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Line 1: {{Infobox ~~School~~school \|name = Michigan City High School \|logo = ~~[[File:~~Michigan City High School logo.png~~\|180px]]~~ \|streetaddress = 8466 West Pahs Road \|city = [[Michigan City, Indiana\|Michigan City]] \|state = [[Indiana]] ~~\|district = [[Michigan City Area Schools]]~~ \|zipcode = 46360 \|country = ~~[[United States]]~~USA \|coordinates = {{coord\|41\|40\|42\|N\|86\|51\|46\|W\|type:edu\|display=inline,title}} \|~~principal~~ established = ~~Wendel McCollum~~ \|~~schooltype~~type = [[Public ~~High~~high ~~School~~school]]▼ \|teaching_staff = 116.90 ([[Full-time equivalent\|FTE]])▼ \|~~enrollment~~district = ~~1801~~[[Michigan City Area Schools]] \|enrollment_as_of = 2012-2013▼ \|ratio = 15.41▼ ▲\|schooltype = Public High School \|grades = 9-12 \|principal = Kyle Dean \|enrollment = 1,531 (2023–2024)<ref name=NCES>{{cite web\|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1806570&ID=180657001160\|title=Michigan City High School\|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics\|accessdate=December 8, 2024}}</ref> ▲\|enrollment_as_of = ~~2012-2013~~ ▲\|teaching_staff = ~~116~~92.9098 ([[Full-time equivalent\|FTE]])<ref name=NCES/> ▲\|ratio = 1516.4147<ref name=NCES/> \|nickname = Wolves▼ \|conference = [[Duneland Athletic Conference]] \|mascot = Wolfie \|colors = ~~blue, grey, white<br>~~{{color box\|navy}} {{color box\|grey}} {{color box\|white}}▼ ▲\|nickname = Wolves ▲\|colors = blue, grey, white<br>{{color box\|navy}}{{color box\|grey}}{{color box\|white}} \|yearbook = Alpha \|newspaper = Cityzen ~~\|established = 1972~~ \|footnotes = <ref name="detail">{{cite web\|url=http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=180657001160\|title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Michigan City High Sch\|work=ed.gov\|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> \|homepage = {{url\|http://www.mcas.k12.in.us/mchs}} }} '''Michigan City High School''' is located in [[Michigan City, Indiana]]. It is a part of the [[Michigan City Area Schools]] school district. In addition to Michigan City, the district (of which, this is the sole comprehensive high school), covers [[Long Beach, Indiana\|Long Beach]], [[Michiana Shores, Indiana\|Michiana Shores]], [[Pottawattamie Park, Indiana\|Pottawattamie Park]], and [[Trail Creek, Indiana\|Trail Creek]] in [[LaPorte County, Indiana\|LaPorte County]],<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18091_laporte/DC20SD_C18091.pdf\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: LaPorte County, IN\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|accessdate=2024-12-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18091_laporte/DC20SD_C18091_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> as well as [[Beverly Shores, Indiana\|Beverly Shores]] and the [[Town of Pines, Indiana\|Town of Pines]] in [[Porter County, Indiana\|Porter County]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18127_porter/DC20SD_C18127.pdf\|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Porter County, IN\|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]\|access-date=2024-12-05}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18127_porter/DC20SD_C18127_SD2MS.txt Text list]</ref> ==History== Michigan City High School was formed by the merger of '''Rogers High School''' and '''Elston High School''' in 1995. Michigan City High School is located on the former campus of Rogers High School. ==Demographics== Line 44 ⟶ 46: ==Athletics== Michigan City High School is a member of the [[Duneland Athletic Conference]]. MCHS is a class 5A school for boys' football and a class 4A school for all other sports, and is a member of the [[Indiana High School Athletic Association]]. Students participate in Men and Women's Soccer, Men and Women's Golf, Tennis, Swimming, Diving, Basketball, Track, Field, and Cross Country; as well as Softball, Baseball, Wrestling, Cheerleading, Football, Gymnastics, and Volleyball. In 1995, the volleyball team won the Indiana state championship. In addition, Elston High School won the following state titles: ~~Boy~~Boys's basketball - 1966; ~~girl~~girls's cross country - 1993, 1994; and ~~boy~~boys's golf - 1940. Rogers High School won state championships in ~~girl~~girls's golf in 1981 and 1982.