Lakeland High School (Virginia)

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Lakeland High School is a public secondary school in Suffolk, Virginia. It opened in September of 1990 and originally consisted of students from the four former high schools of John F. Kennedy High School, Forest Glen High School, John Yeates High School, and Suffolk High School. Lakeland opened its doors to approximately 1800 students. The student population swelled to nearly 2600 students in the year of 2003, and in 2004, a new high school, King's Fork, was formed. As a result of the population dropping in the 2004-2005 school year to about 1400 students. However, the following year, the school opened its doors to about 1800 students once again. The current principal of this school is Mr. Thomas Whitley, and the assistant principals, or administrators, are Mr. Thomas Wagner, Mrs. Ingram, and Mr. Monroe.

1 Athletics and extraccuricular activities
- 1.1 Athletics
- 1.2 Extracurricular activities
2 Trivia
3 External links

[edit] Athletics and extraccuricular activities

[edit] Athletics

The Cavaliers compete within the AAA Southeastern District along with Deep Creek, Great Bridge High School, Hickory High School, Indian River High School, Oscar Smith High School, Western Branch High School, and crosstown rivals King's Fork High School and Nansemond River High School.
The Lakeland "Cavaliers" are competitive in track, field hockey (Southeastern District Powerhouse), and basketball.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Lakeland High School has a wide variety of student activities, including the Lakeland High School Blue Wave Marching Band, the Cave-Elite Steppers, Cavalier Singers, and Lakeland's Anointed Voices of Praise Gospel Choir and an award-winning JROTC Squad. There are also many clubs, such as National Beta Club, FFA, Anchor Club, and Key Club, to name a few.

[edit] Trivia

The school's colors are navy blue, baby blue, and white, but there are red lockers, due to a mistake made by construction. The blue lockers are across town at the rival's school, Nansemond River High School.
The student population was once so large that pep rallies had to be held on the football stadium because they couldn't fit in the gymnasium or auditorium.
School is quite diverse: 55% African-American, 43% White, 2% other.
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