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Walnut Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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Walnut Hills High School is a public college-preparatory high school
in Cincinnati, Ohio
, United States
. Operated by the Cincinnati Public Schools, it houses grades seven through twelve and maintains a culturally diverse student body. The school has been given an excellent rating by the Ohio Department of Education. Newsweek
named it the 57th best public high school in America in 2007, and U.S. News & World Report
ranked it 36th in the nation in 2008.
The school colors are blue and gold. The motto is "Sursum ad summum," which is Latin for "Rise to the Highest." The mascot is the eagle, and the sports teams are known as "The Eagles."
The school was the third district public high school established in the city of Cincinnati, following Hughes H.S. and Woodward H.S., and was opened in September 1895 on the corner of Ashland and Burdett Avenues in Cincinnati. As a district high school, it accommodated the conventional four years (grades 9-12). It began with 20 teachers and 684 students.
In 1919 Walnut Hills became a classical high school (college-preparatory school) and was expanded to accommodate six years (grades 7-12). Students were drawn from the entire city, rather than from a defined district within the city. As a classical high school, its organization was modeled on eastern college preparatory schools in general, and on Boston Latin School
in particular.
A new building on Victory Boulevard (now Victory Parkway) was built on 14 acres (56,656 m²) acquired from the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and was occupied in 1931. Designed by architect Frederick W. Garber
's firm it remains in use today. The facility was designed for 1700 students and included 31 class rooms, 3 study halls, choral harmony and band rooms, a general shop, a print shop, a mechanical drawing room, 2 swimming pools (separate swimming for boys and girls), a library, a large and a small auditorium, and a kitchen for teaching cooking (with pantry and adjacent living room and dining room).
The front of the building was inspired by Thomas Jefferson
's designs at the University of Virginia
and modeled after University of Virginia's library building, including the iconic, domed library at the center of the structure. Examples of Cincinnati's famous Rookwood Pottery
are to be found throughout the building, including the masks of comedy and tragedy adorning the proscenium arch of the large theatrical auditorium. The school's original Ashland and Burdett location became the Burdett School in 1932, which was closed in 1979. Abandoned for many years, the building was renovated in 2005 as the Schoolhouse Lofts.
Four temporary, prefabricated steel classrooms, called "The Colony" or "the Tin Can" by resentful students, were installed in 1958 to accommodate the increasing student population. As of the 2008–2009 school year, these are in use as weight rooms. In 1960, a one-story Annex added 17 classrooms, including a language laboratory and typing lab, to the school. In 1976, a Fine Arts Complex was added, partially replacing existing facilities near the main Auditorium, including a secondary facility that had been called the "Small Auditorium," "Small Theater," or "Little Theater." In 1998, the Annex was razed and an Arts and Science Center containing 30 classrooms replaced it in 1999. This addition was unique in that its construction was funded entirely with $9 million dollars of private donations from the school's alumni, after the voters in the Cincinnati Public School District rejected a tax levy that would have paid for it.
The Robert S. Marx stadium, a 2000 seat all-weather football and soccer field, was dedicated on 1 September 2006. At the same time the 8-lane William DeHart Hubbard Track was dedicated. Construction of both facilities was funded by the Cincinnati Public Schools. They are named for successful alumni who had distinguished themselves in athletics during their student years, and in DeHart Hubbard's case, was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event.
As is usual in American high schools, students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 are called Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, respectively. At Walnut Hills after 1919, students in the 7th Grade are called 'Effies' and those in the 8th grade are called 'E-flats.' This derives from a different scheme for naming classes that was in use in the early part of the 20th century. Then, the 12th grade was the A-class, 11th grade was the B-class, and so forth, with the 8th grade the E-class and 7th grade the F-class. The other remnant of this system surviving into the late 20th century was the event called the "B-A Prom," which was the Junior-Senior Prom.
At the end of the 2006–2007 school year, Marvin O. Koenig, Walnut Hills' Principal for fifteen years, retired. Before the 2007–2008 school year began Jeffrey J. Brokamp was named the new Principal. A member of the Class of 1978, he is an alumnus of Walnut Hills and the son of previous Walnut Hills' Principal and Superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools Raymond Brokamp. Jeff Brokamp claims to be putting renewed emphasis on the school's athletic programs, school spirit and club participation, while maintaining its longstanding commitments to excellence in academics and the arts. Mr. Brokamp feels that the school's motto, "Sursum ad Summum", should be reflected in all its programs, and has stated that he considers "athletics a form of intelligence."
