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Beechwood High School is a 6-year 7–12th grade
high school A secondary school, high school, or senior school, is an institution that provides secondary education. Some secondary schools provide both ''lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper secondary education'' (ages 14 to 18), i.e., ...
, located in
Fort Mitchell, Kentucky Fort Mitchell is a home rule-class city in Kenton County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 8,702 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Cincinnati metropolitan area. History Fort Mitchell was the site of one of seven Civil War forti ...
, United States. It is a part of the Beechwood Independent School District. The district (of which Beechwood HS is the sole comprehensive high school) includes the majority of Fort Mitchell, a portion of Fort Wright, and a portion of Lakeside Park.


General information

Beechwood High School, founded 1860, is operated by an "independent" school district, which in Kentucky refers to a district that is independent of a county. Most school districts in the state coincide exactly with county boundaries. The Beechwood district is run by superintendent Dr. Mike Stacy. Beechwood High School is consistently one of the highest-rated schools in Kentucky. This school is a relatively small with roughly 115 students in each graduating class. The school's mascot is the Tiger. Although the high school is listed as 7th-12th grade, an elementary (grades K-6) also exists in a connected building. These two schools make up the Beechwood Independent School District.


Awards and recognition

They have been ranked one of the best high schools in the nation by ''U.S. News & World Report'' in 2008.Best High Schools 2008 Search
U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved on 2008-05-10.


Athletics

The school has historically fielded the following teams:
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, Boys' and Girls' track, Boys' and Girls' Cross Country, Archery, Boys' and Girls
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, Baseball, Fastpitch
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, Girls' and Boys'
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, Boys' and Girls'
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, Boys' and Girls'
Tennis Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
, Volleyballs, and Girls'
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. The school has also recently added an
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team.


State champions


Football

* 18-time KHSAA champions * Class A: 1984, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2018 * Class AA: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2024


Girls' Cross County

* 2022, 2023


Girls' Track and Field

* 2019, 2022, 2024


Boys' Track and Field

* 2024


Rocket League (Esports)

*Spring 2022


Football

Beechwood built a dominant football program in the 1990s under head coach Mike Yeagle. Accumulating 7 state titles, 3 undefeated seasons, and a Northern Kentucky record 38 consecutive wins all within the decade, the Tigers were the most successful team in the state from 1990 to 1999 in both wins (126) and winning percentage (.893). Beechwood carried their winning tradition into the new millennium by winning back-to-back state titles in 2007 and 2008 under new head coach Noel Rash, soon after forming an active streak of three consecutive state championships from 2016 to 2018 and the first 2A state championship in school history in 2020. *2024 State Champion (14–1) *2022 State Champion (14–1) *2021 State Champion (15–0) *2020 State Champion (10–2) *2018 State Champion (13–2) *2017 State Champion (13–2) *2016 State Champion (14–1) *2008 State Champion (14–1) *2007 State Champion (13–2) *2004 State Champion (14–1) *1999 State Champion (13–2) *1997 State Champion (14–0) *1996 State Champion (12–2) *1994 State Champion (15–0) *1993 State Champion (11–3) *1992 State Champion (13–1) *1991 State Champion (15–0) *1984 State Champion (13–0)


Band program

The Beechwood band program is the largest activity on the Beechwood Schools campus encompassing nearly 250 students from 5th to 12th grade. The band program includes the national award-winning Marching Tigers, high school symphonic band, high school percussion ensemble, jazz ensemble, jazz lab band, middle school bands, pep bands, chamber ensembles, and winter guards. The band program is under the direction of Austin Bralley and Savannah Starks.


Winter Guard

The Beechwood High School Varsity Winter Guard is one of the most successful guard programs in Kentucky. The Beechwood Varsity Winter Guard competes in Tri-State Marching Arts as well as Winter Guard International. Recently, the Varsity Winter Guard was the TMA Regional A Gold Medalists in 2017 and 2018.


Marching Tigers

The Marching Tigers have been named KMEA State Champions 11 times and the Bands of America Class A National Championship two times (2006, 2011). In 2019, the Marching Tigers represented the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the National Memorial Day Parade in Washington DC. The Marching Tigers were awarded the
John Philip Sousa Foundation The John Philip Sousa Foundation is a non-profit Foundation (charity), foundation dedicated to the promotion of Marching band, band music internationally. The foundation administers a number of projects and awards supporting high quality band p ...
Sudler Shield in 2022. KMEA State Champions Class 1A – 1990, 2006, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016 Class 2A – 2019, 2021, 2023 KMEA State Finalist Class 1A - 1986, 1990, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 Class 2A - 1987, 1988, 1991, 1992, 2019, 2021, 2023 Class 3A - 1996, 2022 Bands of America National Champions Class 1A - 2006, 2011 Bands of America National Semifinalists 2006, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023


Notable alumni

*
Brandon Berger Brandon Charles Berger (born February 21, 1975) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Kansas City Royals from 2001 to 2004. Berger attended Beechwood High School in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. He was drafted by ...
, former
Kansas City Royals The Kansas City Royals are an American professional baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League Central, Central Division. The team ...
outfielder


References


External links


Beechwood High School home pageBeechwood Independent School District
*https://khsaa.org/records/football/fb90syearbyyear.pdf {{authority control Schools in Kenton County, Kentucky Public high schools in Kentucky 1860 establishments in Kentucky