Oskaloosa High School is a public high school in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA. It serves about 700 students. Courses include offerings through William Penn University and Indian Hills Community College.
Jeff Kirby is the school's principal. The school has a marching band, jazz band, orchestra, and choir. It is the first high school to have a Pheasants Forever club. There is a Student Council and school newspaper as well as a robotics team.
The Indians are the school mascot and the school has a fight song / battle cry.
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Athletics
The Indians compete in the Little Hawkeye Conference in the following sports:
Baseball
Basketball (boys and girls)
2019 Boys’ Class 3A State Champion
Bowling
Cross Country (boys and girls)
Boys' four-time State Champions (1935, 1936, 1938, 1957)
Football
1996 Class 3A State Champions
Golf (boys and girls)
Boys' four-time State Champions (1975, 1985, 1993, 1994)
Soccer (boys and girls)
Softball
2016 Class 4A State Champions
Swimming (boys and girls)
Tennis (boys and girls)
Track and Field (boys and girls)
Volleyball
Wrestling
2003 Class 3A State Champions
Notable alumni
Tyler Sash, former defensive back for the Iowa Hawkeyes at the University of Iowa and New York Giants NFL team
Phil Jones (born June 6, 1948) is an American drummer, percussionist, and record producer. Jones played percussion with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers in the early 80's both live and in the studio, while also playing drums and percussion on Tom Petty's solo album Full Moon Fever, which included the hit songs "Free Fallin'", "I Won't Back Down", and "Runnin' Down a Dream".[1] His work outside the group includes playing on the Del Shannon albums Drop Down and Get Me and Rock On!. He currently runs his own recording studio in Los Angeles called 'Robust Recordings'.[2]