Stivers School for the Arts

Stivers School for the Arts
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Location
Dayton, Ohio U.S.
Coordinates	39°45′33″N 84°10′31″W / 39.759167°N 84.175278°W / 39.759167; -84.175278Coordinates: 39°45′33″N 84°10′31″W / 39.759167°N 84.175278°W / 39.759167; -84.175278
Information
School type	Public Magnet Secondary School
Founded	1908
School board	Dayton City Schools District
Superintendent	Lori L. Ward
Principal	Erin Dooley
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	874 approx.
Language	English
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Orange and Black
Athletics conference	Dayton City League
Mascot	Tiger
Team name	Stivers Tigers
Newspaper	The Tiger Times
Website	Stivers.org


Stivers High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
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Location	1313 E. 5th St., Dayton
Coordinates	39°45′33″N 84°10′31″W / 39.759167°N 84.175278°W / 39.759167; -84.175278
Area	7.7 acres (3.1 ha)
Built	1908
Architect	Charles Inscho Williams
Architectural style	Tudor Revival
NRHP Reference #	01000896^[1]
Added to NRHP	August 17, 2001

Stivers School for the Arts is a magnet school in the Dayton City Schools in Dayton, Ohio, USA, located in the St. Anne's Hill Historic District neighborhood. It is a public middle- and high school that focuses on education in the visual and performing arts. U.S. News and World Report constantly ranks Stivers among America's best high schools .

History

Stivers Manual Training High School was built in 1908 at 1313 East 5th Street in Dayton. It was designed by renowned Dayton architect Charles Insco Jr. III. The original building is Dayton's oldest.

It was Stivers High School until 1974 when it merged with Patterson Co-op High School and then in the mid-1980s it became a middle school. The last class to graduate as Stivers High School was 1976. It became both a middle and high school in the mid-1990s, graduating its first (new) high school class in 2000.

Renovation

Stivers was renovated and the students went temporarily to the Homewood Campus. The current Stivers re-opened on October 29, 2008. The class of 2008 was the first class to graduate from the renovated building. Students enter Stivers at the 7th grade level by audition and may stay until they graduate in 12th grade. The school currently has around 920 students in grades 7-12.

Programs

Stivers offers programs in piano, band, orchestra, dance, theatre, creative writing, choir, and visual arts as well as a full range of quality academics . Special features of the Arts programs include weekly, individualized instruction, special seminars, master classes and extensive opportunities for performance and creative expression. Students are provided instruction through one-on-one contact with many of the community's leading professional and performing artists.

Art themes are integrated into the general curriculum. Stivers has a rigorous academic program that consistently produces test scores that far exceed all other schools in the district. Stivers' state report card is similar to that of high-performing suburban schools in the Dayton region. Stivers has been called the "Crown Jewel" in the Dayton Public Schools System by the Dayton Daily News.

Milton Caniff is a famous alumnus of Stivers. He was a cartoonist and at times in his cartoons referenced a high school called St. Ivers, a reference to his alma mater. Stivers honored Caniff’s legacy by renaming part of South Clinton Street (adjacent to Fifth St.) as Milton Caniff Drive.

Curriculum and activities

Academic: Required and elective college preparatory courses including Advanced Placement Courses
Athletic and a number of enrichment programs designed to integrate the abilities of the well-rounded student. Such activities include: Freshman, JV Boys and Girls Basketball, Varsity Boys and Girls Basketball, Varsity Girls Volleyball, Varsity Golf, Varsity Cross-country Varsity Boys and Girls Soccer, Cheerleading, Varsity Swimming, Varsity Wrestling, Pep Squad, Track & Field, Girls and Boys Tennis, JCOWA (Junior Council on World Affairs), Go Green Recycling Club, Math Olympics, Yearbook Committee, Newspaper, Muse Machine
Foreign language offerings include: Spanish, French, and Latin. Students may begin Latin in 7th grade, French in 8th grade, Spanish is available for all students
Honors and advanced placement opportunities are available in: English, Mathematics, Foreign Language, Levels III & IV of all eight art magnets. Advanced placement courses available are: AP Literature, AP Language, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP Chemistry, AP European History, AP U.S. History, AP Government, AP Spanish Language, AP Music Theory Ap World History, AP French Language, AP Latin Language

Courses in arts magnet areas include:

Visual Arts - Drawing, Painting, Animation, Sculpting, Computer Graphics, Photography, Printmaking and Ceramics
Creative Writing - Beginning through advanced classes, journalism, film appreciation,
Orchestra - Beginning through advanced classes
Band - Beginning through advanced classes, Jazz Band
Dance - Beginning through advanced classes in Ballet, Jazz, and Modern dance
Theatre - Beginning through advanced classes in Acting, Technical Theatre
Choral Music - General Choir, Show Choir, & other specialized choral groups
Piano- Beginning through advanced piano classes, music theory, musicianship

seedling Foundation

The seedling Foundation is a non-profit organization established to benefit Stivers School for the Arts. The foundation's purpose is to support the Arts Programs at Stivers by providing funds for guest artists, scholarship programs, and other educational pursuits. The organization consists of parents, alumni, and community leaders. Donations are accepted by the seedling Foundation for the current capital campaign.

Recognitions

Honored by U.S. News and World Report as being among America's best public high schools, earning Silver Medal in 2015.

Selected to be an Ohio Venture Capital school and receive a grant of $25,000 per year for five years, to be used for staff development.
Named a Finalist for National Blue-Ribbon School of Excellence in 1992.
Awarded a State Superintendent School of Promise Award (2007)
The Jazz Band won the national championships at Berklee College of Music High School Jazz Festival in 2004, 2008, and 2011.^[2]
Stivers has remained in the 'Effective' or 'Excellent' category every year since the Ohio Department of Education has assigned designations to schools. As of the 2010-2011 school year, Stivers School for the Arts received an "Effective" rating from the Ohio Department of Education.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Boys Basketball - 1924,1928,1929,1930,^[3]
Girls Track and Field – 1976 ^[4]

Notable Alumni

Jamie Drayton 2013

Samuel Badot-Fisher 2013

Robert Dewar 2012

References

↑ National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
↑ http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/02/10/ddn021008stiversweb.html
↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball AAA". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.

External links

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