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| New Albany High School | |
| Location | |
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| 1020 Vincennes Street New Albany, Floyd County, Indiana, United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Do the right thing |
| Established | 1853 |
| School district | New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation[1] |
| Principal | Steve Sipes (retired 2009)
Don Unruh, Interim (2009-2010)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2,192 [3] |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics | swimming, tennis, track, cheerleading, basketball, football, softball, baseball, cross country, soccer, golf, wrestling, dance team, etc... |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Website | http://www.nahs.ws |
Founded in 1853, New Albany High School is one of the oldest public high schools west of the Alleghenies and the first in Indiana. New Albany High School has the first student-run FM radio station (88.1) to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and has had their own cable TV channel (WNAS TV) since 1980.
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History
Initially known as Scribner High School, it opened in 1853 as the first high school in Indiana. The school was operated on an irregular basis, and closed for years at a time. During part of the American Civil War, the school building was leased to the federal government, to be used as a hospital for Union soldiers. Continuous operation of a school has occurred since 1864 (though in varying locations). The final current location of the school was established in 1928.
Charles Allen Prosser attended and later ran the school as superintendent from 1900 to 1908, where he would form many of his opinions that would revolutionize teaching nationally in the decades to follow.
New Albany High School's theater department was featured in the New York Times for being "outstanding"[citation needed]. Director Barry Blaustein showed an interest in the theater program and is currently in the works of making a documentary about high school theater in southern Indiana. It will be released in Spring 2008. Also, New Albany's theater department was one of the first high schools in the nation to perform Disney's High School Musical.
Notable alumni
The following is a selective list of notable alumni of New Albany High School mainly taken from a full length list from the school
- William Vaughn Moody - C/O 1885 - dramatist and poet [1]
- Sherman Minton - C/O 1910 - United States Senator and an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
- Billy Herman - C/O ???? - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player during the 1930s and 1940s
- Mike Sodrel - C/O 1963 - United States Representative
- Fuzzy Zoeller - C/O 1970 - Golfer who won multiple PGA Tours, including The Masters in 1979.
- Karen Kamensek - C/O 1987 - Deputy General Music Director for the Hamburg State Opera, Hamburg, Germany
- R. Brent Summers - C/O 1987 - Chair Department of Natural Sciences Campbellsville University 2001-2003, Assistant Professor of Biology University of Southern Indiana (director of presidential scholar and B/MD programs) 2005-2009.
- Rob Conway - C/O 1990 - Professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)
- Mike Wolfe - C/O 1995 - Pro Bowler on the PBA Tour, winner of the Earl Anthony Classic.
- Charlie Wen - C/O 1992 - Concept Designer for Film and Video Games, Visual Development Director for Sony's God of War franchise
- Joshua Paul Dallas - C/O 1997 - Actor "Thor"
- Camille Wright Thompson (born March 5, 1955 New Albany, Indiana) is a former American swimmer. Wright won a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.Beat by the East German swimmers.Graduate of New Albany High School 1973,University of Hawaii1979. .http://www.nytimes.com/.../olympics-us-seeks-redress-for-1
Notable faculty
- Edwin Hubble - Astronomer, Basketball Coach, and science and Spanish teacher, after whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named. [2]
Media
WNAS, 88.1 FM, is the student-run school radio station, headed by the "Voice of the Bulldogs" Mr. Lee Kelly. It broadcasts to the greater metropolitan area (Louisville). It has been in operation since 1949, and was the first FCC-licensed high-school FM radio station in the United States. WNAS features shows such as Mathathon, Spell Bowl, and Challenge where teams from local elementary schools come to compete. WNAS also broadcasts results for local elections.
WNAS-TV is the television station run in cooperation with Floyd Central High School.
New Albany High School Theatre
New Albany Senior High school has one of the highest-rated high school theater programs in the country. Under the direction of David Longest, the department often participates in the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were among some of the first high schools to perform "Beauty and the Beast" in 2005, and "High School Musical" in 2006-2007. The department was also featured in an article in The New York Times for their performance of "Into the Woods" in 2005. This is also the high school that Charnette Batey, up and coming broadway star attended high school from 2004-2008.
References
- ^ website www.nafcs.k12.in.us
- ^ New Albany Tribune Article, June 16, 2009
- ^ 0708FootballClassifications.xls
- East Spring Street Neighborhood Association Inc - History of New Albany
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