William McKinley High School
Type:	Public School
Principal:	Principal Figgins
Location:	Lima, Ohio

William McKinley High School is a fictional school and one of the main settings in the show Glee. The school is named after William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, who was born in Niles, Ohio. The school is supposed to be located in the city of Lima, Ohio, however no school in Lima is actually named McKinley. In Ohio, there are McKinley High Schools in Canton and Niles.

Many of the location scenes at McKinley have been filmed at Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo High School in Long Beach, California and Helen Bernstein High School in Los Angeles, California, though auditorium scenes are now filmed at a replica of the Cabrillo auditorium on the Paramount lot.

The school mascot is the Titans, and the school colors are red and black.

Contents 1 Facilities 2 Staff 2.1 Current 2.2 Former 3 Current Known Students 3.1 Graduate Status Unknown 4 Known Alumni 5 Extracurricular Activities 6 Trivia 7 Gallery 8 References 9 Comments

Facilities

The school has many classrooms, a faculty lounge, a music room and an auditorium named The April Rhodes Civic Pavilion. Sports facilities include a football field and track, a baseball field, a gymnasium, and a weight room.

Staff

Current

Name	Occupation
Brad	Pianist for New Directions
Brenda Castle	Astronomy Teacher Badminton Coach
David Martinez	Spanish Teacher
Donna Denny-Brown	Secretary
Eleanor Doosenbury	Geography Teacher
Emma Pillsbury	Guidance Counselor
Finn Hudson	Assistant Glee Club Director
Henri St. Pierre	Woodshop Teacher
Librarian	School Librarian
Millie Rose	Lunch Worker
Mr. Kidney	Custodian
Principal Figgins	Principal
Nancy Bletheim	Geometry Teacher
Shannon Beiste	Football Coach
Roz Washington	Individual Synchronized Swimming Coach Cheerios Coach
Will Schuester	History Teacher Glee Club Director Former Detention Director Former Janitor Former Spanish Teacher

• Numerous other teachers have made uncredited non speaking appearances in the background.

Former

Name	Occupation	Reason
Ken Tanaka	Football coach	Resigned after suffering a nervous breakdown
Sandy Ryerson	Glee Club director/arts administrator	Fired for disorderly conduct
Terri Del Monico	Nurse	Fired for giving students over-the-counter drugs
Lillian Adler	Glee Club director	Deceased
Holly Holliday	Substitute (Spanish, sex ed, English, history, glee club)	Left for a more stable job opportunity
Shelby Corcoran	Troubletones Director Substitute Teacher Geometry Teacher	Quit because Quinn was going to tell Figgins about her affair with Puck.
Mrs. Hagberg	Geography Teacher Math Teacher Home Economics Teacher History Teacher	Retired
Sue Sylvester	Former Cheerios Coach Former Principal	Took the blame for the firing of the gun at the school.

Current Known Students

Name	Year of Graduation
Artie Abrams	Class of 2013
Bassist	Class of 2013
Becky Jackson	Class of 2013
Blaine Anderson	Class of 2013
Bobby Surette	Class of 2013-16
Brett	Class of 2013-14
De'wanda Umber	Class of 2013-16
Dottie Kazatori	Class of 2016
Drummer	Class of 2013
Jacob Ben Israel	Class of 2013
Jake Puckerman	Class of 2015
Joe Hart	Class of 2014
Josh Coleman	Class of 2014
Kitty Wilde	Class of 2015
Lauren Zizes	Class of 2013
Marley Rose	Class of 2015
Ryder Lynn	Class of 2015
Phil Lipoff	Class of 2013-16
Sam Evans	Class of 2013
Sugar Motta	Class of 2014-15
Tina Cohen-Chang	Class of 2013
Wade Adams	Class of 2013-15
Wes Fahey	Class of 2013-14

Graduate Status Unknown

Name	Possible Years of Graduation
Hank Saunders	Class of 2011-13
The Mack	Class of 2012-15
Ronnie	Class of 2012-15
Scott Cooper	Class of 2011-13
Sheila	Class of 2012-15
Strando	Class of 2011-14

