page_title: Stow–Munroe Falls High School
section_title: Activities
hierarchical_section_title: Stow–Munroe Falls High School / Activities
caption_attribution_description: English: The Stow-Munroe Falls High School Bulldog Marching Band performs during the 2013 Stow Band Show held at SMFHS athletic stadium in Stow, Ohio, United States
context_page_description: Stow–Munroe Falls High School is a public high school in Stow, Ohio, United States. In the 2014–15 school year, the school had an enrollment of approximately 1,650 students and a staff of more than 160. It is the only high school in the Stow–Munroe Falls City School District and serves students in grades nine through twelve, mostly from the cities of Stow and Munroe Falls, but also neighboring parts of Cuyahoga Falls, Franklin Township, Hudson, and Tallmadge. In recent years, academic recognition has come from the Ohio Department of Education, Newsweek, and U.S. News & World Report.
  Established in 1907, Stow High School graduated its first class in 1909. The school has operated at four different sites, all of which lie within roughly a three-mile stretch along Graham Road in Stow. The first dedicated high school building opened in 1924, followed by a new facility in 1963. During most of the 1970s and 1980s, classes were held on two separate sites to relieve overcrowding. The current building was opened in 1987 and the school was officially renamed Stow–Munroe Falls High School in 1991.
  Academically, SMFHS offers dozens of courses, including 16 Advanced Placement classes.
context_section_description: The high school offers numerous clubs, activities and programs for students to participate in beyond the classroom: AFS Intercultural Programs; American Civics Center (ACC); Business Professionals of America (BPA); Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Class Executive Committees; Chess Club; Cooperative Business Education (CBE); DECA; Environmentally Concerned Students (ECS); Foreign Language clubs including French, German, Japanese and Spanish; Interact of Rotary International; Key Club; National Honor Society (NHS); Ohio Math League; Photography Club; Quill and Scroll; Science Olympiad; Ski Club; Spectrum, a literary and creative arts magazine; Stoanno, the school yearbook; Stohion, the school newspaper; Stow Student News (television broadcast news); Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD); Student Council; Teambackers; and Work Study Club.
  The Stow–Munroe Falls High School Academic Challenge team is the school's quizbowl team, actively competing in Academic Challenge, National Academic Quiz Tournaments (NAQT) and the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence (PACE).  During the 2008–09 school year, Stow-Munroe Falls placed 4th in the state as part of NAQT; the team's leading scorer ranked 1st individually at the national level (also NAQT); and the team placed 6th at the 2009 PACE National Scholastics Championship (NSC).  The Stow-Munroe Falls High School Speech and Debate team competes in the Eastern Ohio district of the National Forensic League (NFL) and the Akron District of the Ohio High School Speech League (OHSSL).  The team has won state titles in 4-Person Policy Debate (1994, 1998), Lincoln-Douglas Debate (2001), and Public Forum Debate (2009).  Since 1994, Stow has sent at least eleven students to the NFL National Tournament.  The Stow Latin Club – formerly a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL) and the National Junior Classical League (NJCL) – won 28 consecutive state championships, or Overall Sweepstakes trophies, at the annual OJCL State Convention from 1979 to 2006.  Stow's Certamen teams also won multiple state titles during this period: five at Level I (1989–90, 1993–95); twelve at Level II (1984–85, 1987–90, 1992, 1994–96, 2004, 2006); and thirteen at the Advanced Level (1978–79, 1981, 1983–85, 1988–90, 1992–93, 1997, 2006).  Additionally, club members frequently attended and competed at the NJCL National Convention.
  The Stow-Munroe Falls City School District was nationally recognized by the NAMM Foundation as one of the "Best Communities for Music Education" in 2009 and 2010, while the high school itself was recognized in 2012.  SMFHS offers courses in music theory, as well as a variety of opportunities to participate in both vocal and instrumental music: the school orchestra, choir and band programs; Madrigals, an a cappella choral group; and the Notables show choir.  In addition to offering a Drama Club, Stow-Munroe Falls High School presents several theatrical productions each year: a one-act play festival, the Junior and Senior Class Plays (drama and comedy, respectively), murder mysteries, a children’s theater and the All-School Musical.  Theater participants may also qualify for induction into the International Thespian Society (ITS).
  With more than 240 students participating for the 2011–12 school year, the band program is the largest organization at Stow-Munroe Falls High School. The Bulldog Marching Band performs during football games in the fall, and at season's end, members are placed into one of four concert bands: the Freshmen Concert Band, the Maroon Symphonic Band, the Gold Symphonic Band, or the Wind Ensemble.  Additionally, a jazz program consisting of two jazz bands – Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 – is offered as an extracurricular activity.  Bands and band members also compete at Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA) adjudicated events, often receiving superior ratings.  The Bulldog Marching Band has twice won the AAA-class competition at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida: first in December 1991, then in January 1996.  In 2000, the Wind Ensemble perf
caption: The Bulldog Marching Band performs at the 2013 Stow Band Show.
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