Public secondary school in Marion, Iowa, United States
Linn-Mar High School is a public high school , part of the Linn-Mar Community School District . It serves students in grades 9 through 12 and is located in Marion, Iowa .
History
Linn-Mar High School opened in the fall of 1959. It was built at a cost of $243,325 and housed 177 students when it opened.[ 3] The school board had a naming contest for the school; a then-eighth grade student won $25 for submitting Linn-Mar, judged the best of 75 entries.[ 4]
In 2016, Newsweek named Linn-Mar to its list of best high schools for low-income students.[ 5]
Athletics
LMHS athletic teams are nicknamed the Lions and compete in the Mississippi Valley Conference .[ 6] A new 6,000-seat athletics stadium opened in 2011,[ 7] and a new aquatic facility opened in 2013.[ 8] In 2024, a new 8 court tennis complex was opened.[ 9]
State Championships
Sport
Year(s)
Basketball (boys)[ 10]
1983, 2004, 2007, 2011
Basketball (girls)[ 11]
1985, 2010
Football[ 12]
1985, 1989, 1990
Golf (coed)[ 13]
1983, 1997, 2006
Soccer (boys)[ 13]
2015
Tennis (boys)[ 13]
1988, 2015, 2018
Track and field (boys)[ 14]
2013
Cross Country (boys)[ 15]
2014
Linn-Mar has three competitive show choirs , the mixed-gender "10th Street Edition" and "In Step" as well as the all-female "Hi-Style".[ 16] 10th Street was undefeated in its 2018, 2022, 2023 and 2024 competition seasons.[ 17] [ 18] In 2023, 10th Street Edition came first in the Show Choir Nationals at the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee.[ 19] The program hosts an annual competition entitled "Supernova".[ 20] LMHS also has a competitive marching band and hosts an annual competition for that discipline.[ 21] [ 22]
The school has twice been awarded the Grammy Signature School award.[ 23]
Notable alumni
See also
References
^ a b c "Iowa High School Athletic Association" . apps.iahsaa.org . Retrieved 23 June 2020 .
^ a b c d "Linn-Mar High School" . National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 21, 2024 .
^ "Marion Rural Building Has Electric Heat" . Cedar Rapids Gazette . November 19, 1959. Retrieved October 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Rural High School is Named Linn-Mar" . Cedar Rapids Gazette . November 12, 1959. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "Beating the Odds 2016: Top High Schools for Low-Income Students" . Newsweek . August 11, 2016. Retrieved October 28, 2020 .
^ "Mississippi Valley Conference" . Mississippi Valley Conference. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ Ecker, Jim (August 20, 2011). "Linn-Mar celebrates its new $10 million stadium" . Metro Sports Report . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ Condon, Mike. "Linn-Mar Aquatic Center a model for new facility in Dubuque" . Cedar Rapids Gazette . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "New Linn-Mar tennis facility is 'really impressive' " . www.thegazette.com . Retrieved 2024-05-21 .
^ "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF) . Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-01-29. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ "All Time State Tournament Results" (PDF) . Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. pp. 10–17. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 March 2014. Retrieved 15 March 2014 .
^ "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF) . Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ a b c "Linn-Mar" . Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ "2020 IHSAA Track & Field Stat Book" (PDF) . Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2019-12-16. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ "2021 IHSAA Cross Country Stat Book" (PDF) . Iowa High School Athletic Association. 2020-12-20. Retrieved 2020-09-15 .
^ "SCC: Viewing School – Linn-Mar High School" . Show Choir Community . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "SCC: Viewing Choir – 10th Street Edition 2018" . Show Choir Community . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "SCC: Viewing Choir – 10th Street Edition 2022" . www.showchoir.com . Retrieved 2022-05-19 .
^ "2023 Results" . 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2024-10-24 .
^ "Supernova Invitational Competition in Motion" . CBS 2 Iowa . January 14, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ Kalk, Jordee (July 22, 2020). "Music teachers in eastern Iowa prepare for unusual marching band rehearsals" . KCRG . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "Linn-Mar Marching Band Contest" . Midwest Marching . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ "National Grammy Signature Schools" (PDF) . Grammy in the Schools . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
^ Johnson, Jeff (14 March 2016). "Linn-Mar's Jordan Bohannon named 2016 Iowa Mr. Basketball" . The Gazette . Retrieved 23 June 2020 .
^ Shaver, Pat (February 11, 2013). "The business of basketball" . Corridor Business Journal. Retrieved April 22, 2014 .
^ Hlas, Mike (March 22, 2014). "Marcus Paige is no Heel for leaving Iowa" . The Gazette . Retrieved April 22, 2014 .
^ "David Parry – Football" . Stanford University Athletics . Retrieved 23 June 2020 .
^ Hunt, Steve (July 22, 2018). "Kiah Stokes enjoying life in professional basketball" . Cedar Rapids Gazette . Retrieved October 12, 2020 .
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