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New Albany High School
Edith Scheuerman Elementary School
New Albany High School
New Albany, OH |
| School Statistics |
| Total Enrollment: |
636 |
| Type of School: |
Public, Grades 9-12 |
| Location of School: |
Suburban |
| Demographics: |
White: 85%
Asian: 5%
African American: 5%
Latino: 2%
Other:4% |
| Computers: |
Desktops: 100
Laptops: 102
Handhelds: 30 |
| Special Ed: |
15% |
| Mobility: |
18% |
When you first arrive at New Albany High School, you might think you've landed at the village green. The school's rolling lawns are filled with community members enjoying the campus and interacting with students. The image epitomizes the school's vision of community partnership. In the gym, for example, senior citizens take a water aerobics class. In the environmental studies program, a researcher from nearby Ohio State University and a representative from the state's department of transportation meet with students on ways to preserve area wetlands.
Other local partners, such as the local health and wellness center, work with the school to provide students with information on proper nutrition, health-related courses, and medical care. Area churches work with the school on Celebrate the Peace week, a weeklong program of speakers and seminars during which students explore pertinent social issues.
 Partnerships with national organizations are equally as important to New Albany High as those with local groups. The school's partnership with Kinkos, for example, provides a full-service copy and technology center located right inside the high school. Here, students can produce professional quality print, video, and audio projects at minimal or no cost, and have access to top-of-the-line tech equipment and a full-time technology expert. In addition, an agreement with the clothing organization The Limited Corporation provides student internships.
New Albany students also benefit from the many nearby universities such as Ohio Dominican, Ohio State, Dennison, and Capital, which routinely send student teachers to the high school. The universities also offer distance-learning classes that expose the high-school students to the college experience.
New Albany leaders know that their students are very fortunate to have all of these opportunities; they instill in their students the importance of helping others and giving back to the community. This community outreach at so many levels is just a part of what makes New Albany such an outstanding school.
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