Newton High School (Kansas)
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{{Infobox school
| name = Newton High School
| logo = Newton High School (Kansas) Logo.png
| logo_size = 110px
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| image = nhs ks.jpg
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| streetaddress = 900 West 12th Street[http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:481154 GNIS entry for Newton High School]
| city = Newton
| state = Kansas
| zipcode = 67114
| country = U.S.
| coordinates = {{coord|38.059588|N|97.364108|W|type:edu_region:US-KS|display=inline, title}}
| schooltype = High School
| fundingtype = Public
| established = 1885
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| district = Newton USD 373
| ceeb = 172175[http://www.suny.edu/student/search_highschool/index.cfm High School CEEB Code Search]
| principal_label = Principal
| staff =
| faculty =
| teaching_staff = 79.71 (FTE)
| gender = coed
| enrollment = 987 (2022-23){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=2009960&ID=200996000796|title=Newton Sr High|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=27 September 2022}}
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| rival = Hutchinson High School
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| campus type = Suburban
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| colors = {{color box|black}} Black
{{color box|gold}} Gold
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| athletics = Class 5A,[http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/PDF/Football%20Classifications.pdf KSHSAA School Classification List]
District 5[http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/PDF/FBAssignments.pdf KSHSAA School District List] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100923185747/http://kshsaa.org/Public/Football/PDF/FBAssignments.pdf |date=23 September 2010 }}
| conference = Ark Valley Chisholm Trail League{{Cite web| title = School Search - Newton HS | publisher = Kansas State High School Activities Association| url = http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/General/MoreSchoolInfo.cfm?ScNo=KSS0241| accessdate = 27 September 2022}}
| sports = Football, Basketball, Swimming, Bowling, Wrestling, Tennis, Softball, Baseball, Volleyball, Track and field, Cross Country
| mascot = The Railerman
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| newspaper = Newtonian
| yearbook = Railroader
| communities = Newton, Walton, North Newton
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| website = {{URL|https://nhs.usd373.org/|nhs.usd373.org}}
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Newton High School is a public high school in Newton, Kansas, United States operated by Newton USD 373 school district, and serves students of grades 9 to 12. It is located on a {{convert|90|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus with a Cedar-tree surrounded parking lot.
History
Newton High School was founded in 1885.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}} Historically, Newton High School has been located at three different locations:
- first school was located at the northwest corner of 6th and Ash (currently Lincoln Park Apartments) and built in TBD,{{Citation needed|date=November 2020}}
- second school was located at the northeast corner of Broadway and Poplar (currently Santa Fe 5/6 Center school) and built in 1914,
- third (current) school is located at the northeast corner of 12th and Boyd (in northwest Newton) and built in the early 1970s. In October 1971, Newton voters approved a $4.9 Million school bond to build a new high school complex and remodel the old high school for use as a middle school.[https://peabody.advantage-preservation.com/viewer/?fn=the_peabody_gazette-herald_usa_kansas_peabody_19460110_english_3 Newton Approves Bond Election; The Peabody Gazette-Herald; October 21, 1971.]
As a result of a bond election that took place in 2007, renovation construction began on the school in 2009 and was completed in 2010. The renovation added several sections to the school and redistributed the rooms within the building; in this redistribution, safety and modernization were both heavy concerns. Aside from significantly changing the exterior of the school, the renovations also pushed the administration offices forward and relocated the school library.{{Citation needed|date=June 2011}}
Extracurricular activities
=Athletics=
Students from grades 9-12 participate in football, volleyball, cross country, tennis, girls and boys basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, bowling, swimming, girls and boys soccer, baseball, softball, boys and girls golf, track and field and bowling. Activities available include cheerleading, Railiners Dance Team, Azteca Dancers, debate, forensics, FFA, GSA, KFC, BPA, Drama, Music (Vocal, Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, Orchestra), Science Olympiad, Model UN, and FIRST Robotics Competition Team.
=State championships=
Updated Summer 2024
Notable people
;Faculty
- Mike Moore, former head football coach at Bethel College, assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Newton High School
;Alumni
- Frosty Cox (1908–1962), college basketball coach at the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Montana
- Reed Crandall (1917-1982), illustrator and penciller of comic books and magazines, inducted into Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2009
- Jayne Hrdlicka (c. 1963-), business executive; President and Chair of Tennis Australia and CEO of Virgin Australia Holdings
- Miles Johns (1994-), Mixed martial artist currently competing in the UFC bantamweight division
- Muadianvita Kazadi (1973-), former linebacker for St. Louis Rams in 1997 and Montreal Alouettes in 1999
- Dustin Richardson (1984-), former MLB player (Boston Red Sox)
;Attended
- Errett Bishop (1928-1983), mathematician, college professor
- Orville Harrold (1877-1933), operatic tenor and musical theatre actor
See also
References
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External links
- [https://nhs.usd373.org/ Official website]
- [https://www.usd373.org/ USD 373], school district for Newton, North Newton, Walton
- [http://railerrunners.us/index.html Railer Runners]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20140109060300/http://railernews.com/ The Newtonian, school newspaper], archive of website from 2009 to 2013
- [http://www.ksdot.org/Assets/wwwksdotorg/bureaus/burTransPlan/maps/SchoolDistrict/School%20District_373.pdf USD 373 School District Boundary Map], KDOT
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Category:Public high schools in Kansas
Category:Schools in Harvey County, Kansas
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