Hughes STEM High School
{{Short description|Public high school in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States}}
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| streetaddress = 2515 Clifton Avenue
| city = Cincinnati
| state = Ohio
| county = (Hamilton County)
| zipcode = 45219
| country = USA
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| district = Cincinnati Public Schools
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| superintendent = Shauna Murphy
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| founder = Thomas Hughes
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| principal = Jennifer S. Williams
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| conference = Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference
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| accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/? |title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement |access-date=2010-02-17 |author=NCA-CASI |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090923003622/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ |archive-date=September 23, 2009 }}
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| homepage = http://hughesstem.cps-k12.org
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Hughes STEM High School is a public high school located in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is part of the Cincinnati Public Schools.
History
The first Hughes High School was established in 1853 on property on Fifth and Mound streets.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gEwRAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA74 | title=Illustrated Cincinnati | publisher=Stevens | access-date=2013-05-19 | author=Kenny, Daniel | year=1875 | pages=74}}
The school owes its name to Thomas Hughes, an Englishman and shoemaker, who, by his will, dated December, 1826, left his property for a high school, which was built in 1853 at a cost of $23,375.{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=US8WAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA107 | title=Illustrated Guide to Cincinnati and the World's Columbian Exposition | publisher=R. Clarke | access-date=2013-05-22 | author=Kenny, Daniel J. | year=1895 | pages=107}}
=Pre-Hughes Center=
Thomas Hughes' vision, wherein he had bequeathed his land to be “applied to the maintenance and support of a school or schools in the City of Cincinnati for the education of poor destitute children whose parents or guardians are unable to pay for their schooling” came into fruition almost 30 years later. The first graduating class consisted of six girls and four boys. The school thereafter served a predominantly poor population of students.
=Hughes Center=
Hughes Center was a team-based magnet school dedicated to the Paideia philosophy. The Paideia philosophy is based upon the belief that all students can be successful in a rigorous college preparatory curriculum.
Programs available at Hughes Center included:
- Zoo Academy (a program offered in association with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden)
- High School for Teaching and Technology
- High School for the Health Professions
- High School for the Communication Profession
- Cincinnati Academy for Mathematics and Science (CAMAS) High School
- The Paideia High School
The last principal of Hughes Center was Dr. Virginia Rhodes and the school program was closed with the graduating class of 2012.
=Hughes STEM=
Hughes STEM saw its first students in 2009. In response to national initiatives for STEM education in America's public schools, the school curriculum was redesigned to focus on related career fields. A NSF grant aimed at creating scalable models of STEM schools paid for much of the upstart and transition costs, many of which were related to technology equipment acquisition.
In 2011-2012 Hughes gained an 8th grade class and became a fully 7th-12th grade school the following school year.
Notable alumni
- Wilbur G. Adam, painter and illustrator{{Cite book|url=https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/31/9c/f6/319cf66a01163e4a583925892482a6a7.jpg|title=Hughes Annual - 1916|publisher=Hughes High School|year=1916|pages=16}}
- Alex Bannister, football player
- Ken Blackwell, Mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio Secretary of State, and conservative activist{{cite news|title=Research provides game plan|first=Barry M.|last=Horstman|work=The Cincinnati Post|date=September 1, 1977|page=13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-cincinnati-post/125059807/|via=Newspapers.com}}
- Jerome Davis, football player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi12200.html | title=JEROME DAVIS | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=May 18, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150520041551/http://www.profootballarchives.com/davi12200.html | archive-date=May 20, 2015 }}
- Andre Frazier, football player
- Moses J. Gries, rabbi
- Louis Grossmann, rabbi
- Libby Holman, singer and stage actress
- Loretta Cessor Manggrum, composer
- Bob Quick, basketball player
- Abraham B. Rhine (1877–1941), rabbi
- Bob Smith, football player{{cite web | url=http://www.profootballarchives.com/smit04800.html | title=BOB SMITH | publisher=profootballarchives.com | access-date=May 18, 2015 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150909000922/http://www.profootballarchives.com/smit04800.html | archive-date=September 9, 2015 }}
- Joseph Baermann Strauss, Chief Engineer of Golden Gate Bridge{{cite web |url=http://www.engrlib.uc.edu/strauss/timeline/timext.html |title=Joseph Baermann Strauss Timeline |website=www.engrlib.uc.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100610141607/http://www.engrlib.uc.edu/strauss/timeline/timext.html |archive-date=2010-06-10}}
- Louis Wolsey, rabbi
- Arnold Spielberg, electrical engineer
- Willie Lee Cotton III, Commercial & Residential Insurance Business Owner & Recipient Of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center Business Award.
References
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External links
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- [http://www.cps-k12.org/ District Website]
- [http://hughesstem.cps-k12.org/ Hughes STEM High School Homepage]
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Category:Cincinnati Public Schools
Category:High schools in Hamilton County, Ohio