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Firestone Community Learning Center

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Type
  
Public

School district
  
Akron Public Schools

Grades
  
9-12

District
  
Akron Public Schools

Color
  
Green and Gold

Opened
  
1963

Principal
  
Larry Johnson

Phone
  
+1 330-761-3270

Founded
  
1963

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Motto
  
"Success is Our Tradition"

Address
  
470 Castle Blvd, Akron, OH 44313, USA

Similar
  
Akron Public Schools, Garfield High School, Ellet High School, Archbishop Hoban High Sch, Judith A Resnik CLC Ele

Firestone Community Learning Center (Firestone CLC), previously known as Harvey S. Firestone High School, is a public high school located on the northwest side of Akron, Ohio. It is one of seven high schools in the Akron Public Schools. The high school currently offers programs such as The Akron School for the Arts, International Baccalaureate Program, Project Lead The Way, and Advanced Placement classes. Opened in 1963, Firestone is named after the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Harvey Firestone. Firestone has been named as one of the top 1,000 public high schools in the United States for its AP and IB programs by Newsweek in 2003, 2005, 2006, and 2007. Firestone opened a new building for the 2016–17 school year.

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State championships

  • Boys Swimming - 1966,1969,1982,1983

    • National championships

  • Boys Swimming - 1999 (public), 2000, 2002

    • Alumni

  • Joseph Arthur, singer-songwriter-artist
  • Dan Auerbach, guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys
  • Patrick Carney, drummer for The Black Keys
  • Phil "Flip" Boggs, gold-medal winner in springboard diving in the 1976 Olympic Games
  • Tim Easton, singer-songwriter-artist
  • Angie Everhart, model, actress
  • Mark Gangloff, 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in swimming
  • All five members of the indie-pop band Houseguest (band)
  • Lisa Howard, actress/singer
  • Chrissie Hynde, leader of the band The Pretenders
  • Melina Kanakaredes, actress
  • Alan Myers, Drummer for new wave band Devo
  • Judith Resnik, astronaut who flew her first flight on Discovery and was killed during the failed final flight of the Challenger shuttle in 1986; she was the second American woman in space, and second Jewish astronaut
  • Mark Schubert, head of the United States Swim Team
  • Pop singer/actress Rachel Sweet attended Firestone High in the 1970s and mentioned the school in the lyrics of the song "Who Does Lisa Like?" on her 1978 album "Fool Around"
  • Craig Yoe, publisher and designer

    • References

    Firestone Community Learning Center Wikipedia
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