Beaver Local High School

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Beaver Local High School
Address
Beaver Local High School
46090 Bell School Road

,
43920

United States
Coordinates 40°42′42″N80°37′48″W / 40.71167°N 80.63000°W / 40.71167; -80.63000
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Established1956
School district Beaver Local School District
SuperintendentEric Lowe
CEEB code 362988
PrincipalAaron Walker
Teaching staff28.00 (FTE) [1]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment499 [1]  (2019-20)
Student to teacher ratio17.82 [1]
Campus typeFringe Rural [2]
Color(s) Red and White [3]   
Fight song Wave for the Red and White
Athletics conference Buckeye 8 Athletic League
Ohio Valley Athletic Conference [3]
Team nameBeavers [3]
Rival East Liverpool Potters
YearbookL'année
Website www.beaver.k12.oh.us

Beaver Local High School is a public high school near East Liverpool, Ohio, United States. It is the only secondary school in the Beaver Local School District, and serves the communities of Calcutta, Lake Tomahawk, and Rogers in southeastern Columbiana County, as well as parts of surrounding Elkrun, Madison, Middleton, and St. Clair townships. Athletic teams compete as the Beaver Local Beavers in the Ohio High School Athletic Association as a member of the Buckeye 8 Athletic League as well as the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference.

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History

On November 19, 1934, the Columbiana County Board of Education passed a resolution establishing the Beaver Local Rural School District. The district was a consolidation of seven existing rural school districts at that time. The district was named after the Little Beaver Creek, which runs through most of the district. Later, the name was changed to the Beaver Local School District. [4]

The high school was established in 1956, and constructed on ground in the middle of the district, in Madison Township. It opened to about 400 students from both district grade schools as well as the nearby high schools of David Anderson, East Liverpool, and East Palestine. The school colors of red and white were chosen by the Board of Education. The first class graduated in 1959 with 70 students. [5]

In 2015, a new K–12 campus was constructed next to the former middle school site, moving the school just over the border into St. Clair Township.

Academics

According to the National Center for Education Statistics, in 2019, the school reported an enrollment of 499 pupils in grades 9th through 12th, with 496 pupils eligible for a federal free or reduced-price lunch. The school employed 28.00 teachers, yielding a student–teacher ratio of 17.82. [1]

Beaver Local High School offers courses in the traditional American curriculum. Most course sequences are either on an Advanced Placement track, postsecondary oriented track, or career oriented track. Advanced Placement courses are available in calculus AB, English literature, English language, U.S. government, and U.S. history. [6] The high school offers a dual enrollment program where high school students take courses at or through local higher education institutions, to earn college credits while they remain enrolled at the high school. Partnerships are offered with Eastern Gateway Community College, Kent State University at East Liverpool, and Youngstown State University, with courses at the high school available in English, technology, and business, and select courses at the university campuses also eligible. [6]

Entering their third and fourth years, students can elect to attend the Columbiana County Career and Technical Center in Lisbon as either a part time student, taking core courses at BLHS, while taking career or technical education at the career center, or as a full time student instead. Students may choose to take training in automotives, construction technology, cosmetology, culinary arts, health sciences, information technology, multimedia, landscape & environmental design, precision machining, veterinary science, and welding. [7]

A student must earn 28 credits to graduate, including: 4 credits in a mathematics sequence, 3 credits in science, including life and physical science, 4 credits in English, 3 credits in a social studies sequence, 1 credit in fine art, 1 credit in health and physical education, 1 credit in personal finance, and 4.5 elective credits. [8] Elective courses can be in English, science, social studies, foreign language, technology and business, family and consumer science, and fine art. Students attending the career center follow the same basic requirements, but have requirements in career & technical education rather than fine arts. All students must pass Ohio state exams in English I & II, Algebra I, Geometry, Biology, American History, and American Government, or the like. [6]

Athletics

Beaver Local High School has been a member of the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference since 1991, and the related Buckeye 8 Athletic League since 2013. They were also part of the Buckeye Border Conference (1961–1974), Tri-County League (1974-1976), River Valley Conference (1990-1999), and All-American Conference (2008–2013). The high school fields sports teams in baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country running, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and wrestling.

OVAC Conference Championships

Buckeye 8 Conference Championships

Athletic facilities

The Mangano Athletic Complex is the primary facility for weightlifting and training for all sports. Pastore Field at Fighting Beaver Stadium, just south of the high school, is used for football and soccer games; football program alumni and NFL player Derek Wolfe donated funding for upgrades to the stadium, including artificial turf. [9] A gymnasium inside the school is used for basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. In addition, there are baseball, softball, and soccer fields, tennis courts, and a track on campus. Off-campus facilities include the YMCA for swimming, Tri-State Lanes for bowling, Beaver Creek Meadows Golf Course for boys golf, and Turkana Golf Course for girls golf.

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Beaver Local High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  2. U.S. News & World Report. "Beaver Local High School" . Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  3. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 3, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  4. Beaver Local Schools. "Beaver Local Schools District Information". Archived from the original on April 29, 2007. Retrieved August 1, 2013.
  5. Sue A. Nulf Strobel. "The History of Beaver Local High School" . Retrieved August 27, 2020.
  6. 1 2 3 "School Counselor Information". Beaver Local Schools. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  7. "High School Career and Technical Programs". Columbiana County Career and Technical Center. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  8. "Ohio's Graduation Requirements". Ohio Department of Education. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
  9. Brown, Brandon (January 7, 2020). "NFL player makes one million dollar donation to Beaver Local Schools". WFMJ . Retrieved September 26, 2023.

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