Norwayne High School

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Norwayne High School
Location
350 S. Main Street
Creston, Ohio 44217
USA
Information
Principal Doug Zimmerly
Enrollment

450[1] (2007)
Faculty 21.4 (on FTE basis)[1]
Student:teacher ratio 21.1[1]
Type Public
Grades 9 to 12
Mascot Bobcat
Homepage www.northcentral.k12.oh.us/nhs

Norwayne High School is a public high school in Creston, Ohio. It is the only high school in the North Central Local School District, which also consists of a middle school, also in Creston, and two elementary schools, one in Sterling and one in Burbank. Their mascot is the Bobcat. The name 'Norwayne' is derived from its location in northern Wayne County.

This school has 21 teachers and about 450 students for a 1:21 student to teacher ratio.[1]

The school's roof was damaged by a wind storm in 2007.[2]

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[edit] Notable faculty

Lorraine Merrill, who founded Power of the Pen, a non-profit creative writing program for students in grades seven and eight in Ohio, taught at the school in 1954-55.[3]

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Dwight Schar, 1960 graduate, Executive Chairman, NVR, Inc.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Norwayne High School. National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. "Students: 451 (2005-2006)"
  2. ^ Schaaf, Bryan. "North Central Local Schools Wind storm speeds up roof replacement", The Daily Record, September 1, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 
  3. ^ "About us", Power of the Pen. Retrieved on 2008-04-23. 
  4. ^ Ryan Brown. Lambiek.net. Retrieved on 2008-04-23.
  5. ^ Donna Robb. "KILLBUCK MARSH THING IS COMING", Akron Beacon Journal, December 19, 1995, pp. A1. 

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