Homestead Senior High School, in Fort Wayne, United States, is a public four-year high school. Part of Southwest Allen County Schools, the school receives accreditation from the Indiana Department of Education and the

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Activities

Media at Homestead Homestead High School Media is the school's student-run, not-for-profit YouTube channel dedicated to both its school news program, HHS In Depth, and its sports/school activity broadcasting program, Homestead Live. It has been running on YouTube since 2014. Homestead Live covers primarily football and basketball (boys and girls), along with other sports and fine arts associated with the school. Homestead won “High School TV of the Year” at Indiana Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) in 2020, 2021 and 2022. WCYT is the school's student-run, not-for-profit radio station. It has been broadcasting in the city of Fort Wayne since 1995. It features

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music on a 24/7, 365 day basis, along with occasional talk shows. WCYT has won "High School Radio Station of the Year" in 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2021 at IASB. The Homestead Spartan Alliance Band The Homestead Spartan Alliance Band is Homestead's Marching Band. The band in recent years has been among the best in the state of Indiana and in the United States, with 6 state titles and numerous appearances in the

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Grand National Championship. Homestead Newspaper ''The Spartana'', Homestead's student newspaper, was awarded the NSPA Pacemaker award for its 2004-2005 and 2008-2009 volumes.

Sports

Homestead has a variety of sports teams and clubs. Homestead's varsity teams compete in class 4A (with the exception of the football team, which competes in class 6A). The school belongs to the

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after the

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disbanded in 2015. Homestead's biggest rival and fellow member of the SAC is the Chargers of

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. * The gymnastics team won the state championship in 1983, 1984, 1985, 1996, 1999 and 2001. * The boys' basketball team won the state championship in 2015 (4A). * The girls’ basketball team won the state championship in 2017 (4A). As well as finished as a runner up in 2015 losing out to

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(4A). * The girls’ golf team won the state championship in 2019. * The girls’ soccer team won the state championship in 2021 (3A).

Notable alumni

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from Indiana's 5th district *

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, current NFL wide receiver, Super Bowl 56 Champion Los Angeles Rams * Caleb Swanigan, former NBA basketball player for

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, All-American basketball player at

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and TLC celebrity *

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Homestead Media Channel

Homestead High School's Radio Station - 91.1 FM

Homestead Spartan Alliance Band's Official Website

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