Connersville Senior High School

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Connersville High School is the only high school in Fayette County, Indiana. Connersville High School is located in Connersville, Indiana.AdministrationAdministrative Staff: Principal: Mr. Randal Judd Assistant Principal: Mr. Scott West Assistant Principal: Guidance Staff: Coordinator: Ms. Jaime Hamm Counselor: Ms. Shepherd Counselor: Mrs. Ann Shannon Teaching Staff: 72% have at least a master's degree. The faculty averages 17.6 years of experience.DataEnrollment in 2012-13: 1063Male: 558, Female: 505School Year: 185 days, 2 semestersAccreditations: AdvancEdMinimum graduation requirements: English – 8 semesters Science – 6 semesters Government – 1 semester Physical Education – 2 semesters Geography or World History – 2 semesters Math – 6 semesters US History – 2 semesters Econ/ App. Econ – 1 semester Health – 1 semester Total number of credits needed to graduate: 69.HistoryConnersville High School was the first consolidated high school in the county, opening in fall of 1875, in the building that later became Connersville Junior High School North, in Connersville. The first graduating class was in 1878, nine persons. The high school was later moved to a building further north in the 1960s, and still later to a campus in west Connersville where it resides today. The new High School has had the same buildings and open concept since the day it opened. Each of the buildings is named after one of the townships in Fayette County. Connersville High School had the first public school marching band in the United States. Rushville gave Connersville the name Ikmiks, but that was an unofficial nickname, and in 1924 Connersville officially changed the name to the Spartans.