Lawrence North High School

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Lawrence North High School
Established 1976
School type Public high school
Locale Large city
Grades 9-12
Principal Steven Goeglein
Location Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Students 2,853
Mascot Wildcats
Snapshot LNHS
Website LNHS

Lawrence North High School is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It is located at 7802 N. Hague Road on the Northeast side of the city. It is one of two high schools serving grades nine through twelve in the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township. The 2006-07 enrollment is 2,853.


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[edit] History

Lawrence North opened its doors in the fall of 1976.

The school colors are Scarlet and Forest Green. The school mascot is the "Wildcat." The school motto is "This is Our House."

[edit] Athletics

Lawrence North High School has 18 varsity sports teams, as well as several club and intramural teams. Lawrence North obtained regional fame for winning the Indiana High School State Basketball Championship in 1989 and for producing NBA athlete Eric Montross. In recent years LN has regained its fame by taking multiple state titles in track, wrestling, and basketball. Greg Oden, and Mike Conley, class of 2006, were widely considered to be two of the best high school basketball players in the nation. During the 2004-2005 basketball season, two Lawrence North basketball games were nationally televised; one on INHD and another on ESPN.

Lawrence North Basketball etched its names into Indiana High School Basketball History, when they won their third consecutive state title in 2006 (2004, 2005, 2006). With the victory, Lawrence North won its 45th straight game tying Indianapolis Crispus Attucks’ streak spanning the 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons. The Wildcats’ last loss came in January of 2005. They now join Franklin (1920-22) and Marion (1985-87) as the only teams to win three consecutive state championships. The team also became the tenth team in state history to finish undefeated (29-0). The Wildcats also made Indiana history as being the first Hoosier team to finish the season ranked as the #1 team in every National Poll, including the USA Today Poll, which signifies that they are the "mythical" 2005-2006 National Champions.

Members of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC).

[edit] Fan support

LN is also regionally known for its fan support, particularly at basketball games. Students are often clad in military-style camouflage and body paint and are known for their taunts, chants, signs, and general rowdiness. In recent years the LN fan section has won the WTHR Operation Basketball Spirit Award repeatedly.

Students in the stands of Lawrence North games are also known for a traveling door mat which adorns the phrase "Our House." This tradition was started with the class of 1997, and has been passed down through the years. This same mat has been brought to every Lawrence North men's basketball game since 1997. This is just one example of the great lengths that LN students and fans do to help cheer on and support the basketball team.

[edit] Athletic department

  • Grant Nesbit, Athletic Director
  • Jim Zeller, Assistant Athletic Director

[edit] Academics

Lawrence North holds academics in a high position and is recognized by the Indiana Department of Education as a Four-Star School, the highest honor that body can confer. Lawrence North is also a North Central Association accredited school. Lawrence North offers Advanced Placement testing in:

  • Biology
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Comparative Government and Politics
  • English Language
  • English Literature and Composition
  • French
  • German
  • Latin Literature
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Music Theory
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Sociology
  • Spanish
  • Statistics
  • Studio Art
  • US History
  • US Government and Politics
  • World History

Several of its past students have been accepted into many prestigious and well-known colleges and universities including Brown, Harvard, Yale, Emory, Stanford, Dartmouth, Cornell, Georgetown, University of Notre Dame, Washington University in St. Louis and others. In July of 2003, LN was accepted into the International Baccalaureate Program and 15 students entered the program during its initial offering in the fall of 2004.

From the class of 2005, 10 of the 588 students in the class received the honor of becoming National Merit Semifinalists, while 7 of these advanced to Finalist Status with the National Merit Corporation.

[edit] Freshman School

In the fall of 2001, the Freshman School was opened to the 650 incoming students of the class of 2005. The goal of the Freshman school was to serve as a "school within a school" and to facilitate the transition between middle school and high school by decreasing class sizes and localizing nearly all Freshman-level courses on the second floor of the building.

[edit] Extracurriculars

Lawrence North has many extracurricular clubs and activities to go along with academics and athletics. Lawrence North currently has these extracurricular activities:

[edit] External links

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