Ankeny Centennial High School (ACHS) is a

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Ankeny, Iowa Ankeny (, ) is a city in Polk County, Iowa, United States and a suburb of the state capital of Des Moines, as part of the Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA metropolitan statistical area. As of the 2020 census, the population of Ankeny was 67,887, m ...

, United States, serving grades 10 through 12 and opened in 2013. It is one of two high schools in the Ankeny Community School District.

History

Ankeny Centennial opened in 2013, covering the northern part of the school district. ACHS relieved Ankeny High School of overcrowding as the district's second high school; both schools had approximately 990 students in the 2013–14 school year. This was the first instance within a period of forty-year period where a school district in the state of

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Athletics

The Jaguars are members of the

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Performing arts

ACHS has five competitive

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: the mixed-gender "Spectrum", "Eternal Rush", "Chaos" and "Project X" as well as the all-female "Rhythmic Momentum". The program hosts an annual competition, the Mid-Iowa Show Choir Championships. Spectrum finished second at a national invite in 2016 and was undefeated in its 2020 season, capturing vocal and choreography awards at every competition. ACHS also has a competitive Marching Band who performs and competes through Iowa in addition to having twice been selected to perform in the New York City Veterans Day Parade. The Band program features a Wind Symphony, a Symphonic Band, and a 9th Grade Concert Band. In addition the program has four jazz bands: Jazz Collective, Jazz Studio, Jazz Vanguard, and Jazz Lab.

Notable Alumni

* Riley Moss, NFL and All-Big Ten football player * Justin Phongsavanh, American Paralympic athlete

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