Hamilton Southeastern High School

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Hamilton Southeastern High School
Address
13910 East 126th Street
Fishers, Indiana, Hamilton County, 46037
USA
Coordinates 39°58′15″N 85°55′00″W / 39.97083, -85.916667Coordinates: 39°58′15″N 85°55′00″W / 39.97083, -85.916667
Information
School district Hamilton Southeastern Schools
Principal Dr. Jon Milleman
Vice principal Charles Hoover
Matt Kegley
Dean Rita Reller
Reginald Simmons
Students 2071
Grade 9 569
Grade 10 584
Grade 11 459
Grade 12 459
CEEB Code 151045
Student:teacher ratio 20.6
Average SAT scores 1085 (95th percentile) (2006-07)
Average ACT scores 24.3 (2006-07)
School type Public
Grades 9-12
Hours in school day 7:40 - 2:55
Athletics conference Hoosier Crossroads Conference
Mascot Royals (Roary the lion)
Yearbook Sceptre
Newspaper Orb
Established 1964
Alumni Website
Feeder schools Hamilton Southeastern Junior High School
Fishers Junior High School
Snapshot HSEHS
Homepage http://www.hse.k12.in.us/hhs/

Hamilton Southeastern High School is a four-star, Blue Ribbon public high school in Fishers, Indiana. It is a part of the the Hamilton Southeastern School District. The school's name is often shortened to HSE or HSHS. The school's mission is to promote respect, foster pride, and inspire excellence. The enrollment for the school year of 2006-2007 was 2260 students and 2071 students for the 2007-2008 school year.

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[edit] History

Until 1964, Fishers High School served southeastern Hamilton County. In 1963, the office of Superintendent of County Schools was eliminated due to Indiana's school district consolidation initiative. The Hamilton Southeastern School District was then created along with the new Hamilton Southeastern High School.

During the 2003-2004 school year, the Hamilton Southeastern School District opened up the Hamilton Southeastern High School Freshman Campus, which would house the district's high school freshmen until the 2006-2007 school year. In the fall of 2006, the HSE Freshmen Campus became the second high school in the HSE School District, Fishers High School.

[edit] Honors

Hamilton Southeastern High School became a USDE Blue Ribbon school for 2004-2005, being in the top 4% of schools nationwide.

HSEHS has earned a silver medal by U.S. News & World Report magazine.[1] With five stars, it is also ranked 6th out of 327 public high schools in Indiana, according to School Digger.[2]

It was also an Indiana Chamber of Commerce Best Buy School every year from 1999 to 2007.[3]

[edit] Curriculars

Hamilton Southeastern runs on a traditional schedule with seven classes per day beginning at 7:40 am and ending at 2:55 pm. There are three 23-minute lunch periods during 5th period. In addition, there is a Student Mentor and Resource Time (SMaRT) period every Tuesday after third period, which is a special information period for freshmen and study hall for upperclassmen.

HSE offers most standard classes, as well as many classes with national programs. These include Project Lead the Way in both engineering and biomedical sciences and the Academy of Finance. Twenty-three different Advanced Placement classes are offered. 75 percent of students earned a score of 3 or higher on an AP exam.

HSE students create three different media throughout the year. The Royal print media are the Orb and the Sceptre. The Orb is a biweekly newspaper which highlights school, district, world, sports, and opinion topics, and the Sceptre is the school yearbook. In visual media, there is HSETV, which is a daily 6-minute video shown to all students in 2nd period with announcements and school sports news. All school media is created by students in respective in-school classes, rather than in clubs.

[edit] Performing arts

There is also a strong performing arts department at HSE. There are three bands, four orchestras, and six choirs. The Wind Ensemble band has traveled to and played at Carnegie Hall in New York in 2003 and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. in 2007. They were also the Indiana State School Music Association state champions in 2000.

The Royal Command and Guard marching band was the 2007 Mid-States Band Association Class AA grand champion in Beavercreek, Ohio.

The Royal Edition and Royal Sensation choirs earned first place at the Smoky Mountain Music Festival in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

[edit] Extracurriculars

[edit] Activities and Clubs

Many clubs are offered to students at Hamilton Southeastern High School. Clubs include Student council, National Honor Society, Academic Teams, Math club, Mock Trial Team, Speech Team, Destination Imagination, Film Club, Drama Club, French Club, Spanish Club, German Club, Japanese Club, Junior Classical League (Latin Club), Key Club, World Connections Club, FFA Chapter, DECA, Interact Club, Open Hands Club, Military History Club, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Quill and Scroll, Dance Team, and Environmental Science Club.

[edit] Club team awards

  • HSE has a very strong Mock trial team. They have been national champions in 2003, 2004, and 2006. They were also the national runner-up in 2002 and 2007 and fourth place in 2001 and 2005.
  • The Quiz bowl team became finalists at nationals in 2007 and was also winner of the Cardinal Quiz Bowl on local television that year and in 2005. They were runner-up on the Brain Game, another locally televised tournament.
  • For the past four years, Hamilton Southeastern High School has sent at least one Destination Imagination team to Globals at the University of Tennessee.
  • Southeastern Rugby had a 12-2 season in 2008 and went on to win the Division II state title. Throughout the entire main season, they were never scored on at home, and they were undefeated against Division II teams. In their playoff run, the Royals shut out all opponents and outscored them 82-0.

[edit] Athletics

HSE participates in sports under IHSAA regulations and in IHSAA state rankings and tournaments.

Fall

Winter

Spring

There are also the club sports (non-IHSAA) of boys and girls rugby, boys lacrosse, and boys hockey.

[edit] Athletic awards

State Championships

  • Football in 1981-82 (A)
  • Girls Golf in 2003-04
  • Softball in 2006-07 (4A)
  • Boys Swimming in 2006-07
  • Boys Rugby in 2007-2008

State Runners-up

  • Football in 1979-80 (A)
  • Football in 1997-97 (4A)
  • Girls Swimming in 2004-05
  • Football in 2005-06 (5A)
  • Girls Swimming in 2006-07
  • Girls Golf in 2006-07
  • Girls Golf in 2007-08
  • Boys Swimming in 2007-08

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hamilton Southeastern High School: Best High Schools - USNews.com
  2. ^ Hamilton Southeastern High School, Fishers Indiana / IN school information
  3. ^ http://www.doe.in.gov/octe/technologyed/pdf/goodnews_best_buy.pdf
  4. ^ WISH TV 8: Indianapolis News and Weather - Angela Buchman

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