Garaway High School
Encyclopedia
Garaway Local School District is an Ohio consolidated public school district serving the towns of Sugarcreek
, Baltic
, Ragersville, Dundee
, Fiat and Barrs Mills. Garaway is a member of the Inter-Valley Conference (IVC) along with Hiland, Malvern, Newcomerstown, Ridgewood, Sandy Valley, Strasburg and Tuscarawas Central Catholic. Their mascot is the Pirates.
) which houses grades 7-12, and four elementary schools located in Sugarcreek (Miller Avenue), Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee. The district is bordered by Fairless and Strasburg to the north, Dover and New Philadelphia to the east, Ridgewood to the south, River View and East Holmes to the west. In the 2008-2009 Ohio Department of Education School Report Card, the district was designated Excellent meeting 29 of the 30 academic requirements.
In 1990 the high school added a new gymnasium, locker rooms and several classrooms.
Prior to 1991 grades 6-8 were held in the Baltic Elementary building. Today, grades 7-8 are held jointly in the high school building and grade 6 was re-incorporated into each of the four elementary schools.
Sugarcreek, Ohio
Sugarcreek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2000 census. It is known as "The Little Switzerland of Ohio."-History:...
, Baltic
Baltic, Ohio
Baltic is a village in Coshocton, Holmes, and Tuscarawas counties in the U.S. state of Ohio. The population was 743 at the 2000 census. The Raber's Almanac for the Amish community is published here.-Geography:Baltic is located at ....
, Ragersville, Dundee
Dundee, Ohio
Dundee is a census-designated place in central Wayne Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 44624. It lies at the intersection of State Routes 93 and 516.-References:...
, Fiat and Barrs Mills. Garaway is a member of the Inter-Valley Conference (IVC) along with Hiland, Malvern, Newcomerstown, Ridgewood, Sandy Valley, Strasburg and Tuscarawas Central Catholic. Their mascot is the Pirates.
The District
The district occupies five buildings: one junior high/high school (located in SugarcreekSugarcreek, Ohio
Sugarcreek is a village in Tuscarawas County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,174 at the 2000 census. It is known as "The Little Switzerland of Ohio."-History:...
) which houses grades 7-12, and four elementary schools located in Sugarcreek (Miller Avenue), Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee. The district is bordered by Fairless and Strasburg to the north, Dover and New Philadelphia to the east, Ridgewood to the south, River View and East Holmes to the west. In the 2008-2009 Ohio Department of Education School Report Card, the district was designated Excellent meeting 29 of the 30 academic requirements.
District History
In 1960, Sugarcreek, Shanesville, Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee consolidated to create the Garaway Local School District. The merge was a part of the state's plan to combine small school districts. The name of the district was created by combining parts of the names of each district township (Sugar, Auburn and Wayne).In 1990 the high school added a new gymnasium, locker rooms and several classrooms.
Prior to 1991 grades 6-8 were held in the Baltic Elementary building. Today, grades 7-8 are held jointly in the high school building and grade 6 was re-incorporated into each of the four elementary schools.
District Administration
- District Superindendent - Darryl Jones
- High School Principal/Junior High Principal - Teresa Alberts
- Miller Ave Elementary Principal (Sugarcreek) - Larry Compton
- Baltic Elementary Principal - Casey Travis
- Ragersville Elementary Principal - Casey Travis
- Dundee Elementary Principal - Larry Compton
Board of Education Members
- Tammy Fanning
- Rick Brinkman
- Celeste Honigford
- Dick Marshall
- Greg Brown
Notable alumni
- Immel, Tyler (2003) - Eagle Scout. Collegiate cross country and track, NAIA Academic All-American. Financial Systems Informatics Analyst, Aultman Hospitals.
- Schumaker, Robert P. (1992) - Assistant Professor of Information Systems. Creator of the AZFinTextAZFinTextArizona Financial Text System is a quantitative textual financial prediction system written by Robert P. Schumaker of Cleveland State University and Hsinchun Chen of the University of Arizona. This system differs from other quants because it uses financial text as one of its key means of...
textual financial prediction system.