Newark High School (Ohio)

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.

Newark High School
Address
314 Granville Street

Newark
,
(Licking County)
,
Ohio
43055

United States
Coordinates40°3′57″N 82°25′8″W
Information
TypePublic, Coeducational high school
MottoIt's a Great Time to be a cat!
Opened1961
School districtNewark City Schools
SuperintendentDavid L. Lewis[1]
PrincipalTom Bowman[2]
Teaching staff70.95 (FTE)[3]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,493 (2018–19)[3]
Student to teacher ratio21.04[3]
Color(s)Crimson and White [2]   
Fight songAcross the Field
Athletics conferenceOhio Capital Conference[2]
Team nameWildcats[2]
RivalLancaster High School (Ohio) , Zanesville High School
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools [4]
YearbookThe Reveille
Athletic DirectorJeffery Quackenbush[2]
Websitenewarkschools.us

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
Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Notes and references
  1. "Newark High Schools' Superintendent's page". Retrieved October 23, 2020.
  2. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-04. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  3. "Newark High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
  4. NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
  5. "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
  6. "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010. ... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  7. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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