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| superintendent = Scott Wyndham
| superintendent = Scott Wyndham
| principal = Matthew Shockley
| principal = Matthew Shockley
| enrollment = 3,348<ref name="ed.gov">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=180027000057|title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Avon High School|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=March 17, 2024}}</ref>
| enrollment = 3,480<ref name="ed.gov">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?ID=180027000057|title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Avon High School|website=nces.ed.gov|access-date=December 8, 2024}}</ref>
| enrollment_as_of = 2022-23
| enrollment_as_of = 2023-2024
| teaching_staff = 172.00 (on a [[Full time equivalent|FTE]] basis)<ref name="ed.gov" />
| teaching_staff = 193.50 (on a [[Full time equivalent|FTE]] basis)<ref name="ed.gov" />
| ratio = 19.47<ref name="ed.gov" />
| ratio = 17.98<ref name="ed.gov" />
| nickname = Orioles
| nickname = Orioles
| conference = [[Hoosier Crossroads Conference]]
| conference = [[Hoosier Crossroads Conference]]
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| newspaper = [[The Avon Echo]]
| newspaper = [[The Avon Echo]]
| colors = Black and gold {{color box|black}}{{color box|gold}}
| colors = Black and gold {{color box|black}}{{color box|gold}}
| website = {{url|http://www.avon-schools.org/ahs}}
| website = {{url| https://ahs.avon-schools.org/}}
| footnotes =
| footnotes =
}}
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Avon has a marching band, an orchestra, choirs, show choirs, a dance team and a theatre program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avon-schools.org/domain/4226|title=AHS Performing Arts / Performing Arts Links|website=www.avon-schools.org|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>
Avon has a marching band, an orchestra, choirs, show choirs, a dance team and a theatre program.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.avon-schools.org/domain/4226|title=AHS Performing Arts / Performing Arts Links|website=www.avon-schools.org|access-date=7 May 2018}}</ref>


The marching band won the [[Indiana State School Music Association]] (ISSMA) state championship a record seven consecutive times from 2001-2007, and again in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, and 2023.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2007.php| title = 2007 Marching Band State Finals Placings| publisher = Indiana State School Music Association| access-date = 2009-05-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121101509/http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2007.php| archive-date = 2008-11-21| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2006.php|title = 2006 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association|access-date = 2009-05-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016114817/http://issma.net/statembplacings2006.php|archive-date = 2007-10-16|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2005.php|title = 2005 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association|access-date = 2009-05-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051229003740/http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2005.php|archive-date = 2005-12-29|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2004.hp|title= 2004 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2003.hp|title= 2003 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2002.hp|title= 2002 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2001.hp|title= 2001 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2009.php|title= 2009 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association|access-date=May 7, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings.php|title= 2010 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings.php|title= 2013 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2018}}<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings.php|title= 2014 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=May 2018}} <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.issma.net/statembplacings.php|title=Indiana State School Music Association|website=www.issma.net|access-date=2019-11-11}}</ref> In 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2023, they placed first in the [[Bands of America]] Grand National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicforall.org/programs/gn/ |title=Bands of America 2008 Finals Results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212035544/http://www.musicforall.org/programs/gn/ |archive-date=December 12, 2008|access-date= May 7, 2018}}</ref> They were in the 2012 New Year's Day [[Tournament of Roses Parade|Rose Parade]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.indystar.com/article/20111229/LOCAL1804/112290341/Avon-Ben-Davis-marching-bands-invited-123rd-Tournament-Roses-parade|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126060525/http://www.indystar.com/article/20111229/LOCAL1804/112290341/Avon-Ben-Davis-marching-bands-invited-123rd-Tournament-Roses-parade|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-01-26|title = Avon, Ben Davis marching bands invited to 123rd Tournament of Roses parade}}</ref> They were invited to and plan to perform in the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.<ref> {{Cite web |date=2023-04-24 |title=Let's Have a Parade! |url=https://www.avon-schools.org/experience-avon/experience-avon/~board/acsc-posts/post/lets-have-a-parade |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.avon-schools.org |language=en-US}} </ref>
The marching band won the [[Indiana State School Music Association]] (ISSMA) state championship a record seven consecutive times from 2001-2007, and again in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, & 2024.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2007.php| title = 2007 Marching Band State Finals Placings| publisher = Indiana State School Music Association| access-date = 2009-05-05| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081121101509/http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2007.php| archive-date = 2008-11-21| url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2006.php|title = 2006 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association|access-date = 2009-05-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071016114817/http://issma.net/statembplacings2006.php|archive-date = 2007-10-16|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2005.php|title = 2005 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association|access-date = 2009-05-05|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051229003740/http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2005.php|archive-date = 2005-12-29|url-status = dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2004.hp|title= 2004 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2003.hp|title= 2003 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2002.hp|title= 2002 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.issma.net/statembplacings2001.hp|title= 2001 Marching Band State Finals Placings|publisher = Indiana State School Music Association}}{{dead link|date=May 2018}}</ref> In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, and 2024, they placed first in the [[Bands of America]] Grand National Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicforall.org/programs/gn/ |title=Bands of America 2008 Finals Results |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081212035544/http://www.musicforall.org/programs/gn/ |archive-date=December 12, 2008|access-date= May 7, 2018}}</ref> They were in the 2012 New Year's Day [[Tournament of Roses Parade|Rose Parade]] in [[Pasadena, California]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.indystar.com/article/20111229/LOCAL1804/112290341/Avon-Ben-Davis-marching-bands-invited-123rd-Tournament-Roses-parade|archive-url = https://archive.today/20130126060525/http://www.indystar.com/article/20111229/LOCAL1804/112290341/Avon-Ben-Davis-marching-bands-invited-123rd-Tournament-Roses-parade|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2013-01-26|title = Avon, Ben Davis marching bands invited to 123rd Tournament of Roses parade}}</ref> They were invited to and performed in the 2024 [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]] in New York.<ref> {{Cite web |date=2023-04-24 |title=Let's Have a Parade! |url=https://www.avon-schools.org/experience-avon/experience-avon/~board/acsc-posts/post/lets-have-a-parade |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=www.avon-schools.org |language=en-US}} </ref>



