Boyden–Hull High School

Boyden–Hull High School
Address
801 First Street[1]
Hull, Iowa, (Sioux County) 51239
United States
Coordinates 43°11′22″N 96°8′9″W / 43.18944°N 96.13583°W / 43.18944; -96.13583Coordinates: 43°11′22″N 96°8′9″W / 43.18944°N 96.13583°W / 43.18944; -96.13583
Information
School type Public
Motto Being the Best It Can Be
Community, Empowerment, High Standards, and Innovation[2]
Established July 1, 1959 (1959-07-01)
Opened August 31, 1959 (1959-08-31)
School district Boyden–Hull Community School District
NCES District ID 1905190[3]
Superintendent Steve Grond[4]
CEEB code 162090[5]
NCES School ID 190519000167[3]
Principal Dan Pottebaum[4]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 178[6] (2012-2013)
Student to teacher ratio 13.63:1[3]
Color(s) Black and gold         (Comets)
Black, silver and blue             (Nighthawks)
Fight song On, Wisconsin! (Comets)
Minnesota Rouser (Nighthawks)
Athletics conference Siouxland Conference
Mascot Comets/Nighthawks
Website School Website

Boyden–Hull High School is the only public high school located in Hull, Iowa, United States. Their mascot is the Comet. The school's athletic teams compete in the Siouxland Conference. A few sports are shared with Rock Valley High School, a fellow Siouxland Conference member. The combined teams are known as the Nighthawks.

Two private secondary schools are also located within the Boyden–Hull Community School District, Western Christian and Trinity Christian.

History

Boyden and Hull were separate school districts until 1959.[7] The first school board election as a consolidated school district took place in March 1959,[8] followed by the first classes on August 31, 1959.[9][10] Hull High School's athletic teams were known as the Wild Cats.[11] Before the merger, Hull's basketball team had been to the state playoffs five times.[12][13] Boyden Public School's mascot was the Bombers.[11]

Technology and services

Smart Boards were first installed in 2007.[14] A one to one computing initiative was started in the 2011-12 school year,[15][16] as was the school's use of Moodle.[17] The district shares some classes with the nearby Rock Valley High School and George-Little Rock High School through polycom videoconferencing technology.[18][19] Online classes are available for dual high school and college credit though Northwest Iowa Community College. A school resource officer was assigned to the district beginning with the 2010 school year.[20]

Facilities

Most of the school building was remodeled in the 1980s.[21] The auditorium was renovated in July 2013 and reopened in time for the 2013-14 school year.[22] The gymnasium was refurbished in 2015.[23]

Boyden–Hull's athletic field was named for superintendent A.R. Hesla in 1974.[24] The football and track facilities there are shared with Western Christian.[25] The concession stand at Hesla was rebuilt in summer 2016.[26][27]

Extracurricular activities

The STORM (Students Teaching Others Role Modeling) Team was organized in the late 1990s.[28] The student organization is mainly active around Red Ribbon Week and also volunteers at the local chapter of the Ronald McDonald House.[29] Boyden–Hull Summer Theatre began in 2009.[30]

Athletics

Comets

Boyden–Hull tied West Harrison for a men's state track title in 1970.[31] The women's track team's highest finish was in 1984. They tied Le Mars Gehlen for second place.[32]

The men's basketball team has appeared in the Iowa High School Athletic Association tournament sixteen times since 1971,[33][34] with titles in 2003,[35][36] 2012,[37][38] and 2013.[39][40] Former coach Paul Walton compiled a 350–130 record over 26 years[41] and was inducted into the Iowa High School Basketball Hall of Fame in 2001.[42]

The Comet volleyball team has been to state twice, in 1991 and 2011.[43][44]

Shared sports

Boyden–Hull continued fielding athletics teams solely under the Comet moniker until the 1980s. Starting that decade, football and baseball were shared with George. Little Rock joined the partnership in 1987, and Boyden–Hull left, electing to combine their football and baseball teams with Rock Valley.[45] In 1990, the official sport-sharing agreement was struck.[32] The combined Boyden–Hull/Rock Valley teams split home games at each school, and the team name was adjusted depending on where the teams played. While in Rock Valley, teams were known as the Rockets, and in Hull, they went by the name Comets. The BHRV collective began by sharing baseball and football, and expanded to softball in 1993, followed by the subsequent merger of the track and field and cross country teams in 1997. In 1999, the BHRV alliance decided on a separate mascot, and have since been known as the Nighthawks.[45] The Boyden–Hull/Rock Valley football team made it to the championship game for the first time in 2009, falling to Solon High School.[46] In their second title game appearance, BHRV defeated Union High School for the 2016 2A championship.[47]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Boyden Hull High School Maxpreps Homepage". MaxPreps.com. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  2. ↑ Visser, Jeanne (September 17, 2014). "BH School Board approves Core Beliefs". Sioux County Index Reporter. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "Boyden-Hull High School Directory Information". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  4. 1 2 "Course Selections Are Modified, Approved". Sioux County Index Reporter. New Century Press. January 18, 2012. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ "High School CEEB Codes Listed Alphabetically" (PDF). Appalachian State University. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 22, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Iowa School District Profiles: Boyden-Hull" (PDF). Iowa State University. June 2013. Retrieved January 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ Price, W.K (October 1, 1959). "Report Of Progress In The School Reorganization". The Boyden Reporter. Retrieved January 16, 2014 – via Newspapers.com. Three more community school districts became effective in Sioux County On July 1, 1959. ...Boyden-Hull Community School District which includes th[e] former independent districts of Boyden and Hull and part or all of nine former rural township districts in Sioux and Lyon Counties
  8. ↑ "Results Of First BoydenHull School Director Election". Sioux County Index. March 19, 1959. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  9. ↑ "Boyden Hull Community School Will Open August 31". Sioux County Index. August 27, 1959. Retrieved August 10, 2017.
  10. ↑ "Feeling nifty at 50". Sioux County Index-Reporter. New Century Press. July 14, 2010. Archived from the original on May 7, 2014. Retrieved March 21, 2014.
  11. 1 2 "1905-58 IHSAA MEMBERS SCHOOLS - COLORS, MA SCOTS, CURRENT ATTENDANCE CENTERS" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. March 28, 2014. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
  12. ↑ "STATE BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT GAME RESULTS, 1940-1969" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. Retrieved January 16, 2014.
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  15. ↑ "So, hows 1:1 going at Boyden-Hull". Sioux County Index Reporter. New Century Press. September 21, 2011. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
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  21. ↑ "Board approves franchise fees; Sparboe donates $5K to Splashpad". Sioux County Index Reporter. New Century Press. July 14, 2010. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
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  29. ↑ "STORM Team: Making a positive impact". Sioux County Index Reporter. January 23, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2014.
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  45. 1 2 "Conference rivals create sports tradition". Sioux County Index. New Century Press. October 19, 2016. Retrieved November 1, 2016.
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  47. ↑ Goodwin, Cody (November 18, 2016). "Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley wins big for Class 2A state title". Des Moines Register. Retrieved November 21, 2016.
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