Homestead High School (Indiana)

Homestead Senior High School, in Fort Wayne, United States, is a public four-year high school. Part of Southwest Allen County Schools, the school receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Homestead High School
Address
4310 Homestead Road

Fort Wayne, Indiana
46814

United States
Coordinates41°02′39″N 85°17′04″W
Information
TypePublic, secondary
Established1970
LocaleSuburban
School districtSouthwest Allen County Schools
SuperintendentPark D. Ginder
PrincipalSusan Summers
Faculty132.33 (FTE)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,502 (2021–2021)[1]
Student to teacher ratio18.91[1]
Color(s)     
Athletics conferenceSummit Athletic Conference
MascotSpartan
PublicationThe Spartana
YearbookRetrospect
School NewscastHHS In Depth
Radio StationWCYT 91.1 FM
Websitehomestead.sacs.k12.in.us
[2][3]

Activities

Media program

Homestead Media is the school's student-run, not-for-profit and award-winning Digital Media Program. The school has Television, Radio and Sports Broadcasting programs that help make up the Homestead Media department.

The TV/video department has a YouTube channel dedicated to its award-winning weekly school news program, HHS In Depth, that has been publishing on its YouTube channel since 2013.[4] In 2017, Intercollegiate Broadcasting System named HHS In Depth the nation's best school nescast.

The 'live' video department broadcasts Homestead sports and performing arts events live on Homestead Live via the same YouTube channel. Homestead Live covers all home football and basketball (boys and girls) games, along with other sports and perf arts associated with the school.

Homestead won “High School TV Station of the Year” at Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) in 2020, 2021 and 2022.

WCYT is the school's student-run, not-for-profit radio station. It has been broadcasting in the city of Fort Wayne since 1995. It features indie-rock music on a 24/7, 365 day basis, along with occasional talk shows.[5] WCYT has won "High School Radio Station of the Year" in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 at IASB.[6][7]

Performing arts

The Homestead Spartan Alliance Band is Homestead's marching band. The band in recent years has been among the best in the state of Indiana and in the United States, with 6 state titles and numerous appearances in the Bands of America Grand National Championship.

Publications

The Spartana, Homestead's student newspaper, was awarded the NSPA Pacemaker award for its 2004-2005 and 2008-2009 volumes.[8]

Sports

Homestead has a variety of sports teams and clubs. Homestead's varsity teams compete in the largest class in the state of Indiana. The school belongs to the Summit Athletic Conference for Football and Boys and Girls Basketball but has no conference affiliate for all other sports teams. Their previous conference the Northeast Hoosier Conference disbanded in 2015. Homestead's biggest rival and fellow member of the SAC is the Chargers of Carroll High School.

There are currently 23 Varsity-level sports team (11 boys' sports, 10 girls' sports and two Unified sports teams) at the high school. These sports are sanctioned by the Indiana High School Athletic Association and all teams are eligible to participate in the state of Indiana's championship tournaments.

A Football game on a Friday night at Homestead High School
Friday night Football game at Homestead High School

Postseason success
  • The gymnastics team won the state championship in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1999 and 2001.[9]
  • The boys' basketball team won the state championship in 2015 (4A).[10]
  • The girls’ basketball team won the state championship in 2017 (4A).[11] As well as finished as a runner up in 2015 losing out to Columbus North High School(4A).
  • The girls’ golf team won the state championship in 2019.[12]
  • The girls’ soccer team won the state championship in 2021 (3A).[13]

Notable alumni

See also

References
  1. "Homestead Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 5, 2023.
  2. "School Snapshot". state.in.us. Archived from the original on 22 September 2004. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  3. "School Office". sacs.k12.in.us. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  4. "Homestead High School Media - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-09-16.
  5. Locke, Greg (2011). "A Radio Station for the Rest of Us" (PDF). Whatzup Magazine. WhatzUp Magazine. Retrieved 2021-06-04.
  6. IASB (March 12, 2015). "2016IASBHighSchoolAwards" (PDF). IASB Online.
  7. "WCYT Celebrates National High School Radio Day (NBC33 VIDEO)". 21Alive. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-05-05.
  8. NSPA – Contests and Critiques Archived 2015-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "IHSAA State Championships by School". ihsaa.org. Archived from the original on 13 May 2016. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  10. "2014-15 Boys Basketball State Tournament". ihsaa.org. Retrieved 29 March 2015.
  11. "2016-17 Class 4A State Finals Recap".
  12. "2019-20 State Finals Recap".
  13. "2021-22 Class 3A Girls Soccer Recap".
  14. "Super Bowl LVI".
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