Firestone Community Learning Center (Firestone CLC), previously known as Harvey S. Firestone High School, is a public high school located on the northwest side of

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. It is one of seven high schools in the

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. The high school currently offers programs such as the Akron School for the Arts,

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, Project Lead The Way,

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classes, and Firestone Theatre. Opened in 1963, Firestone is named after the founder of the

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, Harvey S. Firestone. Firestone has been named as one of the top 1,000 public high schools in the United States for its AP and IB programs by Newsweek in 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Firestone opened a new building for the 2016–17 school year.

State championships

* Boys

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- 1966,1969,1982,1983, 1986 State of Ohio chess champions

National championships

*Boys

- 1999 (public), 2000, 2002

Notable alumni

Joseph Arthur Joseph Lyburn Arthur (born September 28, 1971) is an American singer-songwriter and artist from Akron, Ohio. He is best known for his solo material, and as a member of Fistful of Mercy and RNDM. Arthur has built his reputation over the years t ...

, singer-songwriter-artist *

Dan Auerbach Daniel Quine Auerbach (; born May 14, 1979) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and record producer, best known as the guitarist and vocalist of The Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. As a member of the group, Auerbach has ...

, guitarist and vocalist for

The Black Keys The Black Keys are an American Rock music, rock duo formed in Akron, Ohio in 2001. The group consists of Dan Auerbach (guitar, Singing, vocals) and Patrick Carney (Drum kit, drums). The duo began as an Independent music, independent act, record ...

Patrick Carney Patrick James Carney (born April 15, 1980) is an American musician and producer best known as the drummer of the Black Keys, a blues rock band from Akron, Ohio. Early life Carney stated in an interview with '' Modern Drummer'' that he never t ...

, drummer for

Ralph Carney Ralph Carney (January 23, 1956 – December 17, 2017) was an American multi-instrumentalist, singer and composer. While his primary instruments were various saxophones and clarinets, Carney also collected and played many instruments, often un ...

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saxophonist and clarinet player, singer, composer; member of

Tin Huey Tin Huey is an American experimental rock and new wave band from Akron, Ohio, United States, that formed in 1972 and disbanded in 1982. History Original lineups Initially named Rags, the band started with Mark Price (then known as Wesley the ...

, session multi-instrumentalist * Phil "Flip" Boggs, gold medalist in springboard diving at

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Keith Dambrot Keith Brett Dambrot (born October 26, 1958) is an American former college basketball coach who was most recently the men's basketball head coach of Duquesne University. In his final year, he led them to their first tournament appearance since 197 ...

(born 1958), college basketball coach *

Tim Easton Timothy E. Easton (born April 25, 1966) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter playing rock and roll, folk and Americana music. His latest release, ''You Don't Really Know Me'' was released on August 27, 2021. Biography Easton was raise ...

, singer-songwriter and artist *

Angie Everhart Angela Kay Everhart (born September 7, 1969) is an American actress and former model who appeared in several ''Sports Illustrated'' Swimsuit Issues in the 1990s and posed nude for ''Playboy'' in 2000. Early life Everhart was born on September 7 ...

, model and actress *

Mark Gangloff Mark Daniel Gangloff (born June 8, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer for Auburn University, and was an Olympic gold medalist as a breaststroker in the 4x100 medley relay in both the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He is a ...

, 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in swimming * All five members of indie-pop band

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* Lisa Howard, actress/singer *

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, leader of band

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, inducted into

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Melina Kanakaredes Melina Kanakaredes Constantinides (; born April 23, 1967) is a Greek-American actress. She is widely known for her roles in American primetime television dramas as Dr. Sydney Hansen in '' Providence'' (1999–2002), as Detective Stella Bonasera ...

, actress * Shammas Malik, Mayor of

Akron Akron () is a city in Summit County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the fifth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 190,469 at the 2020 census. The Akron metropolitan area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had ...

* Mark Mitten, Academy Award nominated film producer, Emmy Award winner * Alan Myers, drummer for new wave band

Devo Devo is an American new wave band from Akron, Ohio, formed in 1973. Their classic line-up consisted of two sets of brothers, the Mothersbaughs ( Mark and Bob) and the Casales (Gerald and Bob), along with Alan Myers. The band had a No. 14 ...

Judith Resnik Judith Arlene Resnik (April 5, 1949 – January 28, 1986) was an American electrical engineer, software engineer, biomedical engineer, pilot and NASA astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster. She was the fourth woman, ...

, second American woman in space, and second Jewish astronaut; killed in the Space Shuttle ''Challenger'' disaster in 1986 * Mark Schubert, head of U.S. swim team *

Rachel Sweet Rachel Sweet (born July 28, 1962) is an American singer, television writer and actress. Early life and education Rachel Sweet was born in Akron, Ohio.Campbell, Mary (1979)Rachel Sweet: Busy Singer at 16, Made Debut at 5, Lewiston ''Daily Sun ...

, pop singer and actress, attended Firestone High in 1970s and mentioned school in lyrics of "Who Does Lisa Like?" on 1978 album ''Fool Around'' *

Craig Yoe Craig Yoe (; born February 23, 1951) is an American author, editor, art director, graphic designer, cartoonist and comics historian, best known for his Yoe! Studio creations and his line of Yoe Books. Early life Craig Yoe was born in Des Moines, ...

, publisher and designer *

Emilia Sykes Emilia Strong Sykes (born January 4, 1986) is an American politician serving as the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district since 2023. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), D ...

U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district

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