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 Alliance City Schools
Administration
200 Glamorgan Street, Alliance, Ohio 44601; (330) 821-2100; (330) 829-1234 (automated answering); (330) 821-0202 Fax (central office). Visit the Alliance City School Districts Web site: a http://www.aviators.stark.k12.oh.us.
Superintendent --- Stephen A. Stohla
Athletic Director -- Mike Silverthorn
Communications Coordinator -- Pamela Mercer
Curriculum Director -- Susan Kahle
Food Services Supervisor -- Betsy Cornell
Pupil Personnel Services Director -- Jan Webler
Treasurer -- Dale Burdett
Director of Business and Operations -- Roger Yauman
Board of Education
Meets the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
James Edwards -- 1054 Cornell Drive. Term expires 12-31-07.
Doug Shields -- 944 Ohio St. Term expires 12-31-07.
Roy Clunk -- 510 Overlook Drive. Term expires 12-31-09.
Sheri Siefke -- 1196 Kings Way St. Term expires 12-31-09.
Mark Locke -- 1601 Raywood Rd. Term expires 12-31-09.
Schools
Alliance High School -- 400 Glamorgan St., (330) 821-2100. Robert Gress, principal; Troy Grisez, assistant principal.
Alliance Middle School -- 3205 Union Ave., (330) 829-2254. Rae Ellen Dale, principal; Tamiko Hatcher, assistant principal.
Northside Elementary -- 701 N. Johnson Ave., (330) 829-2269. John Gasparik, principal.
Parkway Elementary -- 1490 Parkway Blvd., (330) 829-2264. Kathie Mathie, principal.
Rockhill Elementary -- 2400 S. Rockhill Ave., (330) 829-2260. John Lundin, principal.
South Lincoln Elementary -- 285 W. Oxford St., (330) 829-2266. Sheila Billheimer, principal.
From construction and building renovations to improvements in district test scores and educational programs, many good things are happening in the Alliance City School District.
An era of almost complete physical change has taken place within the Alliance School District, and with the completion of these construction and renovation projects, students will be housed in more than $63
million worth of new and renovated buildings.
Not all changes involve brick and mortar. Numerous positive changes have focused on improved test scores and an expanding curriculum designed to meet the changing educational needs of all Alliance students. Students are able to choose from a comprehensive program that includes college preparatory, business, general studies, and career and technical education courses.
Alliance High School
Each year, the top seniors at AHS receive more than $1.5 million in scholarships and awards. The class of 2005 received more than $2 million dollars in scholarships and awards. Throughout their high school years, these students not only excel academically, but they become leaders in their educational community.
A post-secondary program allows seniors to take college courses and earn college credit while students at AHS. A number of enrichment courses are also available, including advanced placement classes, offered as part of the high school curriculum. In addition to an extensive college preparatory program, the high
school curriculum includes programs in business, general studies, and career and technical education.
A primary purpose of the Career and Technical Program is to provide students with a selection of specific training opportunities designed to improve their chances of being employable after graduation. It also can provide students who plan to enroll in college and who have kept up with their graduation requirements with a skill that may help pay for college expenses.
These programs include agriculture engineering, horticulture, natural resources and turf management through Marlington High School; automotive body, automotive mechanics, broadcast arts, career
connections, commercial art, cosmetology, engineering drafting, graphic communications, intensive business education, and welding and fabrication.
There is an extensive vocal music program that includes more than 200 students. These students perform in groups ranging from select show choirs to concert choirs to a gospel choir. Instrumental music groups
include several bands, a string orchestra and a select orchestra. Instruction for the instrumental music program begins in the elementary schools. Many of these students participate in the spring musical at
the high school. Often, elementary and middle school students are included.
The high school also has an award-winning Academic Challenge team and a robotics team designed specifically for the "technology-based" student.
Alliance Middle School
Alliance Middle School, which is a consolidation of Stanton Middle School and State Street Middle School, opened at the beginning of the 2002-03 school year. Funds totaling $14,000,000 from the Ohio School Facilities Commission and local tax dollars were used to build Alliance Middle School.
About 800 sixth, seventh and eighth graders attend the school. It is divided into three houses, one for each grade level. Each grade level house contains 10 classrooms and two science labs. The school also contains lockers, restrooms, offices for guidance counselors and a meeting room for teachers. In all, the building is more than 112,000 square feet and is located on 33 acres of land.
With the new building, numerous new and expanded opportunities for students have been made available, including a robotics club and a broadcasting program. Students also participate in Destination Imagination activities and Academic Challenge competitions. Several programs such as Power of the Pen, Math Counts and Knowledge Masters are offered.
Elementary Schools
Northside Elementary School opened for students at the start of the 2002-03 school year, followed by the opening of the new Rockhill School at the start of the 2003-04 school year. Renovations, including the
addition of classrooms, have been completed at Parkway and South Lincoln schools. Liberty, Morgan and North Lincoln schools and Stanton Middle School were closed to students. As part of the OSFC plan, Liberty School, Morgan School and Stanton Middle School were razed.
The District
There are about 3,500 students enrolled in the city schools. There are about 500 staff members. School psychologists, speech and hearing therapists, nurses, special education teams, counselors and additional support staff work together with regular classroom teachers to help provide the best possible education for all students, including individualized programs for the developmentally handicapped, severe behaviorally handicapped and children with specific learning disabilities.
A program for gifted students begins with third graders and continues through the middle school and high school levels.
Extensive summer programs for students in grades one through high school are offered, and an early intervention preschool program boasts an enrollment of about 150 students.
Athletic Programs
An extensive athletic program is available to high school and middle school students. This program includes cross country (boys and girls), soccer (boys and girls), volleyball, tennis (boys and girls), golf, basketball (boys and girls), wrestling, swimming (boys and girls), baseball, softball, track (boys and girls) and cheerleading at the high school level. Athletic programs at the middle school level include football, cross country (boys and girls), volleyball, basketball (boys and girls), wrestling and track (boys and girls).
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