Columbia High School (Idaho)

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Columbia High School
Location
Columbia High School (Idaho)
301 Happy Valley Road

Nampa
,
Idaho

United States
Information
Type Public
Established2006 [1]
School districtNampa S.D. (#131)
PrincipalCory Woolstenhume [2]
Faculty65.17 (FTE) [3]
Grades9–12 [4]
Enrollment1,310 (2018–19) [3]
Student to teacher ratio20.10 [3]
Color(s) Gold & Maroon [2]
  
Athletics IHSAA Class 5A [2]
Athletics conference Southern Idaho (4A) (SIC)
Mascot Wildcat [2]
Rivals Nampa, Skyview
Information(208) 498-0571
Elevation2,530 ft (770 m) AMSL
Website columbiahigh.nsd131.org

Columbia High School is a four-year public secondary school in Nampa, Idaho, United States. The third major high school in the Nampa School District 131, Columbia opened in 2006, designed with two floors and a separate building for technology, agriculture, and shop classes. The school district shuttles students from one high school to the other to meet their class requirements. Each school has a different focus; Columbia's is technology, performing arts, and broadcasting.

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Naming controversy

Before the school was built, the district had decided on the name Aurora High School. The name Aurora was based on the natural phenomenon aurora borealis. Following a letter-writing campaign by students of the middle schools feeding into the future high school,[ citation needed ] in which reference was made to the character Princess Aurora in the 1959 film Sleeping Beauty , the District altered its proposed name to Columbia High School after the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. Students accepted this name and it is expected to be permanent.

Performing arts

Immediately after Columbia's establishment, its Performing Arts Department initiated several activities. All choirs in 2006 got a superior in the District Three Competition. The Drama Department has put on plays such as A Girl In The Mirror, Arsenic and Old Lace, and Snoopy, as well as musicals such as Grease and Hairspray. The High school marching band has won their division 9 times. Their shows include Latin Dances, Sound, Shape and Color, Second City Nights, Invincible, Signs, Relic, Persephone, Along Came a Spider, Mechanized, Light Prevails, Lost, The Prayer, and The Path Unseen.

Athletics

Columbia competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, the second highest classification, and are members of the Southern Idaho Conference (4A). Originally in Class 4A, Columbia moved up to 5A in the summer of 2014. Columbia moved back down to 4A in the summer of 2018.

In its first season in 2007, the baseball team won the 4A state championship. [5] The wrestling team won three consecutive 4A state championships (2009–11). The Wildcats football team made the 4A state playoffs in the fall of 2011. [6]

State titles

Boys

Girls

Dance

From Idhsaa.org

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References

  1. ↑ "Columbia High School". Nampa School District. Archived from the original on 2013-04-15. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Idaho High School Activities Association" (PDF). IHSAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. 1 2 3 "COLUMBIA HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 21, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Columbia High School". GreatSchools.net. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  5. 1 2 "2007 4A State Baseball Bracket". IdahoSports.com. May 19, 2007. Archived from the original on March 20, 2012. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
  6. ↑ "2011 4A State Football Tournament". IdahoSports.com. November 18, 2011. Archived from the original on March 27, 2012. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
  7. ↑ idhsaa.org Archived April 15, 2012, at the Wayback Machine - Wrestling champions - through 2012

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