Garaway Local School District

School district in Ohio

Garaway Local School District
Address
146 Dover Road Northwest
Sugarcreek
, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 44681
United States
Coordinates  Red[3]
  •   Royal Blue
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    • Other information
    Annual spending/student$10,368[2]
    Websitewww.garaway.org
    MapLocation of district office (pin icon) in Tuscarawas County, shown in red (click to enlarge)

    Garaway Local School District is an Ohio consolidated public school district serving the towns of Sugarcreek, Baltic, Ragersville, Dundee, Fiat and Barrs Mills. Garaway is a member of the Inter-Valley Conference (IVC) along with East Canton, Hiland, Malvern, Newcomerstown, Ridgewood, Sandy Valley, Strasburg and Tuscarawas Central Catholic. Their mascot is the Pirates.

    The district occupies five buildings: one junior high/high school (located in Sugarcreek) which houses grades 7-12, and four elementary schools located in Sugarcreek (Miller Avenue), Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee. The district is bordered by Fairless and Strasburg to the north, Dover and New Philadelphia to the east, Ridgewood to the south, River View and East Holmes to the west. In the 2008-2009 Ohio Department of Education School Report Card, the district was designated Excellent meeting 29 of the 30 academic requirements.[4]

    District History

    In 1960, Sugarcreek, Shanesville, Baltic, Ragersville and Dundee consolidated to create the Garaway Local School District. The merge was a part of the state's plan to combine small school districts. The name of the district was created by combining parts of the names of each district township (Sugar, Auburn and Wayne).

    In 1990 the high school added a new gymnasium, locker rooms and several classrooms.

    Prior to 1991 grades 6-8 were held in the Baltic Elementary building. Today, grades 7-8 are held jointly in the high school building and grade 6 was re-incorporated into each of the four elementary schools.

    Administration

    District Administration

    • District Superintendent - Dr. James Millet[1]
    • High School Principal/Junior High Principal - Thomas Haas
    • Miller Ave Elementary Principal - Curtis Fisher
    • Baltic Elementary Principal - Sedric Gerber
    • Ragersville Elementary Principal - Sedric Gerber
    • Dundee Elementary Principal - Curtis Fisher
    • Athletic Director/Asst. Principal - Chip Amicone
    • Director of Student Services - Mollie Parisi
    • Curriculum, Testing, Virtual Learning Coordinator - Charles Zobel
    • District Psychologist - Cindy Weiss and Toni Horn
    • IT Tech - Jake Murray and Troy Caldwell
    • District Safety Dog - Sailor
    • Speech Pathologist - Laura Goodall
    • Attendance Officer/Security Guard - Jason Wallick
    • Treasurer - Sheryl Hardesty
    • Assistant To The Treasurer - David Yoder
    • Transportation Coordinator - Kevin Roberts
    • Building and Grounds Supervisor - Michael Maurer
    • Food and Nutrition Coordinator - Scott Saurenheimer

    Board of education

    • April Beachy, President
    • Mike Warkall
    • Dr. James Miller
    • Bob Hannon
    • John Shrock
    • Dr. James Millet, Superintendent

    Athletics

    State championships

    • Boys Golf – 2004, 2007 and 2008[5]

    Runner Up

    • Boys Basketball - 2003, 2008
    • Girls Basketball - 1994, 2008
    • Girls (Cross Country) - 2014
    • Girls (Golf) - 2022, 2023

    Notable alumni

    • Schumaker, Robert P. (1992) - professor of computer science at University of Texas at Tyler, creator of AZFinText, a news-aware high-frequency stock prediction system
    • Jason Andreas (1999) - member of 2000 National Champion Michigan State University Spartans men's basketball team <https://basketball.realgm.com/ncaa/conferences/Big-Ten-Conference/2/Michigan-State/100/Rosters/2000?
    • Joel Honigford (2017) - member of 2022 Big Ten Champion University of Michigan Wolverines football team <https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/joel-honigford/23067>
    • Joe Hartzler (2000) - actor - appeared in Key and Peele and several prime-time commercials <https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2680362/>

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b c d "Board of Education". Garaway Local Schools. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
    2. ^ a b c d e f g "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Garaway Local". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
    3. ^ a b c "Member Directory". Ohio High School Athletic Association. Archived from the original on December 16, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2013.
    4. ^ "2008-2009 School Year Report Card, IRN #050278" (PDF). Ohio Department of Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 9, 2011. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
    5. ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved December 31, 2006.
    • Official website