Sycamore High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
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7400 Cornell Road Cincinnati, Ohio Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County) 45242 United States |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Opened | 1974 |
| School district | Sycamore Community School District |
| Superintendent | Frank Forsthoefel |
| CEEB code | 360525 |
| Principal | Doug Mader |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,894 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Forest Green Gold |
| Fight song | Across the Field |
| Athletics conference | Greater Miami Conference |
| Mascot | The Aviator |
| Nickname | Aves |
| Team name | Aviator |
| Newspaper | The Leaf |
| Yearbook | The Log |
| Website | http://www.sycamoreschools.org/Page/9 |
Coordinates: 39°16′1″N 84°21′7″W / 39.26694°N 84.35194°W
Sycamore High School (SHS) is a four-year public high school in the northeast suburbs of Cincinnati, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Sycamore Community School District. The Principal is Mr Doug Mader.
The schools occupies a 24.6 ha (61 acres) suburban campus. The present building was designed to accommodate 2000 students in 1974. It was built in a modern style, employing the progressive and experimental open classroom concept wherein no permanent walls separated the classrooms. It has since been expanded and internal walls have been added as the school has grown.
All students follow compulsory courses in English, maths, sciences, social studies, fine arts, and health and physical education. Elective subjects include business technology, computer science, family and consumer sciences, music and technology. Sycamore offers 42 accelerated and Advanced Placement courses. The school has a 99.1% graduation rate, and 90% of students go on to attend college. The class of 2009 had a composite SAT score of 1132, and the class of 2012 had a composite ACT score of 30, both being higher than the state and national averages. Sycamore also regularly has among the highest number of National Merit Scholars in Ohio. In 2009, thirty-one students received the award.
In 1999, Sycamore had a record 35 National Merit Scholars. That year, three students also scored perfect scores on the major college entrance examinations.
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