Oak Hills High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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- For schools with a similar name, see Oak Hill High School
Oak Hills High School is a four year public secondary school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is run by the Oak Hills Local School District.
With approximately 3000 students enrolled annually, Oak Hills is the largest of ten public high schools within the Greater Miami Conference, the second largest being Colerain High School with approximately 2,000 students. Oak Hills is also the largest high school in Ohio. [1]
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[edit] Academics
Oak Hills, for the past five years, has qualified for the Ohio Department of Education's Excellent ration, the highest rating possible. This is based on average attendance, grades, graduation rates, and scores on the Ohio Graduation Test.
[edit] Mock Trial
Oak Hills is also a power house school in the Ohio High School Mock Trial Competition, which is the largest academic competition in the state. Each year over 350 teams compete in district and regional tournaments for the right to advance to the state championship competition. Oak Hills has finished in the State's Top Ten 5 out of the past 6 years. They won the State Championship in 2003 (defeating Upper Arlington High in the final) , and in 2007 (defeating Elder High School in the final). In 2003 as state champions they won the right to represent Ohio in the National Mock Trial Championship in New Orleans, Louisiana where they finished 17th. They will now represent Ohio once again as state champions in Dallas, Texas at the 2007 National Championships. 41 States, Guam, The Marinara Islands, and South Korea send their State and National Champions respectively to the US National Competition. The Ohio Mock Trial Competition is sponsered by the Ohio Center for Law Related Education, The Ohio State Bar Association, and The Ohio Supreme Court. Ohio Mock Trial The National Competition is administered by the National High School Mock Trial Championship Inc. National Mock Trial
The Oak Hills Mock Trial Legal Advisor is Hamilton County Magistrate Amy Searcy, who has served Mock Trial for 6 years.
[edit] Athletics
[edit] Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
[edit] Notable alumni and faculty
- UFC Fighter Rich "ACE" Franklin taught math for Oak Hills High School
- PGA Golfer Brett Wetterich
- Major League Baseball Pitcher Bill Wegman
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[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. Retrieved on December 31, 2006.
- ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Baseball. Retrieved on February 12, 2007.
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