Central Crossing High School

Central Crossing High School
Location
4500 Big Run South Rd., Grove City, OH 43123
Information
Type	Public
Established	2002
Principal	Hubert Watson, Don Burger, Zoraba Ross.
Faculty	90
Enrollment	1,562
Information	(614) 801-6500
Mascot	Comet
Website	CCHS – Home Page

Central Crossing High School is a high school in Grove City, Ohio. It is one of four high schools in the South-Western City Schools district.

As of 2009 it was the most recent high school to be built in the district, opening its doors in August for the 2002-2003 school year. Approximately 1,500 students attend as of the 2008-2009 school year. The mascot for Central Crossing is the Comet, and its official colors are royal blue and silver. The school's motto is "Excelling in Excellence".

Extracurricular activities

Due to a lack of funding stemming from the repeated failure to pass a proposed local tax levy, all extracurricular activities offered to the student body by the South-Western City Schools district were on hiatus. As of October 12th, 2009 the SWCS Board of Education approved a measure that allows "Pay to Play" participation, where activities are open to enrollment by students that contribute directly to its funding, given the appealed tax levy will eventually be approved by voters.

Main activities

The Central Crossing Comets sports teams include soccer, football, volleyball, golf, wrestling, basketball, tennis, swimming, baseball and softball. Other extracurricular groups include dance and cheerleading teams, marching and concert bands, color guard and NJROTC.

Central Crossing's NJROTC unit provides a Color Guard for various events hosted by the school, including athletic competitions. The unit also has a Drill and Rifle Team for the students. The unit has received several awards and honors over the course of the school's history, including being recognized as a Distinguished Unit for the past seven years.

The Theatre Department of the school puts on at least two shows a year, including a fall play and a Spring musical. These performances take place in Palmer Auditorium, named for the school's first principal, Ed Palmer, who has since retired.

The Choral Arts Department features a Women's Chorus, Men's Ensemble, Concert Choir, Symphonic Choir, and Show Choir "Excelsior". The show choir performs competitively during the year through Ohio as well as West Virginia. They have won several awards, including Best Choral Sound overall and Runner-Up overall.

The school also has a prominent Student Council, responsible for planning student events such as Homecoming.

Optional AP Classes are also available to students.

Instrumental Music Department

The Central Crossing High School Marching Band competes on a national level and has attended the Bands of America (or BOA) Grand Nationals Championship in Indianapolis, IN and Super Regionals in St. Louis, Missouri. It also performs on a local level throughout Ohio and participates actively in the Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA, an affilliate of the National Association for Music Education marching competition circuit.

In 2006 the band was named 2nd Place Class AA at the BOA Grand National Finals.

In 2007, the Central Crossing Marching Band became the only school from SWCS to be named a Bands of America Regional Champion. Only three other bands from the entire state of Ohio have won a regional. The band competed with bands from four other states and 22 bands total.

The band made its earliest BOA season debut in their seven year history in 2008, first performing in a local at Hilliard Darby High School on September 13, 2008 and going on to place fifth in finals performance at the 2008 Centerville BOA Regional. It also placed 22nd nationally and second in its class (AA) in competition for 2008.

Year	Show Name	Music/Themes
2002	Kings Across the Water	Variations of Bruce Fraser's composition, "The King Across the Water," which is based on the Scottish folk song, " Hey, Johnnie Cope, Are Ye Waking Yet?"
2003	My Many Colored Days	Based on My Many Colored Days by Dr. Seuss
2004	Variations on Pachelbel's Canon	Variations on Pachelbel's Canon
2005	Above and Beyond	Mountains, Planets, Heavens
2006	Dance	"Scootin' on Hardrock" by David Holsinger, "Red Cape Tango" by Michael Daugherty, "Castles in the Sky"
2007	Into the Light	"Liturgical Dances" by David Holsinger, "Before the Throne of God Above", Joyful, Joyful (We Adore Thee)
2008	The Happiness Conspiracy	"Happy Days Are Here Again", "Happy Dance", "Don't Worry If It Makes You Happy," a medley of "Don't Worry, Be Happy", "If It Makes You Happy," and "If You're Happy and You Know It", " Happy Together"
2009	INACTIVE	Due to the failure of a local tax levy, the Central Crossing Marching Band was inactive for the 2009 marching season

The affiliated Central Crossing Winterguard and Winter Drumline have also competed successfully.

In its inaugural year the Winterguard competed to become Mid-East Performance Association (MEPA) State Championships in class Regional A. In 2007 the Winterguard retained their championship- this time in class Scholastic A- with their show 'Crossing the Line'. In April 2008 the guard won MEPA State Championships, class Scholastic A a second time with their show 'Nella Fantasia'. The Winterguard for the 2009 season was composed of 19 members, including its first male to join, performing to the music of Eva Cassidy and Bill Withers in their show entitled "When He's Gone."

The Central Crossing Winter Drumline is another of the school's music programs receiving honors. In 2009 they placed second in the Scholastic Open class at the WGI Regional in Dayton, OH. They were also named the Scholastic Open MEPA Champions with their show 'Out of Balance'.

Central Crossing is also home to a growing orchestra.

External links

• NROTC unit website
• District website with links to CCHS information.