History
Stow High School first opened in 1907 within the new, centralized school building at the northwest corner of Hudson Road (later renamed Darrow Road) and Graham Road in Stow; the high school's first graduating class was in 1909. In 1924, Stow High School moved to a second new building at the southwest corner of Darrow and Graham Roads. This same building was renamed in 1968 for Velma Workman, who retired in 1967 after teaching in the Stow schools for thirty-seven years.
The high school moved yet again in 1964 to a third structure, the Lakeview building at 1819 Graham Road. By 1972, overcrowding necessitated a change, so grades 9 and 10 were sent back to the old Workman building, while grades 11 and 12 remained at Lakeview. Finally, in 1987, the high school moved to its current location at 3227 East Graham Road where it officially changed its name to Stow-Munroe Falls High School.
Commencement for the SMFHS class of 2009 – the high school's 100th graduating class – was held at E.J. Thomas Hall in Downtown Akron, the traditional venue. Although Stow's first class graduated in 1909, early classes were much smaller than they are today; as such, there was no class of 1915.
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