Olean High School is a
high school located in
Olean, New York
Olean ( ) is a city in Cattaraugus County, New York, United States. Olean is the largest city in Cattaraugus County and serves as its financial, business, transportation and entertainment center. It is one of the principal cities of the Southern ...
, about 65 miles south of
Buffalo, New York.
Olean High School was built in 1935 and opened on February 22, 1937. It is known for its
athletics programs. It also has numerous clubs, including
Model United Nations,
DECA, and
Interact Club.
Olean High School organizations page
Accessed December 8, 2008. It is located within the Oak Hill Park Historic District.
2012-2013 Restructuring
Due to economics hardships affecting the State of New York since the onset of the Great Recession, the school district began to see steep cuts from the state, and in order to maintain all of its operations, its budgets were continually downsized since 2008. The Olean City School District
The Olean City School District is a public school district located in Olean, New York. It includes two elementary schools, which serve grades Kindergarten-Grade 3:
* East View Elementary School (Built in 1973)
* Washington West Elementary Schoo ...
was restructured for the 2012-2013 School Year due to budget constraints.
Olean High School was traditionally grades 9-12 up until the finish of the 2011–2012 academic year. Following the end of the 2012 academic year, Olean High School now operates as grades 8–12.
Athletics
Olean High School offers golf, basketball, baseball, softball, 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 ...
, volleyball, soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
, tennis, wrestling, cross country, swimming, cheerleading, and track and field.
Alumni
* John Francis O'Hern
John Francis O'Hern (June 4, 1874 – May 22, 1933) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Rochester from 1929 until his death in 1933.
Biography
Early life
One of ten children, John O' ...
, Bishop of Rochester
* Jeff Prescott, Wrestling, 3 time NYS champion, 2 time NCAA Wrestling Champion at Penn State
See also
* 1974 Olean High School shooting
References
External links
Olean High School official website
Public high schools in New York (state)
Schools in Cattaraugus County, New York
1905 establishments in New York (state)
High School
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