Elder High School facts for kids

Elder High School is a Catholic high school for boys in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is located in the Price Hill neighborhood. The school has been open for over 100 years. It is part of the Catholic schools in Cincinnati. Elder High helps its students get ready for college.

History of Elder High School

The school building started being built in 1922. It was named after William Henry Elder. He was an important leader in the Catholic Church in Cincinnati. Elder High was the fourth high school in the city. It was also the first Catholic school run by the local church. Later, 12 more Catholic high schools were built nearby.

Eleven local churches helped start the school. These churches sent their students to Elder High. The first group of students graduated in 1923. There were eight students in that first graduating class. Since it opened, more than 22,000 students have graduated from Elder High School.

For its first five years, Elder High taught both girls and boys. In 1927, the girls' part of the school moved. They went to Seton High School, which is right next door.

Academics and Learning

Elder High School's classes are approved by the Ohio Department of Education. They are also approved by the Ohio Catholic School Accrediting Association. The school offers different levels of classes.

Honors Program and Advanced Classes

Elder High has an Honors Program for its best students. This program offers Advanced Placement (AP) courses. These are college-level classes. Students can take AP courses in subjects like Art, Chemistry, and English. They can also take AP courses in Computer Science and History. Other AP options include American Government and Physics.

The school also has other advanced class levels. These include Honors+ (H+), Honors (H), and Advanced College Prep (ACP). There are also College Prep 1 (CP1) and College Prep 2 (CP2) classes. These levels help students prepare for college at different paces.

Cincinnati Magazine once named Elder High School the Best Private High School in the Greater Cincinnati Area.

Sports and Athletics

Elder High School has many successful sports teams. They are known for winning many championships.

Championship Titles

On June 4, 2005, the Elder varsity baseball team won a big championship. They won their 12th OHSAA Division I State Championship. They beat Toledo Start with a score of 3–0. The baseball team has won at least one state championship in every decade since the 1940s. In 2005, the team was ranked eighth in the whole country. As of 2006, Elder's baseball program has the most wins of any school in Ohio. They also have the most state titles (12).

Elder High School has also won many state championships in other sports. These include football, basketball, and cross country.

• Baseball – 1943, 1952, 1955, 1956, 1958–1960, 1973, 1978, 1984, 1999, 2005
• Cross country – 1973, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989
• Basketball – 1973, 1974, 1993
• Football – 2002, 2003

The school has also won state championships in sports not sponsored by OHSAA.

• Volleyball (Ohio High School Boys Volleyball Association) – 1999, 2000, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2016

The Pit: Elder's Football Stadium

Football games at Elder High are played at a stadium called "The Pit." Students and teachers started building it in the 1930s. It was finished in December 1947. The stadium can hold 10,000 people.

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