Unioto High School - Union-Scioto School District
Union and Scioto Townships
Chillicothe, OH
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School District Name: Union-Scioto School District (Unioto)
Main Office Address: 1432 Egypt Pike
Chillicothe, OH 45601
Telephone Number: 740-773-4102
High School Name: Unioto High School
How was the school given its name ?: Located in Union and Scioto Townships
The year this school opened: 1936
First Graduating Class: 1937 Number of Graduates: 8
School Colors: Purple and Gold
School Mascot: Sherman Tanks School is located on the site of WWI Camp Sherman.
Junior High Name: Unioto Junior High School
Elementary School Name: Unioto Elementary School
(From the Chillicothe Gazette, 1962)
The first school house in Union Township was built about 1800, at or near the log house of Mr. Joseph Clark. It was a structure with a puncheon floor and a roof of clapboards with eight-poles laid across to keep them on. The windows were made by cutting out a log for several feet on each side of the house and putting greased paper in the opening. One end of the house was almost entirely appropriated for a fireplace. The seats consisted of split slabs supported by wooden pins. In this manner the school houses were built for a number of years. A school was opened in a log cabin about a mile north of where Andersonville now stands, in 1815 or 1816, the teacher being a man by the name of Perkins. It was afterwards held in a school house on the Inghams farm. East of the village. A hewed log house was erected a short distance above Andersonville in 1823, and was used until the brick house in the village was erected. A school house was built at an early date where the Union Church now stands, and another where the upper part of the basin was, in 1814 or 1815, Mr. Young and Mr. Lowery were the teachers. One of the earliest schools was opened on the farm of Thomas Withgott in which Charles McCrea was one of the first teachers. The first school in the Cook neighborhood was kept in a six-cornered, round log school house, as early as 1805 or 1806. Ebeneezer Everts was one of the first school teachers there, teaching several terms. The first school organized under the School Law was the Quaker School, then kept in a hewed log school house.
The one room school houses of Union and Scioto townships were abandoned at the end of the school year 1935-1936, upon the recommendation of the State Department of Education. A new district was created using the name Union-Scioto Rural School. The school became known as Unioto, a contractive term taken from Union and Scioto. A tax levy of 3 ½ mils voted by the district evolved the sum of $50,000 which was matched by another $50,000 from the Federal government under the Public Works Administration and numbered as Project M OH 1021 R. The building site was purchased from Mr. George Garrison, on Egypt Pike, for the sum of $2,000. Construction was started in February of 1936, and the building was occupied September 23 of the same year. DeVoss and Donaldson were the architects, McCabe and Proctor were the contractors.
It was thought that colors of purple and gold were adopted at the suggestion of one of the board members whose Chillicothe class colors were purple and gold. The mascot name of The Shermans was later adopted when Supt. McMahon, former general in the United States Army, was superintendent of the Unioto School. Since Unioto lies just opposite the former site of WWI Camp Sherman, the suggestion of The Shermans was unanimously accepted by the student body. The Tank emblem became likewise a fitting symbol for the school.
In May of 1937, the Unioto High School graduated its first senior class of eight members.
Known One Room School Houses:
The Hurst School, Egypt Pike and Cattail Road
The Roushs School, Stone Road
The Bowdle School, Morrison and Albright Roads
The Andersonville School, Andersonville Road
The Dunlap School, Route 104
Sulpher Lick School, near Maple Grove Hotel
School at the Ross County Infirmary
Polk Hollow School, Polk Hollow Road
The Steel School, Belleview Hill and Plyleys Lane
Shady Grove School, Plyleys Lane
Pleasant Valley School, Pleasant Valley
Frenchtown School, Frenchtown
Tootle School
Springbank School
Biers Run School
School Construction, Renovations 1936-2003:
1936 School erected on Egypt Pike
1957 New Elementary School, with an addition in 1961
1973 Intermediate Learning Center erected
1973 New High School
1995 Old High school renovated for use as Junior High School
2002 New Elementary School
2002 New Junior High School
2002 New additions to High School
2003 Demolition to old Elementary School
First School Board Members of the district:
George Garrison, President
George Fagnano, Vice President
Leon Winget, Clerk
Reed Johnson
Thomas Schaeffer.
