Buckeye Valley High School

Buckeye Valley High School
Address
Map
901 Coover Road

Delaware, Oh

Delaware
,
(Delaware County)
,
Ohio
43015

United States
Coordinates40°20′58″N 83°5′32″W / 40.34944°N 83.09222°W / 40.34944; -83.09222
Information
TypePublic, Coeducational high school
Motto"Where tradition meets innovation."
Opened1963
School districtBuckeye Valley Local School District
PrincipalZachary Riggs
Teaching staff36.55 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment654 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.89[1]
Color(s)Brown and Gold[2]   
SloganBaron P.R.I.D.E. (Positivity, Responsibility, Integrity, Drive, and Engagement)
Fight songDown The Field/Gladiators
Athletics conferenceMid-Ohio Athletic Conference[2]
MascotBarons (Bellpoint, Ashley, Radnor, Ostrander, Norton, Scioto Reserve)
Team nameBarons[2]
NewspaperN/A
WebsiteBVHS website
Buckeye Valley High School
Buckeye Valley High School

Buckeye Valley High School is a rural public high school located in Delaware County's Troy Township, north of Delaware, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Buckeye Valley Local School District. The mascot is the Fighting Baron. BVHS was part of the Mid-Ohio Athletic Conference, but will be joining the Mid-State League in 2019.

History

The Buckeye Valley High School Barons was established in 1963 as a consolidation of the Elm Valley (Ashley) Aces, the Radnor (Local) Trojans, and the Scioto Valley (Ostrander) Rockets and combined the towns of Bellpoint, Ashley, Radnor, Ostrander, and Norton. The combining of the towns is where the school's mascot, the baron, comes from. The high school building located on Coover Road in Troy Township still exists to this day. It has had one expansion in 1997 and was added onto once again in 2010. Over the years, BVHS had around 600 students; however, today it houses approximately 800 students in grades 9–12.

Music and Athletics

Buckeye Valley High School (BVHS) offers Marching Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Various Vocal Music programs such as, Visions Show Choir, Barontonix, Men's Choir, and Chorale. In the fall, the school puts on a play, and in the winter the school puts on a musical. [3]

BVHS offers a large number of sports in the fall, winter, and spring. In the fall there is Football, Girls Tennis, Boys Golf and Boys Soccer. In the winter there is Bowling, Swim Team, and Gymnastics. And in the spring there is Boys Tennis, Girls Golf, Boys and Girls Lacrosse, and many more. There is a rivalry with sports between BVHS and neighboring school district, Delaware City Schools, or the “Pacers”. Every season the first game that many teams play is the Pacers.

Buckeye Valley has produced some great athletes such as golfing legend, Ben Curtis and basketball player, Scott Thomas, who played for Bowling Green State University, and went on to play in Europe.

Notable Alumni

Notes and references

  1. ^ a b c "Buckeye Valley Local High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 23, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-02-17.
  3. ^ http://www.buckeyevalley.k12.oh.us/Content2/80#Vocal Music and Drama


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