Orange High School (North Carolina)

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Orange High School
Orange High School, Hillsborough, NC 1.jpg
Orange High School in March 2017
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Orange High School (North Carolina)
500 Orange High School Road

Hillsborough, North Carolina
27278

United States
Coordinates 36°05′23″N79°05′41″W / 36.0895849°N 79.0947347°W / 36.0895849; -79.0947347
Information
Type Public
Established1963(61 years ago) (1963)
School districtOrange County Public Schools
SuperintendentTodd Wirt
CEEB code 341875
PrincipalJason Johnson
Staff90 [1]
Enrollment1,302 (2021-22)
Student to teacher ratio14.47 [2]
Color(s)Orange and black
  
Song Washington and Lee Swing,
performed by the OHS panther regiment marching band
Mascot Panther
Nickname Orange Panther
NewspaperPanther Prowl
Information(919) 732-6133
Website orangecountyfirst.com/ohs

Orange High School is a high school in the northern area of Orange County, North Carolina, United States.

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Students and faculty

Founded in 1963, Orange High School educates over 1000 students [3] in the northern half of Orange County–generally, the northern half of Hillsborough and all of the county north of I-85. It was the district's sole high school until Cedar Ridge High School opened in 2002 and the OCS Online Academy opened in 2021.

Like most high schools, Orange High serves grades 9 through 12 offering academic, co-curricular, career and technical, and extracurricular opportunities.

The faculty for the North Carolina school includes 79 licensed classroom teachers, four school counselors, 15 support & office staff, two associate principals, one principal, and 13 teachers for exceptional children. [4] Nine of the teachers National Board Certified Teachers, [5] and over 50 percent of staff hold master's degrees.

In Spring of 2007, it was announced that Jeff Dishmon would not be returning as principal of Orange High for the 2007–2008 school year, where he would be moved to a Central Office position. Roy Winslow became principal, until January 2010 when it was announced that he would be moving to a school in Granville County. Stephen Scroggs, a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent, was assigned the position of interim principal until a new principal was found. One of the assistant principals, Armond Hankins, was selected for the position, effective July 1, 2010. Hankins was demoted in 2012, and former Gravelly Hill Middle School principal Jason Johnson replaced him.

Athletics

The baseball team finished the 2008 season as 2A state champions, with a record of 27–3. The softball team were 3A state champions in 2017, with a record of 26–3. [6]

The wrestling team has won five dual team wrestling state championships in 2005 (3A), 2008 (2A), 2009 (2A), 2011 (3A), 2012 (3A) and five state tournament team championships in 2008 (1A/2A), 2009 (1A/2A), 2012 (3A), 2013 (3A) and 2017 (3A). [7] [8]

2006 school shooting

On August 30, 2006, former student 18-year-old Alvaro Rafael Castillo murdered his father, Rafael Castillo, and then drove the family minivan to Orange High School, where he set off a cherry bomb and then opened fire with a 9mm Hi-Point 995 Carbine and a sawed-off 12-gauge Mossberg 500 pump-action shotgun. When his carbine jammed he was apprehended by a deputy sheriff assigned to the school and a retired highway patrol officer who taught driver's education. Two students were injured in the attack, but none were killed. [9]

When he was arrested in the school's parking lot, he wore a t-shirt with the phrase, "Remember Columbine". He also made the statement "Columbine, remember Columbine," [10] referring to the attack at Columbine High School in Colorado in 1999. He sent a written letter and videotape to the Chapel Hill News prior to the shooting that made reference to school shootings, and an e-mail to the principal of Columbine High School saying "Dear Principal, In a few hours you will probably hear about a school shooting in North Carolina. I am responsible for it. I remember Columbine. It is time the world remembered it. I am sorry. Goodbye." [11] Castillo entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity. [12] On August 21, 2009, Castillo was found guilty in Orange County Superior Court following a trial that lasted three weeks. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole. [13]

Notable alumni

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  2. ↑ "Orange High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 9, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2021-03-15. Retrieved 2022-07-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ↑ Orange High School website's school profile Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ About OHS Archived 2007-06-30 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ Fast Pitch Champions, Coach/Conf./MVP. NCHSAA. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  7. ↑ Dual Team Wrestling State Championship Results. NCHSAA. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  8. ↑ Individual State Tournament Team Champions. NCHSAA. Retrieved March 4, 2024.
  9. ↑ Karas, Beth (August 21, 2009). "Man obsessed with Columbine convicted of murder". CNN. Retrieved April 4, 2017.
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