Maple Heights High School
Encyclopedia
Maple Heights High School is a public high school
located in Maple Heights, Ohio
, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio
. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in Popular culture studies
, created in 1975. It also offered a broadcast journalism
class, Television Journalism, which produced a long-running Public-access television
cable TV program entitled Maple Schools Today, which ran on several Cleveland Ohio cable outlets from 1984 through 2002.
, which helped lead to more freedom and latitude for newspaper writers to express opinion without fear of litigation. The team nickname is the Mustangs.
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....
located in Maple Heights, Ohio
Maple Heights, Ohio
As of the census of 2000, there were 26,156 people, 10,489 households, and 6,964 families residing in the city. The population density was 5,039.1 people per square mile . There were 10,935 housing units at an average density of 2,106.7 per square mile...
, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, 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...
. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in Popular culture studies
Popular culture studies
Popular culture studies is the academic discipline studying popular culture from a critical theory perspective. It is generally considered as a combination of communication studies and cultural studies....
, created in 1975. It also offered a broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters. Broadcast methods include radio , television , and, especially recently, the Internet generally...
class, Television Journalism, which produced a long-running Public-access television
Public-access television
Public-access television is a form of non-commercial mass media where ordinary people can create content television programming which is cablecast through cable TV specialty channels...
cable TV program entitled Maple Schools Today, which ran on several Cleveland Ohio cable outlets from 1984 through 2002.
Athletics
Maple Heights High School athletic teams are best known for their amazing wrestling teams of the 50's, 60's, and 70's. They won 10 state championships in a 19 year period from 1956-1974. They were led by legendary coach Mike Milkovich. Milkovich played a role in an infamous U.S. Supreme Court case, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co.
Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., 497 U.S. 1 , was a United States Supreme Court case that rejected the argument that a separate opinion privilege existed against libel. It was seen by legal commentators as the end of an era that began with New York Times Co. v. Sullivan and continued with Gertz v...
, which helped lead to more freedom and latitude for newspaper writers to express opinion without fear of litigation. The team nickname is the Mustangs.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- 1956,1957,1962,1963,1966,1967,1968,1969,1971,1974 - Football - 2010