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Benton Community elementaries (Preschool through sixth grades) are located in: Atkins, Keystone, Van Horne, and Norway. The Junior High (Seventh and Eighth grades) is in Van Horne and attached is the High School (Ninth through Twelfth grades). The High School, which houses an average enrollment of 450 students, offers many classes with the option of many extracurricular activties: FINE ARTS: marching/concert/pep bands, concert choir, mixed choir, chamber choir, show choir (Illusions: our Junior High group, Jubliation Incorporated: our Junior-Varsity group, and Celebration Company: our Varsity group), jazz choir, a Madrigal choir, musicals, plays, Holiday and Spring JAVA (our winter and spring talent shows respectively) SPORTS: football, cross country, volleyball, wrestling, basketball, golf, baseball, track and field, softball, soccer, cheerleading squads, dance team GROUPS/CLUBS: Art Club, FCCLA, FFA, HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America), individual and group Speech, Spanish Club, Journalism, Yearbook, SADD, Drivers Education, Homecoming Court HONORS: National Honor Society, honor rolls Multiple bus systems transport students to and from their hometowns to their respective schools. Parking for high school students is allowed based on registered vehicles and completion of the Drivers' Education course. Benton Community consolidated with Norway Schools in the fall of 1991. From this consolidation, the movie "The Final Season" portrayed the final state title of the Norway High School baseball team. Central Lutheran elementaries and middle schools are also located within the Benton Community School District in either Atkins or Newhall. Administration: Gary Zittergruen as Superintendent with Doug Embray as Associate Superintendent Website: http://www.benton.k12.ia.us |
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