Garaway Local School District

Garaway Local School District
Address
146 Dover Rd.
Sugarcreek, (Tuscarawas County), Ohio 44681
United States
Information
Type Public, Coeducational high school
Grades 9-12
Color(s) Red, Blue, & White [1]               
Athletics conference Inter-Valley Conference[1]
Nickname Pirates[1]
Website http://www.garaway.k12.oh.us

Garaway Local School District is an Ohio consolidated public school district serving the towns of Sugarcreek, Baltic, Ragersville, Dundee, Fiat and Barrs Mills. Garaway is a member of the Inter-Valley Conference (IVC) along with East Canton, Hiland, Malvern, Newcomerstown, Ridgewood, Sandy Valley, Strasburg and Tuscarawas Central Catholic. Their mascot is the Pirates.

The District

The district occupies five buildings: one junior high/high school (located in Sugarcreek) which houses grades 7-12, and four elementary schools located in Sugarcreek (Miller Avenue), Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee. The district is bordered by Fairless and Strasburg to the north, Dover and New Philadelphia to the east, Ridgewood to the south, River View and East Holmes to the west. In the 2008-2009 Ohio Department of Education School Report Card, the district was designated Excellent meeting 29 of the 30 academic requirements.[2]

District History

In 1960, Sugarcreek, Shanesville, Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee consolidated to create the Garaway Local School District. The merge was a part of the state's plan to combine small school districts. The name of the district was created by combining parts of the names of each district township (Sugar, Auburn and Wayne).

In 1990 the high school added a new gymnasium, locker rooms and several classrooms.

Prior to 1991 grades 6-8 were held in the Baltic Elementary building. Today, grades 7-8 are held jointly in the high school building and grade 6 was re-incorporated into each of the four elementary schools.

Administration

District Administration

  • District Superintendent-Dr. James Millet[3]
  • High School Principal/Junior High Principal - Ryan Taggart
  • Miller Ave Elementary Principal (Sugarcreek) - Curtis Fisher
  • Baltic Elementary Principal - Jeff Williams
  • Ragersville Elementary Principal - Jeff Williams
  • Dundee Elementary Principal - Curtis Fisher
  • Athletic Director/Asst. Principal - Chip Amicone
  • Director of Student Services - Brian Gibson
  • Virtual Learning Coordinator - Charles Zobel

Board of Education Members

  • Robert Coburn
  • Mary Prysi
  • Daniel Fearon
  • Dick Marshall
  • Robert Eckert

Athletics

State championships

  • Boys Golf – 2004, 2007 and 2008 [4]

Runner Up

Notable alumni

  • Immel, Tyler (2003) - Eagle Scout. Collegiate cross country and track, NAIA Academic All-American.
  • Renner, Blake PhD. (2000) - Gentleman, Scholar, and Jolly Good Fellow
  • Schumaker, Robert P. (1992) - Associate Professor of Information Systems. Creator of the AZFinText textual financial prediction system and Sports Data Mining expert.

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-12-16. Retrieved 2013-08-19.
  2. ↑ Ohio Department of Education, (2009). 2008-2009 School Year Report Card, IRN #050278. Retrieved from http://www.ode.state.oh.us/reportcardfiles/2008-2009/DIST/050278.pdf on June 21, 2010. Archived June 9, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ http://www.garaway.k12.oh.us//index.php?option=com_content&task=category&sectionid=1&id=51&Itemid=95 Retrieved June 21, 2010.
  4. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
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