Sumner-Fredericksburg High School

Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is a public high school located in Sumner, Iowa. It is one of four schools within the Sumner-Fredericksburg School District. It was a part of the Sumner Community School District until it consolidated with the Fredericksburg Community School District in 2014.[4]

Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Location
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
Sumner-Fredericksburg High School
802 West 6th Street
Sumner, Iowa

United States
Coordinates42.8530°N 92.1073°W / 42.8530; -92.1073
Information
TypePublic
Motto"Committed to continued excellence in lifelong learning, leadership, and character"
Established2004
School districtSumner-Fredericksburg Community School District (2014-)
Sumner Community School District (2004-2014)
SuperintendentFred Matlage
NCES School ID192760001610
PrincipalAllan E-man[1]
Faculty19.26 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment245 (2016-17)[3]
Student to teacher ratio14.38:1[2]
Color(s)Blue, Green and Gold
            
Athletics conferenceNorth Iowa Cedar League (2014-Present) Upper Iowa Conference (2003-2014)
MascotCougars
NicknameS-F, Sumner-Fred
WebsiteSFHS homepage

History

In 2003, Sumner Community School District decided to whole grade share with a nearby school. The Sumner Community School District began talks with nearby town and rival Fredericksburg Community School District about possibly joining in order to better serve the students of each community. Much like Sumner, Fredericksburg was experiencing a large drop in enrollment was looking to join another school district. That year the two districts agreed to grade share.[5] The first proposed name was "BCF," after Bremer, Chickasaw, and Fayette counties, which Sumner-Fredericksburg serves. Ultimately it was called Sumner-Fredericksburg High.[6]

2004 was the first year of the new Sumner-Fredericksburg High School and Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School. 210 of the high school students came from Sumner CSD while 115 came from Fredericksburg CSD.[7] Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is located in Sumner along with Durant Elementary School.

The Sumner-Fredericksburg Middle School is located in the former Fredericksburg High School building. The community of Fredericksburg also has its own elementary school, Fredericksburg Elementary School. The students from both towns voted on the mascot and colors and chose Cougars to be the mascot and the colors: Navy Blue, Forest Green, and Vegas Gold. The districts decided to join the Upper Iowa Conference which boasted Sumner's rival North Fayette and Fredericksburg's Turkey Valley. Together they have made their own rivals of North Fayette, Turkey Valley, and Wapsie Valley. As schools in the Upper Iowa Conference continued to shrink and join together Sumner-Fredericksburg received an invitation to join the North Iowa Cedar League. In 2014, Sumner-Fredericksburg joined the North Iowa Cedar League, East, where it joined schools of similar size like Wapsie Valley. Sumner-Fredericksburg High School is known for its outstanding Sensation Show Choir and volleyball team which has gone to state or a regional final in seven out of the eleven years of SF existence.

Athletics and Activities

Sumner-Fredericksburg, which held athletic events in both Sumner and Fredericksburg,[6] has the following athletics, in the North Iowa Cedar League Conference.[8].

  • Football
  • Volleyball
  • Boys & Girls Basketball
  • Wrestling
  • Boys & Girls Cross Country
  • Boys & Girls Track & Field
  • Boys & Girls Golf
    • Girls' 2006 Class 2A State Champions
  • Baseball
  • Softball
  • Boys & Girls Bowling
  • Cheer-leading

Sumner-Fredericksburg has the following activities/clubs.

  • FCCLA (Family Community Career Leaders of America)
  • Student Senate
  • Get A Grip
  • FFA (The National FFA Organization)
  • Speech (Individual and Group)
  • NHS (National Honor Society)
  • Instrumental Music (Marching Band, Pep Band, Jazz Band, Honor Band)
  • Choir
  • Sensations Show Choir
  • Spanish Club
  • Wellness Committee

References
  1. "SFHS Faculty and Staff". Sumner and Fredericksburg Schools. Retrieved August 4, 2012.
  2. "Sumner-Fredericksburg HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 4, 2012. Total Students: 277 (2009-2010)
  3. "Sumner-Fredericksburg HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  4. "District Reorganization History final." Iowa Department of Education. Retrieved on July 6, 2019.
  5. Nelson, Josh (2007-03-11). "School ties". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  6. Hylton, Sean (2004-08-30). "Whole-grade sharing increases opportunities at two area schools". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  7. Heinselman, Karen (2004-09-20). "Sumner, Fredericksburg students adjust to sharing agreement". WCF Courier. Retrieved 2019-01-06.
  8. "North Iowa Cedar League". North Iowa Cedar League. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
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