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Hudson High School (Ohio)
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Hudson High School, part of the Hudson City School District, is a public high school located at 2500 Hudson-Aurora Road in Hudson
, Ohio
, United States
. The school sits on a 72 acres (291,373.9 m²) campus that has been developed to include a variety of athletic fields, such as six tennis court
s, a lighted baseball field
, and a track. The high school football
stadium
is currently located near the old high school (which is now Hudson Middle School
). This stadium is named "Lavelli Field" in honor of alumnus and Pro Football Hall of Fame
member Dante Lavelli
, who played for the Cleveland Browns. A new, privately funded stadium with 6,000 seats will likely soon be built on the high school's current campus replacing the 3000-seat Lavelli Field.
In March 2005, many of Hudson High School's student body staged a walkout to protest the firing of their principal, Roger Howard. The story caught the attention of local television stations, as well as Michael Moore
, who mentioned it on his website.
. The current student population is just under 2000. The academic wing of the high school
was built to accommodate 1600 students in 104 teaching stations, while the core facilities such as the library
, commons, auditorium
, hallways, and offices were designed for a student population of 2200 to 2400. The academic wings are expandable at the east and west ends to increase its capacity to 2400 students. An expansion on the west side of the building was completed in time for the 2006-2007 school year.
Today, a full range of special education programs and educational options for gifted students are available to meet the needs of a wide range of students. Hudson offers numerous courses at the Accelerated level, as well as 19 AP
courses, including an AP Studio Art
class for the 2011-12 school year. HHS also offers several multi-period enrichment classes that include English and Social Studies curricula, including Networking, Contemporary Issues, Service Learning, and New Dimensions. In addition, HHS has technical offerings including basic computer skills, AP Computer Science
, and a web design and programming class. Hudson High School also has a music program that includes five choirs, two orchestras, a full marching band
, three jazz bands, four concert bands, and a percussion ensemble. The high school also publishes a student newspaper, The Explorer.
In 2007 the school was ranked #700 on the Best High Schools in America list by Newsweek
.
The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts (Cuyahoga Falls
, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Munroe Falls
, Tallmadge
and Woodridge
) to share access to each of their vocational training facilities and career resources.
before every home football game.
and the Northeast Ohio Conference
, and offers 25 sports and 58 teams in athletic competition. The school colors are navy blue and white. The sports teams are called the Hudson Explorers, named in honor of Hudsonite Lincoln Ellsworth
. Hudson's rivals include Solon High School
and Stow-Munroe Falls High School
.
(NJCL).
The school's Academic Challenge Team is considered one of the best in the county and the state, having won both their fall and winter league tournaments.
The students in the movie EuroTrip
are portrayed as students from Hudson High School in Hudson, Ohio. Although no part of the movie was filmed in Hudson, the director, Jeff Schaffer, was an '87 graduate of WRA. The party scene in the beginning is also said to have been based on personal events in Hudson.
Hudson, Ohio
Hudson is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States. The population was 22,262 at the 2010 census. It is an affluent exurban community and is part of the Akron, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, Ohio
Ohio
Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The school sits on a 72 acres (291,373.9 m²) campus that has been developed to include a variety of athletic fields, such as six tennis court
Tennis court
A tennis court is where the game of tennis is played. It is a firm rectangular surface with a low net stretched across the center. The same surface can be used to play both doubles and singles.-Dimensions:...
s, a lighted baseball field
Baseball field
A baseball field, also called a ball field or a baseball diamond, is the field upon which the game of baseball is played. The terms "baseball field" and "ball field" are also often used as synonyms for ballpark.-Specifications:...
, and a track. The high school football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
stadium
Stadium
A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...
is currently located near the old high school (which is now Hudson Middle School
Hudson Middle School (Ohio)
Hudson Middle School is a middle school in Hudson, Ohio, serving the Hudson City School District.-Location:Hudson Middle School is located at 77 North Oviatt Street in Hudson, Ohio...
). This stadium is named "Lavelli Field" in honor of alumnus and Pro Football Hall of Fame
Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees...
member Dante Lavelli
Dante Lavelli
Dante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946 to 1956...
, who played for the Cleveland Browns. A new, privately funded stadium with 6,000 seats will likely soon be built on the high school's current campus replacing the 3000-seat Lavelli Field.
