Benjamin Bosse High School, referred to as Evansville Bosse High School by the IHSAA, is a public high school of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville, Indiana, United States. Bosse is the third smallest high school by enrollment of Vanderburgh County's nine high schools. The school is a contributing property to the Lincolnshire Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.
| Benjamin Bosse High School | |
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| Address | |
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1300 Washington Avenue , 47714 United States | |
| Coordinates | 37°57′48″N 87°32′24″W / 37.9634°N 87.5400°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1924 |
| School district | Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation |
| Principal | Aaron Huff |
| Teaching staff | 61.08 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 833 (2022-23)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 13.64[1] |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Southern Indiana Athletic Conference |
| Nickname | Bulldogs |
| Website | Evansville Bosse High School |
History
editThe school was initially financed by Benjamin Bosse, who was the mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922. Construction began on the school in 1922 and opened for its first pupils in 1924, serving what was then the east side of Evansville.
Bosse's boys basketball team won the state championship in 1944 the first area team to do so. The school won again in 1945 and 1962. Bosse's band marched in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on New Year's Eve in 1970-1971 and also played in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.
Sports
editAlso see: Sports in Evansville
State Titles
edit- Boys Basketball (1943–44), (1944–45), (1961–62)
Notable alumni
edit- Marty Amsler, former National Football League defensive end[2]
- Pete Fox, Major League Baseball player from 1933 to 1945.[3]
- Roy Halston Frowick, fashion designer[4]
- Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame basketball coach, University of Evansville[5]
- Michael Michele, actress, best known for ER[6]
- Talitha Washington, mathematician and STEM education activist at Howard University[7]
- Roger H. Zion, U.S. congressman for Indiana (1967–1975)[8]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Benjamin Bosse High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 19, 2024.
- ^ "Marty, Amsler". Indiana football Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 5, 2010. Retrieved September 28, 2010.
- ^ "Pete Fox Statistics". baseball-reference.com.
- ^ "Famous fashion designers from Indiana". Hoosier History Live. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ "The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame - Hall of Famers". Archived from the original on 2009-08-31. Retrieved 2014-04-30.
- ^ Lipton, Michael A. (April 10, 2000). "All the Right Moves". People. Retrieved April 30, 2014.
- ^ "Talitha Washington at Howard University until Fall 2012". AceNotes Today. University of Evansville. May 17, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2019.
- ^ "Roger Zion Obituary, Evansville, IN". Evansville Courier & Press. September 27, 2019. Archived from the original on September 29, 2020. Retrieved October 28, 2019.