Linn-Mar High School

Coordinates: 42°03′11″N 91°35′53″W / 42.053°N 91.598°W / 42.053; -91.598

Linn-Mar High School
Address
3111 North 10th Street
Marion, Linn County, Iowa 52302
United States
Information
Type Public
Opened 1959
School district Linn-Mar Community School District
Superintendent Dr. Quintin Shepherd
CEEB code 162763
Dean Joe Nietert and Chris Robertson
Principal Jeff Gustason
Grades 9-12
Number of students 2,018
Average class size 18 students/class
School colour(s) Red and Black          
Slogan Striving for Educational Excellence
Fight song Linn-Mar Rouser
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference
Nickname Lions
Rivals Cedar Rapids Kennedy, Jefferson, Washington and Xavier
Newspaper Life
Yearbook Medallion
Affiliation Mississippi Valley Conference[1]
Website http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/

Linn-Mar High School is part of the Linn-Mar Community School District. Linn-Mar High School is located in Marion, Iowa.

History

Linn-Mar High School was created in 1959 and renovated several times throughout its history. Linn-Mar's football Stadium is the 3rd largest in Iowa.

Scheduling

Linn-Mar High School operates under a "Modified Block Schedule".[2]

Linn-Mar High School operates an eight-period/four-block schedule. Math, music, and foreign language courses meet for forty minutes per day for four consecutive quarters. All other courses meet for 95 minutes per day for one, two, or three quarters.

Construction and facilities

School additions

Linn-Mar High School is one of the largest high schools, in terms of square footage, in the state of Iowa. The building served as a 7-12 building until the 1999-00 school year. Recent additions were built in 1994 (classrooms) and in 1998. The 1998 referendum financed the construction of the beautiful 850 seat Performing Arts Center, the 2200 seat gymnasium, commons/cafeteria remodeling and expansion, kitchen renovation, the spacious Instructional Media/Technology Center, and the addition of two lab-lecture science rooms.

Linn-Mar Stadium

The Lions had traditionally played their football, soccer, and track games/meets at Armstrong Field. But because Armstrong Field was too small for the vastly growing school, and because of the nearly yearly flooding of Indian Creek which ran next to it, a new athletic field was a major need. The Linn-Mar Stadium is located where the former transportation offices were, adjacent to the High School. Linn-Mar Stadium was completed in 2010.

Linn-Mar Baseball/Softball Complex

The school district has added a new baseball/softball complex near Lowe Park on the campus of the Oak Ridge Middle School. The new complex houses a regulation baseball and softball field, as well as a practice field for each sport.

Linn-Mar Aquatic Center

In 2013, Linn-Mar opened a brand new $11.7 million aquatic center. The new competition Myrtha pool is 8,900 square feet and holds 525,856 gallons of water. There is spectator seating for 496 fans. Linn-Mar swimming and diving teams had previously practiced at Coe College and the Marion YMCA without a pool of their own.[3][4]

Athletics

Basketball

Linn-Mar won its first state basketball championship in 1983 with a record of 25-0.

In 2004, sophomore Jason Bohannon led the Lions to a Mississippi Valley Conference, and State Championships. In 2005 the Lions won their second state conference title, and the Lions lost in the State Championship game. Bohannon became Linn-Mar's second "Mr. Basketball". In 2007, the Lions won their second state championship in four years. In 2008, the Lions won their 5th straight MVC title, and lost in the State Championship game. In 2011 the Lions won the conference title, went to state, and won the Class 4A State Title, led by junior North Carolina recruit, Marcus Paige.

Jason playing basketball for the UW Badgers.

Other sports

The Boys Basketball team has qualified for the State Tournament for 9 straight years 2004-2012, setting a state record. They placed 2nd in the state in 2005 and 2009, 3rd in 2008, and 4th in 2006. Other noteworthy finishes for the boys include: state champions in football in 1985, 1990 and 1991 (Class 4-A) and second-place finishes in 1986 and 1994. Wrestling finished 3rd as a team at State in 2002 as well as 3rd at the State Team Duals in 2002. Baseball qualified for state in 1987, 1995, 2006 and 2017. Boys Golf finished 3rd at State in 2007. Boys Cross Country finished 4th at state in 2003. Boys Soccer qualified for state in 2004, 2005, 2008, and 2015. The boys soccer team won the school’s first state championship in 2015. In 1998 the women's swimming and diving team placed fifth at the state meet. The girls swimming and diving teams in 2008, 2009 and 2011 won their Regional Meets which have been their only three in school history. In 2011 the girls swimming and diving team placed 8th at the State Swimming and Diving Meet.