Administration
There are four principals at Hudson High School. The head principal is Brian Wilch. The three unit principals are Natalie Wininger, Paul Milcetich, and Tim Thorn. Former head principals include:- Jay Tyree (2005 - 2009)
- Roger Howard (2002–2005)
- Joe Spiccia (1997–2002)
- Robert Hardesty (1988–1997)
- Michael A. "Arch" McDonnell (1973–1987)
- Gerald Reeves (? - 1973)
In March 2005, many of Hudson High School's student body staged a walkout to protest the firing of their principal, Roger Howard. The story caught the attention of local television stations, as well as Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...
, who mentioned it on his website.
Facilities
The current building, opened in August 1992, is designed to grow with the community. It was designed by Lesko Architects of Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
. The current student population is just under 2000. The academic wing of the high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
was built to accommodate 1600 students in 104 teaching stations, while the core facilities such as the library
Library
In a traditional sense, a library is a large collection of books, and can refer to the place in which the collection is housed. Today, the term can refer to any collection, including digital sources, resources, and services...
, commons, auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
, hallways, and offices were designed for a student population of 2200 to 2400. The academic wings are expandable at the east and west ends to increase its capacity to 2400 students. An expansion on the west side of the building was completed in time for the 2006-2007 school year.
Education
The school recognizes 1885 as the year Hudson High School was established, as the first class of students graduated that year.Today, a full range of special education programs and educational options for gifted students are available to meet the needs of a wide range of students. Hudson offers numerous courses at the Accelerated level, as well as 19 AP
Advanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
courses, including an AP Studio Art
AP Studio Art
AP Studio Art is a series of Advanced Placement Courses divided into three different categories: AP Studio Art Drawing, AP Studio Art 2D, and AP Studio Art 3D.-The portfolio:...
class for the 2011-12 school year. HHS also offers several multi-period enrichment classes that include English and Social Studies curricula, including Networking, Contemporary Issues, Service Learning, and New Dimensions. In addition, HHS has technical offerings including basic computer skills, AP Computer Science
AP Computer Science
Advanced Placement Computer Science is the name of two distinct Advanced Placement courses and examinations offered by the College Board to high school students as an opportunity to earn college credit for a college-level computer science course...
, and a web design and programming class. Hudson High School also has a music program that includes five choirs, two orchestras, a full marching band
Marching band
Marching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
, three jazz bands, four concert bands, and a percussion ensemble. The high school also publishes a student newspaper, The Explorer.
In 2007 the school was ranked #700 on the Best High Schools in America list by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
.
The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts (Cuyahoga Falls
Cuyahoga Falls City School District
The Cuyahoga Falls City School District is a public school district located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, United States. The district educates about 5,300 students in kindergarten to grade 12...
, Hudson, Kent, Stow-Munroe Falls
Stow-Munroe Falls City School District
The Stow-Munroe Falls City School District is a public primary and secondary school district with administrative offices in Stow, Ohio. Located in eastern Summit County, the district serves more than 5,500 students—primarily from the cities of Stow and Munroe Falls—but also from neighboring...
, Tallmadge
Tallmadge High School
Tallmadge High School is a public high school in Tallmadge, Ohio, USA. It is the only high school in the Tallmadge City School District.The high school is also part of the Six District Educational Compact, a joint program of six area school districts to share access to each of their vocational...
and Woodridge
Woodridge Local School District
Woodridge Local School District is a public school district in northeast Ohio, covering most of Peninsula and parts of Akron and Cuyahoga Falls...
) to share access to each of their vocational training facilities and career resources.
Alma mater
The marching band sings the school's Alma materAlma mater
Alma mater , pronounced ), was used in ancient Rome as a title for various mother goddesses, especially Ceres or Cybele, and in Christianity for the Virgin Mary.-General term:...
before every home football game.
- Our song of praise to thee we sing,
- Pledging now our loyalty;
- From our hearts our love we bring,
- Hudson High to thee.
- Your welcome is so warm and true,
- As the years pass by;
- Our best for thee we gladly do,
- For thee our Hudson High.
Athletics
Hudson High School is a member of the Ohio High School Athletic AssociationOhio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...
and the Northeast Ohio Conference
Northeast Ohio Conference
The Northeast Ohio Conference is a high school athletics conference, recognized by the Ohio High School Athletic Association , in Northeast Ohio. Eighteen member schools — each located within the Northeast District of the OHSAA — compete in three six-member divisions: Valley, River and...
