John R. Buchtel Community Learning Center, formerly known as John R. Buchtel High School and often referred to as Buchtel High School or Buchtel CLC, is a public high school in

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, United States, serving grades 7–12. It is one of seven high schools in the

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. As of 2012, the school has an enrollment of 764 students.

History

Buchtel High School opened in 1931 and is named after Akron industrialist and philanthropist

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, who helped to organize and finance a number of early Akron firms, including the

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. Buchtel is best known for his role in the establishment of Buchtel College, which later became the

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. Buchtel and his wife contributed more than $500,000 to the college over the course of his life. In 2012, the old Buchtel High School building was torn down after the completion of the new "Community Learning Center". The school was designed expand learning from grades 9-12 by including students in grades 7-8 who had previously attended Perkins Middle School. This was part of a larger project called "Imagine Akron Community Learning Centers" to rebuild or remodel all Akron Public Schools. Starting in the 2012 - 2013 school year, the ninth and tenth graders will participate in New Tech. The New Tech is a model used in the new ways of teaching which implements modern technology, such as laptops and Smart Boards into the curriculum. Based on a version of "Project Based Learning", students complete projects to show topic and subject mastery and to integrate new types of technology specifically used for teaching.

Athletic state championships

* Boys Football - 1987, 1988 * Boys

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– 1955, 1961 * Boys

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- 1963 * Boys Track - 1996, 2006 * Girls Track - 2007

Notable alumni

* Billy Baldwin, former professional baseball player in

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, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former

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Michael Flaksman Michael Flaksman (3 May 1946, Akron, Ohio, United States – 18 October 2019Howard Hewett Howard Hewett Jr. (born October 1, 1955) is an American singer–songwriter. Hewett rose to fame as the lead vocalist of the group Shalamar. In 1985, he left the group to pursue his solo career, but he later returned to the group in 2001. He si ...

, singer (1974) * Art Kusnyer, former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball * Bryan Williams, professional football player in the

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, gridiron football player *

Ricky Powers Richard Powers (born November 30, 1970) is a former running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Cleveland Browns and a former University of Michigan Wolverines football co-captain. In the NFL, he had a brief career with the ...

, Former NFL player and football head coach *

Jay Brophy James Jay Brophy (born July 27, 1960) is a former American football linebacker who played at the University of Miami, and four seasons in the National Football League (NFL), mainly for the Miami Dolphins. High school career Brophy attended John ...

, Former NFL player *

Stanford Ovshinsky Stanford Robert Ovshinsky (November 24, 1922 – October 17, 2012) was an American engineer, scientist and inventor who over a span of fifty years was granted well over 400 patents, mostly in the areas of energy and information.Avery Cohn, "A ...

, scientist and inventor *

Sheldon Ocker Sheldon Ocker (born August 1942) is an American sportswriter. Ocker attended Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio, graduating in 1960. He attended Ohio State University, and graduated with a degree in political science in 1964.https://www.ohio ...

, sportswriterhttps://www.ohio.com/akron/writers/sheldon-ocker-bio * Savannah James * Jarrod Wilson, current NFL safety for the Jacksonville Jaguars.

External links

Akron Public Schools official website

John R. Buchtel Community Learning Center official website

References

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