Past Known Superintendents:
M.A. Shepherd
Robert Stillwell
Clifford Schweinfurth
C.L. McMahon
Robert Stillwell
William McPherson
Charles Stephens
Ralph Brown
Guy DeAngelis
Paul Folmer
Bud Sayer
Ronald Vaughn
Barbara Cook
Dwight Garrett
Past Known High School Principals:
Robert Stillwell
Clifford L. Schweinfurth
June Cormany (Elementary)
Frank Sessions
Donald Morris
David Warne
Steve Stirn
Dwight Garrett
James Osborne
Notable Staff:
June V. Cormany Long time Elementary Principal
Margaret Graves History, Latin, Journalism
Leroy Silvani Coach (Baseball, Track, Basketball), Physical Education, Health
Jesse Lloyd Math, Algebra, Geometry, Trigonometry
Donald Morris High School Principal
Clifford Schweinfurth High School Principal
Donald Neff Baseball Coach, Drivers Education
Warren Whitaker Science, Biology, Track Coach
Emily Marks Home Economics
Lodema Attaway - English
Rhoda Hannan - English
Jean Krebs - English
Daisy Gillfillan - Cook
Joanne Valentine - Music
Elizabeth Umsted Music, Art
Nellie Gomsi Spanish, English
Jean Alcorn Math
Judy Hoops English
Elizabeth Sanford Librarian
Leoma Straight Physical Education, Health
Bonnie Amos Elementary
Pearl Eisnaugle Elementary
Ernest Enderle Industrial Arts
Mabel Gire Elementary
Myrtle Maddox Elementary
Ann Prickett Elementary
Ethel Simcox - Elementary
Virginia Morris Elementary
Juanita Hendricks Elementary
Thelma Flynn Elementary
Bushnell McDaniels - Elementary
Margaret Large Elementary
Joanna Haskins High School
Helen Castle High School
Letha Tuttle High School
Carl Hollis Custodian
Earl Cormany Bus Driver
Jean Echard Cashier
Sheridan Robinson Bus Driver
Richard Cox 6th Grade
Mary Matson Elementary
Delores Mackley Math
Steve Swan Government, Social Studies
Patricia Davis 6th Grade
Cheryl Graves Intermediate
Marvine Williams Cook
Gary Adams High School
Bonnie Atwood Adams Secretary
Frank Sessions- Principal
Robert Uhrig Science
Alex Mace Science, Chemistry, Physics
Dean Forcum Occupational Work Experience
William Marsh History
Diane McFadden English
Mike Shoemaker Math, Algebra
Sally Shoemaker Rathkamp History
Daniel Wade Junior High
Mrs. Ralph Brown Brownie Cafeteria
Marie Jayne Cafeteria
Mabel Andeson Secretary
Sue Young High School Secretary
Velma Steel Clerk of Board of Education
Raymond Houser Bus Driver and Mechanic
Harry Hurtt Bus Driver
To the Tune of Notre Dames fight song
Lyrics written by: Elizabeth Umsted and Helen Brown Letizia
Cheer, cheer for old UHS, Cheer for the school that we love the best. While our team is on the floor, ______________will never raise the score. We love our colors, purple and gold. Our loyal team so fearless and bold. While Uniotos sons go marching onward to victory. Rah! Rah! Rah!
Lyrics written by: Elizabeth Umsted and the Girls Glee Club
There's a school we'll cherish ever,
By the highway side.
Our love for thee will vanish never,
Be our fondest pride.
Chorus
Many lessons she has taught us,
Honor, faith and truth;
Many blessings she has brought us,
Glorified our youth.
Chorus:
Sons and daughters, sing her praises,
Sing them far and wide;
Sing our love for Unioto,
Unioto High.
Academics:
1967-1968 First school in the state to have Special Education classes for grades 1-12
Clubs:
Hi-lites Newsletter 1946
Future Teachers of America 1947
Glee Club 1937
Future Homemakers of America 1937
French Club 1941
Future Farmers of America 1937
Latin Club 1942
Hi-Y 1937
Quill and Scroll 1944
Boosters Club 1947
Science Club 1957
Junior Classical League 1956
Spanish Club 1965
Library Audio Visual Club 1972
Fellowship of Christian Athletes 1972
National Honor Society 1956
Occupational Work Experience
Leviathan Society
Bands:
Orchestra 1936
First Band under the Mrs. Hendrick 1945
German Band 1950
Boys:
Football 1962
Basketball 1936-37
Baseball 1949
Softball 1948
Track 1937
Golf 1963
Soccer 1985
Tennis 1962
Girls:
Basketball 1977
Softball 1948
Track 1937
Soccer 2002
Tennis 1976
Cheer Team 1937
Volleyball 1938
Hall of Fame:
1946 |
Paul Brown |
Basketball |
1955 |
Don Neff |
Basketball |
1951-1964 |
Leroy Silvani |
Coach Basketball |
1963-1967 |
Jim Vandagriff |
Coach Football |
1967 |
Dale Haynes |
Basketball |
1968 |
Mike Borland |
Football |
1968 |
Denny McAfee |
Baseball |
1969 |
Dave Juenger |
Football |
1970 |
John Davis |
Football |
1970 |
Greg Speakman |
Baseball |
|
Warren Whitaker |
Coach Track |
1973 |
Jim Bryans |
Track |
1974 |
Steve Chester |
Baseball |
1974 |
B.J. Dailey |
Football |
1975 |
Jeff Throckmorton |
Baseball |
1977 |
Bob Matson |
Track |
1983 |
David Bettendorf |
Baseball |
1984 |
Joyce Fletcher Hall |
Volleyball |
1987 |
Christa Britton McKee |
Softball |
1987 |
Susie Bowling |
Basketball |
1989 |
Lori McClellan |
Basketball |
1990 |
Natalie Hill Grooms |
Basketball |
1992 |
Matt Combs |
Basketball |
1995 |
Aubrey Eblin |
Basketball |
1995 |
Jason Cruse |
Basketball |
1996 |
Adam Breeden |
Golf |