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Powerschool Info
PowerSchool offers daily attendance, marking period grades, and other student information.
►Click here for the PowerSchool manual (PDF format)
► Request a PowerSchool account (new users only)
Any new parents who do not have a power school account must pre-register online at powerschool.cps-k12.org. The help desk will create the account and send the user ID and password to Julie Nash-Holt. Parents who may need their user ID and password reset may call our main line at 363-8400 from 7:20 AM to 2:30 PM.
Identification is required to retrieve user ID and password after 72 hours once you registered online. You will receive account information from the help desk in the mail. Please contact the help desk 363-0390 for troubleshooting.
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Finding Your Way Around Walnut Hills
Use the maps below to help you find your way around Walnut Hills. Note that music classes will be in the modular units with room numbers in the 9000's (see Arts & Sciences map)
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US News ranks Walnut Hills 65th and Newsweek ranks Walnut Hills 66th among U.S. high schools
Out of more than 18,000 public high schools
in the USA, US News ranks Walnut number 65 in the USA and awards WHHS Gold
Medal status.
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Each year, Newsweek picks the best high schools in the country based on
how hard school staffs work to challenge students with advanced-placement
college-level courses and tests. Just over 1.600 schools—only 6 percent of
all the public schools in the U.S.—made the list.
Newsweek has ranked Walnut 66th in the nation and #1 in Ohio.
Why Choose Walnut hills?
A College Preparatory School - Grades 7 through 12 - Established in 1895
Walnut Hills High School is nationally recognized as one of America’s top public schools. Upon graduation, students are accepted to the finest universities and colleges in America.
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Tour Walnut Hills with our principal
Mr. Brokamp takes you on a tour of the Walnut campus. Tours start at 1 PM on Monday, January 9, 2012 and Monday, January 23, 2012.
Download Registration Packets
Registration for the 2012-13 school year: Thursday, January 26, 2012, Thursday, February 23, 2012, Thursday, April 5, 2012. Registration begins promptly at 7 PM and both students and parents must attend.
- Click here for the 7th Grade Packet
- Click here for the 8th Grade Packet
- Click here for the 9th Grade Packet
- Click here for the 10th Grade Packet
- Click here for the 11th Grade Packet
- Click here for the 12th Grade Packet
Walnut Hills offers ...
- An advanced, accelerated curriculum for six grade levels.
- A rigorous classical program requiring three years of Latin for incoming 7th and 8th graders.
- An Honors Program and College Board Advanced Placement Program with 28 courses.
- An outstanding fine arts program with AP art studio and music theory classes.
- A culturally and ethnically diverse student body with students from every urban neighborhood in Cincinnati, Amberley Village, Cheviot, Golf Manor, Green Township, and Silverton. (44% minority 36% are African-American; 1,853 student population comprised of 55% females and 45% males.)
- A superbly trained faculty with 100% holding master’s degrees, equivalent or above. There are nine National Board certified teachers and a former National Teacher of the Year.
- An enthusiastic parent organization and alumni organization that volunteer time and contribute funds for program enhancement.
- A state-of-the-art thirteen million dollar Arts and Science Center provided by the Alumni Foundation.
Walnut Hills Has ...
- Over 95% attending four-year colleges or universities. See where they're attending.
- In 2006-2007, 19 National Merit Semi-Finalists, 21 Commended Students, 3 National Achievement and 3 Achievement Commended Scholars.
- Thirty-eight Cum Laude Initiates in 2006.
- Administered over 1,300 College Board AP exams, taken by 555 students in 2006, 82% of the scores were three or higher.
- One hundred percent of the students pass all parts of the Ohio Graduation Test and the majority receive Honors Diplomas from the State.
- Science and foreign language competitions, National Mathematics Examinations, and Harvard Model United Nations.
- A minimum of six dramatic and musical productions, six instrumental and two vocal concerts and an award-winning marching band.
- Over 50 sports teams and 50 extracurricular activities from Art Club to Youth in Government.
- Students scoring significantly above the national mean on the SAT and ACT (WHHS SAT mean 1752; National SAT mean 1518. WHHS ACT mean 25.9; National mean 21.1).
- Admission open to all students who pass the Terra Nova standardized test at 70% or better offered through Cincinnati Public Schools, 363-0186.

Events Calendar
Monday, February 13, 2012
Upcoming Sporting Events
Questions? Contact Our Athletic Director
Want to volunteer? Want to make a donation or contribution to athletics or a particular team? Want to be part of our march to excellence? Please contact
Tom Donnelly at 363-8602 or send Tom an email.
Is today's game still on? Call the sports hotline @ 363-8604
Upcoming Alumni Events
Welcome to our new Alumni Calendar of Events. Check back here for important alumni event information.