" starring Johnny Cash and Brenda Vaccaro. Many students were used as extras. It was also used as a filming location for the movie Traffic (2000 film)
. The front of the building was also used in a setting for the movie "Rainman". Walnut Hills was a location shot of the Academy Award
winning movie, "The Best Years of Our Lives", starring Dana Andrews and Harold Russell. In the early scenes, the plane carrying
Andrews and Russell flies over the dome.
In keeping with the classical format, emphasis is placed on ancient Greek
and Roman history and culture, and all students who enter in grades 7 or 8 must complete three years of Latin. The classical emphasis is complemented by a broad range of academic options in the higher grades, with more Advanced Placement courses being offered than in any other school in the country, according to the Curriculum Guide. The school has consistently been ranked highly in school rankings, including being named the 60th best high school in the nation by Newsweek
, and 36th in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 rankings.
Each year Walnut initiates many National Merit Scholars and generally scores well on the 28 AP tests offered including Music Theory, Art and Design, Psychology, Chemistry and US History.
The school yearbook is called the Remembrancer and was first published in 1899. It has sometimes been published as the Remembrancer Number of Gleam, even as late as the 1920s. More often it has been a separately edited and published work.
Over the years, Gleam placed more and more emphasis on student literary efforts and less on news. In 1922, a mimeographed, one-page newspaper called Chatterbox began weekly publication. After a few years, accumulated subscription funds permitted purchase of a multigraph press. In March 1932 Chatterbox moved to conventional print reproduction. For the 1932-33 academic year it became the official school newspaper and Gleam became purely a literary journal, reducing its publication frequency to three issues per year. Both publications were initially obtained by payment of a single, annual subscription. Eventually, Chatterbox and Gleam separated completely.
Gleam was reduced to one issue per year some time before 1960, but increased to two issues during the 1980s. Chatterbox continued weekly publication into the 1980s and reduced to publication every second week sometime thereafter. Today, Chatterbox is a monthly publication.
Most recently, a student funded and published paper has been created in 2009 entitled the Goldfish Gazette. The Goldfish is an underground newspaper published without consent of the school by a man who identifies himself only as "Mr. Goldfinch." As well as columns, the paper regularly features a section that parodies Senior Superlatives and fake news headlines.
(NJCL).
In recent years the school's most notable teams have been their boy's tennis, soccer, and girl's track teams
In 2008 the Girls 800-meter sprint medley relay team of Shauniece Steele, Taylor Ware, Kelly Thomas and Landi Wilson claimed the school's first national championship in track and field at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. Walnut Hills finished the event with a time of 1:44.10 setting a Cincinnati record and recording the second-fastest time in Ohio high school history.
Also in 2008, the girls 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams won OHSAA state track championships, the latter in an all-division state record time of 3:45.89. The same four girls comprised both relays - Shauniece Steele, Landi Wilson, Kelly Thomas, and Ashley Liverpool.
Walnut Hills won the OHSAA Regional boys' basketball
title in 1948
. At the time, there were no state championships.
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 Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio. Cincinnati is the county seat of Hamilton County. Settled in 1788, the city is located to north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border, near Indiana. The population within city limits is 296,943 according to the 2010 census, making it Ohio's...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. Operated by the Cincinnati Public Schools, it houses grades seven through twelve and maintains a culturally diverse student body. The school has been given an excellent rating by the Ohio Department of Education. Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
named it the 57th best public high school in America in 2007, and U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report
U.S. News & World Report is an American news magazine published from Washington, D.C. Along with Time and Newsweek it was for many years a leading news weekly, focusing more than its counterparts on political, economic, health and education stories...
ranked it 36th in the nation in 2008.
The school colors are blue and gold. The motto is "Sursum ad summum," which is Latin for "Rise to the Highest." The mascot is the eagle, and the sports teams are known as "The Eagles."
