Pike High School

Pike High School is a public high school on the northwest side of Indianapolis, Indiana.

Academics

Pike High School serves students in grades 9–12 in the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township.

In 2004, Pike High School was named an International Baccalaureate school.

Pike now offers more than 20 International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement classes. Starting with the 2010–2011 school year, Pike began offering Dual Credit classes.

Demographics

Pike High School is one of the most diverse schools in Indiana. For the 2010–11 school year, Pike had a total enrollment of 3080. Broken down by ethnicity, Pike had 1947 (63.2%) African American students, 484 (15.7%) White students, 367 (11.9%) Hispanic students, 182 (5.9%) Multiracial students, 95 (3.1%) Asian or Pacific Islander students and 2 (0.1%) American Indian.^[1]

Athletics

The athletic mascot is the Red Devil. The men's basketball team has taken state titles in 1998, 2001, and 2003. Notable basketball players who attended Pike include the Courtney Lee,^[2] Robert Vaden,^[3] Jeff Teague,^[4] David Teague,^[5] Justin Cage (2003 Indiana Mr. Basketball^[6]), Chris Thomas (2001 Indiana Mr. Basketball^[7]) and Marquis Teague.^[8] During Pike's 2002–2003 basketball season, they concluded the season at a perfect 29-0 mark, ranked first in the state, and second in nation behind St. Vincent-St. Mary's team, led by LeBron James.^[9]

Other notable alumni include Lori Lindsey,^[10] of the United States Women's National Soccer Team, Ashley Barlow, of the University of Notre Dame Women's Basketball team, and two time hammer throw Olympian (2008, 2012) Amber Campbell.

Performing arts

The Pike High School performing arts department includes over 800 students featured in 5 bands, 8 choirs, 7 orchestras, 2 dance classes, and 3 theatre classes.

In 2009, 2010, and 2011 the Pike Westside Rhythm Drumline won the IPA State Championships in Group A and Open Class. They were also finalists in the WGI Regional at Franklin Central High School. In 2009 they won 1st place in Scholastic A and in 2010 started out in A but were moved to Open Scholastic during finals and received 1st place. In the 2011 season, they started in Open Scholastic and received 1st place as well, the third time in a row they have won.

Encores and Mystiques are the top show choirs at Pike High School. Encores is the mixed choir that has won several awards throughout the years. Recently they won awards in 2009 including those at Warren Central High School (1st runner up), Ben Davis High School (Grand Champion), and Huntington North High School (2nd runner up). During their 2010 season,Encores collected awards at Ben Davis High School (2nd runner up), Lawrence Central High School (4th runner up), and at Watseka High School (Grand Champions). Mystiques is the women's choir and in 2010 they won numerous awards at Ben Davis High School (3rd place) and Lawrence Central High School (3rd place), and in Watseka, Illinois they won Grand Champion of the women's division and 5th place in the collective finals. In 2011, Mystiques placed 3rd runner up at Center Grove High School. In the same year, Encores collected awards at Center Grove High School (2nd runner up, Best Choreography, Best Male Soloist), Franklin Central High School (1st runner up), and Wheaton Warrenville South High School (2nd runner up). Encores was also honored with the invitation to perform at Show Choir Camps of America in Tiffin, Ohio. These two choirs, along with Menz Choir and Concert Choir, also host Pike's yearly "Musicfest."

The Pike Crimson Rage marching band has also won many awards. In 2009 they came in first at Columbus North High School, seventh at Plainfield High School, and third at Hamilton Southeastern High School. They also won gold at both the ISSMA district and regional competitions, almost making semi-state by 1/10 of a point. In 2011 the Pike Crimson Rage marching band was an ISSMA semi-state Finalist. They hosted the ISSMA semi-state competition at 2009 (Class C) and in 2010 (Class B).

The Pike Spectacular Dancers and Guard are the two dance groups. Both have won many awards in recent history. In 2010 the Spectacular Dancers went to state with three of their dances (lyrical, hip-hop, and jazz). In 2009, the Guard was in the top 40 in WGI Nationals in Dayton, Ohio. The Guard also host the Pike Winter Guard Competition during the month of February.

Publications

The journalism department publishes a newspaper called the Pike Hi-Life and a yearbook called Pike's Peek.

Notable alumni

• Jeff Teague, Point guard for the Atlanta Hawks in the NBA^[11]
• Marquis Teague, Point guard for the Brooklyn Nets in the NBA
• Peter Dunn (author), Author
• Mark Battles, Rapper, Songwriter, Producer, Founder of Fly America
• Sasheer Zamata, comedienne and cast member of Saturday Night Live^[12]

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