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Oak Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Oak Hills High School is a four-year public secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Cincinnati, 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...
. Oak Hills often is referred to as "OHHS" by its students and faculty. It is run by the Oak Hills Local School District.
With approximately 2,800 students enrolled annually, Oak Hills is the largest of the ten public high schools within the Greater Miami Conference.
Academics
For the past 10 years, Oak Hills has qualified for the Ohio Department of Education's Excellent with Distinction rating, the highest rating possible. This is based on average attendance, grades, graduation rates, and scores on the Ohio Graduation TestOhio Graduation Test
The Ohio Graduation Test is the high school graduation examination given to sophomores in the U.S. state of Ohio. Students must pass all five sections in order to graduate. Students have multiple chances to pass these sections and can still graduate without passing each using the alternative...
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Oak Hills is known for having very high graduation rates. The Ohio Department of Education cites Oak Hills as having the highest graduation rate among large high schools in the state at 99.1%.
Oak Hills offers numerous courses with varying levels of difficulty. Students can take remedial level, college preparatory, or Advanced Placement classes in several subjects.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
– 1980 - Boys BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
- 2010 Sixth Place in State Tournament - Girls Swimming and Diving – 1982
Girls cross country 2008 state qualifiers
Notable Alumni and Faculty
- Adam Gregory - Actor http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2791615/
- Denise Alex - reporter/anchor for the Ohio News Network
- Bob Evans - CEO of Churchill Downs, Inc.Churchill DownsChurchill Downs, located in Central Avenue in south Louisville, Kentucky, United States, is a Thoroughbred racetrack most famous for hosting the Kentucky Derby annually. It officially opened in 1875, and held the first Kentucky Derby and the first Kentucky Oaks in the same year. Churchill Downs...
, home of the Kentucky DerbyKentucky DerbyThe Kentucky Derby is a Grade I stakes race for three-year-old Thoroughbred horses, held annually in Louisville, Kentucky, United States on the first Saturday in May, capping the two-week-long Kentucky Derby Festival. The race is one and a quarter mile at Churchill Downs. Colts and geldings carry... - Susan FloydSusan FloydSusan Floyd is an American actress who has appeared in multiple episodes of Law & Order, as well as numerous other television series. She has also had featured roles in several motion pictures, including Domestic Disturbance and Forgiven, and starred opposite Al Pacino and Jerry Orbach in Chinese...
- Actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0283299/ - Amy Russ - Actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0750885/
- Rich "ACE" FranklinRich FranklinRich Jay Franklin II is an American mixed martial artist and former Ultimate Fighting Championship middleweight champion.-Background:...
- professional mixed martial artsMixed martial artsMixed Martial Arts is a full contact combat sport that allows the use of both striking and grappling techniques, both standing and on the ground, including boxing, wrestling, Brazilian jiu-jitsu, muay Thai, kickboxing, karate, judo and other styles. The roots of modern mixed martial arts can be...
fighter and former UFC Middleweight champion; former math teacher at Oak Hills - Tom Zehnder - Professional football player (long snapper Buffalo BillsBuffalo BillsThe Buffalo Bills are a professional football team based in Buffalo, New York. They are currently members of the East Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
) - Scott KlingenbeckScott KlingenbeckScott Klingenbeck was a Major League Baseball pitcher. Klingenbeck graduated from Oak Hills High School in 1989, and then attended Ohio State University. He played in the MLB for a total of 4 years, with the Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins, and Cincinnati Reds.-External links:* provided by...
- Former MLBMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for the Cincinnati RedsCincinnati RedsThe Cincinnati Reds are a Major League Baseball team based in Cincinnati, Ohio. They are members of the National League Central Division. The club was established in 1882 as a charter member of the American Association and joined the National League in 1890.... - Yoshi Oyakawa - 1952 Olympic gold medalist in the 100m Backstroke.
- Jenny RobertsonJenny RobertsonJenny Robertson is an American actress who has appeared in Heart of Dixie, Bull Durham, Rude Awakening, A Little Piece of Heaven, Reno 911! and Notorious . She is married to actor Thomas Lennon. She is sometimes credited as Jenny Lennon.-External links:...
- Actress http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0731898/ - Kim Rhodenbaugh - US Olympic Team, 1984 (swimming). Kim also appeared on a Wheaties box in 1989 as party of the product's "Search for Champions II" promotion
- Pete Rose Jr.Pete Rose Jr.Peter Edward "PJ" Rose Jr. is a former professional baseball player. The son of Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose, Pete Jr. has played in the minor leagues most of his career except for a brief stint in for the Cincinnati Reds. He was released Sept...
- Son of Pete RosePete RosePeter Edward Rose , nicknamed "Charlie Hustle", is a former Major League Baseball player and manager. Rose played from 1963 to 1986, and managed from 1984 to 1989....
(not an alumnus). - Judge Alex TriantafilouAlex TriantafilouAlex M. Triantafilou is the Chairman of the Hamilton County Republican Party in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States and of counsel at the Cincinnati law firm of Dinsmore and Shohl. He previously served as a Judge on the Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas in Cincinnati.Triantafilou was born and...
- Hamilton CountyHamilton County, OhioAs of 2000, there were 845,303 people, 346,790 households, and 212,582 families residing in the county. The population density was 2,075 people per square mile . There were 373,393 housing units at an average density of 917 per square mile...
Court of Common Pleas, Chairman Hamilton County Republican Party - Bill WegmanBill WegmanWilliam Edward Wegman was a Major League Baseball pitcher.After graduating from Oak Hills High School, Wegman was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 5th round of the 1981 amateur draft, where he played throughout his entire eleven-year career, ending October 1, 1995...
- former MLBMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
pitcher for the Milwaukee BrewersMilwaukee BrewersThe Milwaukee Brewers are a professional baseball team based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, currently playing in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's National League... - Brett WetterichBrett WetterichBrett Milton Wetterich is an American professional golfer.Wetterich was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. He attended Oak Hills High School and Wallace State Community College...
- PGA TourPGA TourThe PGA Tour is the organizer of the main men's professional golf tours in the United States and North America...
golfer, winner EDS Byron Nelson ChampionshipEDS Byron Nelson ChampionshipThe HP Byron Nelson Championship is a golf tournament on the PGA Tour. The tournament is held in late April / early May at the Four Seasons Resort and Club Dallas at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, USA...
(2006) - Anna-Lisa Flinchbaugh - known mostly for appearances in several television ads and for her role on MTVMTVMTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....
's Taking The StageTaking the StageTaking the Stage is a musical reality show set at the School for Creative and Performing Arts in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is produced by Nick Lachey, a SCPA alumnnus, for MTV. The first season chronicled the lives of five high school students and their friends as they train for careers in the arts...