North Cedar Community School District

The North Cedar Community School District is a public school district headquartered in Stanwood, Iowa.[1] The district is in portions of northern Cedar County and a small section of Jones County, and serves the communities of Stanwood, Mechanicsville, Clarence and Lowden, and surrounding unincorporated areas.[2] A K-12 school district, North Cedar serves about 800 students.

North Cedar Community School District
Location
102 East North St., Stanwood, IA 52337
Information
TypePublic
Opened1995
SuperintendentMark Dohmen
PrincipalMary Bendixen
PrincipalJenny Horman
GradesPreK-12
EnrollmentApprox. 800
Color(s)Purple, Teal and Silver
Team nameKnights
Communities servedMechanicsville, Stanwood, Clarence and Lowden, Iowa
Websitehttp://north-cedar.org/Home

North Cedar consists of three schools: elementary schools (preK-6) in Lowden and Mechanicsville, and a Junior/Senior High School (7-12) in Clarence. The district offices are located in Stanwood. The school district is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Iowa Department of Education.

History

It was established on July 1, 1995 by the merger of the Clarence-Lowden Community School District and the Lincoln Community School District.[3]

Athletics

North Cedar High School sports teams are known as the Knights; their uniforms display the school's colors of purple and teal.

The school fields athletic teams in 13 sports, including:

  • Summer: Baseball and softball.
  • Fall: Football, volleyball, and boys' and girls' cross country.
  • Winter: Boys' and girls' basketball and wrestling.
  • Spring: Boys' and girls' track and field; and boys' and girls' golf.

Outdoor sports, such as football and track and field, are played in Stanwood. Baseball and Softball are played in Lowden. The indoor sports of volleyball, basketball and wrestling, take place at the Jr/Sr High School in Clarence.

North Cedar High School is classified as a 2A school (Iowa's second-smallest tier schools), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union; in sports where there are fewer divisions, the Knights are in either the smallest or middle classes, depending on the sport (e.g., Class 2A for wrestling). The school is a member of the eight-team Cedar Valley Conference (CVC), which comprises similar-sized schools from communities in eastern Iowa, spanning roughly the Iowa City area to the west, to Durant on the east. Prior to joining the CVC in 2008, North Cedar was a member of the Big East Conference, which consisted of Class 1A and 2A schools from east central Iowa.

North Cedar enjoys its biggest rivalries with neighboring school, Tipton, and also with the West Branch Bears.

References
  1. "Contact Us". North Cedar Community School District. Retrieved 2019-08-02. District Offices [...] Physical Address: 102 East North Street Stanwood, IA 52337
  2. "North Cedar" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  3. "REORGANIZATION & DISSOLUTION ACTIONS SINCE 1965-66" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
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