Sycamore Junior High School

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Address
Sycamore Junior High School
5757 Cooper Rd., Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Information
School district	Sycamore Community School District
Superintendent	Dr. Adrianne James
Principal	Karen Naber
Vice principal	Doug Kennedy & Brian Wallace
Students	950(approximately)
School type	Public Intermediate
Grades	7 and 8
Motto	"Freedom with Responsibility"
Mascot	Aviators
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Newspaper	The Navigator/The Flyer
Established	1974(high school move)
Homepage	http://my.sycamoreschools.org

Sycamore Junior High (SJHS) is two year, public junior high school located in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. It is the only junior high school and only school for 7th and 8th graders in the Sycamore Community School District.

1 Fast Facts
2 Bell Schedule and Hours
3 Academics
4 Sports
5 Music
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Fast Facts

-On May 23, 2008, the 8th grade Boy Choir sang the National Anthlem before a Cincinnati Reds game against the Milwaukee Brewers.

-The Junior High in particular is well known for the high math success in competitions, statewide and nationally. Sycamore Junior High has won the MATHCOUNTS State Competition ( also known as the state) 10 out of the last 11 years.

-In 2008, Clayton Hamre, a student from the Junior High, finished 3rd in Ohio in the Geography Bee, getting a perfect score in the preliminary round, then finishing 3rd at the State Bee.^{[citation needed]}<br /

-Also in 2008, the 7th grade at Sycamore Jr. High finished first in the state of Ohio and second in the nation in the National Language Arts League. The top score in the 7th grade was held by Emma Rogge, who recieved recognition for her extremely high score nationally.

-Also, Sycamore School District has earned eight straight "excellents" from the state of Ohio.

[edit] Bell Schedule and Hours

Bell Schedule

Bus Release 7:55 AM
Warning 8:00 AM
1st 8:02 - 8:51 AM
2nd 8:55 - 9:44 AM
3rd 9:48 - 10:37 AM
4th 10:41 - 11:30 AM
5th (including lunch) 11:35 AM - 12:54 PM
Connections 12:59 - 1:21
6th 1:25 - 2:14 PM
7th 2:18 - 3:07 PM

Hours

8:02 AM - 3:07 PM

[edit] Academics

Sycamore School District as a whole, including the Junior High, is known as one the best academic schools in Ohio. The school consists of about 950 seventh- and eighth-graders, ranging in scholastic ability from standards (average) to accelerated (above average). There are also academic classes, which are between the aforementioned.

The Junior High in particular is well known for the high math success in competitions, statewide and nationally. Sycamore Junior High has won the MATHCOUNTS State Competition ( also known as the state) 8 out of the last 9 years.

In 2008, Clayton Hamre from the Junior high finished 3rd in the state in the Geography Bee, getting a perfect score in the preliminary round, then finishing 3rd at the State Bee.^{[citation needed]}

Also in 2008, the Sycamore Jr. High 7th grade for the National Language Arts League competition, was first in Ohio and second in the nation. Emma Rogge had the school's highest score, missing only one question on the fifty-question test.

Also, Sycamore School District has earned eight straight "excellents" from the state of Ohio.

[edit] Sports

Sports
Fall Sports
Cross Country
Football
Football Chearleading
Girls Golf
Boys Golf
Boy Soccer
Girls Soccer
Girls Tennis
Girls Volleyball

Winter Sports
Basketball
Cheerleading
Boys Basketball
Girls Basketball
Wrestling
Swimming and Diving

Spring Sports
Baseball
Boys Lacrosse
Girls Lacrosse
Softball
Boys Tennis
Boys Track
Girls Track

Sycamore Junior High has the largest amount of junior high sports offered of all the junior highs in Ohio. The school has 39 athletic teams. The Sycamore High School Football Team plays at Sycamore Stadium (Bud Acus Field), which is locate at the Junior High.

[edit] Music

Music In the Junior high, you must take at least one quarter of music. The choices are:

Intro to Guitar I (one quarter)
Intro to Guitar II (one quarter)
Intro to Piano I (one quarter)
Intro to Piano II (one quarter)
International Music (one quarter)
World Music (one quarter)
Band (full year)
Orchestra (full year)
Chorale (full year)
Concert Choir (full year)
Treble Tones (full year)

The school has an award-winning choral program, with five different choirs at the school that students can participate in; Chorale, 7th and 8th grade Treble Tones, boys and girls Concert Choir, Sycamore Singing Company (audition required, after school), and Boy Choir (no audition, before school). Each year, the choirs go on a choir trip to the Music in the Parks competition, held at one of the major parks in the U.S including Chicago, Atlanta, St. Louis, New York City and more. This year, Chorale earned a Superior rating, Concert Choir and 8th grade Treble Tones got excellent ratings, the choirs as a whole got Best Junior High choir, and the Sycamore group as a whole got the coveted Esprit d'Corps award, which is the "Spirit of the Core" award and the highest honor that could be received. The Sycamore Junior High Band just recently had the most students from any school in the OMEA district 14 honors band.

[edit] References

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