high school
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Declo, Idaho
Declo is a city in Cassia County, Idaho, United States. It is part of the Burley, Idaho micropolitan area. The population was 343 at the time of the 2010 census, up from 338 in 2000.Cassia County Joint School District. Declo High School draws students from the cities of Declo and
Albion
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as well as the unincorporated communities of Springdale, View and Unity to the west, Raft River to the east and Jackson to the north.
History
Declo High School's first graduating class graduated in 1927.
The school's colors were green and white until about 1930, when they were changed to orange, black, and white.
Before the spring semester of the 1997–1998 school year, the junior and senior high schools (grades 7 through 12) were taught in a building built in the 1950s in crowded conditions. When the new building was completed, the high school moved there with grades 9 through 12 and the junior high remained in the older building, with grades 6 through 8.
In 2003, the original one room log school house was relocated in front of the high school and restored. Declo graduated its first class in 1927. Originally the schools colors were green and white, but were changed to its present orange and black in the 1930s. The mascot is a hornet. The school fight song melds the choruses from “
Stars and Stripes Forever
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History
In his 1928 autob ...
University of Idaho
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Athletics
Declo High School is classified as a 2A school by the
Idaho High School Activities Association
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. It currently competes in the Canyon Conference within District IV against Wendell High Schools. Due to the conference only having two members. It competes in men's and women's basketball, volleyball, wrestling, football, softball, golf, cross country and track and field. Declo High School routinely wins district championships and earns berths to state championship competition in many sports.
The cross country team's shirts in 2011-2012 said "Life is Short, Running Makes it Seem Longer."
J.R. Simplot
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Kelly Anthon
Kelly Arthur Anthon (born August 4, 1974) is a Republican Idaho State Senator since 2015 representing District 27.
Early life and education
Anthon was born in Burley, Idaho. He was raised on a family farm near Declo, Idaho, attending public sc ...