Ottawa_Hills_High_School_(Ohio)

Ottawa Hills High School (Ohio)

Ottawa Hills High School (Ohio)

Public high school in Toledo, Ohio, United States


Ottawa Hills High School is a public high school in the village of Ottawa Hills, Ohio, United States, just west of Toledo. It is the only high school in the Ottawa Hills Local Schools district. The school's mascot is the Green Bears.

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Appearance

The high school is attached to Ottawa Hills Junior High, and as a whole the building is commonly referred to as Ottawa Hills Junior/Senior High School or OHJHS by the villagers. Just outside is a flagpole built by Alumni of OHHS. The Liberty Memorial was added to the area around the flagpole with donations from community members and alumni. The Liberty Memorial was designed by Ottawa Hills resident and architect Todd Kime.[3]

Students

The school frequently consists of between 300 and 400 high school students. Known for academics, students at Ottawa Hills excel with a college preparatory curriculum. In 2015, Newsweek ranked Ottawa Hills High School number #1 in Ohio and #45 in the nation.[4][5][citation needed][6][7][8][9]

Athletics

The Green Bears have won multiple state titles. Most recently, the boys' golf team won the 2013 Division III State Championship. Boys' basketball made it to the state final four for the first time in school history in March 2010, losing to Newark Catholic 48–36 in the state semifinals. In 2008 the Boys' soccer team defeated Worthington Christian 1–0, becoming the first school from Northwest Ohio to win a state soccer title.

  • The football team is tied for the most consecutive victories by a Northwest Ohio team with a 23-game winning streak from 1972 to 1974 (two undefeated seasons). Coach Norm Niedermeier was the football head coach for 40 years from 1957 to 1996, with 4 undefeated teams.
  • The boys' tennis team qualified for states for the first time in school history in 2016. The Green Bears defeated Lexington High School 3-0 after having a 9-year losing streak to them in the Regional Finals.
  • The women's dance team received second in state for POM division and fourth in state in Jazz division in 2017.[10]
  • In the year of 2018 the soccer and lacrosse team were state runners-up. The baseball team and tennis team also went to the regional finals. The football team won their conference.
  • The tennis team advanced to the state finals in 2019.

Notable alumni


References

  1. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  2. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  3. Inc., SchoolPointe. "LibMem_History - Ottawa Hills Local School District". www.ohschools.k12.oh.us. Retrieved 2018-02-01. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. "Ottawa Hills ranked top Ohio high school". The Blade. 2015-08-20. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  5. "US News Ranking". Archived from the original on 2015-12-23.
  6. "Ottawa Hills High gets gold medal ranking". The Blade. 2017-04-28. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. "2018 Ottawa Hills High School Rankings". Niche. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  8. Inc., SchoolPointe. "Ottawa Hills' "Straight A" District Report Card Stands Alone for Third Year in a Row". Retrieved 2018-02-01. {{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  9. "OASSA State Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-06-15.
  10. Dagan, Carmel (June 15, 2015). "John Colenback, Actor on 'As the World Turns,' Dies at 79". Variety. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  11. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-04-06. Retrieved 2019-04-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. "The Official Site for Jamie O'Hara". jamieoharamusic.com. Retrieved 2018-02-01.

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