Pandora-Gilboa High School
| Pandora-Gilboa High School | |
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| 410 Rocket Ridge Pandora, Ohio, (Putnam County), 45877  United States |
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| Type | Public, Coeducational high school |
| Established | Pandora High-1898? Pandora-Gilboa (consolidated) 1951 |
| School district | (Consolidated) Pandora High School, Blanchard High School, and Crawfis College |
| Superintendent | Todd Schmutz |
| Principal | Jeff Wise |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Campus size | approx. 30 acres. (excluding athletic fields,new land purchased for track, bus garages, old courtyard, and land annexed to church) |
| Color(s) | Scarlet and Gray [1] |
| Athletics conference | Putnam County League.Blanchard Valley Conference[1] (used to be in the NWC and WOL) |
| Sports | Soccer, Football, Volleyball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Track & Field, Cross Country, Baseball, Softball, Marching Band, Tennis (no longer existing), and Golf (no longer existing). |
| Mascot | Rocket Man |
| Nickname | Rockets (Pandora: Flying Dutchmen, later changed to Fleetwings. Blanchard: Eagles) |
| Enrollment | 600 (approx.) |
| Graduation Rate | 100 % |
| Athletic Director | Joel Ellerbrock |
| Website | www.pg.noacsc.org |
Pandora-Gilboa High School is a public high school centered in Pandora, Ohio. It is the only high school and school in the Pandora-Gilboa Local School district. The district serves students from Pandora, Gilboa, and parts of Riley, Blanchard, and Pleasant townships in Putnam County. Pandora-Gilboa Local School District has Academic,Athletic, and Art Excellence.
When it comes to academics,recently Pandora-Gilboa has been ranked in the Ohio Department of Education top school rankings list. Pandora-Gilboa has achieved the highest mathematics score in the state (as well as other categories, such as English and Science placing within the top 5 scores) in the OAT/OAA. Pandora-Gilboa has also had the highest OGT scores in Putnam County and surrounding counties. The students have also achieved the third highest scores in the state. Ohio Department Education's school report has been EXCELLENCE with DISTINCTION the last eight years! ^9 These advanced academic achievements shows the academic standards of the district.
When it comes to athletics, they are members of the Blanchard Valley Conference(which is made up of Arcadia High School, Arlington High School, Cory Rawson High School, Hardin Northern High School,FINDLAY-Liberty Benton High School, Leipsic Local High School, McComb High School,Pandora-Gilboa High School, Van Buren High School, and Vanlue High School and primarily the Putnam County League(which is made up of Columbus Grove-Vaughnsville High School, Continental High School, Fort Jennings High School, Kalida High School, Leipsic Local High School, Miller City - New Cleveland High School, Ottoville High School, and Pandora-Gilboa High School)^4. Just recently Pandora's Volleyball team was state ranked #4 and was the only undefeated team left in Ohio, until their last tournament game. The volleyball team won PCL 7-0 and BVC 9-0 finishing with a final record of 24-1!^7 Pandora has won State Runners up in Track & Field.^4 Pandora also has many individuals win state in track, breaking state records. One of those athletes (Braidic) pole vaulted at the females OHSAA State Championship and won second place as a sophmore.^4 Braidic has been called "One of the Ohio's premier pole vaulters." After Pandora-Gilboa's mens track team becoming state runners up, there's going to be a new track constructed behind Pandora's new state-of-the-art, approx. $20,000,000.00 school^3 ^8. Pandora-Gilboa has had many student athletes continue their education and playing sports in college. Just recently, the last graduating class of Pandora-Gilboa has had three student athletes sign to colleges to play basketball, soccer, and football. If anyone one has information about Pandora High School, Blanchard High School, Crawfis College, Pandora-Gilboa High School please add to this! 
[edit] References
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^1 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putnam_County_League#Putnam_County_League Puntam County League
^2 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchard_Valley_Conference Blanchard Valley Conference
^3 http://www.toledoblade.com/frontpage/2004/03/08/Pandora-Gilboa-celebrates-its-new-K-12-school.html
^4 Ohsaa.org
^5 pg.noacsc.org
^6 pandoraoh.com
^8 http://www.triadarchitects.com/education/portfolio/projects/pandora-gilboa/pandora.htm
^9 www.ode.state.oh.us/
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