Concord High School (Elkhart, Indiana)

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Concord High School
Established 1957
Type Public high school
Principal Dan Cunningham
Students 1,500
Grades 9-12
Location Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Colors Kelly Green and White
Mascot Minuteman

Concord High School is a public high school in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States with a size of approximately 1,500 students.

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[edit] Music

Concord has a very strong music department including several choirs, an orchestra, a dance team, two jazz bands, three concert bands, one of the largest pep bands in the area, and a championship marching band [1] .

The marching band, known as the Concord Marching Minutemen, has grown to become one of the strongest marching bands in the state of Indiana. The band has attended the Indiana Marching Band State Finals nearly every year since 1977 and holds ISSMA Class B state championships from 1992, 2003, and 2005 [2] .

The book "American Band" by Kristen Laine was published in the fall of 2007 about the Marching Minutemen's 2004 season [3] .

The marching band was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 2007, among other years. [4] .

[edit] Sports

Concord High School offers various sports, including football, cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, track and field, baseball, and lacrosse for boys, and volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, cheerleading, swimming, track and field, softball, and lacrosse for girls [5] .

Concord's athletic teams compete in the Northern Lakes Conference and in the 4A classification, competing in Sectional 10 in football and Sectional 4 in all other class sports.

Concord has been state runners-up in football in 1984, 1998, and in 2006 with an undefeated record until they lost against Indianapolis Cathederal at state championship [6] .

Concord has been state runners-up in boys' basketball in 1988 and 1990 [7] .

Concord won state titles in boy's gymnastics in 1964, 1965, and 1966 [8] .

A recent resurgence in the basketball program has led to packed crowds in the 3,434 seat McCuen Gym. The student section, known as the McCuen Maniacs, fills an entire lower side of the gym, along with the pep band and junior high section. A new tradition involves players being introduced for the starting lineups while the theme from the classic horror movie Halloween is played. During this introduction, a senior dressed as Michael Myers appears from a random location in the gym, usually the student section.

[edit] Drama department

Concord is locally renowned for its outstanding theater department, putting on a straight play and a musical in November and March, respectively. The production are known to rival local community productions not only in quality and diversity of the performances, but on basis of set design and in the grandeur of the school's stage, the Beickman Performing Arts Center.

Plays have included:

Musicals have included:

[edit] Notable alumnus

[edit] Other Concord Community Schools

  • Concord Junior High School
  • Concord East Side Elementary School
  • Concord Ox Bow Elementary School
  • Concord South Side Elementary School
  • Concord West Side Elementary School

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