Spalding Catholic School is a private, Roman Catholic elementary school in

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. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City. The school formerly was a K-12 school system under the name Spalding Catholic Schools, headquartered in Granville, that included Spalding Catholic High School. The high closed at the end of the 2013 school year and with its component unified into

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in LeMars. Middle school closed in 2017, and accordingly Spalding Catholic School is now a PreK through 6th grade system. Students came from Granville,

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, and Hospers.

History

Spalding High School was opened in 1962. It replaced several smaller high schools run by parishes in and around Granville, including St. Mary's (Alton), St. Anthony's (Hospers), and St. Joseph's (Granville). In the early 2010s its secondary schools were in Granville while

and Hospers housed primary school centers. Spalding Catholic High School merged with

for the 2013–14 school year. Spalding Catholic School was now a

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with grades PreK through 2 in Alton and 3 through 8 in Granville. The Hospers campus also closed in 2013. The Granville upper elementary-middle school campus closed in 2017, and middle school students are now attending Gehlen Catholic School in LeMars. The only remaining component of Spalding Catholic is the elementary school in Alton. The Granville middle school building is now used as St. Joseph's Parish Center.

Athletics

Spalding Catholic was a member of the

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. They won the following IHSAA State Championships: * Boys

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- 1974, 1975, 1989, 2000, 2001 (Runner-Up - 1992, 2003, 2005) * Boys

(Fall League) - 1971, 1976 (Runner-Up - 1965, 1973, 1974) John Quinlan of the ''

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'' wrote that the school's 1972 surprise victory against Des Moines Roosevelt High School in basketball formed a "tradition that still lasts" in 2002.

Notable alumni

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, Archbishop of Cincinnati, former Bishop of Duluth

External links

School Website
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Notes and references

Schools in Sioux County, Iowa Catholic elementary schools in the United States 1962 establishments in Iowa Private K–12 schools in the United States Catholic K–8 schools in the United States Private elementary schools in Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub