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Finneytown Secondary Campus
Address
Map
8916 Fontainebleau Terrace

Cincinnati
,
Hamilton County
,
Ohio
45231

United States
Coordinates39°13′47″N 84°30′59″W / 39.22972°N 84.51639°W / 39.22972; -84.51639
Information
TypeHigh School
MottoTHINK critically, GROW intellectually, and LIVE with integrity
Established1958; 66 years ago (1958)
FounderEbenezer Finney
School districtFinneytown Local Schools
SuperintendentLaurie Banks
PrincipalCarol Miller
Teaching staff50.53 (FTE)[1]
Grades7-12
Enrollment662 (2021–22)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.10[1]
Campus sizeSmall
Color(s)Carolina Blue and Red   [2]
Athletics conferenceCincinnati Hills League
MascotWildcat
NicknameWildcats
AccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools
National ranking#11,688
Websitewww.finneytown.org

Finneytown Secondary Campus is a public high school in Finneytown, Hamilton County, Ohio, and is the only public High School in the Finneytown Local School District. The district serves the entirety of Finneytown which is in Springfield Township.

Finneytown sports teams are known as the Wildcats. The Wildcats compete in the Cincinnati Hills League (CHL), a competitive small school league in the Cincinnati area.[2] The high school also has a competitive marching band that competes in regional and national competitions.

History

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Before the secondary campus was built, students in Finneytown would attend Whitaker Elementary from 1st to 8th grades and then would go to Hughes, Mt.Healthy, or Wyoming for high school. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the population of Finneytown increased by 368%, thus increasing the demand for a high school. In 1955, an issue was passed by the residents to construct a high school. The school was partially built and opened to the first Finneytown freshman class in 1958.[3] The secondary campus initially included two main buildings and one administration building. In the following years the high school was further expanded through the construction of additional buildings. The first expansion of the school was the construction of the gym was in 1964. The auditorium, the Performing Arts Center, and a third main building was constructed in 1969. in 1997, the two main buildings were connected through a construction of a connecting hallway building.[4]

Due to the secondary campus' age, Finneytown residents passed an issue in 2019 for a plan to construct new schools to replace the school district's aging buildings. In 2022, the state of Ohio approved funding for a new Finneytown middle and high school.[5]

Athletics

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Further information: Ohio High School Athletic Association

Finneytown Secondary Campus has various sports teams, which compete in the Cincinnati Hills League. Finneytown offers the following sports:[6]

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

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Finneytown has won a total of 8 state sport championships in the following sports:

Finneytown High School Marching Band

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Finneytown Secondary Campus has a marching band which competes at a regional and national level. The Finneytown marching band has competed at Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA), Mid-States Band Association (MSBA), and Bands of America (BOA) competitions. The Finneytown marching band is also disproportionately large in the number of participating students compared to the high school's student enrollment. This can be seen by the band competing in BOA class A (600 or fewer enrolled students) for the 2022 season and in MSBA class AAAA (60-89 marching band members) for the 2022 season. Despite this, the band performs well at the regional and national levels. The band has managed to achieve 2nd place in MSBA class AAAA 2021 finals, 3rd place in MSBA class AAAA 2022 finals, and 5th in class A in BOA 2022 prelims.[12][13][14]

The Finneytown marching band is directed by Director Bradley Delaney and Assistant Director Samuel Fronk.[15]

Finals Rankings
Year Name of Show Rank
2018 Over the Falls 1st in MSBA AAA prelims
4th in MSBA AAA finals[16]
2019 From Darkness into Light 10th in MSBA AAAA finals[17]
2020 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic N/A[18]
2021 Rise 2nd in MSBA AAAA finals[12]
2022 A Winter at the Lake 3rd in MSBA AAAA finals[13]
5th in Class A BOA prelims[14]
2023 Among the Clouds 5th in MSBA AAA finals[19]
8th in Class A BOA prelims[20]

P.E.M. memorial

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Further information: The Who concert disaster

During The Who concert on December 3, 1979, a crowd disaster took place, which resulted in the death of 11 people of which 3 were Finneytown students. The three Finneytown students were Stephan Preston, Jackie Eckerle, and Karen Morrison. In 2010, the P.E.M. memorial was created by several Finneytown alumni with P.E.M. standing for the first letter of the surnames of the students that died at the concert. The memorial consists of a bench with an etched guitar with the inscription "My Generation" and plaque portraits of the three students near the bench. A scholarship commemorating the three students was created to coincide the memorial. The P.E.M. Scholarship is awarded every year to three Finneytown seniors who are perusing arts or music at a university or college. Every first Saturday in December, the P.E.M. memorial event takes place at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) building of the school. A Finneytown Alumni Band and various local music artists perform at the event to commemorate the three students and raise money for the P.E.M. scholarship.[21][22][23]

On May 15, 2022, The Who performed at Cincinnati for the first time since the concert disaster as part of their "The Who Hits Back" tour. The Who had several students from Finneytown perform on stage with them for a portion of the concert. The Who also had a local band, which included Finneytown students from 1979, perform for the opening of the concert.[24][25]

A picture of the PEM memorial at the Finneytown Secondary Campus
The portrait plaques of the three students of the PEM memorial at the Finneytown Secondary Campus
Stephan Preston
Stephan Preston
Jackie Ecklerle
Jackie Ecklerle
Karen Morrison
Karen Morrison
The three students that died at the 1979 The Who concert

Notable alumni

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References

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  14. ^ a b "2022 Grand National Championships" (PDF). Bands of America. Music for All. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
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  24. ^ O'Rourke, Tanya (13 May 2022). "Finneytown choir students get 'once in a lifetime' opportunity to perform with The Who at Cincinnati concert". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. Scripps Media. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
  25. ^ O'Rourke, Tanya (11 May 2022). "'It's just hard to believe': The Who picks Tri-State band to open Cincinnati concert". WCPO 9 Cincinnati. Scripps Media. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
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  31. ^ "Hall of Fame 2002 Inductees". Finneytown Schools Educational Foundation. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
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