Iowa High School is a junior and senior high school (grades 6–12) in

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. It is a part of

Calcasieu Parish Public Schools The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) is a school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. The CPSB operates all public schools in Calcasieu Parish, including the city of Lake Charles. Demographics *Total students (at October ...

History

One of the earliest schools in the Iowa area was located on the LeBleu family farm near the Chloe community in the mid-1880s,around the time Seaman A. Knapp, president of the

Iowa State College of Agriculture Iowa State University of Science and Technology (Iowa State University, Iowa State, or ISU) is a public land-grant research university in Ames, Iowa. Founded in 1858 as the Iowa Agricultural College and Model Farm, Iowa State became one of the ...

, was working to demonstrate the suitability of the region for rice production.The modern Iowa High School was founded in 1919, and the first modern, brick school building in Iowa was constructed in 1920.To accomplish this, the

Calcasieu Parish School Board The Calcasieu Parish School Board (CPSB) is a school district based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States. The CPSB operates all public schools in Calcasieu Parish, including the city of Lake Charles. Demographics *Total students (at October ...

in December 1919 sold $15,000 in bonds to The Hanchett Bond Company of

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Athletics

The Iowa Yellow Jackets compete in Class 3A of the LHSAA. In April 1965, the city's

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proposed a resolution to the school board to dedicate the IHS football stadium to Jesse Edwin Cady, a longtime school board member who represented the area and who had died the previous month. The resolution passed unanimously. Wide receiver Curtis Deville became the first football player in school history to sign with a Power 5 conference athletics program when in 2021 he signed a letter of intent to play football at

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, a member of the

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. Andre Sam, a

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who initially played at

McNeese State University McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles, Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College, it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese, an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. ...

in nearby Lake Charles, would eventually transfer to

Marshall University Marshall University is a public research university in Huntington, West Virginia. It was founded in 1837 and is named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States. The university is currently composed of nine colleges: L ...

before finishing his college career at

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of the

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State Championships

Baseball *(2) 2007, 2023 Cross Country *(1) 2004

State Runners-Up

Baseball *(2) 2012, 2017 Football *(2) 2001, 2002 Softball *(2) 2021, 2022

Notable people

Tierre Brown Tierre Brown (born June 3, 1979) is an American former professional basketball player. Career Brown graduated from McNeese State University and began his career with the NBA's Houston Rockets in 2001. He played fifteen games for the Cleveland ...

(1997), Former

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player for the

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and

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. * Brian Johnson (long jumper) (1998),

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long jumper, two-time United States indoor

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champion.

References

External links

Iowa High School
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