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Benjamin Bosse High School

Public high school in Evansville, Indiana, United States

Benjamin Bosse High School
Address
1300 Washington Avenue Evansville , Indiana 47714 United States
Coordinates	37°57′48″N 87°32′24″W / 37.9634°N 87.5400°W / 37.9634; -87.5400
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1924
School district	Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
Principal	Aaron Huff
Teaching staff	61.08 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	833 (2022-23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.64[1]
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Southern Indiana Athletic Conference
Nickname	Bulldogs
Website	Evansville Bosse High School

Benjamin Bosse High School, referred to as Evansville Bosse High School by the IHSAA, is a public high school of the Evansville Vanderburgh School CorporationinEvansville, Indiana, United States. Bosse is the third smallest high school by enrollment of Vanderburgh County's nine high schools. The school is a contributing property to the Lincolnshire Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places.

History[edit]

The school was initially financed by Benjamin Bosse, who was the mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922. Construction began on the school in 1922 and opened for its first pupils in 1924, serving what was then the east side of Evansville.

Bosse's boys basketball team won the state championship in 1944 the first area team to do so. The school won again in 1945 and 1962. Bosse's band marched in the Orange BowlinMiami, FloridaonNew Year's Eve in 1970-1971 and also played in the opening ceremony of the Olympic GamesinMunich, Germany.

Sports[edit]

Also see: Sports in Evansville

State Titles[edit]

• Boys Basketball (1943–44), (1944–45), (1961–62)

Notable alumni[edit]

• Marty Amsler, former National Football League defensive end^[2]
• Pete Fox, Major League Baseball player from 1933 to 1945.^[3]
• Roy Halston Frowick, fashion designer^[4]
• Arad McCutchan, Hall of Fame basketball coach, University of Evansville^[5]
• Michael Michele, actress, best known for ER^[6]
• Talitha Washington, mathematician and STEM education activist at Howard University^[7]
• Roger H. Zion, U.S. congressman for Indiana (1967–1975)^[8]

See also[edit]

• List of high schools in Indiana

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation
• Bosse High School web page
• Digitized yearbooks, Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library