==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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* [[Isaac Guerendo]] - [[NFL]] running back for the [[San Francisco 49ers]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neddenriep |first1=Kyle |title=Avon's Isaac Guerendo ascends from unknown prospect to Big Ten recruit |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/07/13/avons-isaac-guerendo-ascends-unknown-prospect-big-ten-recruit/473981001/ |website=IndyStar |date=13 July 2017 |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
* [[Isaac Guerendo]] - [[NFL]] running back for the [[San Francisco 49ers]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neddenriep |first1=Kyle |title=Avon's Isaac Guerendo ascends from unknown prospect to Big Ten recruit |url=https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2017/07/13/avons-isaac-guerendo-ascends-unknown-prospect-big-ten-recruit/473981001/ |website=IndyStar |date=13 July 2017 |access-date=8 January 2024}}</ref>
* Ciara Jo Kentner - [[Rockford IceHogs]] 2012 Player Of The Year
* Ciara Jo Kentner - [[Rockford IceHogs]] 2012 Player Of The Year
* [[Brandon Peters]] - [[NCAA D1]] Quarterback for University of Michigan and University of Illinois<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback |url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4036262/brandon-peters |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - Football |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-peters/17041 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - 2021 - Football |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-peters/12209 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Brandon Peters]] - former [[NCAA D1]] Quarterback for University of Michigan and University of Illinois<ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback |url=http://www.espn.com/nfl/player/_/id/4036262/brandon-peters |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=ESPN |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - Football |url=https://mgoblue.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-peters/17041 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=University of Michigan Athletics |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Brandon Peters - 2021 - Football |url=https://fightingillini.com/sports/football/roster/brandon-peters/12209 |access-date=2024-05-22 |website=University of Illinois Athletics |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Rodgers]] - [[PGA Tour]] golfer
* [[Patrick Rodgers]] - [[PGA Tour]] golfer
* [[Steve Talley]] - actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyergroup.com/news/local_news/local-actor-s-movie-premiering-here/article_38e792b8-d933-5f27-8d4a-dcf514c4e616.html?mode=jqm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141108203452/http://www.flyergroup.com/news/local_news/local-actor-s-movie-premiering-here/article_38e792b8-d933-5f27-8d4a-dcf514c4e616.html?mode=jqm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2014|title=Local actor's movie premiering here|first=Wade|last=CoggeshallCNHI|website=flyergroup.com|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>
* [[Steve Talley]] - actor<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.flyergroup.com/news/local_news/local-actor-s-movie-premiering-here/article_38e792b8-d933-5f27-8d4a-dcf514c4e616.html?mode=jqm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141108203452/http://www.flyergroup.com/news/local_news/local-actor-s-movie-premiering-here/article_38e792b8-d933-5f27-8d4a-dcf514c4e616.html?mode=jqm|url-status=dead|archive-date=8 November 2014|title=Local actor's movie premiering here|first=Wade|last=CoggeshallCNHI|website=flyergroup.com|access-date=19 October 2018}}</ref>

