Gibson Southern High School

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Gibson Southern High School
Address
Gibson Southern High School
3499 W CR 800 S

Fort Branch
,
Indiana
47648

United States
Coordinates 38°14′11″N87°38′07″W / 38.236377°N 87.635407°W / 38.236377; -87.635407
Information
Type Public
EstablishedAugust 1974
School district South Gibson School Corporation
PrincipalJon Adams [1]
Faculty34.67 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment726 (2022-23) [2]
Average class size22.9 [3]
Student to teacher ratio20.94 [2]
Color(s)   
Fight song "Gibson Southern" set to the melody of the Minnesota Rouser
Athletics conference Pocket Athletic Conference
Team nameTitans [4]
NewspaperThe Southerner
Website www.sgibson.k12.in.us/gshs_new/gshs_index.htm

Gibson Southern High School is a public high school located in Fort Branch, Indiana.

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Academics

Gibson Southern High School received the Indiana Four Star School Award for seven consecutive years.[ when? ] [5] [6]

Athletics

In 1974, Gibson Southern was originally a member of the Pocket Athletic Conference (PAC). In 1980, the school left the PAC to form the Big 8 Conference with 7 former Southern Indiana Athletic Conference schools, some of which were also once members of the PAC. In 1994, Gibson Southern left the Big 8 to rejoin the PAC.[ citation needed ] In 2020 the Pocket Athletic Conference expanded with Boonville, Mount Vernon, Princeton and Washington joining Forest Park, Gibson Southern, Heritage Hills, North Posey, Pike Central, Southridge, South Spencer, Tecumseh, and Tell City to make it a 13-team conference. [7] [8]

The school won state championships in softball in 2003, 2005 in class AA and 2015 in AAA, splitting back to back appearances (2014 and 2015) with Leo, and as a result played in class AAAA in the sport from 2016 to 2021. [9]

In 2021, the football team won their first state championship in school (and Gibson County) history, defeating Indianapolis Brebeuf. [10]

In 2024, the girls basketball team won their first state title in school history, defeating Norwell. This comes 22 years after finishing runner up in 2002 to Fort Wayne Bishop Luers and with the win, Gibson Southern also became the last of the county's three high schools to win a state title in girl's basketball after Princeton in 2015 and Wood Memorial in 2017. But unlike the other two, the Lady Titans will now have to compete in AAAA in girls' basketball for the next two years, provided they do not continue to make deep runs into the tournament, like the softball team did. This was a result of the state title, coupled with back-to-back appearances at semi-state.

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References

  1. ↑ Loesch, Sarah (November 19, 2023). "Adams named new principal at GSHS". Princeton Clarion.
  2. 1 2 3 "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Gibson Southern High School". nces.ed.gov.
  3. ↑ "Schools Directory" (PDF).
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". IHSSA Membership Guide. Indiana High School Athletic Association: 55. 2009. Archived from the original on 20 August 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2010.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ http://www.doe.in.gov/assessment/fourstar.html [ permanent dead link ] Indiana Department of Education
  6. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 25, 2010. Retrieved December 30, 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ↑ "Pocket Athletic Conference to expand in 2020". Dubois County Herald. 5 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  8. ↑ "Athletic Conferences". www.ihsaa.org. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
  9. ↑ "IHSAA State Championships by School". Archived from the original on September 13, 2016. Retrieved March 2, 2018.
  10. ↑ "Gibson Southern football overcomes double-digit deficit to win program's first state title".
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