- Shaker Heights High School is a public high school located in Shaker Heights, Ohio, an east side suburb of Cleveland. The high school is part of the Shaker Heights City School District. Shaker Heights High School is known for its excellence in education, and is consistently ranked among the top districts in the state for National Merit semifinalists, the achievement of its diverse student body, and AP scores. According to a 2004 survey by The Wall Street Journal, Shaker is also one of the top feeder schools in the nation for admission to the most selective colleges and universities.
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Shaker has also been recognized by Money and Redbook magazines. In 1998, the school was named a Grammy Signature School by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Foundation in recognition of its outstanding music programs. The school colors are red and white and its mascot is the Raider. The school has several noteworthy athletic teams.
- Although the population of Shaker Heights is approximately 40% African American, Shaker Heights High School's African American enrollment is 60%, partly because the school district includes parts of Cleveland. The school has received national attention for its efforts to close the gap between achievements of minority students and non-minority students. One of the most active organizations at the school is the Student Group on Race Relations (SGORR).
- Shaker Heights High School sports a science wing with a roughly fifty-seat planetarium and several lab rooms. Sciences offered include Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Bioethics, Oceanography, Astronomy, Environmental Science, most of which are offered at the Honors and/or Advanced Placement level.
- The marching band has more than 370 musicians. This number also includes the Raiderettes, a dance team that performs with the band. The marching band went on a trip to Beijing and Shanghai, China in late March and early April 2007, and performs internationally every 3 years. The band is performing next in Austria, Italy and Germany in 2009.
- The Shaker Theatre Arts Department was founded in its present form by former Artistic Director James Thornton, and has prepared many students for successful careers on stage and screen. Shaker Theatre Department offers a variety of classes, allowing the students to have a full view and access to the "circle" of theatre. Classes include Playwriting, Acting, the Ensemble Program, as well as the theatre management classes Theatre Production Seminar and Ensemble Coordination Management Course. The season includes the fall main stage production, The Ninth Grade Theatre Experience (written and performed by the ninth graders), New Stages (the student generated playwriting festival), and the Spring Ensemble Show (a performance consisting of movement theatre and poetry prose performed by the Senior Acting Ensemble, the Advanced Acting Ensemble and the Junior Acting Ensemble). Other Shaker Theatre Showcases include the Theatre Social, Fall Ensemble Preview, Winter Solstice Sharings, and Theatre awards. Every new Broadway season since 1991 has included one or more Shaker Theatre alum in major New York productions. In addition, Shaker Theatre alums hold positions in every area of professional theatre and the entertainment industry.
- Shaker Heights' Latin club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).
- Asian Studies are offered in cooperation with Beachwood High School and the Cleveland Museum of Art. The program focuses on the history, literature, art, politics, and contemporary society of China (in even-numbered years) and Japan (in odd-numbered years).
- SHHS's award-winning student newspaper, The Shakerite, has won numerous awards, including the 2006 Golden Flash Award and the top award a high school paper can earn The Pacemaker. This was awarded for the 2005-2006 school year, and was the second time The Shakerite received the award. Both the Columbia Scholastic Press and the National Scholastic Press Association named The Shakerite 'All-American', the highest high-school journalism honor in the country.
- Shaker Heights High School has an open campus policy, which is in keeping with its "college preparatory environment," according to Principal Michael Griffith.
- Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
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Shaker Heights High School is known for its sporting success in baseball, basketball, fencing, field hockey, hockey, tennis, soccer, and swimming. The hockey team has won three state titles. The football team has won many local Lake Erie League Titles. Shaker's neighboring sporting rivals include Cleveland Heights High School, Mentor High School, University School, Hathaway Brown.State Titles:
- Baseball – 1965,1976
- Hockey – 1981,1993,2001
- Boys Golf – 1958,1959,1967
- Boys Track and Field – 1926
- Boys Swimming – 1954
- Wrestling – 1954
- Girls Field Hockey – 1991
- Other State Championships
- Boys Tennis – 2000
- Girls Lacrosse – 2001, 2003
- Boys Lacrosse – 1996
- Distinguished alumni
- Jamie Babbit, television and film director best know for But I'm A Cheerleader
- Carter Bays (1993), Emmy-nominated writer for the Late Show with David Letterman and writer/producer of How I Met Your Mother
- David Mark Berger, a member of the Israeli Olympic team, who was taken hostage and subsequently murdered by Arab terrorists at the Munich Olympic Games.
- John Bixler, actor
- Keith Black, neurosurgeon
- Andy Borowitz, creator of The Fresh Prince of Bel Air
- Jim Brickman, musician
- Jane Campbell, former mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
- Adrien Clarke, former Ohio State Buckeyes football player
- Nate Clements, San Francisco 49ers cornerback
- Michelle Federer, Broadway actress- original company of The Musical
- Katrina Firlik, neurosurgeon and writer of memoir Another Day in the Frontal Lobe
- Marcia Fudge, U.S. Representative
- Jeff Gerth, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist
- Matt Guerrier, Minnesota Twins pitcher
- Caroline Hoxby, labor economist
- David Icove, Former FBI Academy Instructor and Forensic Engineer
- Laura Jacqmin (2000), playwright
- Peter Lawson Jones, Cuyahoga County commissioner
- Isaac Kim (1994), Guitarist of the Band Wishful Thinking
- Gerald Levert - (1984) Recording Artist, Member of R&B group "Levert"
- Sean Levert - (1986) Recording Artist, Member of R&B group "Levert"
- Michael McElroy - (1984) Tony-nominated Broadway actor
- Scott Mescudi rapper
- Kathy Mulcahy, mayor of Orange Village, Ohio
- Paul Newman, actor and race car driver
- Susan Orlean, writer
- Denny L. Peck, psychologist and former Tucson, Arizona, radio talk show host Man to Woman
- Roger Penske, race car driver, team owner, and business entrepreneur
- David Pogue, technology writer, journalist and commentator
- Bruce Ratner (1963) Real estate Developer and owner of the NJ Nets
- Scott Savol, finalist on the television show American Idol
- Matt Thornton (1992), member of Pilobolus
- David Wain (1993), comedian, actor, director; member of the comedy series The State and Stella
- External links
- Shaker Heights High School
- Shaker Bands
- Shaker Theatre Arts Department
- SGORR
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