Columbian High School (Tiffin, Ohio)

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Columbian High School
Location
300 South Monroe Street

Tiffin, Ohio

44883
United States of America
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Information
Type Public
School district Tiffin City School District
Superintendent Dr. Vicki Wheatley, Ed.D.
Principal Doug Hartenstein [1]
Grades 9-12
Number of students approximately 830
Color(s) Navy Blue and Vegas Gold         
Mascot Teddy Tornado
Rival Bellevue
Athletic Director Derek Lewis
Head Football Coach Brian Colatruglio
Guidance Counselors Gary Hart, Karen Murphy, Sara Bibbee
Website

Columbian High School is a comprehensive public high school in Tiffin, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Tiffin City School District. Their nickname is the Tornadoes. They are members of the N.O.L. or the Northern Ohio League along with Bellevue, Norwalk, Sandusky, Shelby, Willard, and Ontario. The school has somewhere around 800 students. The school was founded in 1859 and the current building was constructed in 1959. Doug Hartenstein is the school principal. D. Gregory DeVore is the Assistant Principal, and Derek Lewis is the Athletic Director.

Columbian's Frost-Kalnow Stadium is a 4,500 seat facility that is used by both Columbian and Calvert high schools' teams, and by Tiffin University's programs as well.[2]

Curriculum

Columbian High School offers a comprehensive curriculum. Several Advanced Placement classes are offered, including AP Psychology, AP U.S. History, AP Calculus, AP Biology, AP English Language & Composition, AP English Literature & Composition, and more. The school also offers two foreign language courses, Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.[3] AP classes that aren't offered can be taken online through the Virtual High School Collaborative.

Students at Columbian can participate in the College Credit Plus program, which allows them to attend classes at Heidelberg University, Tiffin University, Terra Community College, and more, in order to earn college credit.[4]

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