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Centerville
High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. It is preceded by primary education. High school is also the name used to describe the institution in which the final stage of compulsory education takes place.
Centerville High School is a public school of secondary education for grades 9-12 located in Centerville, Ohio, situated ten miles south of Dayton. It is the only high school in the Centerville School District, which also includes three middle schools, six elementary schools, and one kindergarten. The district serves all of the city of Centerville and Washington Township, as well as property parcels in the city of Kettering near the Moraine Country Club. Centerville High School has the second highest student population in Ohio.
It first began offering formal education in 1803 with a school building housing. Nine one-room elementary schools were also erected. In 1848, the Old Stone Academy was constructed and the first high school courses were offered. Private schools over the blacksmith shop and in Old Township Hall also offered similar courses. In 1885, the Washington Township High School was built at 101 West Franklin Street.
The high school became a member of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1951. In April 1955, the Central Unit of what is now Cline Elementary School was opened and junior high and the three-year high school were moved there. Kindergarten was added at Magsig. The name of the high school officially became Centerville High School in 1963.
The Centerville City School District is one of only 17 districts to have received the Ohio education department's highest rating of Excellent every year since the rating system's inception in 2000. Also, Centerville High School was awarded the United States department of education's highest honor by becoming a blue ribbon school in 1984 and again in 1993. Centerville High School is one of only 7 high schools in Ohio to have been recognized more than once, as of 2002. In November 1991, Centerville High School became the first high school in the United States to communicate directly via satellite with Russian students from Moscow School.
Centerville is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference. It is dedicated to promoting student excellence by providing a rigorous academic and vocational program within a positive learning environment
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