Walnut Hills High School facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Walnut Hills High School |
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3250 Victory Parkway
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| Coordinates | 39°8′28″N 84°28′47″W / 39.14111°N 84.47972°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Motto | "Sursum ad Summum" (Latin: Rise to the Highest) |
| Established | 1895 |
| School district | Cincinnati Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Shauna Murphy |
| Principal | John Chambers |
| Teaching staff | 130.69 (FTE) |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 2,500 (2023-2024) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.13 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Eastern Cincinnati Conference |
| Nickname | Eagles |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| USNWR ranking | 1st in Ohio (U.S. News & World Report, 2021) |
| National ranking | 112th (U.S. News & World Report, 2021) |
| Newspaper | The Chatterbox |
| Yearbook | Remembrancer |
| Website | www.walnuthillseagles.com |
Walnut Hills High School is a public high school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It helps students get ready for college. The school is part of Cincinnati Public Schools and teaches students from seventh grade all the way to twelfth grade. It first opened in 1895 and has been in its current building since 1932.
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School History and Campus
Walnut Hills High School was the third public high school to open in Cincinnati. It started in September 1895 on Ashland and Burdett Avenues. At first, it taught students in grades 9 through 12.
New School Building
A new building for the school was finished in 1931. It was built on 14 acres of land on Victory Boulevard, which is now called Victory Parkway. The famous architect Frederick W. Garber designed the building, and it is still used today.
The building was made to hold 1,700 students. It had many classrooms, study halls, and special rooms for music. There were also two swimming pools, one for boys and one for girls. The school had a library and two auditoriums. It even had a kitchen for teaching cooking. In 1958, more temporary classrooms were added because the school had more students.
Student Protests
In the past, students at Walnut Hills High School held a walk-out. They were protesting a change in immigration policy. The school board added extra security to make sure all students stayed safe during this time.
Clubs and Activities
Walnut Hills High School offers many clubs and activities for students. For example, the school has a Latin Club. This club is part of both the Ohio Junior Classical League and the National Junior Classical League. These groups help students learn more about Latin and ancient Roman culture.
Famous Alumni
Many talented people have graduated from Walnut Hills High School. Here are some of them:
- Darren Anderson (1987) — a professional football player.
- Stan Aronoff (1950) — a politician who served in the Ohio Senate for a long time.
- Helen Elsie Austin (1924) — an attorney and US Foreign Service Officer. She was the first Black woman to graduate from UC Law School.
- Theda Bara (Theodosia Goodman 1903) — an early movie star from the silent film era.
- Janet Biehl (1971) — an author and graphic novelist.
- Jowon Briggs (2019) — a professional football player for the Cleveland Browns.
- Ric Bucher (1979) — an NBA reporter, author, and radio host.
- Elisabeth Bumiller (1974) — a White House correspondent for The New York Times.
- Nina Castagna — an Olympic rower.
- Stanley M. Chesley (1954) — an attorney known for winning large settlements in class action lawsuits.
- Carl W. Condit (1932) — a historian who studied cities and architecture.
- Douglas S. Cramer (1949) — a TV and Broadway producer and art collector.
- Jim Dine (1953) — a famous pop artist.
- Michael Dine (1971) — a theoretical physicist.
- Alan Dressler (1966) — an astronomer and astrophysicist.
- Elizabeth Brenner Drew (1953) — a political journalist and author.
- Frank Benjamin Foster, III (1946) — a saxophonist and composer. He was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra.
- Paula Froelich — a columnist for Page Six of the New York Post.
- Helen Iglauer Glueck (1925) — a physician and researcher in blood disorders.
- Dick Gordon — a professional football player from 1965 to 1974.
- Bill Gradison — a former mayor of Cincinnati.
- Charles Guggenheim (1942) — won four Academy Awards for his documentaries.
- Richard S. Hamilton — a mathematician who discovered the Ricci flow.
- Fred Hersch — a jazz composer and musician who has been nominated for a Grammy Award.
- DeHart Hubbard (1921) — the first African-American to win an individual gold medal in the Olympics (long jump, 1924).
- Miller Huggins (1897) — managed Babe Ruth and the New York Yankees. He is in the Baseball Hall of Fame.
- Rick Hughes (1991) — a professional basketball player in European leagues.
- Dani Isaacsohn (2007) - a politician.
- Kenneth Koch (1947) — a poet and educator.
- Walter Laufer — an Olympic gold medalist.
- James Levine (1961) — a pianist, conductor, and musical director of the Metropolitan Opera.
- Steven Levinson (1964) — an associate justice of the Supreme Court of Hawaii.
- Sabina Magliocco (1977) — a professor of anthropology and religion.
- Jonathan Meyer (1982) — a lawyer and general counsel for the United States Department of Homeland Security.
- Alexis Nikole Nelson — a forager and internet personality.
- Stanley B. Prusiner (1960) — won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1997.
- Carl West Rich (1916) — an attorney, prosecutor, city councilman, and three-term mayor of Cincinnati. He was also a US congressman.
- Lois Rosenthal — an author, publisher, and supporter of arts and humanities.
- Jerry Rubin — a social activist from the 1960s.
- Stephen Sanger (1964) — a former chairman and CEO of General Mills.
- Robert Shmalo (1996) — an international ice dancing competitor.
- Itaal Shur (1985) — a Grammy Award-winner.
- Lee Smolin (1972) — a theoretical physicist.
- Donald Andrew Spencer Sr. (1932) — the first African American trustee of Ohio University.
- Rick Steiner (1964) — a stockbroker, professional poker player, and five-time Tony Award-winning Broadway producer.
- MaCio Teague (2015) — a basketball player who was part of the NCAA Champion 2020–21 Baylor Bears basketball team.
- Jane Timken (1985) — an attorney.
- Tony Trabert (1948) — a tennis star from the 1950s who won major tournaments like the French Open, Wimbledon, and US Open.
- Jean Trounstine (1965) — an author, actress, and activist for prison issues.
- Jonathan Valin (1965) — a novelist known for his mystery series.
- Evelyn Venable (1930) — a Hollywood actress with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She also became a professor.
- Mary Wineberg (1998) — an Olympic track and field athlete. She won a gold medal in the 4 × 400 m relay at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
