Bowsher High School (Toledo, Ohio)
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E. L. Bowsher High School | |
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Toledo City League[1] | |
Team name | Blue Racers |
Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
Athletic Director | Terry Reeves[1] |
Website | http://www.tps.org |
E.L. Bowsher High School was constructed in the early 1960s at the intersection of Glanzman and Detroit in
Background
Bowsher High School's original building opened in September 1962 at 3548 S. Detroit Avenue, just north of Glanzman Road. It was named for Edward Leslie Bowsher (1890–1974), Superintendent of the Toledo Public Schools from the late 1930s
Marching Band
Bowsher High School's band is known as the TBA. They perform at the football games (pregame, halftime, and during the game), the basketball games, known as the Pep Band. Their uniform colors are the same of the school colors, red and Columbia blue. The colors changed slightly, putting the color black in the uniform. The Pep Band has been canceled due to the budget cuts from Toledo Public Schools.
Clubs and activities
Bowsher offers several after school activities: Bible Study, Knitting club, Language clubs, dancing, etc. The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the
Mascot controversy
Though the school's mascot has been Rowdy the Rebel since the school's opening in the 1960s, students and alumni in recent years have been arguing in favor of changing the mascot, which is a Confederate soldier riding a horse. In 2017, the TPS Superintendent Brian Murphy opened discussions regarding the potential change through a post on Facebook.[9] The Facebook post in question, which has since been removed, sparked a passionate debate between current and former students about whether the mascot represented years of oppression. However, a lack of change since 2017 has prompted the community to continue pressing for action. As of June 2020, over 2,000 signatures were collected for a petition to change the mascot officially, with former students offering services to help make the process as cost-effective as possible.[10]
On December 9, 2020, Bowsher High School announced that their new nickname would be the "Blue Racers", which is a type of
Toledo City League titles
- Football: 1969, 1979, 1996, 2012, 2013, 2014*
- Volleyball: 2011
- Boys Cross Country: 2011
- Girls Cross Country: 2015
- Golf:
- Boys Basketball: 2014,2016,2017
- Girls Basketball:
- Wrestling:
- Baseball: 1974, 2012
- Boys Track and Field: 1980, 2012
- Girls Track and Field: 2012, 2014, 2015
- Softball: 2001, 2012
(years marked with an asterisk (*) denote a shared title)
Notable alumni
- Lexi Allen, gospel singer and presenter at The Word Network
- Hip-Hopartist and producer
- Robert Easter Jr., professional boxer, IBF lightweight world champion
- Kamesha Hairston, retired basketball player for Temple University and the Connecticut Sun
- Dennis Hopson, Former NBA basketball player and the all-time leading scorer for Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball[12]
- Afton Williamson, actress
References
- ^ a b c OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on March 15, 2010. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "Bowsher High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 27, 2023.
- JSTOR 20258671.
- ^ "Toledo Blade - Google News Archive Search".
- ^ "Bowsher High School: What Do Parents Say? - GreatSchools".
- ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
- ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "Bowsher Discusses Changing Its Rebel Mascot".
- ^ "Group of Bowsher Alumni Head Up Petition to Replace the High Schools Rebel Mascot".
- ^ Schneider, Jeremy (December 9, 2020). "Bowsher nickname change honors ties to South Toledo". WTVG. Retrieved December 10, 2020.
- ^ "Graphics" (PDF). p. 126. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-24. Retrieved 2012-11-28.