Norwood High School is a high school in Norwood, Ohio which has been rated Excellent by the Ohio Department of Education. It is the only high school in the Norwood City School District. The Drake Planetarium, located in the high school, is named after astronomer and astrophysicist Frank Drake and is linked to NASA. Norwood High School owns the 1936 state title for baseball. The interior of old Norwood High School, now Norwood Junior High School, was used to film several scenes appearing in the 1989 film An Innocent Man, starring Tom Selleck.
| Norwood High School | |
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| Address | |
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2020 Sherman Avenue , , 45212 U.S.≈ | |
| Coordinates | 39°9′41″N 84°27′34″W / 39.16139°N 84.45944°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Motto | We Are Norwood |
| School district | Norwood City Schools |
| Superintendent | Kathy Sabo[1] |
| Principal | Tina Acres[2] |
| Teaching staff | 31.08 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 456 (2022–2023)[3] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.67[3] |
| Color(s) | Navy and scarlet [4] |
| Athletics conference | Miami Valley Conference[4] |
| Nickname | NHS |
| Team name | The Indians/Lady Indians[4] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[5] |
| Website | www.norwoodschools.org |
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
edit- Baseball - 1936 [6][7]
- Boys Wrestling - Wyatt Hinton (2024, Individual)
- Cross country - Chad Kincaid (1995, individual)
- Track and field - Mike Marksbury (1973, shot put), Chad Kincaid (1996, 3200 meters)
Other awards
- American football - Marc Edwards (1992 Ohio Mr. Football)
Notable alumni
edit- Robert Bales, former Army soldier who murdered 16 Afghan civilians, in what is known as the Kandahar massacre
- Carl Bouldin, baseball player
- Marc Edwards, American football player
- Vera-Ellen, actress
- Jim Luken, labor union leader, Ohio State Representative, and Mayor of Cincinnati[8]
- Diane Pfister, artist
- Brian Pillman, professional wrestler
- Joseph Ralston, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and Supreme Allied Commander of NATO
References
edit- ^ "SUPERINTENDENT MESSAGE". Norwood City School District. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ "Norwood High School New Principal". Norwood City School District. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "Norwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ a b c "NORWOOD". Member School Directory and Athletic Schedules. OHSAA. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-03-16.
- ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball". Archived from the original on 2007-03-08. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ "Jim Luken Dies, Former Mayor, Labor Leader". The Cincinnati Enquirer. July 12, 1979. p. A-1 – via Newspapers.com.