Martinsville High School (Indiana)


Martinsville High School is the only high school located in Martinsville, Indiana. It is part of the Metropolitan School District of Martinsville. Students from John R. Wooden Middle School transfer to Martinsville High School after the end of the 8th grade school year.

Administration

The Martinsville Administration as of the 2016–17 school year.
Martinsville High School has many classrooms, a large library-media center called the I.M.C, and a large area dedicated to the performing arts which adjoins the auditorium. There is a driving range located on school grounds as well.
MHS features a vocational school, a separate but attached building. Vocational classes allow students to learn trades in real world environments. There are classes for welding, woodworking, electricity, and auto repair. Building trades students actually construct a house.
Martinsville High School has several athletic rooms and buildings. Inside the school there is a large main gymnasium, an auxiliary gymnasium, a second floor pool, wrestling room, weight room, and several locker rooms. Outside, the school has a softball, baseball, tennis, soccer, track, and football field. The football field was named Siderwicz Field in honor of retired coach Bill Siderwicz. The football field also contains a separate building for locker rooms and coaching offices.
Beginning March 22, 2017, MHS underwent a change in appearance. The principal, Dr. Nick Sears, authorized the change, and now the high school will have a beige-colored siding with a blue stripe instead of the solid white siding previously known to Martinsville's residents

Academics

In the '05–06 school year Martinsville had a graduation rate of 74%
In the '06–07 school year Martinsville had 65.5% students pass ISTEP
Martinsville has many academic clubs. The school has a broadcast television class that produces news for the school and sports for local cable and has won many awards, one of which was the 2007 TV High School of the Year by IASB. The school's Business Professionals of America club participates in state competitions. The school has a class that produces the school newspaper called the Artesian Herald.
At the beginning of the 2016–17 school year MHS implemented a 1:1 digital education program through the use of chromebooks and to head this program up an elite team of students, known as Artie Intel was formed.
MHS is an official GAFE school, and is a digital citizenship certified school through common sense media.

Athletics

Martinsville High School is a member of the Mid-State Conference. They have recently switched from Conference Indiana to Mid-State Conference for location reasons. All schools in Mid-State Conference are located within 25 miles of Martinsville. Most of the schools are also one school communities like Martinsville which will help to establish community rivalries.
Martinsville's athletic and academic teams are usually called the Artesians after the several mineral water springs that exist in the city. The school logo is also a well.
Martinsville High School offers many sports for both men and women. They offer for men: Basketball, Tennis, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming, Track, Golf, and Baseball. For women the school offers: Basketball, Tennis, Cross Country, Soccer, Swimming, Track, Golf, and Softball. They also offer Wrestling, Football, Volleyball, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, and a variety of musical programs such as The Martinsville Marching Artesians, The MHS Symphonic string orchestra, the Madrigal Singers, and a show choir group called Flashin' Fascination. As well as a variety of theater production groups such as MHS Drama Club and a thespian troop.
Indiana High School Athletic Association State Champions
YearSport
1924Boys’ Basketball
1927Boys’ Basketball
1933Boys’ Basketball
1991Girls' Golf
1992Girls' Golf
1993Girls' Golf
1995Girls' Golf
1996Girls' Golf
1996Volleyball
1996Girls' Basketball
1997Girls' Golf
1997Girls' Basketball
1998Girls' Golf
1999Girls' Golf
2000Girls' Golf
2005Softball
2005Volleyball
2006Softball
2007Girls' Golf
2009Girls' Golf

Indiana Mr. and Miss
YearIndividualSport
1995Earl HanifordMr. Football
1996Israel ThompsonMr. Football
2006Jessica BreedenMiss Softball

Notable alumni