The Lorain City School District is a public school district serving the city of Lorain, Ohio, which is located 25 miles west of Cleveland. The district is the tenth largest urban school district in the State of Ohio.
History
Lorain city schools dates far back as to 1875. The first Lorain high school is established in 1875. The high school began as a two-year high school course. In 1879, the first graduating class consisted of three members. By 1878 there were 68 students enrolled in Lorain's two schools. Quickly the school district grew to have 6 school buildings, and 2,600 children enrolled in Lorain City Schools by 1903. By 1972 there were 17,508 students enrolled in the public school system.
In 1995, the then Lorain High School (Located on Washington Avenue and 6th Street) was closed and became Lorain Middle School. At this point the school district had two high schools Southview and Admiral King High School.
Lorain City Schools went through a revitalization project starting in the 2000's. This revitalization project was funded through a bond issue voted on by the city in 2001. which resulted in first the rebuilding of several elementary schools and middle schools. The revitalization project resulted in buildings being torn down and rebuilt nearby where the old buildings stood. Today, many of the new buildings carry the same name. Lorain middle school remained opened until 2005 when new middle schools were established.In 2005 Washington, Larkmoor, Palm and Garfield Elementary open as new school buildings, as well as General Johnnie Wilson and Longfellow Middle Schools. Annexes and temporary locations were used during rebuilding of locations.
The facility that came to be known as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Senior High School was originally constructed as Eastern High School. EHS opened in 1901, with three teachers and 300 students, at the intersection of Mack Avenue and East Grand Boulevard.
Throughout its history, Eastern High was an interscholastic sports juggernaut– particularly during the 1960s. Eastern High was always a contender in football, but it was only in 1953 when they outright won the championship and went on to play the West Side in the Goodfellow Game. In addition to producing several outstanding athletes in track and swimming, the Eastern Indians won four consecutive Detroit City League men's basketball titles (1959–62).
In 1954, Houston real estate investor Cortes Ewing King donated a 54 acre tract to the Sheldon Independent School District. The district used the donated land to construct a Junior-Senior High School and named it after him. C.E. King Junior-Senior High School was located on the western half of the donated land where C.E. King Middle School currently stands.
The school was partially destroyed by fire in 1955, and in the same year, C.E. King Junior-Senior High School had its first graduating class of 11 students. In 1965, the Junior-Senior High School was renamed C.E. King Junior High School and the current C.E. King High School building opened on the land adjacent to it.
The precise stage of schooling provided by a high school differs from country to country, and may vary within the same jurisdiction. In all of New Zealand and Malaysia, along with most of Britain and parts of Australia, Bangladesh and Canada, high school means the same thing as secondary school, but instead of starting in 9th grade, these "secondary schools" begin at ages 11 or 12.
Country by country
Australia
In Australia, high school is a secondary school, from Year 7 or Year 8 through to Year 12, varying from state to state. High school immediately follows primary (elementary) school; therefore, a Year-7 Australian high-school student is sometimes as young as 12. In Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the term "high school" generally refers to Years 7–10, whereas the term "College" is used for Years 11–12. In Victoria the term "secondary college" has largely replaced the term "high school" following the reforms of the Labor Government in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Some schools have retained the name "high school" (such as Melbourne High School) and many have now dropped the "secondary" and are simply known as "college".
High school is the last segment of compulsory secondary education in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Scotland, the United States, and other countries; the term also refers to the building where such education takes place.
High school may also refer to:
Education
Folk high school, institutions of adult and continuing education common in the Nordic countries and Germany
In most jurisdictions, secondary education in the United States refers to the last four years of statutory formal education (grade nine through grade twelve) either at high school or split between a final year of 'junior high school' and three in high school.
History
The United States historically had a demand for general skills rather than specific training/apprenticeships. High school enrollment increased when schools at this level became free, laws required children to attend until a certain age, and it was believed that every American student had the opportunity to participate regardless of their ability.
In 1892, in response to many competing academic philosophies being promoted at the time, a working group of educators, known as the "Committee of Ten" was established by the National Education Association. It recommended twelve years of instruction, consisting of eight years of elementary education followed by four years of high school. Rejecting suggestions that high schools should divide students into college-bound and working-trades groups from the start, and in some cases also by race or ethnic background, they unanimously recommended that "every subject which is taught at all in a secondary school should be taught in the same way and to the same extent to every pupil so long as he pursues it, no matter what the probable destination of the pupil may be, or at what point his education is to cease."
Bubble gum and house parties When you stole your parents rum And tried to screw everything that could breathe Back in high school we didn't have a whole lot to do We watched the world go by on the television screen Said it's the 90's kids that's way out this is way in Go beat each other up on the dance floor Told us drugs were no good But then we smoked 'em and liked 'em So much that we smoked a little more We liked 'em so much, we smoked a little more Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? You're so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you It's kinda hard with all that sexual confusion Sometimes you don't know if you're gay or straight But what's the difference, it's a wonderful illusion Most times you won't make it past second base I'm in a band, we kinda suck but we don't now it yet And I don't care anyway 'Cuz soon, I'm gonna sell these drums, pay my rent Support my kid and tell him all about way back in daddy's day I'll tell him all about way back in daddy's day Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? You're so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you Some years later by a soda coolerator In a corner store back in my home town This stranger smiles at me, said "Remember the class of '93?" And for some reason it makes him look real proud After all the good times he said we had He looks at me, scratches his head And asked me where the hell I ever went And the funny thing is that I never even knew him But he coulda been any one of my high school friends Did I call your name? Did you hear me singin' that song that I wrote for you? Your so the same but your so different I didn't recognize you Did I call you name? Singin' that song that I wrote for you Singin' that song I wrote for you
Mary LeeTucker Clothe-A-Child Fund celebrates 100 years of helping Lorain area children ... at Meijer in Lorain ... "She raised me as a single mother until I graduated at Lorain AdmiralKingHighSchool.
The Lorain ... The Lorain HighSchool collection, featuring T-shirts for AdmiralKing, Southview, Lorain Catholic, and Lorain High schools, also will be available for purchase, according to the release.
His 137 steals already is the Lorain County record, surpassing current Amherst coach Matt Rositano’s high school career total of 118 stolen bases when Rositano played at Lorain AdmiralKing from 1998-2000.
... after an impressive basketball career in high school and college. Grayson was born in Lorain in 1946 and went to local schools including AdmiralKingHighSchool, where he became a basketball star.
“The dream of this nonprofit started while I was still in high school,” she said. “I graduated from (Lorain) AdmiralKing, (and) started this vision years back ... 3 at the Lorain ...
has thrived in the city of Lorain, its leaders said ... Many of the sorority graduates who helped form the Lorain chapter were educators at Lorain AdmiralKingHighSchool in the early 1970s, Bonilla said.
They played football against each other in high school — Mark LaForce was at Lorain; Tom Smigel was at Lorain AdmiralKing — and then ended up starting next to each other on the offensive line at Wittenberg University.
Lorain County Assistant Prosecutor Dan Petticord announced Aug ... He also advises the Lorain County CommissionBoard as well. Petticord was raised in Lorain and graduated from AdmiralKingHighSchool, the release stated.
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