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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district. 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

John R. Buchtel John R. Buchtel (January 18, 1820 – May 23, 1892) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He founded Buchtel College, which became The University of Akron. Buchtel High School, a public high school in Akron, Ohio, is named in his honor. ...

, 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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. He and his wife contributed more than $500,000 to the college over his lifetime. In 2012, the old Buchtel High School building was torn down after the completion of the new Community Learning Center. The school was designed to 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 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'

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- 2023 * Boys'

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- 1987, 1988 * Boys' cross country - 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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, former NFL player * Levert Carr, gridiron football player *

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-winning poet and former

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, singer (1974) *

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, former professional baseball player in Major League Baseball *

Chris Livingston Christopher Livingston (born October 15, 2003) is an American professional basketball player for the Milwaukee Bucks of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kentucky Wildcats. He was a consensus five-sta ...

, professional basketball player *

Sheldon Ocker Sheldon Ocker (born August 22, 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. He worked for on ...

, sportswriter *

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 Revo ...

, scientist and inventor *

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 Bro ...

, former NFL player and football head coach *

Tom Sawyer Thomas "Tom" Sawyer () is the title character of the Mark Twain novel '' The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' (1876). He appears in three other novels by Twain: '' Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'' (1884), '' Tom Sawyer Abroad'' (1894), and '' Tom Sawy ...

, politician * Jane Speed, mystery writer and radio dramatistOffineer, Bee (June 6, 1946)
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''The Akron Beacon Journal''. p. 16. Retrieved May 7, 2023. * Bryan Williams, professional football player in the

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* 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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