Calamus–Wheatland High School

Calamus–Wheatland High School is a rural public, four-year comprehensive high school located in Wheatland, Iowa. The school is part of the Calamus–Wheatland Community School District, and has an enrollment of approximately 120 students in grades nine through 12.

Calamus–Wheatland High School
Address
110 East Park Road

Wheatland
,
Iowa

USA
Information
TypePublic Secondary
Established1986
School districtCalamus–Wheatland Community School District
SuperintendentLonnie Luepker
PrincipalChristine Meyer
Staff21.08 (FTE)[1]
Grades7–12
Enrollment218 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.34[1]
Color(s)navy blue 
silver  white 
Athletics conferenceTri-Rivers Conference
MascotWarrior
Websitewww.cal-wheat.k12.ia.us

Located approximately one mile north of U.S. Highway 30 in Wheatland,[2] Calamus–Wheatland High School draws students from several communities in western and southwestern Clinton County, including Calamus, Wheatland and Toronto; the district also includes a small portion of northwestern Scott County, drawing students from the unicorporated community of Big Rock and rural areas north and west of Dixon.[3]

Calamus–Wheatland came into being in 1990, the result of a merger of the former Calamus and Wheatland school districts.[4] Toronto had earlier been a separate school district, and was incorporated into Wheatland sometime in the early 1960s.

Athletics

Calamus–Wheatland sports teams are known as the Warriors; their uniforms display the school's colors of navy blue and silver.

The school fields athletic teams in 12 sports, including:

  • Summer: baseball and softball.
  • Fall: volleyball, boys' cross country and girls' cross country.
    • boys' cross country - 1996 Class 1A State Champions[5]
    • girls' cross country - 1998 Class 1A State Champions[6]
  • Winter: boys' basketball, girls' basketball, and cheerleading.
  • Spring: boys' track and field, girls' track and field, boys' golf and girls' golf.

As the school does not have its own football or soccer programs, athletes wanting to play these sports participate in a cooperative program with Central DeWitt High School. The school also has a competitive dance team.

Calamus–Wheatland is classified as a 1A school (Iowa's smallest schools enrollment tier), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. The school is a member of the thirteen-team Tri-Rivers Conference, which comprises schools from rural communities in Clinton, Jackson, Jones, Buchanan, Delaware, and Linn counties. The men's varsity basketball team finished second in the 2010 state basketball tournament, falling to the Siouxland Conference's Rock Valley High School.[7]

See also

References
  1. "Calamus-Wheatland Sec Attendance Center". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
  2. "Calamus-Wheatland Secondary School". Google Maps. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
  3. "Calamus-Wheatland" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-24.
  4. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  5. 2020 Cross Country Stat Book
  6. "Calamus-Wheatland". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved 2020-08-23.
  7. Hersom, Terry (March 12, 2010). "Rock Valley takes Class 1A crown". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved January 5, 2014.
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