Hamilton Heights School Corporation is a public school district serving the northeastern rural communities in

Hamilton County, Indiana Hamilton County is a county in the U.S. state of Indiana. The 2020 United States Census recorded a population of 347,467. The county seat is Noblesville. Hamilton County is part of the Indianapolis- Carmel- Anderson, IN Metropolitan Statistic ...

. It covers over of mostly farmland within Jackson and White River

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Schools

The schools lie between the two largest communities, Cicero and Arcadia. * Elementary school (grades P-4) * Middle school (grades 5-8) *

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(grades 9–12)

Athletics

The Hamilton Heights mascot is the husky. Its colors are white, orange, and brown.

Notable alumni

Ryan White

The school system came to national prominence in 1987 when

Ryan White Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnos ...

, a hemophiliac who contracted

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via a

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, enrolled as a student. In contrast to his previous school,

Western School Corporation Western School Corporation is a public school district which serves Russiaville, Alto, New London, West Middleton, and southwestern Kokomo in Howard County, Indiana. The district spans the Howard County townships of Harrison, Honey Creek and M ...

Kokomo, Indiana Kokomo ( ) is a city in Indiana and the county seat of Howard County, Indiana, United States. It is the principal city of the Kokomo, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Howard County, the Kokomo-Peru CSA, which include ...

, which had attempted to segregate him from the student population, Hamilton Heights welcomed Ryan and prepared its students with AIDS education courses. The school was praised for its openness and courage, drawing national news coverage. When Ryan succumbed to his illness in 1990, many students attended his funeral.

References

External links

* School districts in Indiana Education in Hamilton County, Indiana {{Indiana-school-stub