Orange High School (North Carolina)

Orange High School
Orange High School in March 2017
Address
500 Orange High School Road Hillsborough, North Carolina United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1963
School district	Orange Public Schools
Superintendent	Todd Wirt
Principal	Eric Yarbrough
Enrollment	1300
Color(s)	Orange      and Black
Song	Washington and Lee Swing, performed by the OHS panther regiment marching band
Mascot	Panther
Nickname	Orange Panther
Website	http://www.orangecountyfirst.com/ohs/

Orange High School is a high school in the northern area of Orange County, North Carolina.

Founded in 1963, Orange High School educates 1274 students from the area around Hillsborough, North Carolina.

Orange High is one of two high schools in the Orange County Schools, the other being Cedar Ridge High School. Like most high schools, Orange High serves grades 9 through 12 offering academic, co-curricular, career and technical, and extracurricular opportunities. The student-teacher ratio is 16.3:1.

The faculty for the North Carolina school includes 75 licensed classroom teachers, four school counselors, one career development coordinator, one media specialist, one instructional technology resource teacher, two associate principals, one principal, one AIG Resource Teacher, one social worker, one school psychologist, and one school nurse. Nine of the teachers National Board Certified Teachers, and 32 (over 50 percent) hold master degrees.

In Spring of 2007, it was announced that Jeff Dishmon would not be returning as principal of Orange High for the 2007-2008 school year, where he would be moved to a Central Office position. Roy Winslow became principal, until January 2010 when it was announced that he would be moving to a school in Granville County. Stephen Scroggs, a former Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools Assistant Superintendent, was assigned the position of interim principal until a new principal was found. One of the assistant principals, Armond Hankins, was selected for the position, effective July 1, 2010. Hankins was demoted in 2012, and former Gravelly Hill Middle School principal Jason Johnson replaced him.

The Cross Country team has made it to state championships with both girls and boys for six consecutive years, starting in 2006. In 2011, the Cross Country team also got fourth in the 3A state championships for boys and sixth for girls. In 2012, Orange's men's team placed 7th in the state at the 3A state championships, and also sent 2 girls individually; Indy Reid-Shaw and Devon Allen. The unofficial (due to it not being a school-endorsed event) 5k record for the school was set in 1997, with Bradsher Wilkins running a 15:19, winning the Foot Locker South Regional. The official school record is held by Will Henderson, who ran a 16:24 at the 2012 adidas Cross Country Challenge, placing 33rd.