Concord High School (Indiana) Explained

Concord High School
Streetaddress:59117 Minuteman Way
Zipcode:46517
Country:United States
Grades:9-12
Superintendent:Dan Funston
Principal:Seth Molnar
Enrollment:1,694 (2021-22)[1]
Ratio:17.26
Faculty:97.16 (FTE)
Nickname:Minutemen
Colors:Kelly green and white[2]
Footnotes:[3]

Concord High School is a public high school in Dunlap, a census-designated place in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States.[4] [5]

It serves Dunlap, small sections of southern Elkhart and a small section of northern Goshen.[6]

Statistics

In the 2020-21 school year, total enrollment is at 1,679 students.[7]

Concord High School has a diverse student population with Hispanic being the largest minority population. In the 2021-22 school year the ethnicity breakdown was:[7] White - 44.0%Hispanic - 41.5%Black - 7.9%Asian - 1.0%Multi-racial - 5.4%

History

The school was host to President Barack Obama's first order of business meeting outside of Washington, D.C.,[8] as well as the site of one of his campaign rallies before the 2008 election.[9]

Music

Concord's music department includes several choirs, two string orchestras, three jazz bands, four concert bands, one of the largest pep bands in the area, and a championship marching band.[10]

The marching band is known as the Concord Marching Minutemen. Since the inception of the ISSMA marching band state finals in 1983, the band has only failed to qualify for the state championship twice, in 2000 and again in 2019. The band holds ISSMA Class B state championship titles from 1992, 2003, 2005, 2011 and 2015[11] The book "American Band" by Kristen Laine follows the Marching Minutemen through their 2004 state runner-up season.[12]

The marching band has appeared in the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Orange Bowl parades and was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1974, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2007, and 2013.[13]

Concord High School was the first high school recognized by Conn-Selmer as an All-American school, an award to "recognize the most outstanding high school instrumental music programs in America."[14]

Athletics

Concord High School offers various sports, including football, cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, track and field, baseball, lacrosse, and hockey for boys, and volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, cheerleading, swimming, track and field, softball, and lacrosse for girls.[15]

Concord's athletic teams compete in the Northern Lakes Conference and in the 5A classification, competing in Sectional 10 in football and Sectional 4 in all other class sports.

Drama department

Concord's drama department produces a straight play and a musical in November and March, respectively, held in the Beickman Performing Arts Center.

Notable alumni

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Concord Community High School. National Center for Education Statistics. March 31, 2020.
  2. https://www.myihsaa.net/schools/f55eecd3-bbc0-4912-86bb-d0c3c9bbf21d/profile
  3. Web site: Concord Community High School (1715). compass.doe.in.gov/. IDOE. 25 January 2015.
  4. https://www.concord.k12.in.us/high-school/ Home page
  5. "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Dunlap CDP, IN." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 6, 2016.
  6. "SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP (2010 CENSUS): Elkhart County, IN." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 6, 2016.
  7. Web site: Concord High School. December 23, 2022.
  8. News: Obama Pushes Stimulus Package in Elkhart . Loh . Katrina . Indiana Daily Student . 10 February 2009 . 2009-02-27 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110129065732/http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=66039&comview=1 . 29 January 2011 . dead .
  9. News: Obama focuses on energy, economy at Elkhart town hall meeting . Cheatham . Kelli . WSBT TV . 6 August 2008 . 2009-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081202165856/http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/26335584.html . December 2, 2008 .
  10. http://www.concordmusic.info/ Concord Music Department Home Page
  11. http://www.indianafieldbands.com/Miscellaneous/ISSMA_class_b.htm Indianafieldbands.com: ISSMA Class B
  12. http://www.americanbandbook.com/index.html American Band by Kristen Laine
  13. Web site: Kelli Cheatham (2007-11-22) . Concord High School Band in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade . CBS 22 WSBT . 2009-05-13 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071124014236/http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/11735831.html . November 24, 2007 .
  14. Web site: Conn-Selmer, Inc. All American Schools . 2011-04-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110726173253/http://www.conn-selmer.com/allamericanschool/ . 2011-07-26 . dead .
  15. http://highschool.concord.k12.in.us/index.html Concord High School