Jonathan Alder High School is an NCA

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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 accredited public high school

High school

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 located in Plain City, Ohio

Plain City, Ohio

Plain City is a village on the west banks of Big Darby Creek, in the northern part of Darby Township, Madison County and the southern part of Jerome Township, Union County in the U.S. state of Ohio...

. It is the only high school in the Jonathan Alder Local School District. The school, as well as the district, are named after Jonathan Alder

Jonathan Alder

Jonathan Alder was an American pioneer, and the first white settler in Madison County, Ohio. As a young child living in Virginia, Alder was kidnapped by Shawnee Indians, and later adopted by a Mingo chief in the Ohio Country...

, the first white settler

Settler

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 in Madison County

Madison County, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 40,213 people, 13,672 households, and 10,035 families residing in the county. The population density was 86 people per square mile . There were 14,399 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile...

.

The current building was first occupied in the 2005-2006 school year. The original Jonathan Alder High School was built at 6440 Kilbury-Huber Rd., and was turned into a Junior High School when the new building was built.

Athletics

• Baseball
  Baseball
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   - 1998 State Champions , 2010 State Champions
• Girls Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball 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...
  
   – 2006 State Champions
• Football
  American football
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   - 2006 State Runner-up

Notable alumni

• Donnie Nickey
  Donnie Nickey
  Donnie Orvin Nickey is an American football safety for the Tennessee Titans of the National Football League. He was originally drafted by the Titans in the fifth round of the 2003 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State....
  
  , NFL
  National Football League
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   player
• Arnett Howard
  Arnett Howard
  Arnett Howard is an African American jazz musician, journalist, teacher, author, historian, and official ambassador for Columbus, Ohio.-Life:...
  
  , Trumpet
  Trumpet
  The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
  
  Player
• Lt Gen Charles E. Stenner, Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga.