Public high school in Evansville, Indiana, United States
Benjamin Bosse High School , referred to as Evansville Bosse High School by the IHSAA, is a public high school of the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation in Evansville , Indiana , United States . Bosse is the third smallest high school by enrollment of Vanderburgh County's nine high schools. The school is a contributing property to the Lincolnshire Historic District on the National Register of Historic Places .
History
The school was initially financed by Benjamin Bosse , who was the mayor of Evansville from 1914 to 1922. Construction began on the school in 1922 and opened for its first pupils in 1924, serving what was then the east side of Evansville.
Bosse's boys basketball team won the state championship in 1944 the first area team to do so. The school won again in 1945 and 1962. Bosse's band marched in the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida on New Year's Eve in 1970-1971 and also played in the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Munich, Germany .
Sports
Also see: Sports in Evansville
State Titles
Boys Basketball (1943–44), (1944–45), (1961–62)
Notable alumni
See also
References
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^ "Talitha Washington at Howard University until Fall 2012" . AceNotes Today . University of Evansville . May 17, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2019 .
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