History
In 1919 Walnut Hills became a classical high school (college-preparatory school) and was expanded to accommodate six years (grades 7-12). Students were drawn from the entire city, rather than from a defined district within the city. As a classical high school, its organization was modeled on eastern college preparatory schools in general, and on Boston Latin School
Boston Latin School
The Boston Latin School is a public exam school founded on April 23, 1635, in Boston, Massachusetts. It is both the first public school and oldest existing school in the United States....
in particular.
A new building on Victory Boulevard (now Victory Parkway) was built on 14 acres (56,656 m²) acquired from the Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and was occupied in 1931. Designed by architect Frederick W. Garber
Frederick W. Garber
Frederick W. Garber was an American architect in Cincinnati, Ohio and the principal architect in the Garber & Woodward firm with Clifford B. Woodward...
's firm it remains in use today. The facility was designed for 1700 students and included 31 class rooms, 3 study halls, choral harmony and band rooms, a general shop, a print shop, a mechanical drawing room, 2 swimming pools (separate swimming for boys and girls), a library, a large and a small auditorium, and a kitchen for teaching cooking (with pantry and adjacent living room and dining room).
The front of the building was inspired by Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia...
's designs at the University of Virginia
University of Virginia
The University of Virginia is a public research university located in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, founded by Thomas Jefferson...
and modeled after University of Virginia's library building, including the iconic, domed library at the center of the structure. Examples of Cincinnati's famous Rookwood Pottery
Rookwood Pottery Company
Rookwood Pottery is an American ceramics company now located in the Mount Adams neighborhood in Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in 1880, and successful until the Great Depression, production has been intermittent and at a low level since 1967, though there was a change of ownership in 2006, and expansion...
are to be found throughout the building, including the masks of comedy and tragedy adorning the proscenium arch of the large theatrical auditorium. The school's original Ashland and Burdett location became the Burdett School in 1932, which was closed in 1979. Abandoned for many years, the building was renovated in 2005 as the Schoolhouse Lofts.
Four temporary, prefabricated steel classrooms, called "The Colony" or "the Tin Can" by resentful students, were installed in 1958 to accommodate the increasing student population. As of the 2008–2009 school year, these are in use as weight rooms. In 1960, a one-story Annex added 17 classrooms, including a language laboratory and typing lab, to the school. In 1976, a Fine Arts Complex was added, partially replacing existing facilities near the main Auditorium, including a secondary facility that had been called the "Small Auditorium," "Small Theater," or "Little Theater." In 1998, the Annex was razed and an Arts and Science Center containing 30 classrooms replaced it in 1999. This addition was unique in that its construction was funded entirely with $9 million dollars of private donations from the school's alumni, after the voters in the Cincinnati Public School District rejected a tax levy that would have paid for it.
The Robert S. Marx stadium, a 2000 seat all-weather football and soccer field, was dedicated on 1 September 2006. At the same time the 8-lane William DeHart Hubbard Track was dedicated. Construction of both facilities was funded by the Cincinnati Public Schools. They are named for successful alumni who had distinguished themselves in athletics during their student years, and in DeHart Hubbard's case, was the first African American to win an Olympic gold medal in an individual event.
As is usual in American high schools, students in grades 9, 10, 11, and 12 are called Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors, respectively. At Walnut Hills after 1919, students in the 7th Grade are called 'Effies' and those in the 8th grade are called 'E-flats.' This derives from a different scheme for naming classes that was in use in the early part of the 20th century. Then, the 12th grade was the A-class, 11th grade was the B-class, and so forth, with the 8th grade the E-class and 7th grade the F-class. The other remnant of this system surviving into the late 20th century was the event called the "B-A Prom," which was the Junior-Senior Prom.
At the end of the 2006–2007 school year, Marvin O. Koenig, Walnut Hills' Principal for fifteen years, retired. Before the 2007–2008 school year began Jeffrey J. Brokamp was named the new Principal. A member of the Class of 1978, he is an alumnus of Walnut Hills and the son of previous Walnut Hills' Principal and Superintendent of Cincinnati Public Schools Raymond Brokamp. Jeff Brokamp claims to be putting renewed emphasis on the school's athletic programs, school spirit and club participation, while maintaining its longstanding commitments to excellence in academics and the arts. Mr. Brokamp feels that the school's motto, "Sursum ad Summum", should be reflected in all its programs, and has stated that he considers "athletics a form of intelligence."
