Seymour High School (Indiana)
| Seymour High School | |
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| Address | |
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1350 West 2nd Street Seymour, Indiana, Jackson County 47274 United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°57′19″N 85°54′25″W / 38.955196°N 85.906917°WCoordinates: 38°57′19″N 85°54′25″W / 38.955196°N 85.906917°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 1870 |
| School district | Seymour Community Schools |
| Superintendent | Robert Hooker |
| Principal | Greg Prange |
| Teaching staff | 60.00 (FTE) |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,236 (2013-2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.60 |
| Color(s) | |
| Athletics conference | Hoosier Hills Conference |
| Nickname | Owls |
| Website | Official Website |
Seymour High School is a public high school in Seymour, Indiana. It is the only high school in the Seymour Community Schools district.
Prior to 1870, an iron fence separated a tract of forest land from the growing town of Seymour. In that year the tree-covered plot was leased by the town school board and work began on a three-story brick building facing the east. The heirs of Captain Meedy Shields later gave this land to the city for school purposes.
Here stood the first Shields High School, surrounded by trees and for many years bordered on the west by a pond. On the first floor were two grade rooms and the public library; on the second, two grade rooms and the superintendent's office; and on the third, the music room and the assembly room.
In 1876 there had been an addition of six rooms, but the growing population of Seymour now demanded even more space if the supply of rooms was to meet the needs of the pupils. In 1911, a new school building arose on the foundations of the old. This building is the one which houses the Shields Junior High School today.
It was not long until sports and inter-school competition came into prominence. By 1922 students and citizens alike complained of the smallness of the Shields gymnasium, so in 1922 a south wing was added to the school. This contained an auditorium-gymnasium and above it six classrooms.
In the middle of the 1930s sports fans again began to clamor for a gymnasium big enough to house all the Owl supporters and in November 1937 a fire-proof structure with a capacity of 3308 was begun as a WPA project. The seating capacity was later expanded to 3800.
In September 1959, Shields High School was moved to completely new facilities on 61 acres (250,000 m2) at the west edge of Seymour. The 9th grade remained, along with grades 7 and 8, in the Shields High School facilities and became known as the Shields Junior High School. In addition to classroom and laboratory facilities, the new two-story building contained the school's administrative ad guidance offices, an 110 seat library, an 1100 seat auditorium, and a 300-seat cafeteria. In 1960 the football stadium and an all-purpose track were added to the high school campus. In 1968 work began on a new gymnasium, indoor swimming pool, and a separate academic facility consisting of ten classrooms, two science labs, and two industrial arts labs. These new facilities were ready for occupancy in the fall of 1970, and at that time, ninth grade students again became part of the high school. A fourth building, the power heating plant, varsity and reserve baseball diamonds, and eight tennis courts are also located on campus.
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