John Adams High School (Indiana)

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John Adams High School
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John Adams High School (Indiana)
808 S. Twyckenham Drive

South Bend
,
St. Joseph County County
,
Indiana
46615

United States
Coordinates 41°40′01″N86°13′22″W / 41.667025°N 86.222848°W / 41.667025; -86.222848
Information
Type Public high school
Established1940
School district South Bend Community School Corporation
PrincipalJames R. Seitz
Faculty118.87 (FTE) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,980(2022-2023) [1]
Student to teacher ratio6.9 [1]
Color(s)   
Athletics conference Northern Indiana Athletic Conference
Team nameEagles
Gym Capacity2250
Website Official Website

John Adams High School (often referred to simply as Adams) is a public high school in South Bend, Indiana.

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Location

The campus is located between the historic River Park and Sunnymede neighborhoods in South Bend, Indiana. The neighborhood is on the east side of town, and Adams is referred to as "The Pride of the East Side". The school sits on around 20 acres (81,000 m2) across from Indiana University South Bend.

School Field, the home stadium for Adams football, is on the other side of the Sunnymede neighborhood, next to Jefferson Intermediate School.

History

John Adams High School opened on September 30, 1940 as part of a program sponsored by the Federal Works Agency and the Public Works Administration. The school opened late due to the polio epidemic of the 1930s. The school auditorium was once the only large performing stage in South Bend. It has been the site of many historical events and performers such as the premiere screening of Knute Rockne, All American, concerts by Kate Smith, Ezio Pinza and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, a taping of The Fred Waring Show and a speech by John Wooden.

Selected scenes from the movie Rudy were filmed in John Adams High School.

The school's 2008-2009 enrollment was approximately 2000, which made it the second largest high school in the South Bend metropolitan area. The mock trial team at Adams won two national titles, in 2009 and 2011, as well as 16 state titles, making it the most successful competitive high school mock trial program in state history.

State and national recognition

John Adams Athletics has a total of 27 Indiana state championships and 2 national championships.

Seven sports have won state championships, and the mock trial program has won two national championships.

State championsYears
Boys wrestling1966
Boys swimming1966, 1967, 1968
Girls swimming1972
Boys golf1973
Boys tennis1975
Volleyball1977, 1979
Mock trial1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020
National championsYears
Mock trial2009, 2011

In 1966, the football team was ranked 3rd in Indiana state rankings and 9th nationally.

In the 1972–1973 season, the boys basketball team finished 2nd in Indiana state tournament.

In the 1978–1979 season, the boys basketball team was ranked 1st in every Indiana regular season poll.

In 1994, boys soccer was changed to a unified state tournament, allowing all Indiana teams to compete on the same level for a state championship. The Adams boys team won their sectional, regional and semi-state games. They were victorious in the first game of the final four, but after a loss in the championship game, they finished the season as state runner-up.

In 2012 and 2013, Adams began to grow as an athletic power. In 2012, the basketball team won a sectional title and defeated the Lake Central Indians in the regional semifinals. The following school year the football team, coached by Craig Redman, compiled a 9–3 record, equaling the school record for wins. Coach Redman won conference coach of the year in football, as well as wrestling. The basketball team again won a sectional title. Along the way they defeated Penn, Mishawaka Marian, and New Haven, all teams who had players committed to play basketball at Notre Dame.

Fine arts

Orchestra

The John Adams High School orchestra is currently under the direction of Jaesung Lee. [2]

Under the direction of Jaesung Lee (formerly Kathleen Kohn), the orchestra sends ensembles and soloists to compete at the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) competition, earning several golds each year.

Choir

The John Adams High School choir is currently under the direction of Heather Durcharme. [3]

Show choir, under the direction of Heather Durcharme (formerly Dr. Donald Moley), is a popular course at Adams. nearly all performers receive a gold or gold with distinction in the ISSMA choral festival. They consistently perform in group I, the top group in ISSMA competitions.

Band

The John Adams High School band is currently under the direction of Kevin Graham as Head Director and Emily Pantelleria as Assistant Director [4]

Marching band

The John Adams High School Marching Eagles performed at Open Class ISSMA regionals in 1996, 2006-2010.

The Marching Eagles.performed at Walt Disney World Magic Music Days in Orlando, Florida for spring break in 1998, 2000, and 2005.

In 2007 the band received a gold rating with a score 70.85, the highest score in South Bend history.[ citation needed ]

In the fall of 2022, the John Adams High School Marching Eagles received a gold rating at their ISSMA Prelims competition and qualifying for ISSMA Scholastic State Finals. This was the first time the band had qualified for state finals since 2014.

In the 2024 ISSMA marching season, the John Adams Marching Eagles managed to qualify for Scholastic State Finals for the third time in the band's history.

Concert band

The John Adams symphonic winds and concert bands participate every year at the ISSMA Organizational Contest and every year sends performers to the ISSMA State Solo and Ensemble Competition.

Jazz band

The three jazz bands at Adams are well known locally for their performances, such as Big Band Bash and Jazz Soundsations, and they participate in state competitions such as the Ball State, Purdue, and Western Michigan University Jazz Festivals. Dawn Forsythe was the Band Director 1996-2010.

Academics

IB program

John Adams began offering the IB Program in May, 2006. [8] Adams was the first inner-city school to offer the program, and remains the only South Bend high school to do so. The IB two-year program is among the most rigorous academic programs of study available to high school students. [9] IB test scores for Adams students in 2009 were above the world average in 6 out of the 10 tests. [10]

Budget cuts proposed in early 2010 by the South Bend Community School Corporation [11] that would have raised the cost to families of some IB testing fees were reduced or eliminated in March 2010. [12]

Notable alumni

See also

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