Strongsville High School


Strongsville High School is a public high school located in Strongsville, Ohio, United States. The current principal is Joseph J. Mueller.
The school colors are forest green and white. The mascot is the Mustang. The school was a member of the Pioneer Conference but moved to the Northeast Ohio Conference at the conclusion of the 2006-07 school year. The fight song is to the tune of "On Wisconsin".

Academic standards

Strongsville High is designated an Ohio School of Excellence with Distinction.

Activities

UNICEF Club

The Strongsville High School UNICEF Club upholds the values of UNICEF through educating, advocating and fundraising.

Key Club

The Strongsville Key Club, chartered in 1999, is a member of the Kiwanis International service-leadership program for high school students: Key Club International. Through Key Club, members learn leadership by the core values, which are centered around serving others.

The Marching Mustangs

Strongsville's marching band, the "Marching Mustangs," has participated in the Hollywood Christmas Parade, the Orange Bowl Parade, the Tournament of Roses Parade, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and in the Inauguration Parade for President George H.W. Bush. They also went to Honolulu in the spring of 2009, along with the orchestra, led by Andy Hire. The band's annual hoagie sandwich fundraiser, where members of the band prepare and sell thousands of hoagies, and Mattress Fundraiser helps to cover its traveling expenses. The band is also supported by the Strongsville Instrumental Music Boosters. The band attended the Outback Bowl on January 1, 2011. In 2012 the band attended a week-long stay in Orlando performing in a pre-parade in Disney's Magic Kingdom.

German Club

The Strongsville High School German Club is one of the most active clubs in the school. Annually, it holds parties on German holidays, school-wide German trivia contests, and informs students of German culture and cultural traditions. It also supports the school's chapter of the German National Honor Society, Delta Epsilon Phi, or Deutsche Ehrenverbindung.

Athletics

Stadium

In late 2002 the school converted a rough field behind the school to a state-of-the-art 5,200 seat football stadium in just 84 days. The $1.85 million stadium was entirely privately financed. The name of the stadium is Pat Catan Stadium. The previous location of the high school football field was at Center Middle School . The stadium was featured on national television when the Mustangs took on the Glenville Tarblooders in 2006.

Championships

Division I State Championships:
Tim Arthurs holds the Ohio High School Athletic Association Record for highest completion percentage among Ohio high school quarterbacks in a single season, with 72.5% in 1998.

Court case

In January 2006 a male former Strongsville High student sued the school district and the police department claiming that they did nothing to stop an affair he had with a female teacher while he was a student at the school. The teacher concerned was put on probation.

Notable alumni