Evansville is home to many high schools — both public and private — that educate, coach, and guide thousands of students. To help celebrate the success of Evansville’s high schools in 2017, we’ve gathered the highlights to showcase the accomplishments of our students; here’s to even more success in 2018!
REITZ MEMORIAL
• State championships in football (Class 3A), girls’ soccer (Class 2A), boys’ soccer (Class 2A), and Indiana Academic Decathlon
• 2016-17 City All-Sports Award
• 99 percent graduation rate in 2017
• One National Merit semi-finalist and three commended students
MATER DEI
• State championships in girls’ soccer (Class 1A), individual wrestling (Joe Lee), speech team (Class 1A), and individual speech-humorous interpretation (Alex Harrison)
• Marching band state finalist, Class D
• A grade and four-star school ratings from Indiana Department of Education
BOSSE
• Freshman Reese Perry participated in Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.
• Sectional and regional championships in boys’ basketball
• Student Diara Bailey named SIAC Athlete of the Year
NORTH
• Marching band state finalist, Class B
• One National Merit semi-finalist (Keith Makhecha)
• 11 awards at IU-Southeast High School Press Day
• Sectional and regional championships in girls’ track and girls’ golf
• Dane Hancock, Ashlyn Thompson, Kade Fleming, and Claudia Eder qualified for Business Professionals of America national competition
CENTRAL
• Bronze rating from the U.S. News & World Report for Best High School
• Four students (Kyle Bickel, Madisyn Grigsby, Brooklynn Simon, and Zoe Woebkenberg) named Rising Stars of Indiana Class of 2019
NEW TECH INSTITUTE
• Archery team competed at the Archery Nationals Tournament
• Student Elijah Guess named Indiana Academic All-Star by Indiana Association of School Principals
HARRISON
• State championship, 100 meter and 200 meter dash (Noah McBride)
• Student Josh Brown elected Youth Governor of Indiana
SIGNATURE SCHOOL
• Named No. 1 best high school in Indiana and No. 11 best charter high school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
• Named No. 3 most challenging high school in the nation by The Washington Post
• Four-star School and A grade ratings by the Indiana Department of Education
EVANSVILLE DAY SCHOOL
• A grade rating from the Indiana Department of Education
• 100 percent graduation rate and four-year college placement
• Nine percent of Class of 2018 earned National Merit recognition
• ISSMA gold medals earned in treble ensemble, mixed ensemble, and soloists by Jayme Carvajal and Aya Hall
F.J. REITZ
• Marching band state finalist, Class B
• Student Jason Chamness named first alternate in Lilly Community Scholarship
• Students Trinity Head and Emma Woods qualified for Business Professionals of America national competition