Known Alumni

Name	Year
April Rhodes	Class of 1990*
Azimio Adams	Class of 2012
Brittany Pierce	Class of 2013 Formerly Class of 2012, Graduated early.
Bryan Ryan	Class of 1993
David Karofsky	Class of 2012**
Finn Hudson	Class of 2012
Jesse St. James	Class of 2010**
Kendra Del Monico	Class of 1992
Kurt Hummel	Class of 2012
Shane Tinsley	Class of 2012
Sunshine Corazon	Class of 2013-14**
Terri Del Monico	Class of 1994
Will Schuester	Class of 1994
Matt Rutherford	Class of 2010-12**
Mercedes Jones	Class of 2012
Mike Chang	Class of 2012
Missy Gunderson	Class of 2012
Noah Puckerman	Class of 2012
Quinn Fabray	Class of 2012
Rachel Berry	Class of 2012
Rick Nelson	Class of 2012
Rory Flanagan	Class of 2014**
Santana Lopez	Class of 2012
Suzy Pepper	Class of 2010-11

*Didn't graduate; dropped out **Transferred; graduated from a different school

Extracurricular Activities

The school's Glee Club is called New Directions and, in their first year, they won Sectionals but lost Regionals to Vocal Adrenaline. The next year they tied with The Warblers at Sectionals and beat them and Aural Intensity at Regionals, but failed to place at Nationals. For there third year, they blazed through Sectionals and Regionals, and also prevailed in defeating Vocal Adrenaline for first place.

The cheerleading squad are called the Cheerios and are very successful, having won Nationals six times in a row. Unlike the cheerleaders, the football team wasn't successful, until Coach Shannon Beiste came and taught the team about winning. The school also has a basketball and hockey team but there is little known about them. We do know that Dave Karofsky was on the hockey team and Finn, Matt, Puck, Ryder, and Jake are/were on the basketball team.

Active
Name	Current Leader/s	Description
McKinley Titans	Shannon Beiste	Football Team
New Directions	Will Schuester	Glee club
Cheerios	Coach: None Captains: Becky & Blaine	Cheerleading Squad; Perennial National Contenders.
A/V Club	Lauren Zizes	A club for background designs and props
Jazz Band		Often provides accompaniment for glee club performances
Basketball Team
The Rugby Team	Josh Coleman
Wrestling Team
Thunderclap		The school yearbook.
The Muckraker		The school newspaper.
Synchronized Swim Team	Roz Washington
80's Club
The Secret Society of Superheroes Club	Adviser: Shannon Leader: Blaine	A club that wears costumes and have aliases, which main purpose is to fight injustice.
Superhero Sidekicks Appreciation Club		A club started to show appreciation for sidekicks.  Blaine is a member.
Floor Hockey		Wade joins in Swan Song.
Interfaith Paintball		Paintball team.  A club where people of different religions can shoot at each other safely.  Probably started as a safe way to deal with anger or discrimination between different religious groups at the school.  Joe joins in Swan Song.
McKinley High Student Council	Blaine
Inactive
The Troubletones	Former Director: Shelby Corcoran Former President: Mercedes Jones	McKinley's second glee club (specifically made for Sugar Motta).
Celibacy Club	Former Advisor: Emma Pillsbury Former President: Quinn Former Sub Advisor: Rachel	A club for students to promote celibacy.
Too Young to be Bitter Club	Tina	A club for girls who were single, and were "bitter" about it.
Old Maid's Club	Former Advisor: Sue Sylvester	Used to convince Rachel (Hell-O)
Badminton Team	Former Coach: Brenda Castle
Heckling Club	Sue	A club started by Sue. Their job is to be rude during New Directions performances.
The God Squad	Former Leader: Mercedes	A club for Christian students.
Muslim Students Club
Speech Club
Mock United Nations Club
Renaissance Club
Black Student Union
Unwed Mothership Connection		A club for pregnant students
The Bully Whips	Former Co-founders Santana Lopez and David Karofsky	Protects students (specifically Kurt) from bullies, To promote Karofsky to the Junior Prom
Inactive
Fruit Sculpture Club		Makes fruit sculptures; very popular with students.
Gardening Club
Chemistry Club
Hockey Team
Golf Team		Asked Santana to join after rumors about her sexuality spread.
Vegan Club
Games Club
Chess Club
The Quill Club
Art Club

Trivia

• Matthew Morrison paid a visit to the real McKinley High School in October 2010 as part of a campaign rally for Ohio Governor Ted Strickland.^[1]
• The school hosted the show choir sectionals in 2011 for the first time since 1963.
• In the original script, it was called Harrison High. Source
• Established in 1954, according to Will. (Britney 2.0)

Gallery

References

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