Newark High School (Ohio) Explained

Newark High School
Streetaddress:314 Granville Street
City:Newark, Ohio
County:(Licking County)
Zipcode:43055
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.0658°N -82.4189°W
District:Newark City Schools
Superintendent:David L. Lewis[1]
Principal:Tom Bowman
Enrollment:1,424 (2022–23)[2]
Teaching Staff:71.12 (FTE)
Ratio:20.02
Type:Public, coeducational high school
Grades:9-12
Conference:Ohio Capital Conference
Fightsong:Across the Field
Motto:It's a Great Time to be a cat!
Accreditation:North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Rival:Lancaster High School (Ohio), Zanesville High School
Team Name:Wildcats[4]
Colors: Crimson and white
Yearbook:The Reveille
Opened:1961
Free Label3:Athletic Director
Free Text3:Jeffery Quackenbush
Homepage:newarkschools.us

Newark High School is a public high school in Newark, Ohio. It houses a little more than 2,000 students. It is the only high school in the Newark City Schools district.

An additional 150 students attend the Career and Technical Education Center (C-TEC) associated with the school. Newark High School was built in 1959 and opened in 1961. The school underwent a massive construction project beginning in the Summer of 2010 and completed in the Spring of 2013 to convert the school into one building with 6 classroom wings, a student commons, a gymnasium, an auditorium, and the facility in which the entire district's lunches are produced. Newark plays division I athletics in the Ohio Division of the Ohio Capital Conference. Major athletics rivalries are with Lancaster High School and Zanesville High School.

The school's C-TEC satellite program includes a broadcasting department, which enables students to participate in activities such as operating a closed-circuit television station.

The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[5] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[6]

Newark High School's Auditorium

The Lawrence E. Griffin Performing Arts Center was built in 1970. James Swearingen wrote the piece "Proud Spirit" for Lawence E. Griffin and was first performed by the Pride of Newark at the dedication of the auditorium. The NHS auditorium seats 1047 people. The first recording made there was of the NHS Choirs on April 28 and May 1, 1970.

Notable alumni

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Newark High Schools' Superintendent's page. October 23, 2020.
  2. Web site: Newark High School. National Center for Education Statistics. May 31, 2024.
  3. Web site: NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2010-04-02 . NCA-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100315213852/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ . March 15, 2010 .
  4. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory. 2010-04-02. OHSAA. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101104195738/http://cdab.org/members.asp?SCHOOL_ID=1088. 2010-11-04.
  5. Web site: Executive Board Pre-File Application. 2010. OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. August 16, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070617024347/http://ohiojcl.org/prefile.shtml . June 17, 2007.
  6. Web site: OJCL Constitution. 2010. OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. August 16, 2010. ... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL. . https://web.archive.org/web/20020721140258/http://www.ohiojcl.org/resources/constitution.html#c31 . July 21, 2002.
  7. Web site: Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. 2006-12-31. OHSAA. OHSAA.