Type Public high school Superintendent John Trout Grades 9-12 District Concord Community Schools Number of students 1,610 (2013–2014) Faculty 106 | Established 1926 (1926) Principal Greg Dettinger Phone +1 574-875-6524 Mascot Minuteman Founded 1926 | |
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Concord High School is a public high school in Dunlap, a census-designated place in Elkhart County, Indiana, United States, with a size of approximately 1,500 students.
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It serves Dunlap, small sections of southern Elkhart and a small section of northern Goshen.
History
The school was host to President Barack Obama's first order of business meeting outside of Washington, D.C., as well as the site of one of his campaign rallies before the 2008 election.
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.
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, 2011 and 2015 The book "American Band" by Kristen Laine follows the Marching Minutemen through their 2004 state runner-up season.
The marching band has appeared in the Rose Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, and Orange Bowl parades and was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1974, 1978, 1985, 1992, 1997, 2007, and 2013.
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."
Athletics
Concord High School offers various sports, including football, cross country, golf, tennis, soccer, basketball, wrestling, swimming, track and field, baseball, lacrosse, and hockey for boys, and volleyball, cross country, soccer, tennis, cheerleading, swimming, track and field, softball, and lacrosse for girls.
Concord's athletic teams compete in the Northern Lakes Conference and in the 5A classification, competing in Sectional 10 in football and Sectional 4 in all other class sports.
Concord won state titles in boys' gymnastics in 1964, 1965, and 1966.
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.