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ihsaa.org/TourneyInfo/TourneyInfoStatistics/FormerStateChamps/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/581/Default.aspx#26521074-m\|title=IHSAA State Championships by School\|work=ihsaa.org\|accessdate=30 March 2015\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160513035928/http://www.ihsaa.org/TourneyInfo/TourneyInfoStatistics/FormerStateChamps/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/581/Default.aspx#26521074-m\|archive-date=13 May 2016\|url-status=dead}}</ref> ===The Wolves Den=== Michigan City High School houses Indiana's eighth largest public high school gymnasium, "The Wolves Den.". The Wolves Den is also the ~~tenth~~ninth largest high school gymnasium in the United States, with a seating capacity of 7304.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/preps/basketball/2004-02-25-ten-great-hoops-newcastle_x.htm\|title=USATODAY.com - Fieldhouse a cathedral to high school hoops\|work=usatoday.com\|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> ===Ames Field=== The original Ames Field was home to the Michigan City White Caps from 1956- to 1959. The original multipurpose sports facility was demolished in 1995 to make room for expanded stadium. Ames Field is named after George Ames, an early businessman and mayor of Michigan City in the late 1800s. In the spring of 2009, the stadium's playing surface was replaced with artificial field turf at the price $718,396 in lieu of re-sodding the heavily damaged turf.<ref>{{cncite news \|last1=Parkhouse \|first1=Adam \|title=A FACELIFT FOR AMES FIELD \|url=http://www.hellasconstruction.com/2009/05/a-facelift-for-ames-field-the-news-dispatch/ \|access-date=~~January~~9 ~~2013~~June 2024 \|work=The News Dispatch \|date=14 May 2009}}</ref> ==Extracurricular activities== Available at Michigan City High School are: [[National Honor Society]], Rho Kappa, Student Council, Morning Broadcasting, Tech Club, Show Choir, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Drama Society, Japanese Club, French Club, Spanish Club, German Club, Wolvettes Dancing, Peer Tutoring, Ping Pong Club, Wednesdays with Yarn, [[Science Olympiad]], [[Quiz Bowl]], [[Junior Engineering Technical Society]] (JETS) [[TEAMS (academic competition)\|TEAMS]], and Art Club. In March 2010, the MCHS Japanese department's Level 3 and 4 teams, won two state titles from the Japanese Olympiad of Indiana (JOI). This event, which tests students' knowledge of Japanese culture, history and society, was held at Valparaiso High School, attracted some 200 students from 15 high schools.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://thenewsdispatch.com/articles/2010/03/15/news/local/doc4b9dab08928a5955000087.txt\|title=mchs Japanese students best in state\|work=TheNewsDispatch.com\|accessdate=30 March 2015}}</ref> ==Notable alumni== [[Braden Fiske]], [[NFL]] player for the [[Los Angeles Rams]] [[Jarrod Jones]] (born 1990), basketball player in the [[Israeli Basketball Premier League]] [[Dan Meyer_(entertainer)\|Dan Meyer]], American [[sword swallowing\|sword swallower]], [[Guinness World Records\|Guinness World record]] holder, finalist on [[America's Got Talent]], global [[TED (conference)\|TEDx]] speaker, researcher, author, and recipient of the 2007 [[Ig Nobel Prize]] in Medicine at [[Harvard University\|Harvard]] ==See also== [[List of high schools in Indiana]] ==References== {{~~Reflist~~reflist}} ==External links== *[ {{Official website\|http://www.mcas.k12.in.us/mchs ~~MCHS]~~}} {{Duneland}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Public high schools in Indiana]] Line 67 ⟶ 80: [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1995]] [[Category:Schools in LaPorte County, Indiana]] [[Category:1995 establishments in Indiana]]