Sioux Center Community Schools

Sioux Center Community Schools
"Educating the Whole Student for a Whole Lifetime"
Location
Sioux Center, Iowa http://g.co/maps/efjwr United States
Coordinates	43°05′11″N 96°10′08″W / 43.0865°N 96.1689°WCoordinates: 43°05′11″N 96°10′08″W / 43.0865°N 96.1689°W
District information
Type	Public School District
Grades	TK-12
Established	1 July 1958[1]
Superintendent	Pat O'Donnell[2][3]
Schools	3
Budget	$11,183,000 (2011-12)
District ID	1926370
Students and staff
Students	1,091 (2012-2013)[4]
Student-teacher ratio	12.26
Athletic conference	Siouxland Conference
District mascot	Warrior
Colors	Orange and Blue
Other information
Website	scwarriors.org

Sioux Center Community Schools is a public school district located in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Schools

Kinsey Elementary

Kinsey Elementary includes grades TK-4. TK is a half-day transitional kindergarten.

Principal: Troy Lentell

397 10th St. SE

2015-16 enrollment: 526

Middle School

The Middle School includes grades 5-8.

Principal: Julie Schley

950 4th Ave. NE

2012-2013 enrollment: 322

High School

Established: 1973 ^[5] The High School includes grades 9-12.

Some of the student activities are FFA, JETS, Key Club, and Math Team.

Principal: Gary McEldowney

550 9th St. NE

2012-2013 enrollment: 293

School Activities

Sioux Center has many activities both in the summer and in the winter.

Sioux Center Middle School has Basketball,Baseball,Football,Track,Volleyball,Dance,and Wrestling

Sioux Center High School has Basketball,Baseball,Football,Track,Golf,Dance,Wrestling,and Soccer

Sioux Center's varsity teams have won three basketball titles, two football championships, and two state track meets.^[6][7][8]

In the spring of 2012, Aladdin, Jr. was performed. This was the first musical put on at the middle school. About 120 students were involved. ^[9]

Recent Changes in Student Enrollment

Enrollment Change[10]
Year	Number of Students
1997-98	930
1998-99	942
1999-2000	908
2000-2001	906
2001-2002	906
2002-2003	931
2003-2004	942
2004-2005	970
2005-2006	966
2006-2007	987
2007-2008	1031
2008-2009	1017
2009-2010	1002
2010-2011	1028
2011-2012	1044
2012-2013	1091

Current 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 NFL player^[11]

References

1. Price, W.K (1 October 1959). "Report Of Progress In The School Reorganization". Newspapers.com. p. 11. Retrieved 23 May 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.
2. Chinni, Dante; Gimpel, James (October 4, 2011). Our Patchwork Nation. Penguin. ISBN 9781101544563.
3. Ross, Stephanie (July 15, 2013). "Sioux Center Community Schools push for preschool for all 4-year-olds". KTIV. Retrieved June 28, 2014.
4. "Iowa School District Profiles: Sioux Center" (PDF). Iowa State University. June 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2014.
5. http://www.yellowpages.com/sioux-center-ia/mip/sioux-center-high-school-458003212
9. http://web.archive.org/web/20131020213237/http://pdfuri.com/sioux-center-community-school-newsletter-february-2012-from-the-. Archived from the original on October 20, 2013. Retrieved May 23, 2012. Missing or empty |title= (help)
11. Tremain, Dick (January 2009). "NFL Star Credited with Starting Farmer Building Terraces" (PDF). National Resources Conservation Service. Retrieved 22 January 2014.

• http://www.city-data.com/school/sioux-center-high-school-ia.html
• http://www.greatschools.org/cgi-bin/ia/district-profile/317

External links

• http://www.warriorwaves.blogspot.com