New Prairie United School Corporation (NPUSC) is a School district based in New Carlisle, Indiana, serving students from Rolling Prairie, New Carlisle, and other small towns in the area. This school was a combined product of New Carlisle High School and Rolling Prairie High School, the names of the schools were combined as well.
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Athletics
New Prairie High School's athletic director is Mr. Brian Williamson. New Prairie High School is a proud founding member of the Northern State Conference, which includes the schools of Bremen, Culver Community, Jimtown, John Glenn, Knox, Laville, Triton and New Prairie.
IHSAA sports offered include:
Robotics team
New Prairie's FIRST Robotics team, Las Pumas, completed their ninth season of competition in 2015. In Indiana's inaugural District Competitions, they claimed their first ever championship. They were chosen as the third member of the victorious alliance of team 234 CyberBlue and team 1024 Kil-A-Bytes, both from Indianapolis, at the Purdue District Event, held at the Co-Rec.
Choral Department
The program includes four choirs:
All choirs are under the direction of Mr. Bennet.
Theater Company
New Prairie Theater Company has fall play and spring musical each year. In 2010–11, the theater presented Moon over Buffalo and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 2011–12, the theater presented Once Upon a Mattress and The Murder Room. In 2012–13, the theater presented Footloose and The Glass Menagerie. In 2013–14, the theater presented Les Miserables and The Matchmaker. In 2014–15, the theater presented Into the Woods and The Night of January 16th. In 2015-16, the theater presented Grease. Mrs. Kortney Brennan and Mr. Bennet are the current directors.
Band
New Prairie's band was led by Mark Belsaas until May 2012, and is now led by Mr. Patrick Teykl. Home football games include the NPHS Marching Band, also known as the Marching Cougars. They perform in many parades in the summertime, such as the Walkerton, Bremen, LaPorte, New Carlisle and Indy 500 parades, as well as competing in ISSMA Open Class C during the fall competitive marching season. Concert Bands take place during the winter and spring. Jazz Band and Pep Band play at the home girls and boys basketball games. In 2010 and 2011 the marching band won first place in the LaPorte Fourth of July Parade, led by Mark Belsaas. They also have played at the Indy 500, as well as Indiana and Purdue Universities. Many NPHS band students have been selected to perform in a variety of honor ensembles, including IBA All-District, Ball State Honor Festival, ISU Honor Festival and IMEA All-State Honor Bands. They traveled to Indianapolis in 2015 to compete in their first state appearance for marching band competition at the ISSMA Scholastic Class State Finals.
Clubs
Other clubs include academic decathlon, bowling, cheerleading, FBLA, French club, French honor society, Hoosier academic super bowl, Hoosier state spell bowl, HOSA, karate club, key club, mock trial, model club, national honor society, pep club, PSA, quiz bowl, robotics, rocket club, RSVP, SADD, soccer, Spanish club, Spanish honor society, student senate, varsity letter club, and yearbook.
Board of Education
The district is operated by a 5-member Board of Education. Members (as of 2015) are:
Schools
The district, located in northwest Indiana, includes 1 High School, 1 Middle School, and 3 Elementary Schools.
High school
Middle School
Elementary Schools
In December 2011, Prairie View Elementary and Rolling Prairie Elementary Schools of the New Prairie United School Corporation were recognized as 2010-2011 Four Star Schools by the Indiana Department of Education. Out of 1,780 Indiana public schools, 162 earned this distinction. Eleven of 238 non-public schools also received the honor this year. To be considered a Four Star School, a school's combined English/Language Arts and Math ISTEP+ passing percentages must fall into the top 25th percentile when compared to schools statewide. A school must also have made adequate yearly progress under the federal No Child Left Behind Act to qualify.