Clay High School (South Bend, Indiana)
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| Established | 1939 |
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| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Dr. Ruth Warren |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | South Bend, Indiana, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Purple and Gold |
| Mascot | Colonial |
| Yearbook | Minuteman |
| Newspaper | The Colonial |
| Military | United States Air Force JROTC |
| Website | www.sbcsc.k12.in.us/clayhigh |
Clay High School is a public high school located in South Bend, Indiana. It is the Fine Arts school in the South Bend Community School Corporation magnet program.
[edit] Canned food drive
Clay High School's most notable contribution to the community of South Bend is the annual canned food drive. Through donations of non-perishable goods, as well as monetary donations, students regularly collect the equivalent of nearly 200,000 canned goods. The food drive concludes with a "Mad Dash for Cans" which brings in well over half of the projected total.
[edit] Fine arts
As Clay High School is the Fine Arts magnet school, it offers various fine arts classes unavailable elsewhere in the corporation, such as dance, theatre tech, music theory, and piano/keyboarding. Clay also offers a unique Fine Arts Connection course which traces fine arts throughout history with hands-on activities. All magnet students are entitled to free private music lessons.
Dance is also offered as part of the Magnet program. Classes are; Dance Performance; Intro to Dance; Modern I & II; Ballet I. Performances throughout the year are required as well. Many of these dancers also were members of the Clay Dance Team, which last year placed 2nd in Intermediate Jazz Competition at the IHSDTA State Championships, 5th in Poms. 2008 team placed 1st in Intermediate Jazz, 4th Poms, and 4th in Elite Kick at the IHSDTA State Championships.
Advanced courses in Clay High School's music department require auditions. For those not interested in auditioning, basic classes are offered such as Mixed Choir, Orchestra, and Band. More advanced classes, such as Swing Choir, Advanced Choir, Women's Choir, Chamber Orchestra, and Jazz Band, require auditions (which usually occur at the beginning or end of the school year). The band, orchestra, and swing choir have all received Gold Division awards at ISSMA competitions.
Magnet grants also allow the school to perform four theatrical performances each school year: one play, two musicals, and a series of one act plays. The school's thespian group performs shortened versions of these plays along with monologues and skits for competitions.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Jon Gruden - Super Bowl XXXVII champion coach and current coach of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- Michelle Lackey - Violist, performs with the Nashville Symphony Orchestra
- Alida Marroni - Keyboardist/vocalist for 1997
- Kristin Moo - Producer for Chicago Public Radio's 848
- Constance Murdock - Member of Purdue University's national championship-winning 1999 women's basketball team
- Lee Nailon - Russian Basketball Super League player, took Clay to the Indiana State Championship in 1994
- Don Schlundt - Member of Indiana University's NCAA Championship-winning 1953 men's basketball team
- Joel Steele - Second in Indiana in ALL TIME passing yards in a career. (only Drew Breez is ahead of him) Currently plays Arena Football with the Amarillo Dusters.
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