Firestone Community Learning Center

Public school in Akron, Ohio, United States

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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, Advanced Placement classes, and Firestone Theatre. Opened in 1963, Firestone is named after the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, Harvey S. 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.^[2] Firestone opened a new building for the 2016–17 school year.

State championships

Boys Swimming - 1966,1969,1982,1983,^[3]^[4] 1986 State of Ohio chess champions

National championships

Boys Swimming - 1999 (public), 2000, 2002

Notable alumni

Joseph Arthur, singer-songwriter-artist
Dan Auerbach, guitarist and vocalist for The Black Keys^[5]
Patrick Carney, drummer for The Black Keys^[5]
Ralph Carney, avant garde saxophonist and clarinet player, singer, composer; member of Tin Huey, session multi-instrumentalist
Phil "Flip" Boggs, gold medalist in springboard diving at 1976 Summer Olympics
Keith Dambrot (born 1958), college basketball coach
Tim Easton, singer-songwriter and artist
Angie Everhart, model and actress
Mark Gangloff, 2004 and 2008 Olympic gold medalist in swimming
All five members of indie-pop band Houseguest (band)
Lisa Howard, actress/singer
Chrissie Hynde, leader of band The Pretenders, inducted into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Melina Kanakaredes, actress
Mark Mitten, Academy Award nominated film producer, Emmy Award winner
Alan Myers, drummer for new wave band Devo
Judith Resnik, second American woman in space, and second Jewish astronaut; killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986
Mark Schubert, head of U.S. swim team
Rachel Sweet, pop singer and actress, attended Firestone High in 1970s and mentioned school in lyrics of "Who Does Lisa Like?" on 1978 album Fool Around
Craig Yoe, publisher and designer
Emilia Sykes U.S. representative for Ohio's 13th congressional district

Notes and references

^ ^a ^b ^c "Firestone High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 24, 2019.
^ "Firestone High School". www.akron.k12.oh.us. Archived from the original on 19 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
^ OHSSCA. "Ohio High School Swim Coaches' Association-Boys Swimming State Champions". Archived from the original on June 22, 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-08.
^ ^a ^b "The Black Keys - CBS Sunday Morning". CBS Sunday Morning. Archived from the original on 2021-12-22.