Clark Montessori High School
| Clark Montessori Junior High and High School | |
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| Address | |
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3030 Erie Ave. Hyde Park Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County) 45208 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°11′20″N 84°31′13″W / 39.18889°N 84.52028°WCoordinates: 39°11′20″N 84°31′13″W / 39.18889°N 84.52028°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | 1994 |
| School district | Cincinnati Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Mary Ronan |
| Principal | Dean Blase |
| Grades | 7-12 |
| Enrollment | 710 |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue and Black |
| Athletics conference | Miami Valley Conference |
| Team name | Cougars |
| Athletic Director | Aaron zupka |
| Website | http://clark.cps-k12.org |
Peter H. Clark Montessori Junior High and High School, usually referred to as Clark Montessori, is a junior and senior high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States.
The school has around 700 students as of August 2009. Its location was in the Hyde Park–area woods, on the former estate of Ohio Governor Myers Y. Cooper (1929–1931), with trails in its "backyard". Recently completed in these woods is a small, ancient-Greek–style amphitheatre. However the school has been located in its temporary home in Winton Terrace since the 2007/2008 school year. Clark has moved back into its permanent home on Erie Avenue, for the 2011/2012 school year.
Clark is a part of the Cincinnati Public Schools. Founded in 1994 as a seventh-grade extension of existing district Montessori elementary schools, Clark expanded with its first class to become a full junior and senior high school by the 1999–2000 school year, making it the first public Montessori high school in the United States.
Despite having no entrance exam, 99.5% of Clark seniors have graduated and 96.5% of graduates attended post-secondary education. Additionally, Clark is racially and socio-economically diverse—30-51% of students are in their family’s first generation to attend college, and 33% receive free/reduced lunch.
Each student must complete over 200 community service hours in order to receive a Clark diploma. These hours may be completed with any government recognized non-profit organization and previous stewardship projects include working with the Ohio State School for the Blind and Habitat for Humanity.
Four years of core classes at the honors level are required. Each student also must complete a 30-40 page thesis during their senior year. This project, known as the senior project, allows students to develop time-management skills, research a topic of choice with a qualified mentor, and utilize a university library. Many seniors take advantage of Saturday morning and after school help sessions hosted by senior team teachers in order to complete their senior project and stay caught up in other classes. All of the core teachers at Clark are expected to host at least one "help night" a week where struggling students can get one to one attention and improve their understanding of the subject.
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