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Originally called "the schoolhouse," the "Cedar Rapids graded school," and the "second ward school", it received its current name in 1875 when all the Cedar Rapids schools were named for presidents. The oldest building was called Washington School. In 1887, Abbie S. Abbott began her 34-year tenure as Washington High School principal. [3]
The Outlook. Affiliation. Mississippi Valley Conference. Website. jefferson.cr.k12.ia.us. Thomas Jefferson High School is a public high school in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It is the eighth largest high school in Iowa. The school's mascot is Jeffy the J-Hawk and the official school colors are Columbia Blue and white.
Website. crschools.us. The Cedar Rapids Community School District (CRCSD) is a public school district located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It has the second largest enrollment in the state of Iowa. [2] The district has 21 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative high school. [1] The district is in Linn County.
Blair Oaks High School. Calvary Lutheran High School - Lutheran (co-ed) Capital City High School. Central Baptist Christian Academy - Baptist (co-ed) Helias Catholic High School - Roman Catholic (co-ed) Jefferson City High School /Simonsen 9th Grade Center. Lighthouse Preparatory Academy - nonsectarian (co-ed)
Bremer County. [edit] Denver High School, Denver. Janesville High School, Janesville. Sumner-Fredericksburg High School, Sumner. Tripoli High School, Tripoli. Wapsie Valley High School, Fairbank. Waverly-Shell Rock Community School District. Waverly-Shell Rock Senior High School, Waverly.
Coe College was founded in 1851 by Rev. Williston Jones as the School for the Prophets. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] While canvassing churches in the East to raise money for students to attend Eastern seminaries, Jones met a farmer named Daniel Coe, who donated $1,500 and encouraged Jones to open a college in Cedar Rapids.
The Mississippi Valley Conference (also called MVC) is a high-school athletic conference whose members are located in the metropolitan areas of eastern region of the U.S. state of Iowa, including Cedar Rapids, Dubuque, Iowa City and Waterloo - Cedar Falls. The conference is divided into two divisions: the Mississippi division and the Valley ...
The location of present-day Cedar Rapids was in the territory of the Fox and Sac tribes at the time of European American settlement.. The first settler on the site of the future city was Osgood Shepherd, who built a log cabin (which he called a tavern) in 1837 or 1838 next to the Cedar River (then known as the Red Cedar) at what is now the corner of First Avenue and First Street Northeast.