Delphi Community High School is a public secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 located in Delphi

Delphi, Indiana

Delphi is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States. Located twenty minutes northeast of Lafayette, it is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, Indiana

Indiana

Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is...

. The school serves about 520 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Delphi Community School Corporation district. The students of Delphi Community School Corporation reside in the city of Delphi, Indiana

Delphi, Indiana

Delphi is a city in and the county seat of Carroll County, Indiana, United States. Located twenty minutes northeast of Lafayette, it is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, Camden, Indiana

Camden, Indiana

Camden is a town in Jackson Township, Carroll County, Indiana, United States. The population was 611 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 and in Deer Creek, Madison, Jackson, Liberty, Rock Creek, and Tippecanoe townships.

Athletics

Delphi Community High School competes in Indiana High School Athletic Association

Indiana High School Athletic Association

The Indiana High School Athletic Association is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public and private high schools in the State of Indiana. It monitors a system that divides athletically-competing high schools in Indiana based on the school's enrollment. The divisions, known as...

 Division 2 in the Hoosier Conference. Their most recent notable achievements can be accredited to the Delphi Cross Country team. The boy's Junior class has won the Rensselear Invitational three years in a row, and plan on being the first class to ever win four years in a row. The girl's varsity team also recently moved on to regionals, which is an accomplishment considering the size of the other schools the girl's had to compete against.
The school mascot is the Oracle

Oracle

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 and the school colors are black and gold.

FALL

• Varsity Soccer
• Varsity Football
  American football
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• Boys/Girls Cross Country
  Cross country running
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• Boys/Girls Ultimate Frisby
• Boys/Girls Cookie Baking
• Varsity Boys Tennis
  Tennis
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• Varsity Girls Volleyball
  Volleyball
  Volleyball 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...
  
  
• Varsity Cheerleading
  Cheerleading
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WINTER

• Girls Varsity Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball 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...
  
  
• Boys Varsity Basketball
  Basketball
  Basketball 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...
  
  
• Boys Varsity Wrestling
  Wrestling
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   (State runner ups)
• Boys/Girls Varsity Swimming
  Swimming (sport)
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SPRING

• Varsity Baseball
  Baseball
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• Varsity Golf
  Golf
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• Varsity Boys/Girls Track
  Track and field
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• Varsity Girls Tennis
  Tennis
  Tennis 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...
  
  
• Varsity Girls Softball
  Softball
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Clubs

• FFA
  National FFA Organization
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• National Honor Society
  National Honor Society
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• Class Officers
• Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Chess
  Chess
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   Club
• French
  French language
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   Club
• Spanish
  Spanish language
  Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
  
   Club

Notable alumni

• Amanda Overmyer
  Amanda Overmyer
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   - American Idol (season 7)
  American Idol (season 7)
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   contestant
• Dick the Bruiser
• Doxie Moore
  Doxie Moore
  John Doxie Moore was an American basketball player and coach. He attended Delphi High School in Delphi, Indiana, and played college ball at Purdue University from 1930-34...