East High School (Sioux City, Iowa)

East High School
East High School
Location
	3200 S. Cypress Street; Sioux City, Iowa 51106; United States
Coordinates	42°27′09″N 96°20′25″W / 42.4524°N 96.3403°W
Information
Type	Public
Established	1920
School district	Sioux City Community Schools
Superintendent	Rod Earleywine
NCES School ID	192640001504
Principal	Richard Todd
Faculty	74.74 (FTE)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	1,495 (2022-23)
Student to teacher ratio	20.00
Color(s)	Orange and Black
Athletics conference	IHSAA – MRC
Mascot	Black Raider
Website	east-high.siouxcityschools.org/

East High School, or Sioux City East High School, is a public high school located in Sioux City, Iowa. It is one of three high schools in the Sioux City Community School District, and is fed by East Middle School, Nodland Elementary School, Sunnyside Elementary School, Morningside Elementary School, Spalding Park Elementary School, and Unity Elementary School and Students living South of Irving Elementary.

History

Sioux City East High School was founded in 1920 and its original location was on Morningside Avenue just across the street from Morningside College. In 1972, the Sioux City Community School district put in the plan to build three brand new high schools for all three public schools. East then moved to S. Cypress Street, which is located by the Southern Hills Mall in Sioux City. East was one of three other public schools to be founded in Sioux City along with Leeds, Riverside, and Central high schools. The private school in Sioux City at that time was Trinity and Cathedral high schools which now make up Bishop Heelan High School. Trinity primarily consisted of all male and Cathedral was all female. Sioux City East is the only High School in Sioux City to remain in its original state. Riverside became what is now Sioux City West and Central became Sioux City North. East has also kept its same mascot, the Black Raider since its existence. However, because of restrictions on their logo, East had to change their logo from a native war like figure to a Raider who more resembled a Knight.^[2]

Athletics

The Black Raiders compete in the Missouri River Conference for both boys and girls sports.^[3]

Baseball
Basketball
- Boys' 2-time State Champions (1934, 2002)^[4]
Bowling
Cross Country
Football
- 1984 Class 4A State Champions^[5]
Golf
Soccer
Softball
Swimming
Tennis
Track and Field
- Boys' 1945 State Champions^[6]
Volleyball
Wrestling

Performing arts

Vocal music

The Vocal Music Program at East High School has ten choral ensembles, including modern a cappella and show choir.^{[citation needed]} The Choirs at East give four concerts each year in addition to a Renaissance Madrigal Dinner every December. The Chamber Choir has performed at Carnegie Hall. They have won awards at competitions throughout the country, including Grand Champion, Best Choral Tone, and Best Repertoire at FAME Los Angeles (2008), Best Repertoire and First Runner-Up at FAME Chicago (2010), Grand Champion, Best Soprano, Alto, Tenor, and Bass Sections at the Grand River Concert Choir Competition (2012), First Runner-Up at FAME Chicago (2014), and Grand Champion, Best Choral Tone, and Best Repertoire at Heart Of America-Cincinnati (2017).^{[citation needed]} In 2016, they came first in Morningside College's Choral Composition Competition Festival.

Since 2013, East has collaborated with neighboring Bishop Heelan, North, and West high schools in producing an annual Men's Choir Festival entitled "Man Up & Sing".^{[citation needed]}

Notable alumni

Stanley L. Greigg, former mayor of Sioux City and Iowa State Representative.^{[citation needed]}
Cele Hahn^[7]
Noah Holcomb, cyclist ^[8]
Shelby Houlihan, runner^[9]
Kayla Klingensmith, professional wrestler best known as Kiana James
J. D. Scholten, politician
Bob Scott, longest serving mayor of Sioux City.^[10]
Dom Thompson-Williams, baseball player^[11]