850 students. The school was founded in 1859 and the current building was constructed in 1959. The building was named for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, the world's fair that celebrated the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival to the New World. [2] David Alvarado is the principal at the school. Greg DeVore is the assistant principal.

Contents

Columbian's Frost-Kalnow Stadium is a 4,500 seat facility that is used by Columbian and Tiffin University.

Curriculum

Columbian High School offers a comprehensive curriculum. Several Advanced Placement classes are offered, including AP Psychology, AP U.S. History, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, and more. The school also offers two foreign language courses, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. [3] AP classes that aren't offered can be taken online through the Virtual High School Collaborative.

Students at Columbian can participate in the College Credit Plus program, which allows them to attend classes at Heidelberg University, Tiffin University, Terra Community College, and more, in order to earn college credit. [4]

Notes and references

  1. "Columbian High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 12, 2019.
  2. "Columbian High School".
  3. "Columbian High School - Teacher Websites". Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-05.
  4. "Columbian High School - College Credit Plus". Archived from the original on 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2015-09-05.

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