Latest revision as of 15:30, 4 January 2025

This article is about the high school located in Avon, Indiana. For other locations, see Avon High School (disambiguation).
Avon High School
Location
Map
7575 East County Road 150 South

Avon
,
Indiana
46123

United States
Coordinates39°44′20″N 86°23′17″W / 39.738914°N 86.388116°W / 39.738914; -86.388116
Information
TypePublic high school
School districtAvon Community School Corporation
SuperintendentScott Wyndham
PrincipalMatthew Shockley
Teaching staff193.50 (on a FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment3,480[1] (2023-2024)
Student to teacher ratio17.98[1]
Color(s)Black and gold   
Athletics conferenceHoosier Crossroads Conference
NicknameOrioles
NewspaperThe Avon Echo
Websiteahs.avon-schools.org

Avon High School (AHS) is a 4-year high school in Avon, Hendricks County, Indiana.

Demographics

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The demographic breakdown of the 2,874 students enrolled for the 2015-2016 school year was:

  • Male - 50.6%
  • Female - 49.4%
  • Native American/Alaskan - 0.1%
  • Asian/Pacific islanders - 4.6%
  • Black - 12.0%
  • Hispanic - 6.9%
  • White - 71.4%
  • Multiracial - 5.0%

23.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.[1]

Athletics

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Avon's Orioles are members of the Hoosier Crossroads Conference. The school colors are black and gold. The following Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) sanctioned sports are offered:[2]

  • Baseball (boys)
  • Basketball (girls and boys)
  • Cross country (girls and boys)
  • Football (boys)
  • Golf (girls and boys)
    • Boys state champions - 2009[3]
  • Soccer (girls and boys)
    • Girls state champions - 2013[3]
  • Softball (girls)
    • State champions - 2016[3]
  • Swimming (girls and boys)
  • Tennis (girls and boys)
  • Track and Field (girls and boys)
    • Boys state champions - 2018[3]
  • Unified track (coed)
  • Wrestling (boys)
  • Volleyball (girls)
    • State champions - 2012, 2013, 2017[3]

Performing arts

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Avon has a marching band, an orchestra, choirs, show choirs, a dance team and a theatre program.[4]

The marching band won the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) state championship a record seven consecutive times from 2001-2007, and again in 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2023, & 2024.[5][6][7][8][9][10][11] In 2008, 2009, 2010, 2023, and 2024, they placed first in the Bands of America Grand National Championships.[12] They were in the 2012 New Year's Day Rose Parade in Pasadena, California.[13] They were invited to and performed in the 2024 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York.[14]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Avon High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved December 8, 2024.
  2. ^ "2017-2018 School Directory" (PDF). ihsaa.org. IHSAA. p. 28. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d e IHSAA (December 9, 2019). "IHSAA State Championships by School" (PDF). www.ihsaa.org. p. 5. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  4. ^ "AHS Performing Arts / Performing Arts Links". www.avon-schools.org. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
  5. ^ "2007 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association. Archived from the original on 2008-11-21. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  6. ^ "2006 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association. Archived from the original on 2007-10-16. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  7. ^ "2005 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association. Archived from the original on 2005-12-29. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  8. ^ "2004 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association.[dead link‍]
  9. ^ "2003 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association.[dead link‍]
  10. ^ "2002 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association.[dead link‍]
  11. ^ "2001 Marching Band State Finals Placings". Indiana State School Music Association.[dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Bands of America 2008 Finals Results". Archived from the original on December 12, 2008. Retrieved May 7, 2018.
  13. ^ "Avon, Ben Davis marching bands invited to 123rd Tournament of Roses parade". Archived from the original on 2013-01-26.
  14. ^ "Let's Have a Parade!". www.avon-schools.org. 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  15. ^ Neddenriep, Kyle (13 July 2017). "Avon's Isaac Guerendo ascends from unknown prospect to Big Ten recruit". IndyStar. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  16. ^ "Brandon Peters - Los Angeles Chargers Quarterback". ESPN. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  17. ^ "Brandon Peters - Football". University of Michigan Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  18. ^ "Brandon Peters - 2021 - Football". University of Illinois Athletics. Retrieved 2024-05-22.
  19. ^ CoggeshallCNHI, Wade. "Local actor's movie premiering here". flyergroup.com. Archived from the original on 8 November 2014. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
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