New Haven High School (Indiana)
New Haven High School is a public secondary education school for grades nine through twelve. New Haven High School is one of five high schools in the East Allen County Schools district, Indiana. The district has adopted a unique method called “five campus”, meaning a student can take a class offered at any one of the schools in the district.
| New Haven Jr/Sr High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
1300 Green Road , , 46774 | |
| Coordinates | 41.06521°N 85.01148°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public, Coeducational |
| Motto | Promote Respect, Foster Pride, and Inspire Excellence |
| School district | East Allen County School Corporation |
| Superintendent | Dr. Marliyn Hissong |
| Principal | Anna Murphy |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 996 (2016-2017)[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Northeast8 (NE8) |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Newspaper | The Herald |
| Yearbook | The Mirage |
| Website | www |
History
The first school in New Haven was built downtown in 1885. The first true high school was built in 1923 and was officially called the Adams-Township school, although everyone referred to it as New Haven school. It accommodated kindergarten through 12th grade. In the 1940s a separate building was put up next to this school to house the elementary grades. In 1955 and 1957 additions were made to the high school to allow for the growing student population. To further aid with the growth a middle school was built across the street on the high school’s football field and track. (Goeglein)
Soon enough it was time to build a new high school. The high school moved to a piece of land across the highway. The middle school moved into the old high school and the elementary moved into the middle school. The elementary is now used for offices and has a newly renovated auditorium that is used for special performances.
The current New Haven High School was built in 1975 and opened in 1977. The building is located on a 24-acre (97,000 m2) property – the smallest amount of land of any school in its district. It cost approximately $7 million to build. The gym is a smaller version of the nearby Harding High School gym. The school was originally designed to accommodate 1500 students. Recently the school has had some modifications to classrooms to allow for different kinds of classes. Currently the school’s capacity is 1030. This is the first school in the district to have an elevator in it. The principal of the school when it opened was Paul Goeglein.
New Haven Middle School was its own building until 2019, when grades were reconfigured, with a junior high school attached to New Haven High School.[2]
Extracurricular activities
NHHS provides numerous clubs and other activities for its students. Included in the list are:[3]
- Academic Decathlon - a multi disciplinary academic competition where students compete in 10 categories (English, Music, Art, Science, etc.) of a particular subject matter (Civil War, China, Mexico, etc.)
- Concert Band
- Channel 86 - a student run news channel covering important school related events
- Drama Club
- French Club
- Key Club
- Latin Club
- Marching Band / Color Guard
- National Honor Society
- Peer Tutoring
- Pep Band
- S.A.D.D. - Students Against Destructive Decisions
- Show Choir
- Spanish Club
- Winter Guard
Notable alumni
- Norm Ellenberger, former (retired) college basketball coach, New Mexico Lobos
- Matt Bischoff,[4] MLB player for the New York Mets and the Seattle Mariners[4]
- Dan Brown, player for the Chicago Cubs. Single game strikeout record holder with 19. Single season ERA 0.91. Career ERA 1.18. Both school records. 24-13 career record. Inducted into the New Haven Bulldogs Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006.
References
- http://www.ihsaa.org/Portals/0/ihsaa/documents/schools/201617SchoolDirectory.pdf
- Sandleben, Tony (2019-05-10). "New Haven Middle School to be torn down in EACS transition". WANE. Retrieved 2020-04-04.
- http://www.eacs.k12.in.us/nhs/page.php?pid=1656
- https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=bischo001mat