Hughes STEM High School is a

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located in

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. It is part of the

Cincinnati Public Schools Cincinnati Public Schools (often abbreviated CPS) is the U.S. state of Ohio's third-largest public school district, by enrollment, after Columbus City Schools and Cleveland Metropolitan School District. Cincinnati Public Schools is the largest O ...

History

The first Hughes High School was established in 1853 on property on Fifth and Mound streets. The school owes its name to Thomas Hughes, an Englishman and shoemaker, who, by his will, dated December, 1826, left his property for a high school, which was built in 1853 at a cost of $23,375.

Pre-Hughes Center

Thomas Hughes' vision, wherein he had bequeathed his land to be “applied to the maintenance and support of a school or schools in the City of Cincinnati for the education of poor destitute children whose parents or guardians are unable to pay for their schooling” came into fruition almost 30 years later. The first graduating class consisted of six girls and four boys. The school thereafter served a predominantly poor population of students.

Hughes Center

Hughes Center was a team-based

magnet school In the U.S. education system, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities (usually school boards) as school ...

dedicated to the

Paideia ''Paideia'' (also spelled ''paedeia'') ( /paɪˈdeɪə/; Greek: παιδεία, ''paideía'') referred to the rearing and education of the ideal member of the ancient Greek polis or state. These educational ideals later spread to the Greco-Roman ...

philosophy. The Paideia philosophy is based upon the belief that all students can be successful in a rigorous

college preparatory A college-preparatory school (usually shortened to preparatory school or prep school) is a type of secondary school. The term refers to public, private independent or parochial schools primarily designed to prepare students for higher education ...

curriculum. Programs available at Hughes Center included: *Zoo Academy (a program offered in association with the

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) *High School for Teaching and Technology *High School for the Health Professions *High School for the Communication Profession *Cincinnati Academy for Mathematics and Science (CAMAS) High School *The Paideia High School The last principal of Hughes Center was Dr. Virginia Rhodes and the school program was closed with the graduating class of 2012.

Hughes STEM

Hughes STEM saw its first students in 2009. In response to national initiatives for STEM education in America's public schools, the school curriculum was redesigned to focus on related career fields. A NSF grant aimed at creating scalable models of STEM schools paid for much of the upstart and transition costs, many of which were related to technology equipment acquisition. In 2011-2012 Hughes gained an 8th grade class and became a fully 7th-12th grade school the following school year.

Academics

The school is composed of four pathways: * Health and Bioscience * Engineering * Programming and Software Development * Zoo Academy located at the

Extra-Curriculars

The school is host to a robotics team, an academic team, and a science club.

Athletics

Hughes is home to a number of teams for boys and girls, most of which compete in the CMAC. Those teams include football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer (for girls), wrestling, cheerleading, dance, and track.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Boys

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

- 1938,1949 * Boys

Swimming Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved through coordinated movement of the limbs and the body to achieve hydrodynamic thrust that r ...

– 1930 * Boys

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

– 1928 * Boys

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

– 1925

Notable alumni

Wilbur G. Adam Wilbur G. Adam (July 23, 1898 – March 23, 1973) was an American painter and illustrator who divided his career between Cincinnati and Chicago. He was known for his portraiture and landscapes of western United States. In the latter part of his ca ...

, painter and illustrator *

Alex Bannister Alex Bannister (born April 23, 1979) is a former American football wide receiver who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for Eastern Kentucky University and was selected in the fifth round of the ...

, football player * Jerome Davis, football player *

Andre Frazier Andre Frazier (born June 29, 1982) is a former American football linebacker who played five seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was signed by the Steelers as an undrafted free agent in 2005. He played college football at Cincinnati. ...

, football player * Moses J. Gries, rabbi *

Louis Grossmann Louis Grossmann (February 24, 1863 – September 21, 1926) was an Austrian-born Jewish-American rabbi and professor. Life Grossmann was born on February 24, 1863, in Vienna, Austria, the son of Rabbi Ignaz Grossmann and Nettie Rosenbaum. His brot ...

, rabbi *

Libby Holman Elizabeth Lloyd Holman (née Holzman; May 23, 1904 – June 18, 1971) was an American socialite, actress, singer, and activist. Early life Elizabeth Lloyd Holzman was born May 23, 1904, in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of a lawyer and stockbrok ...

, singer and stage actress *

Loretta Cessor Manggrum Loretta Cessor Manggrum (July 28, 1896 – May 11, 1992), sometimes published as L.C. Manggrum, was an American pianist, music educator, and composer of sacred music. In particular, she is known for her cantatas and other choral works. She was the ...

, composer * Bob Quick, basketball player * Bob Smith, football player * Joseph Baermann Strauss, Chief Engineer of Golden Gate Bridge *

Louis Wolsey Louis Wolsey (January 8, 1877 – March 4, 1953) was a Jewish-American rabbi. Life Wolsey was born on January 8, 1877 in Midland, Michigan, the son of William Wolsey and Frances Krueger. Wolsey attended grammar school in Clare, Michigan and Ch ...

, rabbi

References

External links

District WebsiteHughes STEM High School Homepage
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