Carmel High School (CHS) is a public high school in Carmel, Indiana, United States. The high school is part of the Carmel Clay Township School District|Carmel Clay School District and has an enrollment of almost 5,000 students, making it the largest high school in the state by number of students.
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History
1887 was the year when the cornerstone for the first CHS was laid. It had been a building located on the south side of the town of Carmel. A second building was opened in 1922 on the present school site and housed students K through 12 until 1958. Only sophomores, juniors, and seniors attended the school from 1964 to 1995. The current high school building dates from 1958. Since that opening there have been five additional construction projects that have expanded and renovated the building. The 2005-2006 school year marked the opening of the newest addition, the Freshman Center. In 2012 the gym department was expanded into the Fieldhouse parking lot. That area includes a 10,000 square foot work out area as well as another indoor pool. On one of the top floors, they added an indoor track, to complement the already present running track, which lies atop the varsity gym.
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Extracurricular activities
Athletics
CHS offers 20 sports in interscholastic competition. CHS has won more state championships than any other high school in Indiana. In 2016, the girl's swimming and diving team won its 30th straight state title, giving it the national record of the most consecutive state championship titles in girl's or boy's high school sports. Other notable streaks include girl's cross country (1984-85 through 1988-89), boy's swimming and diving (1989-90 through 1993-94), and girl's soccer (2000-01 through 2004-05). The Carmel High School boy's soccer team won the 2006 & 2010 state championship and finished ranked #2 nationally in 2006 at the end of an undefeated 23-0 season. The school has won seven boy's state tennis championships, most recently in 2012. Carmel won its 8th (1978, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1989, 2007, 2011, 2016) Indiana AAAAAA State Championshipstate football championship in 2016 when it defeated Center Grove High School 16-13 in overtime.
Band
The Carmel High School Marching Greyhounds were Indiana State Fair Band Day champions in 1984 and ISSMA State Champions in 1990, 2001, 2002, and 2012. The band was named BOA National Class AAA Champion in 2001. The band has been a BOA National Finalist 20 times in a row, and was named BOA Grand National Champion in 2005, 2012, 2016, and 2017. The Carmel High School Marching Greyhounds were invited to perform in the 2004 London New Year's Parade in London, England. In 2007 the band was invited to play on the USS Missouri, along with the Hawaii's Royal Band. In 2007, the marching band was named Bands of America Regional Champion in Indianapolis and Atlanta, GA. At the 2008 BOA Grand National Finals the marching band won the caption for best music. The marching band was selected to play in the 2011 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade alongside numerous celebrities, floats, and a few other choice bands. The band has also received an invitation to play in the 2014 Tournament of Roses Parade, in Pasadena, California. In 2016 the Carmel High School Marching Band set a record as the first group to ever tie for first place at the Bands of America Grand National Championships with a score of 97.45. Carmel won the tiebreaker against Avon High School (IN) and was crowned National Champion.
Carmel High School also has six concert bands and four jazz bands. The top concert band, Wind Symphony I, was invited to perform at the Bands of America National Concert Band Festival two times and also performed at the prestigious 2005 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago. In 1999, the Wind Symphony I was named the ISSMA Concert Band State Champion. In 2013, Wind Symphony I claimed a second title.
Yearbook
The Pinnacle yearbook has received recognition from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association, National Scholastic Press Association and the Indiana High School Press Association. Additionally, the publication has received the Gold Crown award and Indiana Hoosier Star Awards, and has been placed in the Walsworth Publishing Company's Gallery of Excellence. The publication is one of the largest in the United States publishing approximately 500 pages with a staff of 50 students. It operates an independent website.
Newspaper
The school newspaper, the HiLite, has received national recognition including a Superior rating from Quill & Scroll, the Hoosier Star award and other general awards from the Indiana High School Press Association, Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA), and several individual awards for HiLite staff members. The HiLite was a Gold Medalist in the CSPA's annual critique, won a George H. Gallup Award from Quill and Scroll, and has been nominated to be a CSPA Crown finalist for the 2011-2012 publications. The newspaper maintains a staff of about 80 students.
Radio station
The school operates the WHJE radio station on 91.3 Mhz on the FM band. In 1999, WIRE, a local station which broadcasts on 91.5 Mhz, proposed moving its broadcasting antenna closer to the school. When the school filed a FCC petition in opposition to the proposed antenna move, WIRE filed a response alleging that WHJE broadcast music with indecent lyrics.
Notable alumni
See also
- List of high schools in Indiana
References
External links
- Official website
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