BEREA HIGH SCHOOL

'Berea High School' is located at 165 E. Bagley Rd. in Berea, Ohio. The high school was founded in 1882, but the current structure was built in 1929. It is the first of two public high schools in the Berea City School District, the other being Midpark High School. As of 2007, Berea High School has over 1,000 students and serves grades nine through twelve. The school colors are red and dark blue. The athletic teams are known as the Braves. The school's fight song is Ohio State's "Fight the Team Across the Field."

Contents

Notable Alumni (listed by year of graduation)

Alma Mater

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Music education

External links

Notable Alumni (listed by year of graduation)

★ Raymond Moley: leading member of Frankin D. Roosevelt's Brain Trust who later turned against the New Deal (1902?)

★ Albert E. Baesel: posthumously awarded Medal of Honor in World War I (1907)

★ Edward Kuekes: won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize in the editorial cartooning category (1918)

★ Bud Collins: writer/reporter on tennis (1947)

★ Charles Bassett: NASA Astronaut selected in 1965 to be pilot of the Gemini 9 mission, but was killed prior to the mission in the crash of a T-38 jet (1950)

★ Louis B. (L.B.) Schaefer: his setting of a new "American Citizen's Record" [currently categorized as the "U.S. Open Record"] in the 100-yd. backstroke during a high-school swim-meet on Jan. 21, 1959 was an unusual feat for a high-school athlete at the time (1959)

★ John Michael Tebelak: conceived and directed Godspell (1966)

★ Jim Tressel: head football coach of Ohio State University (1971)

★ Neil Steinberg: columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and author of several books (1978)

★ Billy Hufsey: singer/actor/musician Hufsey is best known for the role of Christopher Dolan in the 1982 TV series "Fame". (1978)

★ Stefanie Eulinberg: drummer for Kid Rock's band, Twisted Brown Trucker (1986)

★ Jon Normile: US Fencer, 3x US National Champion and member of the '92 US Olympic Team (1985)

★ Adam Rauch: lead the design and development of the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language (1985)

★ Passion Richardson: US Sprinter, Bronze medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics 4x100m relay (1993)

★ Chad Johnson : Wide Receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals.(1997)

★ Nick Stepanovich: The next Will Hunting (1998)

★ Alex Stepanovich: Played on the Ohio State foot ball team. Played with the Arizona Cardinals from 2004-2006. Currently playing for Cincinnati Bengals (2000)

Alma Mater

Berea High, to thee we sing.

Laud and honor, thus we bring.

Deeds of kindness thou has taught

With the knowledge that we sought.

Hail to thee, Berea High!

All our trust in thee will lie.

True to thee we'll always be,

Steadfast through eternity.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

★ Gymnastics - 1983

Music education

As of 2007, the Berea City School District has been ranked as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" in the United States eight years in a row.

External links

★ Official Berea High School Homepage

★ Official Berea High School Alumni Page

★ Index of BHS Graduating Classes of 1953 - Now, and Their Reunions

★ Berea High Band Boosters Website