Sports including swimming, golf, cross country, track, tennis, bowling, cheer-leading, poms, and wrestling have had numerous individuals qualify for state competition.

Linn-Mar also has a football squad consisting of two Freshman Squads that run an 8-game schedule, a Sophomore squad, and JV/Varsity Squads. The 2014 Lion football team finished 9-2 and won District 5.

The Lions boys bowling team were winners in their Class 2A district in 2012-2013 finishing 11:0 with a perfect season. The Qualified for State and finished 4th.

Other noteworthy finishes for the girls teams include. Girls Basketball won the first 5-on-5 girls basketball title in 1985 and then again in 2010. The Lions girls basketball team reached the state tournament in 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. The Lions Softball teams qualified for state in 1995, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007 and 2008. The Boys' track team placed 3rd in the state meet in 2011. For the first time in school history,and won the State Track & Field Championship in 2013. The Volleyball team qualified for State in 2009, 2010 and 2017. Other sports for women are: cross-country, soccer, tennis, track, golf, and swimming. The boys cross country team qualified for state in 2003, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The boys placed 3rd in 2012, 4th in 2013, and for the first time in school history won the State Cross Country Championship in 2014. The girls team qualified in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.

Clubs and co-curriculars

75% of Linn-Mar High School students participate in one or more co-curricular activity.

Some of the clubs offered at LMHS include: Art Club, Anime Club, Best Buddies, Contest Speech, Future Farmers of America, Future Business Leaders of America, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Intramurals, Key Club, Lean on Me, Linn-Mar "Life" newspaper, Linn-Mar Students for Bernie, LMTV Linn-Mar Television, Math Team, Model UN, National Honor Society, Robotics, Science Club, SODA, Spectrum, Student Council, Students International, International Thespians Society, TRY, VOICE (Diversity activities), and Yearbook.

Music, drama and speech

Linn-Mar has an exemplary performing arts program. The music department (band, choir, and orchestra) has been listed as a Grammy Signature School twice, once in 2006 and again in 2009. Linn-Mar offers various extracurricular music programs, including: seven performing choir ensembles (Fortis, Lux, Bella Voce, Cantemus, Chamber Singers, Linn-Mar Singers and Concert Chorale), three orchestra ensembles (Symphony Strings, Concert Orchestra, and Chamber Orchestra), five concert bands (Concert Band, Symphony Band, Symphonic Winds, Wind Ensemble and Wind Symphony), four jazz bands (Colton Center Jazz Ensemble, Jazz I, Stage Band, and Lab Band), and the over 200-member volunteer Linn-Mar Marching Lions.
Linn-Mar also fields three show choirs. Hi-Style and In Step compete at the prep level, while 10th Street Edition competes at the varsity level. 10th Street Edition is consistently one of the top choirs in the state of Iowa and consistently ranks as one of the top national show choirs. Over the last several years, 10th Street has finished 21st (2011), 7th (2012), and 27th (2014) in the Final National Show Choir Ranking.[5] In 2018, 10th Street was in 1st place for several weeks, [6] and In Step was ranked as the 1st place prep group. [7]

Robotics

Linn-Mar Robotics is a group of over 70 students and mentors who build, design, and program robots to compete in FIRST competitions.

Marching Band

Linn-Mar also has a marching band, the Linn-Mar High School "Marching Lions". In the 2010-2011, 2012-2013, 2014–2015, and 2017-2018 school years, they went undefeated in their competitive season with 243 students in the band.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Iowa High School Online Diretory" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-04-09. Retrieved 2008-02-03.
  2. ↑
  3. ↑ http://www.linnmar.k12.ia.us/news/display.asp?pid=719C0CCAE4764080AEDFEB16D7632746
  4. ↑ http://www.metrosportsreport.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=15907:linn-mar-unveils-awesome-new-pool&catid=184:about-msr
  5. ↑ http://www.showchoirranksystem.com/
  6. ↑ https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/choir.php?id=15594
  7. ↑ https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/choir.php?id=15595
  8. ↑ "Former Linn-Mar Star Bohannon Leads Wisconsin By Michigan State 67-49". KWWL (TV). February 2, 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  9. ↑ Shaver, Pat (February 11, 2013). "The business of basketball". Corridor Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
  10. ↑ Hlas, Mike (March 22, 2014). "Marcus Paige is no Heel for leaving Iowa". The Gazette. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
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