Edgewood High School is a public high school in Edgewood, Ohio, in Ashtabula Township. It is the sole high school operated by the Buckeye Local School District in Ashtabula County, Ohio. __NOTOC__

Background

Before the current Edgewood High School was built, the building now used as Braden Middle School served as the district’s high school. The current location was opened in 1960. The district is bordered by Lake Erie to the north, the city of Conneaut and Conneaut High School to the east, the city of

Ashtabula Ashtabula ( ) is a city in Ashtabula County, Ohio, United States, and the center of the Ashtabula micropolitan area. It is located at the mouth of the Ashtabula River on Lake Erie, northeast of Cleveland. As of the 2020 census, the city had ...

and Lakeside High School to the west, and the city of Jefferson and

Jefferson Area High School Jefferson Area High School is the only high School in the Jefferson, Ohio area of the United States. The current principal is Tim Fairfield, and the superintendent is John Montanaro. The school's nickname is "The Fighting Falcons", almost always ...

to the south. The school's mascot is a Warrior and the students are commonly referred to as the Edgewood Warriors. There has been controversy over the school’s mascot, which is a caricature of a Native American warrior. A Change.org petition was created in 2020 calling for the mascot to be retired which received over 1,700 signatures. The Edgewood Fight Song was written by former band director Gene Milford. The song resembles the style of Cherokee music in the introduction. Then it quickly turns into a fast paced march. The Edgewood Botany team has won first place in the annual Ashtabula County Botany competition for the past four consecutive years.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys Cross Country – 1990, 2003

Notable alumni

* Freddie Smith, actor

References

External links

District Website

Ohio Department of Education
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