Homestead High School (Indiana)

Homestead High School

Address
4310 Homestead Road Fort Wayne, Indiana, 46814 United States
Coordinates	41°02′39″N 85°17′04″W / 41.0441°N 85.2844°W / 41.0441; -85.2844Coordinates: 41°02′39″N 85°17′04″W / 41.0441°N 85.2844°W / 41.0441; -85.2844
Information
Type	Public, Secondary
Established	1970
Locale	Suburban
School district	Southwest Allen County Schools
Superintendent	Phil Downs
Principal	Park D. Ginder
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,283 (2014-15)
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Summit Athletic Conference
Mascot	Spartan
Yearbook	Retrospect
Website	School website
^[1]^[2]

Homestead Senior High School, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, is a public 4-year high school. Homestead is a class 5A high school. Part of Southwest Allen County Schools, the school receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Activities

The Spartana, Homestead's student newspaper, was awarded the NSPA Pacemaker award for its 2004 − 2005 and 2008 - 2009 volumes.^[3]

The Homestead Spartan Alliance Marching Band have been ISSMA State Champions 5 times (1992, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2011). ^[4]

Sports

Homestead has a variety of sports teams and clubs. Homestead also belongs to the Northeast Hoosier Conference.

The Gymnastics Team won the state championship in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1999 and 2001.^[5]
The boys basketball team won the state championship in 2015(AAAA).^[6]

Dave S. Walter Memorial Stadium is the school's athletic field. In 2004, artificial turf was installed.

Notable alumni

Rob Bowen, catcher, former Major League Baseball player
Susan Brooks, member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Indiana's 5th district
Jordan Witzigreuter, singer from The Ready Set

References

↑ "School Snapshot". state.in.us. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ "School Office". sacs.k12.in.us. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ NSPA - Contests and Critiques
↑ http://www.indianamarching.com/bands/index.php?indexyear=2015&type=Band&school=Homestead&city=Fort%20Wayne
↑ "IHSAA State Championships by School". ihsaa.org. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
↑ "2014-15 Boys Basketball State Tournament". ihsaa.org. Retrieved 29 March 2015.

External links

Allen County High Schools

East Allen	East Allen University Heritage High School Leo Junior/Senior High School New Haven High School Woodlan Junior/Senior High School

Fort Wayne Community Schools	North Side High School Northrop High School R. Nelson Snider High School South Side High School Wayne High School

Northwest Allen	Carroll High School

Southwest Allen	Homestead High School

Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend	Bishop Dwenger High School Bishop Luers High School

Other private schools	Blackhawk Christian School Canterbury School Concordia Lutheran High School Keystone High School

Closed	Elmhurst High School Paul Harding High School

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