Oakwood High School (Ohio)

Oakwood High School is part of the Oakwood City School District, Montgomery County, Ohio. The school is located in Oakwood, Ohio, at 1200 Far Hills Ave., and serves more than 650 students. The school mascot is the Lumberjacks, though female teams for the school are usually referred to as "Lady Jacks" or just "Jills". Oakwood was named "A National School of Excellence" by the U.S. Department of Education in 1991. The classes of 2009, 2010, and 2012 scored the highest out of any other schools in the state on the Ohio Graduation Test (OGT).For the 2008–2009 school year, the Ohio Department of Education rated Oakwood as "Excellent with Distinction" scoring 108.7 (of 120 possible points) on its performance index. Oakwood satisfied all 30 of the state educational indicators for the school year. Additionally, U.S. News in 2013 ranked Oakwood as the 241st best public high school in the nation.>Clubs and activitiesEnergy TeamThe school's energy team began in 2010 and has been led by Heidi Steinbrink since its inception. The energy team usually consists of 10-15 members of science-interested students. In this club, you will learn about various energy-related scientific matters. Most of the events the energy team does consist of teaching stations to younger children. The energy team is part of a state and national competition. The Ohio Energy Project has led the competition since the energy team's conception. Each year teams across the state turn in a scrapbook with all the work. The past five years the Oakwood team has placed first in the state and moved to the national competition in Washington, D.C.