Concord High School (Indiana)

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Concord High School
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Concord High School (Indiana)
59117 Minuteman Way

Elkhart
,
Indiana
46517

United States
Coordinates 41°38′1″N85°55′38″W / 41.63361°N 85.92722°W / 41.63361; -85.92722
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Type Public high school
Established1926 (1926)
School district Concord Community Schools
SuperintendentDan Funston
PrincipalSeth Molnar
Faculty97.16 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,694 (2021-22) [1]
Student to teacher ratio17.26 [1]
Color(s)Kelly green and white [2]
  
Nickname Minutemen
Website www.concordschools.com/o/chs
[3]

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

Contents

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

Shawn Kemp, pictured as a member of the boys' varsity basketball team, would go on to be a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member. Shawn Kemp Concord High School 1988.jpg
Shawn Kemp, pictured as a member of the boys' varsity basketball team, would go on to be a six-time NBA All-Star and a three-time All-NBA Second Team member.

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

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  2. ↑ https://www.myihsaa.net/schools/f55eecd3-bbc0-4912-86bb-d0c3c9bbf21d/profile
  3. ↑ "Concord Community High School (1715)". compass.doe.in.gov/. IDOE. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  4. ↑ Home page. Concord High School. Retrieved on December 6, 2016. "59117 Minuteman Way, Elkhart IN 46517"
  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. 1 2 "Concord High School" . Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  8. ↑ Loh, Katrina (10 February 2009). "Obama Pushes Stimulus Package in Elkhart". Indiana Daily Student. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  9. ↑ Cheatham, Kelli (6 August 2008). "Obama focuses on energy, economy at Elkhart town hall meeting". WSBT TV. Archived from the original on December 2, 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  10. ↑ Concord Music Department Home Page
  11. ↑ Indianafieldbands.com: ISSMA Class B Archived 2011-10-03 at archive.today
  12. ↑ American Band by Kristen Laine
  13. ↑ Kelli Cheatham (2007-11-22). "Concord High School Band in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade". CBS 22 WSBT. Archived from the original on November 24, 2007. Retrieved 2009-05-13.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ "Conn-Selmer, Inc. All American Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
  15. ↑ Concord High School Archived 2007-08-23 at the Wayback Machine
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