Marshalltown High School
Marshalltown High School (MHS) is located in Marshalltown, Iowa and is home to 1,600 students in grades 9–12. It is a part of the Marshalltown Community School District.
| Marshalltown High School | |
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| Address | |
1602 S. Second Ave , , 50158 | |
| Coordinates | 42.0297°N 92.9082°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Marshalltown Community School District |
| Superintendent | Dr. Theron Schuette |
| Principal | Jacqueline Wyant |
| Staff | 89.82 (FTE)[1] |
| Teaching staff | 97 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,486 (2017–18)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16.54[1] |
| Color(s) | Blue and Red |
| Song | Go Bobcats Go! Fight Song |
| Fight song | Go Bobcats, Go! No Matter Who the Foe May Be. Fight, Fight, Fight! Go Bobcats, Go! We’re Out to Win So Be It; On To Victory! Let’s Roll, Bobcats, Roll! And Run The Score Up to the Sky! Red and Blue Will Never Do or Die! Go Bobcats from Marshalltown High! |
| Athletics conference | Central Iowa Metro League |
| Sports | Football, volleyball, girls & boys swimming, girls & boys cross country, girls & boys golf, girls & boys tennis, girls & boys soccer, girls & boys track, wrestling, girls & boys bowling, softball & baseball, marching band, pep band |
| Mascot | Bobby the Bobcat |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| Rival | Ames High Little Cyclones |
| Newspaper | Pebbles |
| Yearbook | Post Script |
| Website | http://www.marshalltown.k12.ia.us/mhs.html |
The district, and therefore the high school, serves almost all of Marshalltown, Albion, and Haverhill.[2]
History
The first Marshalltown High School was located north of downtown Marshalltown on Grant Street before moving to the present Miller Middle School. In 1965, the present Marshalltown High School building opened and has experienced minor additions including a library, weightroom, auditorium and classroom wings.
The Marshalltown High School athletics facilities include both outdoor and indoor sports accommodations. The outdoor facilities include baseball, football, soccer and softball fields, as well as a track. The indoor facilities include a swimming pool, and a gymnasium, known as the "Roundhouse", which has accommodations for basketball, volleyball, wrestling, and track. All areas are served by concessions, restrooms, parking and men's and women's locker rooms.[3]
The Roundhouse was renovated in 2015 to include additional sports lockerrooms and the wooden bleachers were replaced with ADA-approved plastic bleachers. The MHS swimming pool area was also renovated to include windows to be able to view from the hallway and additional pool deck space.
Activities
Students at Marshalltown High School have a wide array of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities to choose from, including athletics, National Honor Society, Key Club, music, speech, drama, foreign language clubs, color guard and cheer.
Athletics
Marshalltown High School sports teams are known as the Clinton sports teams are known as the Bobcats; their uniforms display the school's colors of blue and red.
The school fields athletic teams in 21 sports[4]including:
- Summer: Baseball and softball
- Baseball (1964 Baseball State Champions)[5]
- Fall: Football, volleyball, girls' swimming, girls' cross country
- Winter: Boys' swimming, boys' bowling, girls' bowling
Notable Alumni
- George C. Armstrong, Illinois state senator, newspaper editor, and businessman[6]
- Jeff Clement, is a retired MLB player for the Pittsburgh Pirates. He formerly played for the Seattle Mariners. He played both 1st base and catcher, however he enjoyed little success at the professional level. [7]
- Ina May Gaskin, the only midwife for whom an obstetric maneuver is named, graduated from Marshalltown High School in 1958.[8]
- Rick Glenn[9], professional Mixed Martial Artist, current UFC Featherweight[10]
- John Hurlburt (1898-1968), NFL player
- African American educational innovator Laurence C. Jones graduated in 1903.[11]
- Eagle Scout Darwin Judge, 1974 graduate of Marshalltown High School & United States Marine Corps MSG was KIA April 29, 1975 being one of the last two Americans killed in Vietnam.
- Joseph Kosinski, the American television commercial and feature film director, best known for his computer graphics and computer generated imagery work. graduated from Marshalltown High School[12] in 1992. Mr. Kosinski made his big-screen directorial debut with the Disney Digital 3-D science fiction film Tron: Legacy in December 2010.
- Coach Adolph Rupp began his coaching career with the Marshalltown wrestling team, leading them to a state championship during the 1925–26 school year.[13]
- Jean Seberg (1938 – 1979), actress who starred in 34 films in Hollywood and in Europe, including Saint Joan, Bonjour Tristesse, Breathless, Lilith, Moment to Moment, A Fine Madness, Paint Your Wagon, Airport, Macho Callahan, and Gang War in Naples.
References
- "Marshalltown High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
- "Marshalltown" (PDF). Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
- Marshalltown Convention and Visitors Bureau: Tournament Sports Facilities Archived 2010-08-19 at the Wayback Machine URL accessed on December 5, 2010
- Central Iowa Metro League
- "Marshalltown". Iowa High School Sports. Retrieved 2020-07-17.
- 'Illinois Blue Book 1947-1948,' Biographical Sketch of George C. Armstrong, p. 270-271
- http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/baseball/2014/03/31/jeff-clement-pittsburgh-pirates-seattle-mariners-marshalltown-retiring-mlb/7131055/%5B%5D
- http://www.timesrepublican.com/page/content.detail/id/545094/Marshalltown-native-receives-award-in-Sweden.html%5B%5D
- http://rickglennmma.com/about.html
- http://www.ufc.com/fighter/rick-glenn
- Schmidt, D.A. (2002) Iowa Pride. Xulon Press. p. 210.
- Barnes, Brooks (December 3, 2010). "Cyberspace Gamble". The New York Times. The New York Times Company. p. AR1. Retrieved December 6, 2010.
Raised in Marshalltown, Iowa — population 26,000 — he [Kosinski] is quiet, polite and interested in other people’s opinions in a way that is rare in moviedom’s major leagues.
- Adolph Rupp: Kentucky's Basketball Baron By Russell Rice ISBN 0915611988/