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In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage. |
In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage. |
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==The Day of Snow Incident== |
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January 29, 2007 was a day that shall do down in history as the day when the Orange School District finally had a snow day. This is considered to be the first reported incident of the Orange School System ever closing due to severe weather, and is regarded as a great PR stunt by Orange's superintendant. Although the students' were ecstatic when they first heard news cancellation, there has been some controversy surrounding the superindendant's decision to cancel school, mainly because the snow stopped falling less than an hour school was canceled. This has led some locals to formulate conspiracy theories, and some believe that the superintendant and Mother Nature are working together in secrecy. There has also been some speculation that the duo was responsible for 9/11, but these claims lack hard evidence. |
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==Recognition== |
==Recognition== |
Revision as of 23:53, 29 January 2007
Orange High School is a public high school located in Pepper Pike, Ohio, an eastern suburb in the Greater Cleveland metropolitan area and part of the Northeast Ohio region. Orange High School serves the affluent communities that historically formed Orange Township, which are Hunting Valley, Moreland Hills, Pepper Pike, Orange and Woodmere. OHS is the only high school in the Orange City School District, which also includes Ballard Brady Middle School, and Moreland Hills Elementary School.
History
In 1924, the Orange Schools were consolidated from the individually operated Orange Township public schools. That year, the Stoneman family donated the first 10 acres of property to ultimately compile a 172-acre school district campus and the first Orange Schools building was opened on the current site of the high school. This facility was expanded numerous times to accommodate the growth of the five cities formerly comprising Orange Township.
Pepper Pike Elementary School was opened in 1954 and expanded in 1956. Moreland Hills Elementary School was opened in 1958 to expand the capacity for elementary education and further free up space in the original school building for grades 6-12. In 1963, Ballard Brady Middle School, named in honor of the superintendent (1951-1967), was opened to house grades 6-8.
In 1973, the current Orange High School's contemporary structure was expanded upon, built around and opened on the site of the original school building.
In 1984, due to fluctuations in student class sizes Pepper Pike Elementary School was closed and reopened as the center for Orange Community Education and Recreation (OCER). However, in 1988 the school reopened to serve grades 3 and 4.
In 2001, both Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike Elementary Schools closed as the new Moreland Hills Elementary School opened to serve pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Pepper Pike School reopened as the Pepper Pike Learning Center. It houses OCER, community pre-school, board meetings and other school and community functions. The old Moreland Hills School was renovated into a facility for maintenance, shipping/receiving, computer repair and storage.
The Day of Snow Incident
January 29, 2007 was a day that shall do down in history as the day when the Orange School District finally had a snow day. This is considered to be the first reported incident of the Orange School System ever closing due to severe weather, and is regarded as a great PR stunt by Orange's superintendant. Although the students' were ecstatic when they first heard news cancellation, there has been some controversy surrounding the superindendant's decision to cancel school, mainly because the snow stopped falling less than an hour school was canceled. This has led some locals to formulate conspiracy theories, and some believe that the superintendant and Mother Nature are working together in secrecy. There has also been some speculation that the duo was responsible for 9/11, but these claims lack hard evidence.
Recognition
In 2002, Brady Middle School was named a National School of Excellence for 2001-2002 by the U.S. Department of Education. In 2003, Moreland Hills Elementary School was named an Ohio Association of Elementary School Administrators Hall of Fame School. In 2003, Orange High School received the Ohio Association of Excellence Award Tier One Recognition. In 2004, the Orange City School District was named a National School Board Association Technology and Learning Salute District.
For many decades, Orange High School has continuously ranked as one of the best public high schools in the state of Ohio and the U.S. According to Newsweek's 2006 survey, OHS ranked 146th in the U.S., 3rd in Greater Cleveland (behind neighboring high schools Chagrin Falls and Solon) and 6th in Ohio. It also consistently produces some of the highest scores in Advanced Placement Testing. It annually achieves a rate in the upper ninety percentage range of its graduates attending four-year universities. The Orange Lion is the mascot of the school's athletic programs. Orange is also known for its Model UN team, which is considered one of the best in the nation. Unfortionately, many complete idiots, including two examples with IQs of lower than 85, have joined this noble institution seemingly intent on going on the infamous trip to Montreal, a city built on marijuana and the despair of General Montesqieu, who led the French during the final battle of the French-Indian War. After recent troubles with funding that caused rioting masses to cry, "Why does our school get more ghetto every year?", Model UN has found comfort in the generous contributions of Dalad Group, a local real estate developer.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys Track and Field – 1944
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Notable Alumni
- James A. Garfield, 20th U.S. President attended a predecessor school in Orange Township
- George Stephanopoulos, host of ABC's This Week, senior political adviser, press secretary and communications director for 42nd U.S. President Bill Clinton