Beechwood High School is a 6-year 7-12th grade
high school, located in
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky
Fort Mitchell is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,702 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area.
History
Fort Mitchell was the site of one of seven Civil War forti ...
, United States. It is a part of the
Beechwood Independent School District
Beechwood may refer to:
Plants
* Beechwood, the wood from any of ten species of beech trees
* Malay beechwood, tree ''Gmelina arborea'', and its wood
* Willow beechwood ''Faurea saligna'', and its wood
Places Canada
* Beechwood, Ontario
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The district (of which Beechwood HS is the sole comprehensive high school) includes the majority of Fort Mitchell, a portion of
Fort Wright, and a portion of
Lakeside Park.
General information
Beechwood High School, founded 1860, is operated by an "independent" school district, which in Kentucky refers to a district that is independent of a county. Most school districts in the state coincide exactly with county boundaries. The Beechwood district is run by the superintendent, Dr. Mike Stacy. Beechwood High School is consistently one of the highest-rated schools in Kentucky. This school is a relatively small with roughly 115 students in each graduating class. The school's mascot is the Tiger. Although the high school is listed as 7th-12th grade, an elementary (grades K-6) also exists in a connected building. These two schools make up the Beechwood Independent School District.
Awards and recognition
They have been ranked one of the best high schools in the nation by ''U.S. News & World Report'' in 2008.
Best High Schools 2008 Search
U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.
Athletics
In 2008 the school had the following teams: Football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
, Boys' and Girls' track
Track or Tracks may refer to:
Routes or imprints
* Ancient trackway, any track or trail whose origin is lost in antiquity
* Animal track, imprints left on surfaces that an animal walks across
* Desire path, a line worn by people taking the shorte ...
, Boys' and Girls' Cross Country, Archery, Boys' and Girls Basketball, Baseball, Fastpitch Softball, Girls' and Boys' swimming, Boys' and Girls' Golf, Boys' and Girls' Tennis, Volleyballs
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, and Girls' Soccer
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.
State champions
*17-Time Kentucky High School Athletic Association state champions in football - 14 championships in class 1A and three championships in 2A)
*(1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020-2A, 2021-2A, 2022-2A)
Football
Beechwood built a dominant football program in the 1990s under head coach Mike Yeagle. Accumulating 7 state titles, 3 undefeated seasons, and a Northern Kentucky record 38 consecutive wins all within the decade, the Tigers were the most successful team in the state from 1990 to 1999 in both wins (126) and winning percentage (.893). Beechwood carried their winning tradition into the new millennium by winning back-to-back state titles in 2007 and 2008 under new head coach Noel Rash, soon after forming an active streak of three consecutive state championships from 2016 to 2018 and the first 2A state championship in school history in 2020.
*2022 State Champion (14-1)
*2021 State Champion (15–0)
Band program
The Beechwood band program is the largest activity on the Beechwood Schools campus encompassing nearly 250 students from 5th to 12th grade. The band program includes the national award-winning Marching Tigers, high school symphonic band, high school percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, jazz lab band, middle school bands, pep bands, chamber ensembles, and winter guards. The band program is under the direction of Austin Bralley and Savannah Starks.
Winter Guard
The Beechwood High School Varsity Winter Guard is one of the most successful guard programs in Kentucky. The Beechwood Varsity Winter Guard competes in Tri-State Marching Arts as well as Winter Guard International. Recently, the Varsity Winter Guard was the TMA Regional A Gold Medalists in 2017 and 2018.
Marching Tigers
The Marching Tigers have been named KMEA State Champions 10 times and the Bands of America Class A National Championship two times (2006, 2011). Beechwood is the only band program in KMEA history to win a state championship under four different band directors. In 2019, the Marching Tigers represented the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC. The Marching Tigers were awarded the John Philip Sousa Foundation Sudler Shield
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in 2022.
KMEA State Champions
Class 1A – 1990, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016
Class 2A – 2019, 2021
KMEA State Finalist
Class 1A - 1986, 1990, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
Class 2A - 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2019, 2021
Class 3A - 1996, 2022
Bands of America National Champions
Class 1A - 2006, 2011
Bands of America National Semifinalists
2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022
Notable alumni
* Brandon Berger
Brandon Charles Berger (born February 21, 1975) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Kansas City Royals from 2001 to 2004.
Berger attended Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He was drafted by ...
, former Kansas City Royals
The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) Central division. The team was founded as an expans ...
outfielder
References
External links
Beechwood High School home pageBeechwood Independent School District
*https://khsaa.org/records/football/fb90syearbyyear.pdf
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Schools in Kenton County, Kentucky
Public high schools in Kentucky
1860 establishments in Kentucky