Sciotoville Community School


Sciotoville Community School is a charter school in Sciotoville, Scioto County, Ohio, United States. It is also known as East High School. Their mascot is the Tartans and their colors are blue and white/Gray. In 2000, East High School was supposed to be closed by the City of Portsmouth, but with public effort, they were able to convert the high school to a community school.

Athletics

There are ten school districts and eleven high schools in Scioto County along with one parochial school as well several private and community schools. The school's athletic affiliation is with the Ohio High School Athletic Association and the Southern Ohio Conference, which has seventeen member schools and is divided into two divisions based on the schools' enrollment. The SOC includes teams from four different Ohio counties - Jackson County, Lawrence County, Pike County, and Scioto County.
For the first time in their 97-year history, East High School will have its own football and tennis athletic facilities in 2007. The Portsmouth city council sold Allard Park, a former city-owned park where the Tartans have played their contests, to the Sciotoville Community School for $1. In the ceremony, Bill Shope, Sciotoville Community School's governing body president, gave Jim Kalb, Portsmouth's mayor, a 1921 silver dollar representing the date in which Sciotoville became a part of Portsmouth.

Ohio High School Athletic Association championships and appearances