Benjamin Bosse High School Explained

Benjamin Bosse High School
Address:1300 Washington Avenue
City:Evansville
State:Indiana
Zipcode:47714
Country:United States
Coordinates:37.9634°N -87.54°W
Established:1924
Type:Public high school
District:Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Grades:9-12
Principal:Aaron Huff
Enrollment:833 (2022-23)[1]
Teaching Staff:61.08 (FTE)
Ratio:13.64
Nickname:Bulldogs
Conference:Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
Website:Evansville Bosse High School

Benjamin Bosse High School, referred to as Evansville Bosse High School by the IHSAA, is a public high school of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Bosse is the third smallest high school by enrollment of Vanderburgh County's nine high schools. The school is a contributing property to the Lincolnshire Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

History

The school was initially financed by Benjamin Bosse, who was the mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922. Construction began on the school in 1922 and opened for its first pupils in 1924, serving what was then the east side of Evansville.

Bosse's boys basketball team won the state championship in 1944 the first area team to do so. The school won again in 1945 and 1962. Bosse's band marched in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on New Year's Eve in 1970-1971 and also played in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.

Sports

Also see: Sports in Evansville

State Titles

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Benjamin Bosse High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 19, 2024.
  2. Web site: Marty, Amsler . Indiana football Hall of Fame . https://web.archive.org/web/20101205072657/http://www.indiana-football.org/?q=node/16 . December 5, 2010 . September 28, 2010 . live .
  3. Web site: Pete Fox Statistics. baseball-reference.com.
  4. Web site: Famous fashion designers from Indiana. Hoosier History Live. April 30, 2014.
  5. Web site: The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers . 2014-04-30 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090831072056/http://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/tag/arad-a-mccutchan . 2009-08-31 .
  6. News: Lipton. Michael A.. All the Right Moves. April 30, 2014. People. April 10, 2000.
  7. Web site: Talitha Washington at Howard University until Fall 2012 . AceNotes Today . May 17, 2011 . . October 28, 2019.
  8. News: Roger Zion Obituary, Evansville, IN . September 27, 2019 . . October 28, 2019 . September 29, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200929231025/https://obits.courierpress.com/obituaries/courierpress/obituary.aspx?n=roger-h-zion&pid=194007364&fhid=10662 . dead .