Welcome to McCutcheon High School

 

The McCutcheon community believes in a learning environment that encourages students to respect themselves and others, to contribute positively to a diverse society, and to become lifelong learners.

 

McCutcheon High School (MHS) is one of two high schools in the Tippecanoe School Corporation (TSC). The geographical districts of William Henry Harrison High School, to the north, and MHS form a "doughnut" around the cities of Lafayette and West Lafayette, which have a combined population of about 100,000 and Purdue University, whose enrollment hovers around 40,000.

Originally a mostly rural school, MHS is now a mixture of suburban and rural. Our boundaries take in the south edge of Lafayette and the smaller towns of Shadeland, Romney, West Point, Clarks Hill, Stockwell, and Dayton. Measured by geographical area, TSC is the second largest school district in Indiana.

McCutcheon opened in the fall of 1975 with an enrollment of about 700 (grades 10-12). Freshmen were added in 1985, bringing the enrollment to just less than 1000. Steady growth led to one major renovation in 1997 and others in the past three years, when a separate building of 10 classrooms (Mav Launch Building) and a separate wing of 12 classrooms (Center for Academic Studies) were built. 

The Mav Launch Building opened in August 2010 with the purpose of preparing approximately 100 students from our middle schools to succeed in high school. These students are identified by middle school counselors and teachers as needing extra attention to strengthen their academic skills. Mav Launch students have shorter class periods but take math and English twice a day. The six Mav Launch teachers share a common preparation period to facilitate extensive collaboration.

The Center for Academic Studies (CAS) opened in January 2011. This area houses most of our AP, honors, pre-engineering, and journalism and digital photography classes. The rooms for world language, pre-engineering, physics/chemistry, and photography were specially designed for those courses.