Mentor High School is a public high school located in Mentor, Ohio, United States. It is the only high school in the Mentor Exempted Village School District (informally, "Mentor Schools"). At one time, it was the largest high school in Ohio based on single building enrollment. For the 2008–2009 school year, it shifted from a three-year school (grades 10–12) to a four-year high school (grades 9–12), serving approximately 2,700 students. Mentor High School educates students from Mentor, Mentor-on-the-Lake, and parts of Kirtland Hills and Concord Township in Lake County, Ohio.[5] Both middle schools from the Mentor Exempted Village School district, Memorial Middle School, Shore Middle School, feed into Mentor High School. The third middle school, Ridge Middle School, closed before the 2018–2019 school year had commenced, and has since been repurposed as an elementary school.
Mentor High School received ratings of excellent from the Ohio Department of Education from the 2003–2004 school year through the 2011–2012 school year. Since the 2011–2012 school year, the Ohio Department of Education has been constructing a new statewide evaluation model and has not released overall building ratings.[8]
National Merit Scholars
Mentor High School continues to see an increase in student achievement of National Merit recognition.
2016-2017 School Year; 7 Finalists, 10 Commended Students
2015-2016 School Year; 4 Finalists, 1 Semifinalist, 11 Commended Students
2014-2015 School Year; 2 Finalists, 3 Commended Students
2013-2014 School Year; 2 Finalists, 1 Commended Student
Mentor High School offers an extensive selection of 23 Advanced Placement courses including the following.[14]
AP Art
AP Art History
AP Biology
AP Chemistry
AP Physics
AP Environmental Science
AP English Lit & Comp
AP English Language & Comp
AP Seminar
AP Research
AP Psychology
AP European History
AP U.S. History
AP Human Geography
AP American Government
AP Economics (Micro & Macro)
AP Spanish
AP German
AP French
AP Stats
AP Calculus AB & BC
AP Computer Science A
AP Computer Science Principles
College Credit Plus offerings
Mentor High School offers a College Credit Plus program where students may earn college credit through taking courses at nearby Lakeland Community College. Two pathways are offered including a 15 credit option and 30 credit option. For the 30 credit pathway, students may choose an area of specialization including the following.[14]
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math
Humanities
Business
Career Tech Education offerings
Mentor High School, through Lakeshore Compact, offers the following Career Tech Education programs in the district and through community partnerships with Lakeland Community College, Euclid High School, Wickliffe High School, and Auburn Career Center. These include the following programs.[15]
Urban Agriculture (Auburn)
Studio Art & Visual Design (Euclid)
Marketing & Business Administration (Mentor)
Construction Management (Lakeland & Euclid)
Early Childhood Education (Mentor)
Teaching Professions (Euclid)
Automation & Robotics (Euclid)
CAD/Engineering (Lakeland)
Allied Health (Mentor)
Exercise Science & Sports Medicine (Euclid)
Culinary Arts (Euclid)
Networking & IT Security (Lakeland)
Programming & Software Development (Lakeland)
Criminal Justice (Euclid)
Fire Science/EMT (Euclid)
Advanced Manufacturing (Lakeland)
Welding (Euclid)
Automotive Technologies (Mentor)
Mentor Fire EMT Academy (Mentor)
Business Essentials (Mentor & Euclid)
Patient Care (Euclid)
Cardinal Works (Mentor)
Extracurricular activities
Band
There are four concert bands at Mentor High School. These include Freshman Band, Grey Band, Scarlet Band, and Wind Ensemble, at increasing levels of skill. All four bands compete in OMEA contests.
Fighting Cardinal Marching Band
President Barack Obama signs a memorial wall designed by former art student Anthony Gajary at Mentor High after a campaign event, 2012. The wall was also signed by John McCain in 2008
The Mentor High School Fighting Cardinal Marching Band, commonly called the FCMB, is a music program. The band plays at most home and away football games as well as competing at several competitions. The FCMB received its first "Superior Rating", the highest rating possible for competitions at the state contest, in 2004 under the direction of Mr. Shawn Vondran and Mr. Byron Hunsicker. During the 2012–2013 school year, the band earned another Superior rating at state contest with their show "I Believe." They also performed live for Fox 8 News in front of The Rock and Roll hall of Fame, and performed at a campaign rally when President Obama came to Mentor High School during the 2012 Presidential Election. The band qualified for the state contest again in the fall of 2014, where they received their third Superior rating with their show entitled "The Divine Comedy."[citation needed]More recently, the band earned three superior ratings in a row at OMEA State Finals for the 2017-2018, 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 marching seasons, with the shows "To Boldly Go!", "The Hands of Time" and "Uninvited" respectively. This was accomplished under the current band director, Stephen Poremba.[failed verification][citation needed][16]
Orchestra
Mentor has four orchestras in its program, including Concert, Sinfonia, Symphony, and Mannheim. Concert Orchestra is the smallest group, composed of stringed instruments and requires no audition to join. Sinfonia is a string-only ensemble for younger students who are committed to practicing but not yet prepared for Symphony Orchestra. Symphony Orchestra is the largest group and consists of string, percussion and wind instruments. Mannheim Chamber Orchestra is the most selective group and consists entirely of stringed instruments.
Choir
There are four curricular concert choirs that perform at concerts, festivals, and OMEA adjudicated events throughout the year. In addition, there are two vocal chamber ensembles and an auditioned show choir.
Science Olympiad
Mentor Science Olympiad has demonstrated a recent history of success. Top team finishes at the Ohio State Tournament include a first-place performance in 2017, second place in 2015, second place in 2009, and second place in 2007.[17] Top team finishes at the National Tournament include a fourteenth-place finish in 2017, fifteenth-place finish in 2015, seventh-place finish in 2009, and fifth-place finish in 2007.[18]
Athletics
Mentor fans in the crowd at Canal Park during the 2019 OHSAA Division I baseball championship game
Mentor (25-5) defeated Toledo Rogers (21-8), 76–67, to win the boys basketball Division I state championship in front of 9,566 in Value City Arena on the campus of Ohio State University located in Columbus, OH. In the semi-final game, Mentor defeated previously undefeated Columbus Northland (29-1), 80–69.
Five students died by suicide in an approximately four-year period ending in 2008, allegedly as a result of harassment or bullying from fellow students.[23] The suicides prompted two of the families to file lawsuits against the school,[24] one of which was settled out of court in 2014 and the other was dismissed in 2015.[25][26] This is depicted by the 2014 documentary Mentor.[27]
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