Highlights of Achievements

Grades 10–12 score in the top 1% nationally, and in Iowa, on standardized tests (ITED)

95% of graduates accepted at four-year colleges

Over ten times the nation’s average for National Merit Scholar Finalists over the past seven years

State Record: 46 state championships in creative problem-solving competitions Destination ImagiNation and Odyssey of the Mind

World Record: Three-time winners of the Global Finals of Destination ImagiNation, and more top-ten finishes than any other school in the world

First Place: American High School Math Exam, Iowa Division, four years in a row

First Place: Five first-place finishes, Iowa State History Fair, Senior Division

First Place: Ten first-place finishes in the senior division of the Eastern Iowa or Hawkeye state science fairs

Grand Champions: Eight grand champion awards in the past decade in the junior division of the Eastern Iowa Science and Engineering Fair

First place: Twice winner of the state spelling bee

First place: 2005-06 Iowa State Long Jump Competition

State Record: Most Critic’s Choice State Banner Awards for speech in the past decade

National Champion: Bravo Cable Channel High School Theater Competition

State Record: Congressional Art Competition, “An Artistic Discovery,” grand prize three years in a row

First Place: Iowa Poetry Association’s high school contest

First Place: Iowa “Young Writer of the Year” award

State Champion: Iowa Junior Chess Championship

First Place: Iowa Educational Media Association (Photography)

Grand Prize: International Photo Imaging Education Association competition

First Place: 2005-06 International Photo Imaging Education Association competition: 1st place out of 6,000 images

State Champions:16 boys tennis championships in the past 15 years, more than any other school in this period.

State Champion: Girls’ state singles tennis

State Record: Tennis Triple Crown winner two years in a row

State Record: Boys’ track 800 meters

State Champions: Golf team and individual