Type Public, Coeducational Principal Anna Murphy Phone +1 260-446-0220 Mascot Bulldog | Superintendent Dr. Ken Folks Grades 9–12 District East Allen County Schools Colors Purple, Gold | |
Motto Foster Pride, Promote Respect, and Inspire Excellence School district East Allen County School Corporation Address 1300 Green Rd, New Haven, IN 46774, USA Profiles | ||
New Haven High School is a public secondary education school for grades nine through twelve. New Haven High School is one of five high schools in the East Allen County Schools district, Indiana. The district has adopted a unique method called “five campus”, meaning a student can take a class offered at any one of the schools in the district.
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History
The first school in New Haven was built downtown in 1885. The first true high school was built in 1923 and was officially called the Adams-Township school, although everyone referred to it as New Haven school. It accommodated kindergarten through 12th grade. In the 1940s a separate building was put up next to this school to house the elementary grades. In 1955 and 1957 additions were made to the high school to allow for the growing student population. To further aid with the growth a middle school was built across the street on the high school’s football field and track. (Goeglein)
Soon enough it was time to build a new high school. The high school moved to a piece of land across the highway. The middle school moved into the old high school and the elementary moved into the middle school. The elementary is now used for offices and has a newly renovated auditorium that is used for special performances.
The current New Haven High School was built in 1975 and opened in 1977. The building is located on a 24-acre (97,000 m2) property – the smallest amount of land of any school in its district. It cost approximately $7 million to build. The gym is a smaller version of the nearby Harding High School gym. The school was originally designed to accommodate 1500 students. Recently the school has had some modifications to classrooms to allow for different kinds of classes. Currently the school’s capacity is 1030. This is the first school in the district to have an elevator in it. The principal of the school when it opened was Paul Goeglein.
Extracurricular activities
NHHS provides numerous clubs and other activities for its students. Included in the list are:
Athletics
New Haven High School belongs to the Northeast Hoosier Conference and is a size 4A school. Boys' fall sports include football, cross country, soccer, and tennis. Girls' fall sports include cross country, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Boys' winter sports include basketball and wrestling. Girls' winter sports include basketball. Boys' spring sports include baseball, golf, and track & field. Girls' spring sports include softball, tennis and, track & field. John H. Young field was renovated in the summer of 2007. A new facility costing $1.9 million was constructed. The baseball field was named Bischoff Field in the spring of 2009.
Football
Indiana High School Regional Championships
Indiana High School Sectional Championships
NEIAC Football Championships
Wrestling
Indiana High School Regional Championships
Indiana High School Sectional Championships
New Haven High School also won the Wrestling Sectional in 1970; as well as the NEIC, New Haven Invitational in the same year. Probably, we were the best Wrestling Team ever in New Haven's history. Coached by: Mr. Stan Hostetler; Assistant Coach: Mr. Ledford Benton. Individual Sectional Champions were: Dan Eckright, Mike Stratton (state finalist), Ed Foss, and Dave McDowell.
Baseball
David Bischoff, coach of New Haven High School Varsity Baseball team since 1985 was inducted into the Indiana Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014.