Norwayne High School

Norwayne High School is a public high school in Creston, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Norwayne Local School District, which also consists of a middle school in Creston, and one elementary school in Creston (which opened in January 2010). Their mascot is the Bobcat. The name 'Norwayne' is derived from its location in northern Wayne County.[3] The district was approved for consolidation in 1950 by merging the Burbank, Creston, and Milton Local (Sterling) school districts together, and the school opened in the fall of 1953.

Norwayne High School
Norwayne High School
Location
350 S. Main Street
Creston, Ohio 44217

United States
Coordinates40°57′55″N 81°54′04″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1953
School districtNorwayne Local School District
PrincipalDoug Zimmerly
Faculty21.4 (on FTE basis)[1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment409 (2016-17)[2]
Student to teacher ratio21.1[1]
Color(s)Scarlet & Gray          
Athletics conferenceWCAL
MascotBobcat
Website- Norwayne Local Schools

This school has 21 teachers and about 450 students for a 1:21 student to teacher ratio.[1]

In June 2009, the school district started building the new Norwayne High School, which was completed in August 2010. This new building was a part of the Ohio Schools Facility Commission. The new building has a wide variety of new technologies, including Mimio Interactive Whiteboards, projectors, in-ceiling speakers, computers and teacher microphones in every classroom. The building also features air-conditioning. It was also at this time (beginning with the 2010-11 school year) that the district decided to change its name from North Central Local to Norwayne Local.[4] The renaming was done in addition to preventing a confusion with North Central High School in Pioneer, Ohio.

Notable faculty

Lorraine Merrill, who founded Power of the Pen, a non-profit creative writing program for students in grades seven and eight in Ohio, taught at the school in 1954–55.[5]

Notable alumni

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
See also: Ohio High School Athletic Association
  • Football - 2011[8]

The Norwayne Bobcats football team, led by head coach Joe Harbour, won the school's first state championship by defeating Kenton High School 48-42 on December 3, 2011. The game took place at Paul Brown Tiger Stadium in Massillon, Ohio.

.Wrestling, Kollin Moore state champion .Zack Steiner 2x state champion .Gavin Stika state champion

References
  1. Norwayne High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. "Students: 451 (2005-2006)"
  2. "Norwayne High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 10, 2019.
  3. Vasas, Michale Paul (1989). A History of Wayne County Football 1899 to 1988. Collier Printing Company of Wooster, OH.
  4. Schaaf, Bryan (September 9, 2009). "North Central to become Norwayne District when paperwork done". Wooster Daily Record. Retrieved October 19, 2016.
  5. "About us". Power of the Pen. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
  6. Ryan Brown. Lambiek.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  7. Donna Robb (December 19, 1995). "KILLBUCK MARSH THING IS COMING". Akron Beacon Journal. pp. A1.
  8. OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2011-12-03.
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