Elizabeth Tate Alternative High School

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Elizabeth Tate Alternative High School
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Elizabeth Tate Alternative High School
1528 Mall Dr.

Iowa City, Iowa 52240
Coordinates 41°38′N91°30′W / 41.64°N 91.50°W / 41.64; -91.50
Information
School typePublic Alternative
Established2005
SuperintendentMatt Degner
PrincipalAnn Browning
Grades9-12
Enrollment164 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio7.72 [1]
Website iowacityschools.org/TateHS

Elizabeth Tate Alternative High School (Tate High School) is an alternative high school in Iowa City, Iowa, that is part of the Iowa City Community School District. The school serves grades 9-12, with an enrollment of 164 students in the 2022-23 school year.

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History

From 2004–2005, the Iowa City school board planned and built Elizabeth Tate Alternative High School to accommodate students in grades nine through twelve. A $3.4 million building, it includes "natural day lighting for classrooms" and a success center combining a library and study area. It also features "geothermal heating and cooling, an arboretum, gardens and a sculpture patio". [2] [3]

The school is named for Elizabeth (Bettye) Crawford Tate, [4] who was known as a desegregation champion for offering her home to "house American students beginning in 1938, when African Americans were allowed to attend the University of Iowa but not allowed to live in university housing." [5] [6] Iowa City school board president Lauren Reece said, "The way (Elizabeth Tate) combined a sense of rigor with a nurturing spirit exemplifies what the school district's alternative education program is trying to do. Her life contains many lessons of local and Iowa history." [5]

Iowa City's Senior High Alternative Center (for students who were "not doing as well as they should at City High and West High") [7] had been in operation since 1980, and it moved into Tate High School in Fall 2005. [8] [9] According to Sonja Elmquist of the Cedar Rapids Gazette, "The alternative high school program had been housed in a cramped space on the third-floor of the district's administrative office, but is now in its own building near Kirkwood Community College's Iowa City campus. Although starting smaller, the school will have room for 200 students." [10]

Athletics

Tate High School has a basketball and volleyball team. The school does not have any athletic facilities, but it maintains partnerships in the community to provide students with fitness activities. [11]

See also

List of high schools in Iowa

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References

  1. 1 2 "Elizabeth Tate Alt. High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved August 28, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Elizabeth Tate High School broke ground 2004". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 2005-01-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  3. ↑ "2 New Schools, 10 Cool Features". The Des Moines Register. 2005-08-14. p. 115. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  4. ↑ "About Us / General Information". www.iowacityschools.org. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  5. 1 2 "New I.C. school may be named for desegregation champion at UI". The Gazette. 2004-07-17. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  6. ↑ "Elizabeth Tate High School appropriate choice for name of alternative high school". The Gazette. 2004-07-26. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  7. ↑ Slusark, Jane (28 April 2005). "Officials and parents excited about alt school" (PDF). The Daily Iowan. p. 7. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "SHAC's last day a beginning". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 2005-06-08. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-06-23. and "SHAC (cont. from 1A)". Iowa City Press-Citizen. 2005-06-08. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  9. ↑ "New I.C. high school a 'dream come true'". The Gazette. 2005-08-16. p. 10. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  10. ↑ "School/Smooth start, new routines on opening day (from page 1B)". The Gazette. 2005-08-23. p. 13. Retrieved 2023-06-23.
  11. ↑ Hines, Holly. "Tate High students eager for a school gym". Iowa City Press-Citizen. Retrieved 2022-11-29.
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