- Assumption High School (Davenport, Iowa)
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Assumption High School Address 1020 West Central Park Avenue
Davenport, Iowa, (Scott County), 52804
United StatesCoordinates 41°32′45″N 90°35′18″W / 41.54583°N 90.58833°WCoordinates: 41°32′45″N 90°35′18″W / 41.54583°N 90.58833°W Information Type Private, Coeducational Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1958 Principal Charles Elbert Grades 9–12 Enrollment 382 [1] (2008) Color(s) Scarlet Red, Black and White Athletics conference Mississippi Athletic Mascot Knight Accreditation(s) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2] Newspaper 'The Knight Beacon Issues Online Yearbook 'Accolade' Athletic Director Wade King Website http://www.assumptionhigh.org Assumption High School (Davenport, Iowa) is a Roman Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport. Charles Elbert is the current principal of Assumption High.
In 1958, AHS opened its doors as a co-institutional facility, with the merger of St. Ambrose Academy and Immaculate Conception Academy. AHS became coeducational in 1969.
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Academics
AHS offers Honors classes, AP classes, and college courses on campus. More than half of the upperclassmen take the ACT and their scores consistently rank above the Iowa and national averages.
The majority of Assumption students come from Catholic feeder schools, such as St. Paul's, John F. Kennedy, Lourdes, & All Saints.
Faculty and staff
AHS’s faculty is made up of lay teachers. Many hold master’s degrees in education or content areas and meet the criteria for the Iowa teaching standards.
Student life and activities
AHS provides activities beyond the classroom. More than two-thirds of the student body participates in at least one sport, and many people join clubs as well.
Athletics
Davenport Assumption participates in the Mississippi Athletic Conference, and athletic teams are known as the Knights. School colors are red and white. The school fields athletic teams in 17 sports, including:
- Summer: Baseball, softball.
- Fall: Football, volleyball, boys' cross country, girls' cross country and boys' golf.
- Winter: Boys' basketball, girls' basketball and wrestling.
- Spring: Boys' track and field, girls' track and field, boys' soccer, girls' soccer, girls' golf, boys' tennis and girls' tennis.
Davenport Assumption is classified as a 3A school (Iowa's second-largest tier of high 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 lowest or middle class, depending on the sport (e.g., Class 2A for wrestling and boys' soccer; Class 1A for tennis and girls' soccer). However, Assumption competes in the largest class (Class 4A for football and boys' golf. The school is a member of the 10-team Mississippi Athletic Conference (known to locals as the MAC), which comprises schools from the Iowa Quad Cities, along with Burlington, Clinton and Muscatine high schools.Davenport Assumption's biggest rivalry is with Bettendorf.
Successes
Throughout the school's history, Davenport Assumption has enjoyed great success in many of its sports, earning many MAC conference titles and producing all-state athletes that have enjoyed success at the collegiate level and in their careers.
Football has been a sport where the Knights have experienced much long-term success, winning many conference titles since 1990. The Bettendorf-Davenport Assumption rivalry is one of the best-known in the conference, and football games pitting the two schools are often highly anticipated; the Bulldogs lead the series 45-18-2,[3] although many of the Bulldogs-Knights contests are close and come down to a few plays.
More recently, Assumption has won numerous state titles in wrestling, baseball and girls basketball. The 2008 baseball team won the school's fifth state title in the sport, with standout Willie Argo going on to a successful career at the University of Illinois.
References
- ^ http://www.privateschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/10606
- ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23.[dead link]
- ^ Gremmels, Jon, "Teams always look forward to Bulldogs-Knights games." Quad-City Times, September 13, 2007. Accessed 5-1-2010. [1]
External links
Davenport, Iowa City and Government History | Neighborhoods | National Register of Historic Places: Downtown, East, West | City Hall | Scott County Court House | U.S. Court House
Landmarks Education Kaplan University | Palmer | Saint Ambrose University | Marycrest | Central High School | North High School | West High School | Assumption High School
Transportation Neighborhoods College Square | Cork Hill | Crescent Warehouse | Hamburg | McClellan Heights | Prospect Park | Riverview Terrace | Vander Veer Park | West Third Street
Other Bix 7 | Credit Island | Lock and Dam No. 15 | Vander Veer Park | African Americans
Categories:- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Iowa
- Educational institutions established in 1958
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport
- Schools in Davenport, Iowa
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