| Washington High School | |
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| Established | 1960 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | George McCullough |
| Students | 1,391 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | South Bend, Indiana, USA |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Kelly Green and White |
| Mascot | Panther |
| Rival | South Bend Clay |
| Yearbook | Memory Lane |
| Newspaper | The Hatchet |
| Military | United States Air Force JROTC |
| Website | community.michiana.org/washngtn/index.html |
Washington High School is a public high school located at 4747 W. Washington on the West Side of South Bend, Indiana. It is part of the SBCSC magnet program, where it is the Medical/Allied Health Magnet Program.
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Washington High School first opened its doors at its current location to staff members on February 1, 1960. The project had been started in 1956, when the financing for the building was allocated. Approximately $4,000,000 dollars were set aside for the construction. Maurer and Maurer architectural firm was hired to build the facility, and ground breaking occurred on October 22, 1958. Since 1959, the building has undergone some changes. A second gymnasium has been added, along with updates to the athletic fields. Beginning in 2002, a massive school renovation began. The building gained many classrooms, a new lunchroom, and new gymnasium. The original school was located on West Sample St. at Humpherey's Court, after the school moved the original building served as the South Bend campus of Ivy Tech.
Washington has been very active in sports over the years. In the past they won the 1973-1974 state football championship under the leadership of Coach Bob Van Camp. The recent spotlight has been on the girls basketball team. In the 2005-2006 season, coach Marilyn Coddens led the Lady Panthers to a state runner-up finish. After the runner-up setback, they followed up with a state championship in the 2006-2007 season, followed by two more runner up finishes in the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 seasons. The Lady Panthers program has produced two of the nations top girls basketball prospects in Jacqueline Batteast and Skylar Diggins. Diggins was ranked 3rd overall in the ESPN "Hot 100" and is 1st overall for guards. Diggins now plays for the University of Notre Dame and follows Batteast as one of the best female athletes to attend Washington and play Div-1A basketball. On September 3rd, 2011, Gehrig Dieter set a national record for receiving yards in a high school football game, with 447 yards against Elkhart Central High School. 2 weeks prior, Dieter had set an Indiana state record for receiving yards with 373 yards against Bloomington High School North.[1] in the same season Washington won semi-state but, then lost at state.
The Panthers' chief rival is Clay High School.
In 2005, the South Bend Community School Corporation moved into a magnet school corporation. Washington was chosen as the Medical/Applied Health Magnet Program. The 2006 graduation rate was 70%, with a total number of 261 graduates. The 2006-2007 enrollment is 1465, of which 43% are Black, 38% are White, 15% are Hispanics, 3% are Multiracial, 1% are Native American, and 0% are Asian.
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