Clarksville Senior High School

Clarksville Senior High School Clarksville Senior High School
Location
800 High School Drive Clarksville, Indiana USA
Coordinates	38°17′56″N 85°46′04″W / 38.29889°N 85.76778°W / 38.29889; -85.76778Coordinates: 38°17′56″N 85°46′04″W / 38.29889°N 85.76778°W / 38.29889; -85.76778
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1955
Principal	Tina Bennett
Grades	9-12
Number of students	450
Color(s)
Mascot	Generals

Clarksville Senior High School is located in Clarksville, Indiana. It serves most of the town of Clarksville, Indiana, but the school boundaries do not exactly match the municipal boundaries. Some students within the town of Clarksville attend Jeffersonville High School or Silver Creek High School.

Clarksville High School has an enrollment of approximately 450 students. This is a drop from approximately 750 students in the late 1970s. The town of Clarksville presently has an estimated population of 22,000 residents.

History

The school opened its doors in 1955-1956 and the first class was graduated in 1958. Plans to build it were started in 1952 and, by 1955, the school was opened. Before it was built, Clarksville children either went to Jeffersonville High School or New Albany High School.

Sports

Clarksville's school colors are black and white with gold accent, and the school nickname is the Generals. The school song is sung to the tune of the Navy Blue and Gold. Clarksville High School is a member of the Mid-Southern Athletic Conference.

Clarksville High School is host to an annual track meet in the spring. It has historically been called the Clarksville Relays, but the name was changed to The Daniel Faulkner Relays in honor of a 1999 graduate killed in Iraq.

Notable alumni

• Faulkner, Daniel
• Doris, Michael CMSgt(ret), USAF, Chief of Enlisted Matters, Office of The Civil Engineer, HQ USAF, Pentagon, Washington, D.C. - Led over 49,000 Air Force Civil Engineers through turbulent times immediately after 9/11.

External links

• Official site
• Daniel Faulkner Bio