North Posey High School

North Posey High School
Address
5900 High School Road Poseyville, Indiana 47633 United States
Information
School type	Public high school
Established	1959
School district	MSD of North Posey
Principal	Dr. Scott Strieter
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	477 (2015)
Color(s)
Athletics conference	Pocket Athletic Conference
Mascot	Vikings
Rival	Mt. Vernon Gibson Southern
Yearbook	Valhalla
Website	North Posey High School

North Posey Senior High School is a public high school in Poseyville, Indiana. North Posey is the high school for the MSD of North Posey County, which includes Bethel, Robb, Smith, Harmony, Center and Robinson Townships in Posey County, Indiana. North Posey was opened in 1959 after the four separate schools of Poseyville, Cynthiana, Wadesville and Griffin consolidated. It is an Advanced Placement Certified School. In the fall of 2012, students from New Harmony High School began attending North Posey after school trustees in New Harmony voted to merge with the MSD of North Posey.

Athletics

Teams

North Posey's athletic teams are nicknamed the Vikings and the school's colors are Red and Black. Their main rivals are the Mount Vernon Senior High School Wildcats and the Gibson Southern High School Titans. The Vikings compete in the Pocket Athletic Conference. North Posey teams compete in the following sports:

• Boys Football
• Girls Volleyball
• Girls Softball
• Boys Baseball
• Boys Wrestling
• Girls and Boys Basketball
• Boys and Girls track & field
• Boys and Girls soccer
• Boys and Girls golf
• Boys and Girls tennis

State championships

Baseball

• 2005 Indiana 2A Champions
• 2006 Indiana 2A Champions

Football

• 2005 State Runner Up

Softball

• 2006 State Runner Up

Marching Band State Finalist

• 1998 "Songs of the Sea"
• 2001 "Abram's Pursuit"
• 2003 "pictures @ an exhibition
• 2004 "Journey to clarity
• 2005 "Colors of the sky
• 2006 "Magnetism" Tenth Place
• 2007 "Frameworks" -Seventh Place
• 2008 "Sleep" -Sixth Place
• 2009 "Rhythm and Rhyme" -Fifth Place
• 2010 "Around"-Eighth Place
• 2011 "Left"-Eight Place

School District

MSD of North Posey County

• North Posey Senior High School, Poseyville
• North Posey Junior High School, Poseyville
• North Elementary School, Poseyville
• South Terrace Elementary School, Wadesville

Demographics

96.9% of the student population at North Posey Sr. High School identify as Caucasian, making up the majority of the student body. For the 2014/2015 school year, there were 477 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12. The student body makeup is 51% male and 49% female.

Facilities

North Posey High School has a 2,000 seat newly remodeled basketball court. There is also a second auxiliary gym, baseball and softball field, a soccer field, a football/track stadium and 5 tennis courts.

Former Schools

• Cynthiana Annas (1959)
• Griffin Tornadoes (1959)
• New Harmony Rappites (2012)
• Poseyville Posies (1959)
• Stewartsville Owls (1944)
• Wadesville Red Devils (1959)

Notable alumni

• John Hostettler (1979), former six-term Republican Representative of Indiana's 8th congressional district (1995-2007).

Websites

• MSD of North Posey County