- Ocean Springs High School is an USDA-certified public high school in Ocean Springs, Mississippi (USA). The school serves students in grades 9-12 and is part of the Ocean Springs School District. Its auditorium's roof collapsed in Hurricane Katrina, on August 29, 2005, but has since been rebuilt.
- Campus
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The school's campus is split into two major sections, which are both split into sub-sections.
- The first section is the north campus. The north campus is split into the main building and the 9th Grade Academy.
- The main building houses the offices (Administrative, Main, Counseling, and Attendance) along with a set of English and Social Studies classrooms, the Band and Choir Halls, and the Cafeteria.
- Although the 9th Grade Academy houses mainly freshmen-level classes, including 9th grade Algebra I, Biology, English I, and STUPID classes, it also is home to a few upper-level courses.
- The south campus is split into the 15 Classroom Building (Math/Science Hall), the Round Building classrooms, the Media Center building, the gym, and the auditorium. The Auditorium was the only part of the school affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and has been completely renovated since. It was completed January 2007.
- In the 15 classroom building, the classes are primarily sciences (such as Chemistry, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, Anatomy and Physiology, Physics, and AP Physics), and Mathematics (upper-level Algebra I, Algebra II, Advanced Algebra, Accelerated and Regular Geometry, Probability and Statistics, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB and BC).The round building mainly has foreign languages (French and Spanish), health classes, and JROTC classes.
- The principal of Ocean Springs High School until 2006 was Robert Hirsch. In the fall of 2006, Jamie Sisco stepped in as the new principal. Jeffery French has since been elected as Superintendent.
- Extracurricular activities
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The Ocean Springs High School sports team mascot is the Greyhound. OSHS has teams in the following sports: Football, Track and Field, Swimming, Cross Country, Fast and Slow pitch Softball, Soccer, Volleyball, Basketball, Ghosting, Tennis, Baseball, and for the first time in school year 2007-2008, Debate.The 2008 Greyhound Baseball Team won the Mississippi High School Class 5A State Championship, in Jackson, MS, against the Tupelo High School Golden Wave. The coaches were: current head coach, Jesse Kanode, Brookes McKay, currently George County High School (Lucedale, MS) head baseball coach, and coach Jeff Garrett (head Freshman baseball coach).Head football coach Todd Mangum enters his third season with the Greyhounds, with his assistants, Jon Wilson, Shane Trasclair, Mike Tosch, Chad Collums, Doug Lucas, Wade Vick, Jonathan "the man with the plan" Partridge , and Bobby Ferrell.
- The high school also has the "Blue-Grey Pride" band. The band plays at half-time at football games, parades, Christmas and Spring concerts, marching festivals, and some civic functions. They are known well for their style, energy, and repeated superior ratings at most festivals and competitions. The "Blue-Grey Pride" has performed intermittently at Walt Disney World for the past 23 years. The band is under the direction of Joe Cacibauda.
- The "Blue-Grey Pride" marching band also includes the Ocean Springs High School varsity dance team. They perform during halftime shows, band festivals, and compete at the MHSAA State Dance Competition in December. At two recent marching festivals, the dancers got superior ratings and the "Best Dancers All-Around" title at the Deep South Marching Festival and a near-perfect over-all score of 99. This group has a reputation of the best dance teams in the south, along with their sharp style, classiness, and their signature black gloves.
- OSHS has an Army JROTC program that consists of about 180 cadets. This program is not intended to pressure anyone to join the military, it is intended to teach leadership principles. The mission is to get high school students to graduate from high school. It also has many after-school activities including drill, exhibition armed (spinning rifles), PT (physical training), and Delta (adventure program). The Greyhound Battalion scored a 599 out of 600 on their formal inspection during the 2008-09 school year, an inspection that happens every 3 years.
- Three of the most decorated teachers at Ocean Springs High include; Bryan Butler, Jaime Sisco, and Jonathon Partridge. You better stop. Bunch of FFs.
- There are many clubs and activities at OSHS, including:
- Model United Nations (Sponsor: Yenny)
- Phi Kappa Nu Gamma
- National Honor Society (Sponsor: Hirsch)
- Technology Student Association (TSA) (Sponsor: Stansbury)
- Mu Alpha Theta (Sponsor: Wilkerson)
- Photography Club (Sponsor: Stansbury)
- Junior Civitan (Sponsor: Sanders)
- Help to Others (H2O)
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) (Sponsor: Brown)
- French Club (Sponsor: Powell)
- Spanish Club
- Japanese Club (Sponsor: Stone)
- Breakdance Club (Sponsor: Bryan Butler)
- Foreign Language Choir (Sponsor: Powell & Spanish Teachers)
- Sound Hounds {Sponsor: Hirsch & Breland)
- Skate Hounds (Sponsor: Breland)
- Sign Language Club (Sponsor: Jacobs)
- Other information
- The North Campus used to be the junior high school, which became a middle school and was moved to its current area, and the high school consisted only of the current South Complex. The cafeteria was shared between the two schools, and the South Campus had its own office by the auditorium.
- The South Campus was built in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. The North Campus was built in the late 1970s. Ever since then, the school has undergone many remodeling changes in order to accommodate different types of classes, such as the three Technology Discovery classrooms on the North Campus that must accommodate 13 rather large modules.
- In the 2003–04 football season, under the leadership of veteran seniors, the Greyhounds broke a ten-year losing streak, finishing 7–4. They suffered a final defeat at the hands of Picayune Memorial High School.
- In the 2004–05 football season, the Greyhounds reached the state championship against South Panola only to lose 21-39 in Jackson, Mississippi.
- In the 2007–08 baseball season, the Greyhounds won the 5A State Championship
- During the 2008-09 school year, Ocean Springs High School created the first public high school wrestling team in Mississippi.
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