Sioux Center Community School District | |
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Location | |
United States | |
Coordinates | 43°05′11″N 96°10′08″W / 43.0865°N 96.1689°W |
District information | |
Type | Public School District |
Motto | "Educating the Whole Student for a Whole Lifetime" |
Grades | TK-12 |
Established | 1 July 1958[1] |
Superintendent | Gary McEldowney |
Schools | 3 |
Budget | $20,015,000 (2017-18)[2] |
NCES District ID | 1926370[2] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 1611 (2019-20)[2] |
Teachers | 109.87 FTE[2] |
Staff | 120.12 FTE[2] |
Student–teacher ratio | 14.66[2] |
Athletic conference | Siouxland Conference |
District mascot | Warrior |
Colors | Orange and Blue |
Other information | |
Website | scwarriors.org |
Sioux Center Community School District is a rural public school district located in Sioux Center, Iowa. It is entirely within Sioux County, and serves Sioux Center and the surrounding rural areas.[3]
Gary McEldowney has served as superintendent since 2018.[4]
Schools
Kinsey Elementary
Kinsey Elementary includes grades TK-4. TK is a half-day transitional kindergarten.
Sioux Center Middle school
The middle school includes grades 5–8.
Sioux Center High school
Established: 1973 [5] The high school includes grades 9–12.
Sioux Center High School
Activities
Some of the student activities are FFA, JETS, Key Club, and Math Team.
Athletics
Sioux Center High School has Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, Volleyball, Football, Track and Field, Golf, Wrestling, Softball, and Soccer. The Warriors compete in the Siouxland Conference.[6]
State Championships
Sioux Center's varsity teams have won three basketball titles, a football championship, and two each boys' and girls' state track meets.[7][8][9]
Student Enrollment
Recent Initiatives
A 1 to 1 initiative has been implemented in the 2013–14 school year. All 7th and 8th graders received a laptop for use at school and home. The laptop will "travel" with the students as they progress through the grades, and each successive class of 7th graders will receive their own laptop.
Iowa Tests of Basic Skills is a set of standardized tests given annually to students in Sioux Center Schools.
Notable alumni
- Vern Den Herder, retired professional football player[15]
- Ko Kieft, professional football player
- Dennis Muilenburg, former CEO of The Boeing Company[16]
- Christian Rozeboom, professional football player
See also
References
- ↑ Price, W.K (October 1, 1959). "Report Of Progress In The School Reorganization". Newspapers.com. p. 11. Retrieved May 23, 2014.
Three new Community Districts became effective on July 1, 1958. They were, as follows: "1. The Sioux Center Community District which included the Town of Sioux Center and surrounding rural area.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Sioux Center Comm School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 29, 2021.
- ↑ "Sioux Center" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved July 21, 2020.
- ↑ "McEldowney moves into superintendent position". Sioux Center News. July 5, 2018. Retrieved September 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Sioux Center High School in Sioux Center , IA".
- ↑ "Siouxland Conference". Siouxland Conference. Retrieved August 10, 2020.
- ↑ IHSAA Track State Team Champions
- ↑ IHSAA Football Championship Game Results
- ↑ IHSAA Basketball State Results
- ↑ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
- ↑ "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
- ↑ "2019 IGHSAU Track & Field Record Book" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. May 13, 2019. Retrieved August 23, 2020.
- ↑ "Public School Certified Enrollment Summary by District". Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
- ↑ Tremain, Dick (January 2009). "NFL Star Credited with Starting Farmer Building Terraces" (PDF). National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved January 22, 2014.
- ↑ Weilenga, Renee (November 23, 2018). "Boeing CEO returns to native county". Sioux Center News. Archived from the original on February 8, 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
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