, and offers 25 sports and 58 teams in athletic competition. The school colors are navy blue and white. The sports teams are called the Hudson Explorers, named in honor of Hudsonite Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth
Lincoln Ellsworth was an arctic explorer from the United States.-Birth:He was born on May 12, 1880 to James Ellsworth and Eva Frances Butler in Chicago, Illinois...
. Hudson's rivals include Solon High School
Solon High School
Solon High School, founded in 1898, is a public high school located in Solon, Ohio, a southeastern suburb of Cleveland in the Northeast Ohio Region, the 14th largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States....
and Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School
Stow-Munroe Falls High School — often referred to as Stow High School — is a public high school located in Stow, Ohio, a suburb of Akron in Northeast Ohio. With an enrollment of nearly 2,000 students and a staff of more than 160, it is the only high school in the Stow-Munroe Falls City School...
.
State championships
- Girls Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
– 1984,1986,1996 - Girls SoccerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
– 2000 - Boys Soccer – 2002
- Boys Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
– 2001 - Girls SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
– 2007 - Boys LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
– 2011
State runners-up
- Boys SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
– 1991 - Girls Soccer – 2000
- Boys LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
– 2000, 2007 - Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
– 2003 - Girls SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
– 2009
The Explorer
The school's newspaper and main forum is known as The Explorer. Formerly the Inkspot, it is printed and distributed six times each year.Clubs and activities
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical LeagueNational Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
(NJCL).
The school's Academic Challenge Team is considered one of the best in the county and the state, having won both their fall and winter league tournaments.
Notable alumni
- John EdwardsJohn Edwards (basketball)John Edwards is an American professional basketball player who is currently playing for the Iowa Energy of the NBDL....
- professional basketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player in the National Basketball AssociationNational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
and NBA Development LeagueNBA Development LeagueThe NBA Development League, or NBA D-League, is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization. Known until summer 2005 as the National Basketball Development League , the NBA D-League started with eight teams in the fall of 2001... - Dante LavelliDante LavelliDante Bert Joseph "Gluefingers" Lavelli was an American football end who played for the Cleveland Browns in the All-America Football Conference and National Football League from 1946 to 1956...
- former professional footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player in the National Football LeagueNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
and member of the Pro Football Hall of FamePro Football Hall of FameThe Pro Football Hall of Fame is the hall of fame of professional football in the United States with an emphasis on the National Football League . It opened in Canton, Ohio, on September 7, 1963, with 17 charter inductees... - Liam LynchLiam Lynch (musician)Liam Lynch is a musician, puppeteer, writer and director. He co-created, co-wrote, played the music for, directed, and produced MTV's Sifl and Olly Show....
- musician - Louie RolkoLouie RolkoLouie Rolko is an American soccer player, currently playing for Pittsburgh Riverhounds in the USL Professional Division.-College and Amateur:...
- professional soccer player in the USL First DivisionUSL First DivisionThe United Soccer Leagues First Division was a professional men's soccer league in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico.... - Bill NagyBill NagyBill Nagy is an American football center and guard for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Cowboys in the 2011 NFL Draft...
- professional football playerAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
for the Dallas CowboysDallas CowboysThe Dallas Cowboys are a professional American football franchise which plays in the Eastern Division of the National Football Conference of the National Football League . They are headquartered in Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, a suburb of Dallas... - Elmer BrandtBuzz ClicBuzz Clic is an American musician and songwriter best known as the lead guitarist for the punk rock band, the Rubber City Rebels.- Early years :...
- better known as Buzz Clic, guitarist for punk rock legends the Rubber City RebelsRubber City RebelsThe Rubber City Rebels are an American protopunk band from Akron, Ohio, that formed in 1976.-Early years:The original line-up of the band consisted of Rod Firestone , Buzz Clic , Donny Damage , Stix Pelton and Pete Sake .In their early years, the Rebels were fans of fellow Greater Cleveland-area...
The students in the movie EuroTrip
EuroTrip
EuroTrip is a 2004 teen comedy film directed by Jeff Schaffer and written by Alec Berg, David Mandel and Schaffer. The main plot follows Scotty "Scott" Thomas from Hudson, Ohio who travels across Europe to search for his German pen pal Mieke , whom he initially mistakes for a man named Mike...
are portrayed as students from Hudson High School in Hudson, Ohio. Although no part of the movie was filmed in Hudson, the director, Jeff Schaffer, was an '87 graduate of WRA. The party scene in the beginning is also said to have been based on personal events in Hudson.