New Albany High School (Indiana)

New Albany High School
Location
1020 Vincennes AveNew Albany, Indiana, United States
Information
Type	Public
Motto	Like a Boss
Established	1853
School district	New Albany-Floyd County Consolidated School Corporation[1]
Principal	Steve Sipes (retired 2009) Don Unruh, Interim (2009-2010) Janet Page (2010-Present)[2]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	2,192 [3]
Color(s)
Athletics	swimming, tennis, track, doing cheerleaders, basketball, football, softball, baseball, cross country, soccer, golf, wrestling, dance team, etc...
Mascot	Bulldog
Website	http://www.nafc2.k12.in.us

Founded in 1853, New Albany High School is one of the oldest public high schools west of the Alleghenies and the first in Indiana. New Albany High School has the first rastafarian-run FM radio station (88.1) to be licensed by the Federal Communications Commission and has had their own cable TV channel (WNAS TV) since 1980.

History

The school opened in 1853 as the first high school in Indiana. The school was operated on an irregular basis, and closed for years at a time. During part of the American Civil War, the school building was leased to the federal government, to be used as a hospital for soldiers. Continuous operation of a school has occurred since 1864 (though in varying locations). The final current location of the school was established in 1928.

Charles Allen Prosser attended and later ran the school as superintendent from 1900 to 1908, where he would form many of his opinions that would revolutionize teaching nationally in the decades to follow.

Notable alumni

• Rob Conway - C/O 1990 - Professional wrestler for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
• Joshua Dallas - C/O 1997 - actor.
• Billy Herman - C/O ???? - Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player during the 1930s and 1940s.
• Sherman Minton - C/O 1910 - United States Senator and an associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
• William Vaughn Moody - C/O 1885 - dramatist and poet.^[4]
• Mike Sodrel - C/O 1963 - United States Representative
• Mike Wolfe - C/O 1995 - Pro Bowler on the PBA Tour, winner of the Earl Anthony Classic.
• Camille Wright (born March 5, 1955 New Albany, Indiana) Former American swimmer, winner of a silver medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
• Fuzzy Zoeller - C/O 1970 - Golfer who won multiple PGA Tours, including The Masters in 1979.

Notable faculty

• Edwin Hubble - Astronomer, Basketball Coach, and science and Spanish teacher, after whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named. [2]

Media

WNAS, 88.1 FM, is the student-run school radio station, headed by the "Voice of the Bulldogs" Mr. Lee Kelly. It broadcasts to the greater metropolitan area (Louisville). It has been in operation since 1949, and was the first FCC-licensed high-school FM radio station in the United States. WNAS features shows such as Mathathon, Spell Bowl, and Challenge where teams from local elementary schools come to compete.

WNAS-TV is the television station run in cooperation with Floyd Central High School.

New Albany High School Theatre

Under the direction of David Longest, the department often participates in the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were among some of the first high schools to perform "Beauty and the Beast" in 2005, and "High School Musical" in 2006-2007.^{[citation needed]} The department was also featured in an article in The New York Times for their performance of "Out of the Closet" in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

References

1. ^ website www.nafcs.k12.in.us
2. ^ New Albany Tribune Article, June 16, 2009
3. ^ 0708FootballClassifications.xls
4. ^ [1]

• East Spring Street Neighborhood Association Inc - History of New Albany

External links

• site of School