Lone Peak High School
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| Established | 1998 |
| School type | Free public |
| District | Alpine School District |
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| Principal | Chip Koop |
| Location | Highland, Utah, USA |
| Campus | , |
| Enrollment | ~2200 |
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| Mascot | Knight |
| Colors | Maroon and Gold |
| Homepage | Lone Peak High School Website |
Lone Peak High School (abbreviated LPHS) is a public high school located in Highland, Utah, in northern Utah County. Its mascot is a knight. It is part of Alpine School District. It was created in 1998 to meet the need of the towns of Alpine, Highland and Cedar Hills. Lone Peak High School was given athletic 5A Status beginning at the 2005-2006 school year.
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[edit] Sports
Lone Peak High School's sports teams have won 12 different championships as of the 2004-2005 school year. The current sports at Lone Peak are Boys Basketball, Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming, Football, Boys Tennis, Girls Tennis, Track, Baseball, Cross Country, Girls Volleyball, Golf, Boys Soccer, Girls Soccer, Softball, and Cheer. A bowling team has just been created, and there will be a boys volleyball team for the 2006-2007 school year.
[edit] Basketball
Lone Peak boys basketball were 4A state champions in the 2004-2005 school year. Jackson Emery was named the Deseret News Mr. Basketball for the 2004-2005 season. Jackson started as a freshman for BYU and is currently serving a two year mission for the church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and plans to continue to play for BYU when he returns. Lone Peak finished second in the Reno AAU Tournament and garnered an invite to the National AAU Championship in Orlando where they took 6th place in the Junior Division II, the highest finish ever by a Utah team. Two years ago, the Emery-led team took 10th at the same event. They also won tournaments at BYU, Utah State, Payson, and finished second in another. The team is coached by two-time state MVP Quincy Lewis who played high school ball at Timpview High School for his father, Tim, while winning two state titles. Lewis then played collegiately at Dixie State and Wagner College.
[edit] Football
Lone Peak has had a Football history of notability. The team has made it to the 4A semi-finals three times and played for the state championship 2 of those times in their short 9 year history. Monte Morgan has been the coach of the knights all 9 years. Lone Peak Football has produced players such as the likes of Paul Walkenhorst (BYU), C.J. Ah You (Oklahoma), Rhen Brown (BYU), Matt Ah You (BYU), Ryan Comer (Snow College), Maverick Aeula (Snow College), Matt Burnham (Snow College), Micheal Jensen (Snow College), Jared Hamilton (Yale), Zeke Mendenhall (Snow College), Chase Palmer (Nebraska) and Jason Long who has had interest in from many schools including Oregon, Florida, BYU, Arizona State, Utah, and Utah State. Former BYU great and All-American Gary Sheide is the offensive coordinator alongside of defensive coordinator Jason Buck who won the Outland Trophy in 1986 and garnered All-American certification at BYU.Lone Peak Youth Football is the Club Youth Football Program for the High School boundaries for grades 1-8th. [1]
[edit] Clubs
This is an incomplete list of clubs and their advisors at Lone Peak High School. Several of these clubs are currently inactive.
| Name of Club | Advisor |
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| Academic Decathlon | Lois Johnson |
| Anime | Brad Shuler |
| American History | Scott Birrell |
| American Sign Language | Shelle Carric |
| Biology | Brad Shuler |
| Blue Grass | Lois Johnson |
| Bowling | Gary Dunn |
| Breakfast Club [2] | Jim Smith |
| Capitalist | Scott Telford |
| Chemistry | Rachel Wentz |
| Comic Art Drawing | Michelle Shepherd |
| Culinary | Gary Dunn |
| Drama | Jim Smith |
| FBLA | Laurie Brems |
| FCCLA | Becky Cox |
| FFA Chapter | Mike Gowans |
| Film and Lit | Brenda Anderson |
| Fluffy Dart Association | Janae Forsey |
| French | Michelle Harward |
| Gamers | Tom Erekson |
| German | Lyle Mangum |
| Golf | Warren Durrant |
| HOSA | Lori Christensen |
| Improv | Jim Smith |
| Key Club | Dee Loose |
| Math | Vicki Lyons |
| Mindstorm Robotics | Mike Yocom |
| Model UN | Claudia Stillman |
| National Honor Society | Randall Davis |
| Operation Smile | Myra Dalton |
| Physics | Tom Erekson |
| Republicans | Shenise Pendleton |
| Scrapbook Club | Laurie Brems |
| Shakes”gear” | Joey Carpenter |
| Skills USA/VICA | Mike Harris |
| Spanish | Kathy Taylor |
| Table Tennis | Danny Schoonover |
| The Brick (Poetry) | Joey Carpenter |
| Tolkien Fellowship | Nate Phillips |
| U-Knighted | John Pool |
| Zoology/Botany | Troy Nordick |
[edit] Students
Lone Peak High School has almost 2000 students, and has the biggest sophomore class in its region[citation needed].
[edit] Fine Arts
The fine arts department at Lone Peak is diverse. The drama department produces two musicals and several plays each year and has a competitive Shakespeare team. Lone Peak also has a choir, headed by Lois Johnson, as well as ballroom dance, speech, debate, and various visual art and sculpture programs.
There have been 6 directors of the band program in the ten years the school has been open. The current director is Mr. Curt McKendrick.
In its ten years the symphonic band has consistently qualified for performance at the State festival[citation needed]. Under Mr. Young, the LP Symphonic band earned straight ones and placed in the top 3 at the state festival. The Jazz band has also consistently qualified for state, and placed in the top 3 under the direction of Mr. Faires.
Under Mr. Young, the Lone Marching band competed in the "Open Class" and placed first in the state several years[citation needed]. The band also has an award winning colorguard that competes on the winter circuit. Under the leadership of former director Christina Chidester (now an elementary school teacher) they consistently placed first in the state[citation needed].
The Lone Peak Drumline is the reigning state champion for the Utah WGI Indoor Percussion Circuit. There are six winter drumlines in the state. They have been awarded first place at every in-state competition[citation needed] and have been finalists in the SCPA, SJVCGPR, and Hayward Circuits since their first year, 2004. In spring 2006 they placed in the top 20 at WGI World Championships. The Drumline's director was Andy Garcia.
During the 2006 State Orchestra Festival, the Lone Peak Orchestra, under the direction of Brent Taylor, scored two I+'s and a I, the top score in 5A. Every year since it's formation, the orchestra has between 10-20 performers score superiors at the State Solo and Ensemble Festival[citation needed]. A chamber orchestra has been formed for the 2006-2007 school year, which features several nationally-recognized[citation needed] youth string players.
[edit] Academics
Over 100 students get a 4.0 GPA each term, with about 250 making the honor roll of 3.7-3.95. Lone Peak offers several Honor and AP classes throughout the year as well as several off-campus classes at several different colleges such as BYU, University of Utah, UVSC, and several business and technical colleges.
