Everything about New Albany High School Indiana totally explained
Founded in
1853,
New Albany High School is the oldest public high school west of the
Alleghenies. The school has the first student-run
FM radio station to be licensed by the
Federal Communications Commission.
WNAS Radio was opened in 1949
(External Link
). Students at the school also have their own cable TV channel (WNAS TV) since 1980.
History
Initially known as
Scribner High School, it opened in 1853 as the first high school in
New Albany, Indiana. The school was operated on an irregular basis, and closed for years at a time. During part of the
American Civil War, the school building was leased to the
federal government, to be used as a hospital for
Union soldiers. Continuous operation of a school has occurred since 1864 (though in varying locations). The final current location of the school was established in 1928.
Charles Allen Prosser attended and later ran the school as superintendent from 1900 to 1908, where he'd form many of his opinions that would revolutionize teaching nationally in the decades to follow.
New Albany High School's theater department was featured in the
New York Times for being "outstanding". Director Barry Blaustein showed an interest in the theater program and is currently in the works of making a documentary about high school theater in southern Indiana. It will be released in Spring 2008. Also, New Albany's theater department was one of the first high schools in the nation to perform
Disney's
High School Musical.
Notable alumni
The following is a selective list of notable alumni of New Albany High School mainly taken from a
full length list from the school
Notable faculty
Edwin Hubble - Astronomer, and science and Spanish teacher, after whom the Hubble Space Telescope was named. (External Link)
Radio station
WNAS, 88.1 FM, is the student-run school radio station, headed by the "Voice of the Bulldogs" Mr. Lee Kelly. It broadcasts to the greater metropolitan area (Louisville). It has been in operation since 1949, and was the first FCC-licensed high-school FM radio station in the United States. WNAS features shows such as Mathathon, Spell Bowl, and Challenege where teams from local elemetary schools come to compete. WNAS also broadcasts results for local elections.
New Albany High School Theatre
New Albany Senior High school has one of the highest-rated high school theater programs in the country. Under the direction of David Longest, the department often participates in the International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska. They were among some of the first high schools to perform "Beauty and the Beast" in 2005, and "High School Musical" in 2006. The department was also featured in an article in The New York Times for their performance of "Into the Woods" in 2005.
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