Olentangy Liberty High School

Olentangy Liberty High School
Olentangy Liberty High School
Address
3584 Home Road Powell, Ohio, (Delaware County) 43065 United States
Coordinates	40°11′53″N 83°5′56″W / 40.19806°N 83.09889°W / 40.19806; -83.09889Coordinates: 40°11′53″N 83°5′56″W / 40.19806°N 83.09889°W / 40.19806; -83.09889
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Opened	August 24th, 2003
School district	Olentangy Local School District
Superintendent	Mark Raiff
Principal	William Warfield
Faculty	105
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1726 (2014)
Campus size	116 acres
Campus type	Suburban
Color(s)	Blue and Silver
Fight song	Silver and Blue
Athletics conference	Ohio Capital Conference
Mascot	Papa Patriot
Team name	The Patriots
National ranking	175
Newspaper	The Cannon
Yearbook	The Silver Bullet
Feeder schools	Olentangy Liberty Middle School, Olentangy Hyatts Middle School
Website	School Website
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Olentangy Liberty High School is a public comprehensive high school located in Powell, Ohio. The school was established in 2003 and is the second of three high schools in the Olentangy Local School District. Olentangy Liberty was rated "Excellent" on the 2013/2014 State of Ohio report card. In 2013, the school received a gold medal ranking as the 5th best high school in the state of Ohio and the 175th best high school in the U.S. by US News and World Report. ^[3] In 2014, the school was ranked as one of America's most challenging high schools by The Washington Post.^[4]

The campus

Construction on Liberty began in 2002. The district hired Turner Construction to construct the school, designed by Fanning Howey. Liberty features a number of facilities, including eight athletic fields, a football stadium, two baseball fields, two softball fields, four tennis courts, a 1,800-seat main gymnasium, an auxiliary gymnasium, a choir rehearsal room, a band rehearsal room, and an 815-seat theater. The building has two academic wings, two stories tall, that fork out from the rest of the building. At the center of these two wings is a two-story library. Through a floor-to-ceiling glass wall, students are able to look into the library while passing by in the hallways on the first and second floor. The building's center houses the student services and administration area and is flanked on its east side by a reception area with many windows above, providing natural light. The buildings Visual Arts hall provides a connection to the academic wing and houses four studio classrooms, a kiln room, a photography lab, and a digital imaging lab. Another major space of the building is The Commons. This large space is mainly used for the Stars and Stripes cafe, the school cafeteria. The Commons also serves as a breakout space for school events. The school is painted in a color scheme of browns, yellows, and grays. The school colors of blue, silver, and white are incorporated throughout all areas of the building. Olentangy Liberty was officially opened on August 24th, 2003.^[5]

Academics

The curriculum at Olentangy Liberty High School is comprehensive including advanced placement, honors, occupational, and vocational programs. Specific requirements include elective courses as well as required courses. Advanced Placement courses are offered in Art History, English Literature and English Composition, American Government/Politics, American History, European History, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics and Psychology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Computer Science, and Statistics, and in Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science, Physics C: Mechanics, Music Theory, Spanish, French, and German. ^[6]

Athletics

Sports offered at Liberty include:^[1]

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

• Boys Soccer – 2012 ^[7]

See also

• Olentangy High School
• Olentangy Orange High School

References

External links

• Olentangy Liberty High School