Orange High School (North Carolina)
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Orange High School is a high school
in the northern area of Orange County, North Carolina
.
Orange High is one of two high schools in the Orange County Schools, the other being Cedar Ridge High School
. Like most high schools, Orange High serves grades 9 through 12 offering academic, co-curricular, career and technical, and extracurricular opportunities. In fact, the student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1.
The faculty for the North Carolina school includes 61 licensed classroom teachers, four school counselors, one career development coordinator, one media specialist, one instructional technology resource teacher, two associate principals, one principal, one AIG Resource Teacher, one social worker, one school psychologist, and one school nurse. Nine of the teachers National Board Certified Teachers http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/OHS/about.html, and 32 (over 50 percent) hold master degrees.
In Spring of 2007, it was announced that Jeff Dishmon would not be returning as principal of Orange High for the 2007-2008 school year, where he would be moved to a Central Office position. Roy Winslow became principal, until January of 2010 when it was announced that he would be moving to a school in Granville County. Stephen Scroggs, a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent, was assigned the position of interim principal until a new principal was found. One of the assistant principals, Armond Hankins, was selected for the position, effective July 1, 2010.
team has made it to 2A state championships with both girls and boys for the first time ever. In 2010, the Cross Country team also got fifth in the 3a state championships for boys and tenth for girls.
The Men's Tennis Team in 2006 got to the 2A State Dual team playoffs and made it to the second round. This was further than ever before in Panthers history.
In 2005 the wrestling team won the 3A state title. Orange pulled off back to back state championships in winning both the Dual Meet and Individual titles in 2008 as well as in 2009. In 2008, senior, Nick Walters, won the state 145 weight division state championship. Coach Bobby Shriner earned his 400th career win as Orange defeated Newton-Conover in the final round of the 2009 state duals. Orange had three individual state champions in 2009. Chris Johnson, James Norman and Remington Jarrett earned state titles at the 125, 130 and 145 pound weight classes, respectively. Visit the Orange Wrestling website at http://www.ohswrestling.com
The baseball team finished the 2008 season as state champions with a record of 27-3.
The school's new athletic director is Earnie Price, former C.W. Stanford middle school athletic director.
s, and then proceeded with gunfire towards the school. He shot out part of a window in the hallway in front of the cafeteria. A girl was injured by a bullet grazing her and a young man was injured by flying glass.
At this time students with the second lunch period were eating out on the outdoor patio, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. All of the students were quickly rushed inside and the school was locked down for 4 to 5 hours, along with the rest of the Orange County District Schools. A bomb squad was then called in to search the campus because of pipe bomb
s found in the man's van. Local news helicopters hovered over the school to get the breaking news.
Later that day it was discovered that Castillo had killed his father to "put him out of his misery." He also made the statement "Columbine, remember Columbine," referring to the Columbine High School massacre
, while entering a patrol car. He also sent a written letter and videotape to the Chapel Hill News prior to the shooting, acknowledging the murder of his father and the subsequent attack that followed.
On August 21, 2009, Alvaro Castillo was found guilty in Orange County Superior Court following a trial that lasted three weeks. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
list of all faculty at Orange
http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/OHS/faculty.html
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....
in the northern area of Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County, North Carolina
Orange County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2010 census, the population was 133,801. Its county seat is Hillsborough...
.
Students and Faculty
Founded in 1963, Orange County High School educates 1009 students from the area around Hillsborough, NC.Orange High is one of two high schools in the Orange County Schools, the other being Cedar Ridge High School
Cedar Ridge High School
Cedar Ridge High School is a school in Hillsborough, North Carolina. It was officially opened in 2002, and at the time only served students in grades nine through eleven...
. Like most high schools, Orange High serves grades 9 through 12 offering academic, co-curricular, career and technical, and extracurricular opportunities. In fact, the student-teacher ratio is 16.5:1.
The faculty for the North Carolina school includes 61 licensed classroom teachers, four school counselors, one career development coordinator, one media specialist, one instructional technology resource teacher, two associate principals, one principal, one AIG Resource Teacher, one social worker, one school psychologist, and one school nurse. Nine of the teachers National Board Certified Teachers http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/OHS/about.html, and 32 (over 50 percent) hold master degrees.
In Spring of 2007, it was announced that Jeff Dishmon would not be returning as principal of Orange High for the 2007-2008 school year, where he would be moved to a Central Office position. Roy Winslow became principal, until January of 2010 when it was announced that he would be moving to a school in Granville County. Stephen Scroggs, a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent, was assigned the position of interim principal until a new principal was found. One of the assistant principals, Armond Hankins, was selected for the position, effective July 1, 2010.
Athletics
The Cross CountryCross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
team has made it to 2A state championships with both girls and boys for the first time ever. In 2010, the Cross Country team also got fifth in the 3a state championships for boys and tenth for girls.
The Men's Tennis Team in 2006 got to the 2A State Dual team playoffs and made it to the second round. This was further than ever before in Panthers history.
In 2005 the wrestling team won the 3A state title. Orange pulled off back to back state championships in winning both the Dual Meet and Individual titles in 2008 as well as in 2009. In 2008, senior, Nick Walters, won the state 145 weight division state championship. Coach Bobby Shriner earned his 400th career win as Orange defeated Newton-Conover in the final round of the 2009 state duals. Orange had three individual state champions in 2009. Chris Johnson, James Norman and Remington Jarrett earned state titles at the 125, 130 and 145 pound weight classes, respectively. Visit the Orange Wrestling website at http://www.ohswrestling.com
The baseball team finished the 2008 season as state champions with a record of 27-3.
The school's new athletic director is Earnie Price, former C.W. Stanford middle school athletic director.
2006 school shooting
On August 30, 2006, former student 18-year-old Alvaro Rafael Castillo blew past the security shack at the entrance to the student parking lot, stepped out of his van, set off 3 smoke bombSmoke bomb
A smoke bomb is a firework designed to produce smoke upon ignition. Smoke bombs are useful to military units, airsoft games, paintball games, self defense and pranks...
s, and then proceeded with gunfire towards the school. He shot out part of a window in the hallway in front of the cafeteria. A girl was injured by a bullet grazing her and a young man was injured by flying glass.
At this time students with the second lunch period were eating out on the outdoor patio, according to the Orange County Sheriff's Department. All of the students were quickly rushed inside and the school was locked down for 4 to 5 hours, along with the rest of the Orange County District Schools. A bomb squad was then called in to search the campus because of pipe bomb
Pipe bomb
A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device, a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively large explosion, and the fragmentation of the pipe itself creates potentially...
s found in the man's van. Local news helicopters hovered over the school to get the breaking news.
Later that day it was discovered that Castillo had killed his father to "put him out of his misery." He also made the statement "Columbine, remember Columbine," referring to the Columbine High School massacre
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre occurred on Tuesday, April 20, 1999, at Columbine High School in Columbine, an unincorporated area of Jefferson County, Colorado, United States, near Denver and Littleton. Two senior students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, embarked on a massacre, killing 12...
, while entering a patrol car. He also sent a written letter and videotape to the Chapel Hill News prior to the shooting, acknowledging the murder of his father and the subsequent attack that followed.
On August 21, 2009, Alvaro Castillo was found guilty in Orange County Superior Court following a trial that lasted three weeks. He was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
External links
list of all faculty at Orange
http://www.orange.k12.nc.us/OHS/faculty.html