Big Walnut High School is a public high school located in Sunbury

Sunbury, Ohio

Sunbury is a village in Delaware County, Ohio, United States. The population was 4,389 at the 2010 census. The village is centered around a New England-styled traditional town square with the historic village hall located in the center of a village green...

, 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...

. It is the only high school in the Big Walnut Local School District. It was established in 1950. The current building was built in 1991 and has a student population of almost 1,000.

The school's mascot is the Golden Eagle

Golden Eagle

The Golden Eagle is one of the best known birds of prey in the Northern Hemisphere. Like all eagles, it belongs to the family Accipitridae. Once widespread across the Holarctic, it has disappeared from many of the more heavily populated areas...

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School Information

The current building was built in 1991, after the district decided that a new high school was needed. The old high school building, which opened in 1950 when Sunbury, Galena and Harlem Township High Schools merged, is the current middle school, Big Walnut Middle School. The school just completed a multi-million dollar renovation that added extra classrooms and an atrium to the entryway.

Academics

Big Walnut recently earned a second "Excellent" designation from the Ohio Department of Education for outstanding student learning and achievements during the 2006-2007 school year. The school offers over 111 courses and a program of study that includes Advanced Placement or Honors opportunities in American History, American Literature, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English 10, French 4, German 3 and 4, Physics, Physical Science, Spanish 3 and 4, and Government. During the 2006-2007 school year, the school administered AP tests in Calculus AB, English Literature & Composition, and German Language.

Athletics

The Big Walnut Golden Eagles football team participates in the Ohio High School Athletic Association

Ohio 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...

, in Division II and is a member of the Ohio Capital Conference

Ohio Capital Conference

The Ohio Capital Conference is a high school athletic conference located in Central Ohio. A 32 member league, it is known as being one of the largest in the nation...

 (OCC) Capital Division. The Eagles finished the 2007 season with a record-breaking 14-1 season, winning the Division III State Championship with a 17-10 victory over Licking Valley

Licking Valley High School

Licking Valley High School is a public high school in Hanover, Ohio that is overseen by district superintendent David Hile. It is the only high school in the Licking Valley Local School District...

 at Canton Fawcett Stadium

Fawcett Stadium

Fawcett Stadium is a football stadium in Canton, Ohio. The stadium was officially dedicated in 1938. Fawcett Stadium is named for John A. Fawcett. Mr. Fawcett was a former member of the Canton Board of Education and a well-known athlete...

. This marks the first time that any school in Delaware County

Delaware County, Ohio

Delaware County is a fast-growing suburban county in the state of Ohio, United States, within the Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the United States Census Bureau's 2004 population estimates, Delaware County's population of 142,503 made it the fastest growing county in...

 has ever won a state title in football. The school also sponsors basketball, cheerleading, wrestling, softball, soccer, baseball, volleyball, golf, tennis, cross-country and track, all of which compete in the OCC. Their longtime rivals are the Olentangy Braves

Olentangy High School

Olentangy High School is a public comprehensive secondary school located in Lewis Center, Ohio. Operated by the Olentangy Local School District, the school was recently ranked as the 97th best high school in the U.S. by Newsweek...

; however, they have developed rivalries with other area schools including New Albany

New Albany High School (Ohio)

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, Westerville Central

Westerville Central High School (Ohio)

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 and Watkins Memorial

Watkins Memorial High School

Watkins Memorial High School is a public high school near Pataskala, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Southwest Licking School System, which was formed in 1955 by the merger of Etna, Kirkersville, and Pataskala high schools. The school's nickname is the Warriors.The school was named in...

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Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championship Titles

• Boys Golf
  Golf
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   — 2002
• Varsity Football
  American football
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   — 2007

Music

Big Walnut High School is home to the "Pride of Big Walnut" Golden Eagle Bands which consist today of over 130 members. The band is complemented by an award-winning choir program (180 members strong). These groups are the largest of the school’s arts program and consistently qualify for state competitions.

Drama

The band and choir are complemented and joined by Big Walnut High School’s drama and theater program. The club produces and performs two shows a year, a fall/winter play and a spring musical. Past productions include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...

, Les Misérables

Les Misérables (musical)

Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....

, Grease

Grease (musical)

Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...

, Seussical the Musical, A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

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, AIDA

Aida (musical)

Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....

, Bye Bye Birdie, Anything Goes

Anything Goes

Anything Goes is a musical with music and lyrics by Cole Porter. The original book was a collaborative effort by Guy Bolton and P.G. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London...

, and Footloose

Footloose (musical)

Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:...

among others. In addition, the school offers over 20 artistically based courses.