Whitehall-Yearling High School is a public high school located in Whitehall, Ohio

Whitehall, Ohio

As of the census of 2000, there were 19,201 people, 8,343 households, and 4,930 families residing in the city. The population density was 3,681.9 people per square mile . There were 8,997 housing units at an average density of 1,725.2 per square mile...

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History

In 1954, Whitehall-Yearling High School admitted it first students. Work on the school was still going on while classes were in session. Classrooms were filled as they were completed. The graduating class of 1959, was the first class that was able to receive all twelve years of schooling in Whitehall.

Whitehall-Yearling High School quickly distinguished itself in many areas. The 1960 Whitehall-Yearling High School Band is shown below. The fine arts continues to be one of the outstanding programs of the Whitehall City Schools.

By the 1968, Whitehall School District had built the last of its current schools. Robinwood School replaced the East Broad Street School. The Whitehall School System had five elementary schools (Beechwood, Etna Road, Kae Avenue, Robinwood, and East Main Street); one Junior High School (Rosemore); and one High School (Whitehall Yearling). Currently three of the elementary schools are in use (Beechwood, Etna Road, and Kae Avenue). In 1966, a bond issue was established to build the Eastland Vocational Center which actually opened in 1968. Fourteen school districts were offered the opportunity to help establish this Vocational Center. Only five districts (Canal Winchester, Gahanna, Groveport, Reynoldsburg, and Whitehall) decided to participate in the project at that time. Groveport donated forty acres for the building. In the early years of the vocational center, the acreage at the back of the center was used by the students in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) or leased out to local farmers. Today, all of the original fourteen school districts are members of what is now called the Eastland/Fairfield Career and Technical Centers along with many other districts.

Notable Pupils

• Randy Poffo
• Matt Angle
  Matt Angle
  Matthew Ryan Angle is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Baltimore Orioles.-Amateur career:Prior to playing professionally, Angle attended Whitehall-Yearling High School in Whitehall, Ohio and then Ohio State University. In his first year with Ohio State, 2005, he hit .307 with 13 stolen...
  
  
• Domenik Hixon
  Domenik Hixon
  Domenik Hixon is an American football wide receiver and return specialist for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Denver Broncos in the fourth round of the 2006 NFL Draft. He played college football at Akron.-Early years:Hixon was born to an African American...
  
  
• Keiwan Ratliff
• Samaki Walker
  Samaki Walker
  Samaki Ijuma Walker is an American professional basketball power forward and center. Walker played college basketball at the University of Louisville and was drafted in 1996 by the Dallas Mavericks, where he played until 1999...
  
  

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Girls Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
  
  - 1979