Mariemont High School is a public high school located in Mariemont, a suburb of

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. It is the only high school in the Mariemont City School District. Mariemont High School is known for its high academic standards, and it has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence four separate times: 1984-85, 1988–89, 2001–02, 2004-05. The school was the first to receive this award four times in the state of Ohio and the fourth nationwide.

History

The school was originally housed in the building that now holds Mariemont Elementary School. In 1970, a new school was constructed, designed by architects Baxter, Hodell, Donnelly and Preston. A large portion of the building featured an open, modular design with hexagonal "pods" with department offices in the center. The pods had no walls or clearly defined borders between classrooms, no hallways, and no windows in class areas. Each pod was described to be equivalent to six standard classrooms.Gwynn, Susan "Education at work in an open Environment", ''Council of Educational Facility Planners Journal'', June 1975. Students were relatively free to move about within the pods. Subjects requiring seclusion, such as music, were in more traditional classrooms.Daglesh, Garvin
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'', March 1971. The open design was soon found to make it difficult for students, with one staff member estimating that 20% of students could not function in the open, self-directed environment. Within a few years, bookcases and partitions were used to break up the pods into classroom-like areas, but in many cases it was still possible to hear adjacent classes.Deadrick, Lizzi
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''The Warpath'' 22 September 2011Kranz, Cindy ''"Schools restructure classrooms"'', Cincinnati Enquirer ; Cincinnati, Ohio incinnati, Ohio4 Nov 2002: B.1. In the 2018 midterm elections, the district passed a levy to renovate half of the school and completely rebuild the other.

Extra curricular

Music

*Band *Concert Orchestra *Chamber Orchestra *Concert Choir *Chamber Choir *Showstoppers (After-school a capella group)

Latin Club

Mariemont High School's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the

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(OJCL) and

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(NJCL). In 2018, the freshmen Certamen team won the state championships at the intermediate level.

Newspaper

The Mariemont Blueprint (Formerly The Warpath) is Mariemont High School's student newspaper. Students enrolled in the MHS Journalism Class write articles for the paper.

Sports

Mariemont is member of the

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(CHL). The league consists of other small schools from the suburbs of Cincinnati. Mariemont offers 24 varsity sports.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

*Boys

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- 2020 *Girls

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- 2018, 2021, 2022 *Boys

- 2007, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2021 * Boys

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- 1953 * 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 ...

* - 1949 * Boys

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* - 1945 : * Titles won by Plainville High School prior to consolidation into Mariemont.

Notable alumni

* Karl G. Henize '45* - NASA Astronaut and Astronomical Scientist : * Did not graduate due to enlistment in U.S Navy *

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'87 – Dominican Republic Ambassador to Brazil *

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'91 - US Ambassador to South Korea *

Erik Swanson Erik Donald Swanson (born September 4, 1993) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2019 with the Seattle Mariners. Amateur career Swanson attended Mariemo ...

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References

External links

Aerial image of the school and proposed changes, showing the "pod" design
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