Appearance in Media
Walnut Hills was a location shot of a 1981 made-for-TV movie called "The Pride of Jesse HallamThe Pride of Jesse Hallam
The Pride of Jesse Hallam is a 1981 made-for-TV movie starring Johnny Cash, first airing on CBS.-Plot:Jesse Hallam is a recently widowed coal miner, who's also recently lost his job. His daughter Jenny is in need of an operation on her back, and the nearest hospital that can successfully perform...
" starring Johnny Cash and Brenda Vaccaro. Many students were used as extras. It was also used as a filming location for the movie Traffic (2000 film)
Traffic (2000 film)
Traffic is a 2000 American crime drama film directed by Steven Soderbergh and written by Stephen Gaghan. It explores the illegal drug trade from a number of perspectives: a user, an enforcer, a politician and a trafficker. Their stories are edited together throughout the film, although some of the...
. The front of the building was also used in a setting for the movie "Rainman". Walnut Hills was a location shot of the Academy Award
winning movie, "The Best Years of Our Lives", starring Dana Andrews and Harold Russell. In the early scenes, the plane carrying
Andrews and Russell flies over the dome.
Academics
Walnut Hills has long admitted only students who pass a standardized test. All students must pass a standardized test in math and reading to be accepted to the school.In keeping with the classical format, emphasis is placed on ancient Greek
Classical Greece
Classical Greece was a 200 year period in Greek culture lasting from the 5th through 4th centuries BC. This classical period had a powerful influence on the Roman Empire and greatly influenced the foundation of Western civilizations. Much of modern Western politics, artistic thought, such as...
and Roman history and culture, and all students who enter in grades 7 or 8 must complete three years of Latin. The classical emphasis is complemented by a broad range of academic options in the higher grades, with more Advanced Placement courses being offered than in any other school in the country, according to the Curriculum Guide. The school has consistently been ranked highly in school rankings, including being named the 60th best high school in the nation by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
, and 36th in U.S. News & World Report's 2009 rankings.
Each year Walnut initiates many National Merit Scholars and generally scores well on the 28 AP tests offered including Music Theory, Art and Design, Psychology, Chemistry and US History.
Student Publications
The first student publication at Walnut Hills was Gleam. It began publication in January 1896, according to a summary in the 1905 Remembrancer. Gleam began as a monthly school newspaper and student literary journal. Its name, selected by W. H. Venable, first head of the English Department, comes from the last line of Tennyson's poem, Merlin and The Gleam.The school yearbook is called the Remembrancer and was first published in 1899. It has sometimes been published as the Remembrancer Number of Gleam, even as late as the 1920s. More often it has been a separately edited and published work.
Over the years, Gleam placed more and more emphasis on student literary efforts and less on news. In 1922, a mimeographed, one-page newspaper called Chatterbox began weekly publication. After a few years, accumulated subscription funds permitted purchase of a multigraph press. In March 1932 Chatterbox moved to conventional print reproduction. For the 1932-33 academic year it became the official school newspaper and Gleam became purely a literary journal, reducing its publication frequency to three issues per year. Both publications were initially obtained by payment of a single, annual subscription. Eventually, Chatterbox and Gleam separated completely.
Gleam was reduced to one issue per year some time before 1960, but increased to two issues during the 1980s. Chatterbox continued weekly publication into the 1980s and reduced to publication every second week sometime thereafter. Today, Chatterbox is a monthly publication.
Most recently, a student funded and published paper has been created in 2009 entitled the Goldfish Gazette. The Goldfish is an underground newspaper published without consent of the school by a man who identifies himself only as "Mr. Goldfinch." As well as columns, the paper regularly features a section that parodies Senior Superlatives and fake news headlines.
Clubs and activities
Walnut Hills' Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical LeagueNational Junior Classical League
The National Junior Classical League is a youth organization of secondary school students sponsored by the American Classical League...
(NJCL).
