JOHN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL (SOUTH BEND, INDIANA)

'John Adams High School (South Bend, Indiana)'
'Established'	1940
'Type'	Public, Secondary
'Principal'	Todd Wiedemann
'Location'	South Bend, Indiana
'Colors'	Scarlet and Blue
'Mascot'	Eagle
'Newspaper'	The Tower
'Homepage'	http://www.johnadamshighschool.org

'John Adams High School' (often referred to locally simply as 'Adams') is a public secondary school in South Bend

Contents

Location

History

Athletics

Academics

Notable Alumni

Other High Schools With This Name

External links

Citations

Location

The campus is located in the River Park community on the East Side of South Bend, Indiana.
Its address is 808 South Twyckenham Drive, South Bend, IN 46615.

History

John Adams High School was opened on September 30, 1940 as a program sponsored by the Federal Works Agency, Public Works Administration under Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The school opened late due to the polio epidemic of the 1930’s. It is one of the four current South Bend Community School Corporation high schools. It sits on around 20 acres across from Indiana University South Bend. It has been renovated two times, the most recent being completed in early 2005.
The school sports a large front lawn with many walking areas, giving it a campus-like feel. The front of the building has a tower built in, once home to a radio studio where Kate Smith sang God Bless America across the United States. It has since been renovated and remains idle. The school auditorium was once the only large performing stage in South Bend. It has been the site of many historical events and performances such as The Chicago Symphony, The Fred Waring Chorus, Ezio Pinza, Oscar Robinson, and Johnny Wooden. The auditorium was remodeled and still seats over two-thousand people, but is now home to the schools basketball court.
In 2005, the school celebrated its 65th anniversary with the finishing of the most recent remodeling. It was only 11 years ago when the school was to be shut down due to a budget crisis. Large outcries by the community and movements by students including Aaron Perri kept the school going, and will keep it going for many years. The school was first led by Galen Sargent in 1940, and currently is led by Todd Wiedemann.

Athletics

Indiana State Championship Play^[1]

Year	Sport	Coach	Place
1972-1973	Boys Basketball	Dave Hadaway	2nd
1972-1973	Boys Golf	George Griffith	1st
1971-1972	Boys Golf	George Griffith	2nd
1987-1988	Boys Golf	Jerry Flanagan	2nd
1994	Boys Soccer	Jim Tallman	2nd
1961-1962	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	2nd
1962-1963	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	2nd
1963-1964	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	2nd
1961-1962	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	2nd
1965-1966	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	1st
1966-1967	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	1st
1967-1968	Boys Swimming	Don Coar	1st
1973-1974	Boys Swimming	Steve Smith	2nd
1976-1977	Boys Swimming	Steve Smith	2nd
1973-1974	Boys Swimming	Steve Smith	2nd
1974-1975	Boys Tennis	John McNarney	1st
1982-1983	Boys Tennis	Michael Allen	1st
1965-1966	Boys Wrestling	Mo Aronson	1st
1978-1979	Girls Tennis	?	2nd
1979-1980	Girls Tennis	?	2nd
1976-1977	Girls Volleyball	Sue Ganser	1st
1978-1979	Girls Volleyball	Sue Ganser	1st

Academics

★ Nevin Longenecker created the Science Research program at John Adams High School to further the education of students with a predisposition for science. Over the years Adams students have garnered grants and awards totalling over one million dollars. ^[2]

★ Under the leadership of Rosemary Hess, the school has recently been approved as an International Baccalaureate certified school. ^[3]

★ The students are 44% White, 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 2% Asian, and 2% Multiracial..

★ The Mock Trial program at John Adams High School has consistently won the Indiana High School Mock Trial State Championship in recent years. John Adams High School won the state championship every year since 1998 with the exclusion of 2000. ^[4] Over the years, Mock Trial teams from John Adams High School, which won the statewide competition, went on to Top 10 finishes at the national competition, where they represented the state of Indiana. ^[5]

Notable Alumni

Jason Kelly Author [1]Sports Writer for the South Bend Tribune [2]
Matt Radecki - Film Maker [3]
Anthony Johnson- Played football for the University of Notre Dame and the NFL's Indianapolis Colts.

Other High Schools With This Name

★ John Adams High School (Jamaica/Ozone Park, NY)

★ John Adams High School (Cleveland, OH)

External links

★ School snapshot

★ South Bend Community School Corporation listing

★ School website

Citations

1. IHSAA Championships
2. Researchers from John Adams High School - South Bend, IN.
3. IB at John Adams High School - South Bend, IN.
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