Berea High School is located at 165 E. Bagley Rd. in Berea, Ohio. The high school was founded in 1882, but the current structure was built in 1929. It is the first of two public high schools in the Berea City School District, the other being Midpark High School. As of 2007, Berea High School has over 1,000 students and serves grades nine through twelve. The school colors are red and dark blue. The athletic teams are known as the Braves. The school's fight song is Ohio State's "Fight the Team Across the Field."
Notable Alumni (listed by year of graduation)
- Raymond Moley: leading member of Frankin D. Roosevelt's Brain Trust who later turned against the New Deal (1902?)
- Albert E. Baesel: posthumously awarded Medal of Honor in World War I (1907)
- Edward Kuekes: won a 1953 Pulitzer Prize in the editorial cartooning category (1918)
- Bud Collins: writer/reporter on tennis (1947)
- Charles Bassett: NASA Astronaut selected in 1965 to be pilot of the Gemini 9 mission, but was killed prior to the mission in the crash of a T-38 jet (1950)
- Louis B. (L.B.) Schaefer: his setting of a new "American Citizen's Record" [currently categorized as the "U.S. Open Record"] in the 100-yd. backstroke during a high-school swim-meet on Jan. 21, 1959 was an unusual feat for a high-school athlete at the time (1959)
- John Michael Tebelak: conceived and directed Godspell (1966)
- Jim Tressel: head football coach of Ohio State University (1971)
- Neil Steinberg: columnist for the Chicago Sun-Times and author of several books (1978)
- Billy Hufsey: singer/actor/musician Hufsey is best known for the role of Christopher Dolan in the 1982 TV series "Fame". (1978)
- Stefanie Eulinberg: drummer for Kid Rock's band, Twisted Brown Trucker (1985)
- Jon Normile: US Fencer, 3x US National Champion and member of the '92 US Olympic Team (1985)
- Adam Rauch: lead the design and development of the Microsoft Visual Basic programming language (1985)
- Passion Richardson: US Sprinter, Bronze medalist in the 2000 Summer Olympics 4x100m relay (1993)
- Alex Stepanovich: NFL player (2000)
Alma Mater
Berea High, to thee we sing.
Laud and honor, thus we bring.
Deeds of kindness thou has taught
With the knowledge that we sought.
Hail to thee, Berea High!
All our trust in thee will lie.
True to thee we'll always be,
Steadfast through eternity.
Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships
- Gymnastics - 1983
Music education
As of 2007, the Berea City School District has been ranked as one of the "Best 100 Communities for Music Education" in the United States eight years in a row. But, math should come before music. Government should come before music. We should put more focus on other stuff besides music!!! Maybe then we can actually become a good school! Speaking of "good school", this school is disgusting! There is rot on a bunch of the ceiling tiles, and there's these weird bugs crawling around the school...