Athletics
The sports teams have played in a number of leagues since the demise of the Public High School League in 1984. Today, in most sports, they play in the Cardinal division of the Fort Ancient Valley Conference.In recent years the school's most notable teams have been their boy's tennis, soccer, and girl's track teams
Ohio High School Athletic Association Team State Championships
- Boys SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- 1950, 1955
Other Athletic Accomplishments
- Boys Tennis Singles 2003 Eric Thomas
- Boys Tennis Doubles 2001 Eric Thomas & Jonathan Khoury
- Girls Track & Field Cincinnati HS City Records - 100 m Hurdles - Amanda Mullins-Hall, 13.94(2002); Triple Jump - Tamara Fennell, 37' 5½"(2002); 4×200m Relay, 1:38.60(2008); 4×400m Relay, 3:45.89(2008); 800 m Sprint Medley, 1:44.10(2008); 1600 m Sprint Medley, 4:10.90(2004).
In 2008 the Girls 800-meter sprint medley relay team of Shauniece Steele, Taylor Ware, Kelly Thomas and Landi Wilson claimed the school's first national championship in track and field at the Nike Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, N.C. Walnut Hills finished the event with a time of 1:44.10 setting a Cincinnati record and recording the second-fastest time in Ohio high school history.
Also in 2008, the girls 4×200 and 4×400 relay teams won OHSAA state track championships, the latter in an all-division state record time of 3:45.89. The same four girls comprised both relays - Shauniece Steele, Landi Wilson, Kelly Thomas, and Ashley Liverpool.
Walnut Hills won the OHSAA Regional boys' basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
title in 1948
1948 in sports
-American football:* University of Michigan wins college football national championship.* Cleveland Browns 49–7 Buffalo Bills in the All-America Football Conference championship game....
. At the time, there were no state championships.
Alumni
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(1985), Grammy AwardGrammy AwardA Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
winner (2000) for co-writing "Smooth" the song that bought Carlos SantanaCarlos SantanaCarlos Augusto Alves Santana is a Mexican rock guitarist. Santana became famous in the late 1960s and early 1970s with his band, Santana, which pioneered rock, salsa and jazz fusion...
back into the spotlight and the top of the charts. - Lee SmolinLee SmolinLee Smolin is an American theoretical physicist, a researcher at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, and an adjunct professor of physics at the University of Waterloo. He is married to Dina Graser, a communications lawyer in Toronto. His brother is David M...
(1972), theoretical physicist - Tony TrabertTony TrabertMarion Anthony Trabert is a retired American tennis champion and long-time tennis author, TV commentator, instructor, and motivational speaker...
(1948), tennis star of the 1950s, won 1955 French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open. - Pamela Hill (1982), Actress, "Days of our Lives"
- Jonathan ValinJonathan ValinJonathan Valin is an American mystery author of the Harry Stoner detective series. He won the Shamus Award for best mystery novel of 1989.-Works:*The Lime Pit *Final Notice...
(1965), Mystery series novelist - Evelyn VenableEvelyn VenableEvelyn Venable was an American actress. In addition to starring in several films in the 1930s and 1940s, she is notable as the voice and model for the Blue Fairy in the Walt Disney's Pinocchio....
(1930), actress, has a Star on Hollywood Walk of FameHollywood Walk of FameThe Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
; her father, Emerson, and grandfather William HenryWilliam Henry VenableWilliam Henry Venable was an American author and educator.-Biography:He was born in Warren County, Ohio. He began to teach at seventeen years of age, and during his vacations attended teachers' institutes in Oxford, Ohio, being one of the first teachers in the state upon whom the Ohio board of...
, taught English at the school - Worth Hamilton WellerWorth Hamilton WellerWorth Hamilton Weller was an American herpetologist who died in a fall from a cliff at Grandfather Mountain near Linville North Carolina.Weller was born in Cincinnati, Ohio...
(1931), herpetologist - Jonathon "Yoni" Wolf (1997), Recording Artist
- Mary WinebergMary WinebergMary Wineberg is an American athlete from Cincinnati, Ohio. She was born in Brooklyn, New York. After graduating from Walnut Hills High School, she attended the University of Cincinnati on a track scholarship, graduating in 2002 with a bachelors degree in education.Wineberg was an Olympic...
(1998) Track & Field Olympian. Gold medalist in the women's 4×400m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. - Edie Magnus (1978) Television Journalist. Currently correspondent for Dateline MSNBC
- Darren AndersonDarren AndersonDarren Anderson is a former professional American football player who played defensive back for seven seasons for the New England Patriots, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, and Atlanta Falcons. Married to Robin Anderson, maiden name Thomas, since the 1990's.-References:...
(1987) Professional football player (NFL 1992-1998)