Concord High School (Elkhart, Indiana)

This article is about Concord High School in Indiana. For others of a similar name, see Concord High School (disambiguation).

Concord High School
Established	1926 (1926)
Type	Public high school
Principal	Dan Cunningham
Students	1,500
Grades	9-12
Location	59117 Minuteman Way, Elkhart County, Indiana, United States
Coordinates	41°38′1″N 85°55′38″W / 41.63361°N 85.92722°W / 41.63361; -85.92722Coordinates: 41°38′1″N 85°55′38″W / 41.63361°N 85.92722°W / 41.63361; -85.92722
Colors	Kelly Green and White
Mascot	Minuteman

Concord High School is a public high school in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States with a size of approximately 1,500 students. The school was host to President Barack Obama's first order of business meeting outside of Washington D.C.,^[1] as well as the site of one of his campaign rallies before the 2008 election.^[2]

Music

Concord's music department includes several choirs, a string orchestra, a dance team, two jazz bands, three concert bands, one of the largest pep bands in the area, and a championship marching band.^[3]

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 once, in 2000. The band holds ISSMA Class B state championship titles from 1992, 2003, 2005 and 2011.^[4]. The book "American Band" by Kristen Laine follows the Marching Minutemen through their 2004 state runner-up season.^[5]

The marching band was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1985, 1992, 1997, & 2007.^[6]

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."^[7]

Athletics

Concord High School offers various sports, including football, cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, track and field, baseball, and lacrosse for boys, and volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, cheerleading, swimming, track and field, softball, and lacrosse for girls.^[8]

Concord's athletic teams compete in the Northern Lakes Conference and in the 4A classification, competing in Sectional 10 in football and Sectional 4 in all other class sports.

Concord has been state runners-up in football in 1984, 1998, and in 2006 with an undefeated record until they lost against Indianapolis Cathedral at state championship.^[9] Concord has been state runners-up in boys' basketball in 1988 and 1990.^[10]

Concord won state titles in boy's gymnastics in 1964, 1965, and 1966.^[9]

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.

Fall Plays have included:

• 1993- Our Town
• 1994- The Diary of Anne Frank
• 1997- Harvey
• 1998- You Can't Take It With You
• 1999- Charlotte's Web
• 2000- Flowers for Algernon
• 2002- Arsenic and Old Lace
• 2003- Our Town
• 2004- Little Women
• 2005- I Remember Mama
• 2006- You Can't Take It With You
• 2007- Fame
• 2008- Harvey
• 2009- Our Miss Brooks
• 2010- Auntie Mame

Spring Musicals have included:

• 1993- Meet Me in St. Louis
• 1994- Anything Goes
• 1995- Babes in Arms
• 1996- Into the Woods
• 1997- The Secret Garden
• 1998- Hello Dolly
• 1999- Bye Bye Birdie
• 2000- Fiddler on the Roof
• 2001- The Sound of Music
• 2002- The Music Man
• 2003- Guys and Dolls
• 2004- How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
• 2005- The Pajama Game
• 2006- Bye Bye Birdie
• 2007- Good News
• 2008- Anything Goes
• 2009- My Favorite Year
• 2010- Once Upon a Mattress
• 2011- South Pacific

Notable alumni

• Shawn Kemp, Former NBA Basketball Player
• Dairese Gary, NCAA Basketball Player for the New Mexico Lobos men's basketball team
• Brian Hale, CEO of Corn Flakes Cereal

Other Concord community schools

• Concord Intermediate School
• Concord Junior High School
• Concord East Side Elementary School
• Concord Ox Bow Elementary School
• Concord South Side Elementary School
• Concord West Side Elementary School

References

1. ^ Loh, Katrina (10 February 2009). "Obama Pushes Stimulus Package in Elkhart". Indiana Daily Student. http://www.idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=66039&comview=1. Retrieved 2009-02-27. 
2. ^ Cheatham, Kelli (6 August 2008). "Obama focuses on energy, economy at Elkhart town hall meeting". WSBT TV. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/26335584.html. Retrieved 2009-02-27. ^{[dead link]}
3. ^ Concord Music Department Home Page
4. ^ Indianafieldbands.com: ISSMA Class B
5. ^ American Band by Kristen Laine
6. ^ Kelli Cheatham (2007-11-22). "Concord High School Band in Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade". CBS 22 WSBT. http://www.wsbt.com/news/local/11735831.html. Retrieved 2009-05-13. ^{[dead link]}
7. ^ Conn-Selmer, Inc. All American Schools
8. ^ Concord High School
9. ^ ^{a b} Indiana High School Athletic Association state champions list
10. ^ Indiana High School Athletic Association boys' basketball state championship scores

External links

• Concord High School Home Page