Signature School
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| Signature School | |
| Established | 2002 |
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| School type | charter high school, International Baccalaureate Programme |
| Locale | Mid-size city |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Principal | Vicki Snyder |
| Location | Evansville, Indiana, USA |
| Students | 273 |
| Athletics | Cross Country, Golf, Chess |
| Colors | Black & White |
| Website | Signature School |
Signature School is a charter high school located in downtown Evansville, Indiana. The school opened in 2002 and is Indiana's first public charter high school. Prior to that, it operated as a satellite school for the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation. In 2006, it was named the 54th best public high school in the United States by Newsweek magazine. [1] The school offers students three major study paths: math and science, fine and performing arts, or liberal arts/humanities. Signature School has been recently accepted into the International Baccalaureate Programme. The foreign languages offered at the school are French, German,and Spanish.
The school has a total enrollment of 273 students. The school was founded in part by the current principal Vicki Snyder. The school prides itself on offering challeging courses for the "self-motivated learner" and for being different from other area schools. The Signature School allows its students to eat off campus and gives the students the freedom to have laptops, drinks, MP3 players and snacks in the classroom.
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