History
Signature School began in 1992 as a half-day program with 213 students. It offered both morning and afternoon classes for motivated high school students who wanted to be challenged and take higher level courses. The ACE program (The Accelerated, Compacted, Enriched Program) was developed for freshmen and sophomores wanting more advanced English, foreign language, math, and science courses.
By 2001, Signature School had 278 part time students. After the passage of the Indiana Charter School Law, the staff at the time saw an opportunity to apply for a full-day program, adopt more courses into its curriculum, and become a charter school. In December 2001, Signature School submitted a charter-seeking conversion status to the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC) and on February 25, 2002, the EVSC approved the charter. At the time it was Indiana's first public charter high school.
The first graduation ceremony for Signature School students was held in May 2003 in the Victory Theatre. There were 42 students in that first graduating class.
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