- Declo High School
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Declo High School Location 505 East Main Street Information Type Public Principal Roland Bott Grades 9-12 Number of students 291 Color(s) Orange & Black Mascot Hornet IHSAA Classification 2A Conference Canyon Website Declo High School Declo High School is a public high school located in Declo, Idaho. It is the second largest high school operated by the Cassia County Joint School District. Declo High School draws students from the cities of Declo and Albion as well as the unincorporated communities of Springdale, View and Unity to the west, Raft River to the east and Jackson to the north.
Before the spring semester of the 1997-1998 school year, the junior and senior high schools (grades 7 through 12) were housed 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” and “Go, Vandals, Go”, the fight song of the University of Idaho.
Athletics
Declo High School is classified as a 2A school by the Idaho High School Activities Association. It currently competes in the Canyon Conference within District IV against Glenns Ferry, Gooding, Valley, and Wendell High Schools. 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.
State Championships
- Men’s Basketball: 1998 (A-3), 2003 (3A)
- Women’s Basketball: 1990 (2A)
- Wrestling: 1998 (A-3), 2011 (2A)
Notable Students & Graduates
- Denton Darrington, Class of 1958
- Bruce Newcomb, Class of 1958
- J.R. Simplot
Categories:- High schools in Idaho
- Schools in Cassia County, Idaho
- Idaho school stubs
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