Clear Creek Amana High School

Clear Creek Amana High School, or CCA High School, is a public senior high school in Tiffin, Iowa and a part of the Clear Creek–Amana Community School District. It serves the entire district.

Clear Creek Amana High School
Address
551 W. Marengo Rd.

Tiffin
,
Iowa
52340

United States
Coordinates41.7065°N 91.6745°W / 41.7065; -91.6745
Information
School typePublic high school
Founded1995
School districtClear Creek–Amana Community School District (1995-)
Clear Creek Community School District (1990-1995)
SuperintendentTim Kuehl
PrincipalMark Moody
Faculty47.33
Grades9–12
Enrollment642 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio13.56
LanguageEnglish
Color(s)Royal blue and white    
MascotClippers
Feeder schoolsClear Creek Amana Middle School
Athletic ConferenceWaMaC Conference
Websitewww.ccaschools.org/high-school

A Clipper Ship is the school mascot.[2]

The school will receive an addition as part of a bond program.[3]

History

The school was formed after the Clear Creek Community School District and the Amana Community School District entered into a whole grade sharing arrangement, consolidating Clear Creek High School and Amana High School. Its initial enrollment was 210, with 60 being in the 9th grade. 10 total students originated from outside the Clear Creek and Amana districts (from the previous year) and 50 total previously attended Amana High School.[4]

Tom McAreavy served as principal of this school and the predecessor school Clear Creek High from circa 1980 until 1995. Tom McDonald took over the position.[5]

Shive-Hattery, Inc. designed a new facility for 600 students. The current high school building opened in 2009,[6] with the former high school building converted into a middle school housing sixth- through eighth-grade students; both facilities are located in Tiffin. There were 500 students at that time. The former high school, which was built and opened in the late 1960s, had served as Clear Creek High School prior to 1990, and was a junior-senior high school facility. In 2016 the district planned to add an addition to the west wing, with Portzen Construction of Dubuque, Iowa being given a $7.8 million contract.[7]

In 2019 the district leadership decided that the old campus was too small and it needed a new campus by 2027, with the current campus becoming a middle school.[8]

Operations

In 1990 the school had eight periods per day, while the previous Clear Creek High had seven periods.[4]

Curriculum

In 1990 the school had German and Spanish as foreign languages classes available, which were not available at Clear Creek High.[4]

Athletics

Athletic teams are known as the Clippers, but to date the ship remains symbolic; no actual mascot is present at school functions. At the Amana Elementary, inside the gym, there is an old indication that the school's mascot was the Rockets. The school song is "Anchors Aweigh" and is played at pep rallies and athletic events, as well as school events. CCA participates in 15 sports in the WaMaC Conference. The school is well known for its softball program, making it to the state softball tournament 34 times, more than any other high school in Iowa, and winning 9 state titles (as of the finish of the 2018 season).[9]

State championships
  • Softball [10][11]
    • Summer (1973, 1975, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2011)
    • Fall (1972, 1973)

See also

References
  1. "Clear Creek Amana High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. "Student Handbook 2013-2014 Archived 2017-10-24 at the Wayback Machine." Clear Creek–Amana High School. Retrieved on October 24, 2017.
  3. Davis, Andy; Holly Hines (2017-09-12). "Clear Creek Amana bond measure approved by voters". USA Today. Retrieved 2017-10-24.
  4. Swadish, Stacy (1990-08-28). "1st day of class brings new faces in new places". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. p. 1B. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  5. Swadish, Stacy (1995-05-20). "McAreavy retires from Clear Creek". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Iowa City, Iowa. p. 7A. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  6. Hines-Dochterman, Margaret (2009-08-21). "New Clear Creek Amana high school set for debut". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  7. Rathjen, Brian (2016-03-25). "CCA board approves contract for high school addition". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  8. Duffy, Molly (2019-02-26). "Growing Clear Creek Amana district hunts for new high school site". The Gazette. Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Retrieved 2022-02-02.
  9. "State Softball Record Book" (PDF). Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union. July 9, 2018.
  10. State Softball Record Book
  11. Iowa High School Sports


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