Beavercreek High School
| Beavercreek High School | |
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Home of the Battling Beavers
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2660 Dayton Xenia Road Beavercreek, Ohio, (Greene County) 45434 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°43′13″N 84°2′2″W / 39.72028°N 84.03389°WCoordinates: 39°43′13″N 84°2′2″W / 39.72028°N 84.03389°W |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | 1888 |
| School district | Beavercreek City School District Beavercreek, Ohio |
| Superintendent | William McGlothlin |
| Principal | Jefferey Jones |
| Staff | 130 |
| Faculty | 180 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 2322 |
| Average class size | 26 |
| Campus size | 308,700 sq ft |
| Color(s) | Black and Orange |
| Slogan | Inspiring today, preparing for tomorrow. |
| Fight song | On Wisconsin |
| Athletics conference | Greater Western Ohio Conference |
| Mascot | Bucky the Beaver |
| Team name | Beavers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Beacon |
| Yearbook | Beaver Tales |
| Athletic Director | Brad Pompos |
| Website | www.beavercreek.k12.oh.us/bhs |
Beavercreek High School is the public high school in Beavercreek, Ohio. A member of the Beavercreek City School District, the high school has an enrollment of more than 2300 students. The high school campus consists of Ferguson Hall, a free-standing building that houses the ninth grade, and the high school which accommodates the remaining grades 10-12. The principal is Jeffrey Jones and the school's mascot is the Battling Beaver.
Beavercreek High School offers eleven Advanced Placement (AP) classes to students, in addition to many Honors and Scholarship courses which award additional points to the compiled grade point average (GPA) of each student. The school's girls basketball team has a long history of success averaging over 18 wins per season under coach Ed Zink's 36-year tenure. On February 10, 2011, Zink became the first girls high school basketball coach in state history to reach 658 wins.
The first high school in Beavercreek Township was built in 1888 at the southwest corner of Factory Road and Dayton-Xenia Road, the present site of Ritters Frozen Custard. Recognized as the second high school in the state of Ohio, the initial enrollment was 20 pupils. Freshmen and sophomores occupied the south room, while juniors and seniors attended class in the north room. Two additional rooms were added in 1914 to accommodate increasing enrollment.
In 1932, the township's entire school system was consolidated into a newly constructed school at the corner of Hanes Road and Dayton-Xenia Road as a result of the increasing demands from both enrollment and the State Board of Education. The school later became known as Main Elementary School after a new high school opened in 1954 at its present location on Dayton-Xenia Rd. The original high school was used as an apartment residence for several years, but later changed hands among several businesses in the area including Marshall Brothers and the Mead paper company. It was eventually torn down after a fire ruined much of the building's interior.
On January 3, 1964, a U.S. Air Force B-57 bomber narrowly missed crashing into the school building, after the pilot was forced to eject while en route to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton. The largest section of the wreckage landed within a few feet of the school; Principal Roger Sweet told reporters afterward, "We were just real, real fortunate."
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