Boone Grove High School
Encyclopedia
Boone Grove High School is a four-star school located in Valparaiso, Indiana
, United States
.
. Principal Garry DeRossett has been with the school for 5 years. The school's colors include Royal Blue and White. The mascot is the wolf; athletic teams participate in the Porter County Conference
(PCC).
The mission of Boone Grove High School is to foster the development of productive, responsible members of society through an educational partnership between school and staff and parents. The partnership will utilize critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies across a broad-based curriculum which considers all aspects of each child's growth.
Belief Statement:
We are dedicated to offering integrated educational programs.
Our students will be offered opportunites to become respectful, responsible, productive members of a changing global society.
Learning is a life-long process involving problem solving.
Valuable service-oriented experiences will enhance students' academic learning.
Effective communication between administration, faculty, staff, students, families and community will facilitate student achievement.
Student success is our goal.
Assistant Principal: Ben Parrish
Dean of Students: Ben Barnard
Athletic Director: Doug Knutson
Athletic Secretary: Sandy Pauer
Women's Sports:
Men's Sports:
Boone Grove High School,
Boone Grove High School
Fight on for your fame.
Put the ball right in the basket
Make a score this game.
Boone Grove High School,
Boone Grove High School
Fight on for your fame.
Fight Wolves fight, fight, fight,
To win this game.
Free Lunch 2006-2007:
Paid Student Lunches:92%
Free Student Lunches:5%
Reduced Student Lunches:3%
ISTEP Results 2006-2007:
Boone Grove High School Passing Percentage: 81.3%
State Average (Public and NonPublic): 72.6%
Valparaiso, Indiana
Valparaiso is a city in and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census, making it the 2nd largest city in Porter County.-History:...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
Overview
Boone Grove High School includes grades 9-12. In 1913, the first 4-year commissioned high school was built in Boone Grove. The current Boone Grove High School opened in 1995 and is located at 260 S 500 W in Valparaiso, IndianaValparaiso, Indiana
Valparaiso is a city in and the county seat of Porter County, Indiana, United States. The population was 31,730 at the 2010 census, making it the 2nd largest city in Porter County.-History:...
. Principal Garry DeRossett has been with the school for 5 years. The school's colors include Royal Blue and White. The mascot is the wolf; athletic teams participate in the Porter County Conference
Porter County Conference
The Porter County Conference is an athletic conference made up of eight Indiana high schools. Five of the eight schools are within Porter County, Indiana...
(PCC).
School Statements
Mission Statement:The mission of Boone Grove High School is to foster the development of productive, responsible members of society through an educational partnership between school and staff and parents. The partnership will utilize critical thinking skills and problem-solving strategies across a broad-based curriculum which considers all aspects of each child's growth.
Belief Statement:
We are dedicated to offering integrated educational programs.
Our students will be offered opportunites to become respectful, responsible, productive members of a changing global society.
Learning is a life-long process involving problem solving.
Valuable service-oriented experiences will enhance students' academic learning.
Effective communication between administration, faculty, staff, students, families and community will facilitate student achievement.
Student success is our goal.
Administrative Staff
Principal: Garry DeRossettAssistant Principal: Ben Parrish
Dean of Students: Ben Barnard
Academic Schedule
Boone Grove High School has 32 teachers. The average faculty member has 16 years of experience. Boone Grove High School has eleven academic departments: Science, Social Studies, English, Math, Art, Life Skills, Business, Music, Industrial Technology, Physical Education, and Foreign Language. Boone Grove High School strives to meet the Indiana Academic Standards when planning out curriculum for students. Text books are chosen based on these standards. The school operates on 9 week grading periods. Courses are offered to help students achieve Core 40 and the Academic Honors Diploma.Athletics
StaffAthletic Director: Doug Knutson
Athletic Secretary: Sandy Pauer
Women's Sports:
- Soccer
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Athletics
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- Poms
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
Club
Men's Sports:
- Football
- Wrestling
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Track
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Bowling Club
- Soccer
- Volleyball
School song
"On Wisconsin"Boone Grove High School,
Boone Grove High School
Fight on for your fame.
Put the ball right in the basket
Make a score this game.
Boone Grove High School,
Boone Grove High School
Fight on for your fame.
Fight Wolves fight, fight, fight,
To win this game.
Miscellaneous Facts and Statistics
Ethnicity 2006-2007:- WASP: 93%
- State Average: 82%
- Hispanic: 5%
- State Average: 5%
- Black: 1%
- State Average: 12%
- Asian: 1%
- State Average: 1%
Free Lunch 2006-2007:
Paid Student Lunches:92%
Free Student Lunches:5%
Reduced Student Lunches:3%
ISTEP Results 2006-2007:
Boone Grove High School Passing Percentage: 81.3%
State Average (Public and NonPublic): 72.6%