Terre Haute North Vigo High School

Terre Haute North Vigo High School
Location
3434 Maple Avenue
Terre Haute, IN 47804
Information
Type Public
Established 1971
Superintendent Danny Tanoos
Principal Robin Smith
Grades 9–12
Enrollment approx. 2200
Color(s)               
Athletics conference Conference Indiana
Mascot Patriots
Rivals TH South Braves
Newspaper The Continental Crier
Yearbook Polaris
Website TH North Vigo HS

Terre Haute North Vigo High School (THN) is a public high school located in Terre Haute, Indiana.

Overview

Terre Haute North Vigo High was founded in 1971 as a consolidation of Terre Haute Dr. Charles D. Gerstmeyer Technical High School (1922-1971), Terre Haute James A. Garfield High School (1912-1971). Both Gerstmeyer and Garfield were involved in earlier consolidations as Glenn High (1914–51, 1953–61), Terre Haute Thornton (1936–39), Riley High (1911–13, 1917–61), the Terre Haute Girls Vocational High (1924–25) and part of Fontanet (aka Nevins Twp.) High (1917–61) student population were consolidated into Gerstmeyer; the remainder of the Fontanet population and Otter Creek High (1924–61) and Terre Haute Rankin (1936–38) were consolidated into Garfield. Garfield itself was the first high school in Terre Haute, opening in 1904.

After its founding, North added students from Terre Haute State High (a 'laboratory school' for Indiana State University) in 1978 and from Terre Haute Paul C. Schulte High, a Roman Catholic parochial school in 1977. The 'lab school' continued to educate elementary kids through 1992.

Academics

Terre Haute North is on trimester schedule. Students have five seventy-minute periods per day every day for twelve weeks plus six-minute passing periods. THN uses the Core 40 curriculum.

Athletics

There are 21 varsity teams at THN: boys' and girls' cross country, soccer, tennis, golf, basketball, swimming & diving and track & field; boys' football, wrestling, baseball; girls' volleyball and softball. Terre Haute North is a new member of Conference Indiana joining in September 2014.

Student life

Several student organizations exist at THN. These include, but are not limited to:

Notable alumni

See also

References

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