Zionsville Community High School

Zionsville Community High School
Address
1000 Mulberry Street
Zionsville, Indiana, Boone County, 46077
United States
Information
Type Public high school
School district Zionsville Community Schools
Superintendent Scott Robison
Dean Wendy Haag
Principal Tim East
Vice principal Greg McDaniels
Greg Hall
Matt Walters
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1,990
Hours in school day 8:10 - 3:20
Color(s) Forest Green and Silver
              
Athletics Indiana High School Athletic Association
Athletics conference Hoosier Crossroads Conference
Mascot Eagles
Newspaper Harbinger
Yearbook Aerie
Athletic director Greg Schellhase
Website

Zionsville Community High School (ZCHS) is a 4-year high school located in Boone County, Zionsville, Indiana, United States. The high school's current enrollment is 1,990 students as of the 2009-2010 school year.[1]

The high school was established in 1885 and graduated its first class in 1888.[2][3] At that time it was located in the second-floor chapel of "The Academy", a small, brick, school house built in 1867 on Walnut Hill.[2][3] Today, that site is the home of Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library.[3] In 1910, it was commissioned as Eagle Township High School.[2] The Chapel building was torn down in 1922 and replaced in 1924. The gymnasium was finished in 1925.[2]

The school remained at that location until 1968 when the first section of the current building was erected on Whitestown Road. In 1970, the name was changed to Zionsville Community High School, when a new school corporation, Eagle-Union Community School Corporation, was formed by the merger of Eagle and Union township schools.[2] The old Eagle Township High School buildings were torn down in 1978, with the exception of the gymnasium. Called the "Varsity Gym" the school continued to use it as the home court of the boys basketball teams into the 1990s. It was torn down to make space for the library's expansion. In 1998 the new varsity gym, located at the Whitestown Road site, opened its doors for the first time. In 2003, the new performing arts center opened. The freshman center and aquatics center opened in 2005. At the end of the 2009 football season, the original football stadium was torn down and a new multi-purpose stadium opened in 2010. In 2011, the new baseball fields and soccer practice fields will open for the first time.

Contents

School song

Zionsville, oh Zionsville,
Oh Zionsville, we're all for you!
We will fight for the green and silver
For the glory of ZHS!

Never daunted, we cannot falter
In the battle, so tried and true,

Zionsville, oh Zionsville,
Oh Zionsville, We're all for you!

Notable alumni

State championships

Indiana High School Athletic Association state championships:

Year Sport
1987 Football AAA
1996 Football AAA
2002 Boys’ Golf
2004 Boys’ Golf
2009 Boys' Soccer

In addition, the school's Quiz Bowl team won the Indiana State Quiz Bowl tournament in 2010 and 2011[4], as well as the National Academic Championship in 2010[5].

References

  1. ^ "School Snapshot". Indiana Department of Education. http://mustang.doe.state.in.us/SEARCH/snapshot.cfm?schl=0512. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
  2. ^ a b c d e Lyons, Joan. "First Eagle Township school was in a squatter's cabin". Past Times Archives at Hussey-Mayfield Memorial Public Library. http://www.zionsville.lib.in.us/gsdl/collect/past/index/assoc/HASH0116/6c4320dc.dir/doc.pdf. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
  3. ^ a b c Lyons, Joan. "The Village Heritage"". Zionsville Chamber of Commerce. http://www.zionsvillechamber.org/z-history.php. Retrieved 2009-01-13. 
  4. ^ "INQBlots history". Indiana Quiz Bowl. http://www.inqblots.org/. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 
  5. ^ "National Academic Championship results and history". Questions Unlimited. http://qunlimited.com/national.htm. Retrieved 2011-12-01. 

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