Hughes STEM High School

Hughes STEM High School
250px Hughes High School in 2009 during heavy renovations to the original building
Address
2515 Clifton Avenue Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County) 45219 United States
Coordinates
Information
Type	Public, Coeducational high school
Established	1847
Founder	Thomas Hughes
School district	Cincinnati Public Schools
Superintendent	Mary Ronan
Principal	Kathy Wright
Grades	7-12
Average class size	140
Color(s)	Red and White
Athletics conference	Cincinnati Metro Athletic Conference
Team name	Big Red
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Athletic Director	Jolinda Miller
Website	http://hughesstem.cps-k12.org
File:HughesHighSchoolCincinnati.PNG Hughes as it appeared in the 1920s or early 1930s

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.

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.

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. Viriginia Rhodes and the school program was closed with the graduating class of 2011.

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.

Academics

The school is composed of four pathways:

• Health and Bioscience
• Engineering
• Programming and Software Development
• Zoo Academy located at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden

Extra-Curriculars

The school is host to a robotics team, an academic team, and a science club.

Athletics

Hughes is home to a number of teams for boys and girls, most of which compete in the CMAC. Those teams include football, basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball, soccer, wrestling, cheerleading, dance, and track.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

• Boys Baseball - 1938,1949
• Boys Swimming – 1930
• Boys Golf – 1928
• Boys Track and Field – 1925

Notable Alumni

• Jerome Davis, American football player
• Bob Smith, American football player
• Joseph Baermann Strauss, Chief Engineer of Golden Gate Bridge

External links

• District Website
• Hughes STEM High School Homepage

• http://www.engrlib.uc.edu/strauss/timeline/timext.html