Cleveland Heights High School

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Cleveland Heights High School
Established 1901
School type Public
Principal Darcel Williams
Location Cleveland Heights, Ohio, United States of America
Students 1846
Mascot Tiger
Colors Black and Gold
Website http://www.chuh.org/heights_high.shtml

Cleveland Heights High School (or simply Heights) is the senior high school of the Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District.

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Cleveland Heights High School was founded in 1901. The current student population is more than 1800, with 18 students per full-time teacher. The school is mostly African-American, with 76% identifying themselves as such, and Caucasian (19%), multiracial (4%) and Asian (1%) minorities. Heights is known for its athletic teams, which play in Division I. The school is known for its strong music departments, including the Vocal Music Department (VMD) which include Gospel Choir, A Capella, Singers, Girls and Boys choruses. The Instrumental Music Department consists of a well respected Symphony and Jazz Band. Additional instrumental groups include Concert Orchestra, Symphonic Winds, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, and Marching Band. The school is also known for its student-run newspaper, The Black & Gold, as well as for its strong AP Calculus BC program, which runs each year despite waining student interest.

Heights High School recently became a pilot school for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Small Schools Initiative. Heights has divided itself into five small schools designed to improve student achievement based on an individuals learning style. The five schools at Heights[1] are:

  • Legacy
  • Mosaic Experience
  • P.R.I.D.E.
  • R.E.A.L.
  • Renaissance

Much controversy among the student population and teachers as well has risen around the implementation of Small School at Heights as well as how they have been run. Several editorials about Small Schools ran in The Black and Gold.

  • Commonly shortened to 'Heights'
  • Mascot: Tiger
  • Team Names: Tigers, Lady Tigers, Tigersharks (Swimming)
  • Colors: Black and Gold
  • Location: Cleveland Heights, Ohio, a suburb on the east side of Cleveland , at the corner of Cedar and Lee roads
  • Had 1,843 students for the 2005-06 school year.
  • Has a long-running synchronized swimming group called the Swim Cadets.
  • Has a well recognized AP Calculus BC program under the instruction of teacher Jim Voytas. This program was recognized by the Siemens Foundation [2] which acknowledeged Voytas with an Advanced Placement award for his work.
  • Was featured in the 2006 movie The OH in Ohio that included Mischa Barton and Danny DeVito. The cafeteria and pool are easily recognizable, along with other spots frequented by Heights High students such as Coventry Village.
  • Has a great music program.

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  1. ^ [1]
  2. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Baseball. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  3. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Basketball D1. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  4. ^ Yappi. Yappi Sports Wrestling. Retrieved on 2007-02-12.
  5. ^ OHSAA. Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site. Retrieved on 2006-12-31.


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