Upper Arlington High School is the sole high school in the Upper Arlington City School District in Upper Arlington, Ohio, a northwest suburb of Columbus, Ohio. It receives students from Jones Middle School and Hastings Middle School. The current principal of the high school is Mr. Andrew Theado. The school is located at 1650 Ridgeview Road, Upper Arlington, Ohio, 43221. The mascot is a golden bear.
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Academics
Upper Arlington High School offers Honors and Advanced Placement courses two to three years ahead of requirements and joined the International Baccalaureate program in 2005.
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Athletics
The high school sports teams are named the Golden Bears. Golf pro and UAHS alumnus Jack Nicklaus received his Golden Bear nickname from his alma mater. Golden Bear sports teams consistently rank among the top Division I schools in Ohio, particularly in the sports of football, golf, tennis, basketball, water polo, cross country, lacrosse, and swimming. The Upper Arlington football team captured the Division One state title in football in 2000, and were led by Jeff Backes, who earned the Mr. Football Award for Ohio, and Simon Fraser, who went on to play for the Ohio State Buckeyes and Cleveland Browns.
The school also has a rowing team that competes throughout the school year, rowing during Fall and Spring seasons. The Upper Arlington Crew team is the only scholastic rowing program in central Ohio, and it consistently races to top finishes at prestigious events such as the Midwest Scholastic, Midwest Junior, Scholastic Nationals and US Rowing Youth National Championship Regattas. The team also frequently sends boats to the Head of the Charles Regatta, a selective rowing event that attracts the best rowers from all over the world.
Upper Arlington is 3rd all-time in Ohio with 49 Ohio High School Athletic Association team state championships. Upper Arlington has won 116 state titles overall, including sports not sponsored by the OHSAA. Upper Arlington holds the record for most OHSAA state championships in one year (Boys' Golf, Girls' Cross Country, Boys' Swimming & Diving, Boys' Baseball) set in 1986-1987.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Boys' Baseball - 1987, 1990
- Boys' Basketball - 1937
- Boys' Football - 2000
- Boys' Golf - 1941,1956,1960,1965,1968,1969,1972,1974,1977,1981,1982,1985,1986,1992,1993,1999,2006
- Boys' Swimming - 1985, 1986, 1987
- Boys' Track and Field - 1937, 1939
- Girls' Basketball - 1988
- Girls' Cross Country - 1978, 1981, 1982, 1985, 1986, 1990
- Girls' Gymnastics - 1995
- Girls Lacrosse - 2017, 2018
- Girls' Swimming - 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2017
- Girls' Track and Field - 1985
Other team state championships
- Boys' Football - 1967, 1968, 1969
- Boys' Water Polo** - 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2004, 2009, 2012
- Girls' Water Polo** - 1994, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016
- Boys' Lacrosse*** - 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016
- Girls' Lacrosse - 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2013, 2015, 2016
- ** Sponsored by Ohio High School Swim Coaches Association
- *** Sponsored by Ohio High School Lacrosse Association
Music
Upper Arlington High School offers band, orchestra, and vocal music performance classes, music theory, guitar, and IB music.
Notable alumni
- Blake Annen - NFL player
- Lois McMaster Bujold - Hugo Award-winning novelist
- Beverly D'Angelo - Actress
- Sam Devine - Former United States Representative
- Inka Essenhigh - Painter
- Richard Foltz - Historian
- Simon Fraser - former Atlanta Falcons football player
- Rose Goettemoeller - Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control, Verification, and Compliance and the chief negotiator of the New START Treaty
- Abigail Johnston - Olympics diver, silver medalist
- Erin Moriarty - News correspondent for 48 Hours on CBS
- Jack Nicklaus - Professional golfer
- Randy Skinner - Director, choreographer, performer
- George Smoot - Nobel Prize-winning astrophysicist
- Melinda Lou Thomas - "Wendy" of Wendy's Restaurants
- Terry Waldo - Ragtime artist
Notes and references
External links
- Upper Arlington School District official website
- Upper Arlington High School website
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