Clay High School

Congratulations Clay Thespians!

Throughout this past school year, several students in Clay’s Musial Theatre program have participated in a months-long process of auditioning, rehearsing, and performing as part of the Educational Theatre Association’s International Thespian Society program. This organization recognizes, rewards, and encourages student achievement in theatre at the local, state, and international levels. Last fall, Reed Mittendorf, Olivia Ruiz, and Brock Stuller earned the highest scores possible for their competition performances at the Ohio Thespian Fall Expo and qualified to advance and compete at the International Thespian Festival this summer. This past weekend, they were recognized at the annual Ohio Thespian Festival held in Chillocothe, OH for their achievement. Additionally, Reed and Brock were cast and performed in the All-Ohio production of Ragtime, and Olivia was selected to perform her competition dance in the Thespy showcase. Congratulations to all! We are very proud of you!

Our students had so much fun hosting our NHS senior project, the Elementary Activity Night! From coloring and bracelet making to our bake sale, raffle prizes, and bingo and trivia tournaments, this event turned out to be even more than we could have imagined! With your support, we are proud to donate the proceeds from this event to Nationwide Children’s Hospital, along with the collected canned goods to a local food bank, making the impact even more meaningful to us. Moments like this remind us just how strong and supportive our community truly is.

Thank you to all the organizers, students, parents, and everyone who came out to support us. We couldn’t have done it without you! A special thank you to Culver’s, Imagination Station, Toledo’s Science Center, Dairy Depot, Chick-Fil-A, Starbucks, YMCA, and Lake Erie Center for generously donating items for our raffle prizes.

It meant so much to see so many future Eagles in our community. We loved getting to spend time with you all! We had such a blast putting this together and hope you had just as much fun as we did! 🦅💚💛

Elementary Activity Night!

Join us Saturday, March 21st from 4–6 PM in the Cafeteria (Door 38) for a fun-filled evening hosted by National Honor Society high school seniors!

Admission is FREE! Please pre-register here ⬇ https://docs.google.com/.../1FAIpQLSelDVOOdGs8vh.../viewform

Enjoy fun activities including trivia, bingo, bracelet making, coloring and a bake sale! Donate a canned good to receive a raffle ticket for a chance to win a prize basket. Additional raffle tickets will be available for purchase.

Clay Culinary Arts - Golden Eagle Cafe Senior Spotlight 🍳

Are you looking for a lunch option this week? Look no further! Visit the Golden Eagle Cafe on Clay's Campus! Dominic's Southern Cuisine menu is packed with options.

🥫 This Wednesday, 4th and Thursday 5th, 11am-1pm
🥕 Reservations are REQUIRED, Dine In or Carry Out
🍲 Open to the Public

Make your reservation here ↓
https://golden-eagle-cafe.square.site/

Operation Graduation Craft Show 🎓✨
Saturday, March 14th, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Clay High School Gymnasiums

This exciting event will feature 100 vendors offering a wide variety of handmade goods, unique gifts, and specialty items. Enjoy delicious concessions, drawings, and exciting raffles.

REMINDER KINDERGARTEN INFORMATION NIGHT TOMORROW!

An in-person kindergarten parent information night is scheduled for Thursday, February 19, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the CHS cafeteria. Parents will learn about the kindergarten registration process, important dates, and how to prepare your child for a successful start to the school year.

Kindergarten Information Meeting ✏️🚌

An in-person kindergarten parent information night is scheduled for Thursday, February 19, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the Clay High School cafeteria. Parents will learn about the kindergarten registration process, important dates, and how to prepare your child for a successful start to the school year. Please forward this information to any individual that will have a child in kindergarten during the 26-27 school year. This is for current Oregon Residents only.

On August 15 three Clay students presented to The Christ Dunberger Post American Legion Post. They shared the experiences they had at Buckeye Girls and Buckeye Boys State this past June. The immersive and life changing program for students entering their senior year, is a fully funded program at Miami University or Bowling Green State University. For information on the 2025 program (only for students going to be seniors) please see https://www.ohiobuckeyeboysstate.com/ or https://buckeyegirlsstate.org/ and contact Mr. Klosterman at Clay HS. From left to right are Cindy Johnson, Jessica Joyce, Jakson Halbur, Danya Abdulhak & Gene Schurtz.

Veteran' Day is November 11th. Clay High School is honored to have received Ohio's Purple Star Award for the years 2022-2025. Purple Star Awards are multi-year awards that recognize schools that show a major commitment to students and families connected to our nation’s military. Clay has received this year award twice since 2018.
We are also proud of the veterans on staff that we work with everyday including Ralph Cubberly, Mike Edwards, Julie Emmert, Dan Kaetzel, Chris Klosterman, and Travis Traxler.

Oregon City Schools is proud to announce Clay High School’s Career Technical Department was officially awarded $1,634,134 as part of the State of Ohio Career Technical Construction Grant program. This grant was submitted with to support out Agricultural and Environmental program with the construction of a new greenhouse and a new animal housing facility.

Thank you to Director of Career Technical Education Rebecca Bihn, Career Tech Teacher on Assignment Vallie Robeson, and our two Agriculture Program instructors Meredith Wolfe and Ashley Garlick for their work in securing this grant.

Additional recognition to architect Mike Rowe and our partners from the Buehrer Group, as well as Governor Dewine and Lt. Governor Husted for providing funding to support local Career Technical programs. This project will help to support our students for many generations.

On Tuesday Clay Hosted the NLL League principals and athletic directors to tour our facilities and hold their league meeting. In addition to a continental breakfast prepared by our culinary program, all schools were presented a CHS favorite cookie made by Mrs. Szigeti - customized with their school name and colors.
We are excited about how the new NLL League play has started and we are looking forward to many competitive and exciting athletics events between our schools!