The North Cedar Community School District is a rural

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headquartered in Stanwood, Iowa. The district is in portions of northern

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and a small section of Jones County, and serves the communities of Stanwood, Mechanicsville,

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and Lowden, and surrounding

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. North Cedar consists of three schools: elementary schools (preK-6) in Lowden and Mechanicsville, and a Junior/Senior High School (7-12) in Clarence. The district offices are located in Stanwood. The school district is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and the Iowa Department of Education.

History

It was established on July 1, 1995, by the merger of the Clarence-Lowden Community School District and the Lincoln Community School District.

Schools

* North Cedar Lowden Elementary Center, Lowden * North Cedar Mechanicsville Elementary Center, Mechanicsville * North Cedar Jr.-Sr. High School, Clarence

North Cedar High School

Athletics

North Cedar High School sports teams are known as the Knights; their uniforms display the school's colors of

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and

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. The school fields athletic teams in 13 sports, including: * Summer: Baseball and softball. * Fall: Football, volleyball, and boys' and girls' cross country. * Winter: Boys' basketball and wrestling. ** Girls' Basketball - 2000 State Champions * Spring: Boys' and girls' track and field; and boys' and girls' golf. Outdoor sports, such as football and track and field, are played in Stanwood. Baseball and Softball are played in Lowden. The indoor sports of volleyball, basketball and wrestling, take place at the Jr/Sr High School in Clarence. North Cedar High School is classified as a 2A school (Iowa's second-smallest tier schools), according to the Iowa High School Athletic Association and Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union; in sports where there are fewer divisions, the Knights are in either the smallest or middle classes, depending on the sport (e.g., Class 2A for wrestling). The school is a member of the eight-team River Valley Conference, which comprises similar-sized schools from communities in eastern Iowa, spanning roughly the Iowa City area to the west, to Durant on the east. Prior to joining the RVC, North Cedar was a member of the Cedar Valley Conference, which consisted of Class 1A and 2A schools from east central Iowa. North Cedar enjoys its biggest rivalries with neighboring school, Tipton, and also with the West Branch Bears.

Enrollment

References

External links

school district web site information page
* School districts in Iowa Education in Cedar County, Iowa Education in Jones County, Iowa 1995 establishments in Iowa School districts established in 1995 {{Iowa-school-stub