Maple Heights High School
Maple Heights High School is a public high school located in Maple Heights, Ohio, southeast of Cleveland, Ohio. It graduated its first class in 1925. It was the first high school in America to offer a credit class in popular culture studies, created in 1975. It also offered a broadcast journalism class, Television Journalism, which produced a long-running public-access television cable TV program entitled Maple Schools Today, which ran on several Cleveland Ohio cable outlets from 1984 through 2002.
| Maple Heights High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1 Mustang Way , , 44137 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°24′45″N 81°33′40″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Superintendent | Charles Keenan[1] |
| Principal | Shay Price[1] |
| Teaching staff | 59.00 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,089 (2018–19)[2] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 18.46[2] |
| Color(s) | Maroon and White[1] |
| Athletics conference | Lake Erie League[1] |
| Team name | Mustangs[1] |
| Rival | Bedford,Cleveland Heights |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3] |
| Website | https://www.mapleschools.com/573701_3 |
A completely new high school building opened in 2013, replacing one that dated back 90 years. A new stadium with artificial turf and an all-weather track opened in 2014.
Athletics
Maple Heights High School athletics is best known for the success of the boys' wrestling teams. They won 10 state championships in a 19-year period from 1956–1974. They were led by legendary coach Mike Milkovich. Milkovich played a role in a sports brawl that led eventually to a U.S. Supreme Court case, Milkovich v. Lorain Journal Co., an important free speech case.
The team nickname is the Mustangs.
Notable alumni
- Chuck Findley – Class of 1965. trumpet player in The Tonight Show Band, Steely Dan and The Wrecking Crew.
- Bruce E. Grooms – retired vice admiral in the United States Navy.
- Len Kosmalski, NBA basketball player (Kansas City Kings)[6]
- Jim Krusoe, novelist, poet, and short story writer.[7]
- Frank Mestnik (born 1938), class of 1953, professional football player (St. Louis Cardinals and Green Bay Packers).[8]
- Dale Mohorcic, class of 1974, professional baseball player[9]
- Ric Ocasek (1944–2019), class of 1963, lead singer of the Cars.[10]
- Mary Oliver – Pulitzer Prize and American Book Award winning poet.
- Richard Quinn (born 1986), professional football player (Denver Broncos and Washington Redskins).[8]
- Evelyn Svec Ward (1921–1989), class of 1939, fiber artist.[11]
Notes and references
- OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- "Maple Heights High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
- Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Archived from the original on 2009-03-04. Retrieved 2007-02-12.
- "Len Koxmalski Stats". Basketball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- "MHHS Class of 1961 Reunion Program". MHHS Class of 1961. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- "Maple Heights Alumni Pro Stats". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
- Campbell, Steve (28 June 1987). "'Horse' is a horse". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. pp. 1, 5. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- Greene, Andy (December 13, 2017). "The Cars' Ric Ocasek on the Hall of Fame: 'It's a Good Cap to the Bottle'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
That was in Cleveland, Ohio, since I used to live there.... I graduated from [Maple Heights] [sic] High School in 1963.
- Who's Who in the Midwest. Vol. 16. A.N. Marquis. 1978. p. 734. ISBN 978-0-8379-0716-1.