| Maple Heights High School | |
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| Address | |
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1 Mustang Way , , 44137 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°24′45″N 81°33′40″W / 41.41250°N 81.56111°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Superintendent | Charles Keenan[1] |
| Principal | Shay Price[1] |
| Teaching staff | 63.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,057 (2017–18)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.78[2] |
| Color(s) | Maroon and White [1] |
| Athletics conference | Lake Erie League[1] |
| Team name | Mustangs[1] |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [3] |
| Athletic Director | Nick Kaliszewski [1] |
| Website | www.mapleschools.com |
Maple Heights High School is a public high school located in Maple Heights, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. It graduated its first class in 1925. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in popular culture studies, created in 1975. It also offered a broadcast journalism class, Television Journalism, which produced a long-running public-access television cable TV program entitled Maple Schools Today, which ran on several Cleveland Ohio cable outlets from 1984 through 2002.
A completely new high school building opened in 2013, replacing one that dated back 90 years. A new stadium with artificial turf and an all-weather track opened in 2014.
Athletics
Maple Heights High School athletics is best known for the success of the boys' wrestling teams. They won 10 state championships in a 19-year period from 1956–1974. They were led by legendary coach Mike Milkovich. Milkovich played a role in a sports brawl that led eventually to a U.S. Supreme Court case, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., an important free speech case.
The team nickname is the Mustangs.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
Notable alumni
- Chuck Findley – Class of 1965. trumpet player in The Tonight Show Band, Steely Dan and The Wrecking Crew.
- Bruce E. Grooms – rear admiral in the United States Navy.
- Len Kosmalski – NBA basketball player (Kansas City Kings)[6]
- Jim Krusoe - novelist, poet, and short story writer.[7]
- Frank Mestnik – Class of 1953. professional football player (St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers).[8]
- Dale Mohorcic – relief pitcher in Major League Baseball from 1986 to 1990.
- Ric Ocasek – Class of 1963. Lead singer of the Cars.[9]
- Mary Oliver – Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winning poet.
- Richard Quinn – professional football player (Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins).[8]
External links
Notes and references
- ^ a b c d e f OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ a b c "Maple Heights High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 2, 2020.
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ a b OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- ^ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- ^ "Len Koxmalski Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ "MHHS Class of 1961 Reunion Program". MHHS Class of 1961. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ a b "Maple Heights Alumni Pro Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- ^ Greene, Andy (December 13, 2017). "The Cars' Ric Ocasek on the Hall of Fame: 'It's a Good Cap to the Bottle'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
That was in Cleveland, Ohio, since I used to live there.... I graduated from [Maple Heights] [sic] High School in 1963.