Lewisville High School
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| School type | Comprehensive Public High School |
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| Established | 1897 |
| District | Lewisville Independent School District |
| Grades | 9 – 12 |
| Principal | Royce Cooper |
| Students | 3300 |
| Athletics | Farmer Athletics |
| Athletic Conference | University Interscholastic League |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Mascot | "Big John" our Fighting Farmer |
| Team Name | The Farmers |
| Location | Lewisville, Texas USA |
| Website | http://lhs.lisd.net/ |
Lewisville High School, the oldest of five high schools in the Lewisville Independent School District, is located in Lewisville, Texas. It was opened in 1897, making it the only school in the district to have celebrated its 100th anniversary.[1]
The school's colors are maroon and white and the school mascot is "Big John", the Fighting Farmer (a reference to Lewisville's early days when it was a rural town between Dallas and Denton, as opposed to the modern suburb of today).
Lewisville was one of the first school districts in Texas to integrate, in 1963. However African-American high school students were bused to another school until 1969.[1]
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[edit] Campus
Lewisville High School moved to its current location during the 1960s and has had several additions since then due to the city of Lewisville's large growth. Future additions and renovation are scheduled to happen in the next few years, adding a new band hall and renovating the current science labs.
Lewisville High School consists of two different campuses, Killough Lewisville High School North, which serves only ninth graders, and LHS "Main Campus," which serves tenth through twelfth graders. Together, their 2005-2006 enrollment was more than 3,300 students, making it the largest high school in the district.
The new location of the North Campus was dedicated in 2005.[2]
In 2007, a science lab-fine arts addition will be built at Lewisville as part of a $199.5 million district-wide construction program.[3]
[edit] Lewisville Independent School District
[edit] Feeder Schools
Lewisville High School has several feeder schools.
- The four feeder middle schools are:
- DeLay
- Hedrick
- Huffines
- Durham.
- The eleven feeder elementary schools are:
- Central
- College Street
- Creekside
- Degan
- Hedrick
- Lakeland
- Parkway
- Rockbrook
- Southridge
- Valley Ridge
- Vickery (partial)
[edit] Future Southern High School Planned
As of July, 2006, LISD has proposed to construct a new high school, planned to relieve overcrowding at Lewisville High School, to be built in Southern Lewisville south of FM 3040. Lewisville High School is projected to have more than 4000 students in the near future, and the campus site has little room for expansion. No date has been set to build the new campus, but a task force was created, and presented their ideas to the school board, which included building the new high school in Southern Lewisville. The proposal was that the new campus would start out as a ninth- and tenth-grade campus that Hedrick and Durham Middle School would feed into, while Huffines and Delay Middle School would continue to feed into Killough LHS North (which would convert to a ninth- and tenth-grade campus). After a certain amount of time, the southern campus would eventually become a full high school, that would include ninth through twelfth graders, and both high schools would serve at least 2000 students (Killough LHS-North would then revert to a ninth-grade campus only).
[edit] Curriculum
Aside from standard Math, English, Science, and Social Studies classes, LHS offers Advanced Placement courses which award college credit. Many electives are offered, including Foreign Languages, Band, Choir, Athletics, Art, Orchestra, NJROTC, Debate, and Theatre Arts. Additional technolgy and career elective classes are offered at the Dale Jackson Career Center.
[edit] Extracurricular activities
[edit] Sports
Lewisville High School's main rivals are the Marcus High School Marauders (Marcus was the second high school in the district, opening in 1981, and the schools share the same stadium, located on the LHS campus) and more recently the Flower Mound High School Jaguars; both are both located in Flower Mound, Texas.
Two Lewisville Independent School District students have been named National High School Athlete of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association:[4]
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- 2003 Earvin Parker, Lewisville High School, Boys Track and Field
- 2006 Pavi Francis, Flower Mound High School, Girls Tennis
Parker ran the fastest 100m and second-fastest 200m in the United States in 2003. He was also named to USA Today's All-USA boys team.[5][6]
The Lewisville High School Band's slogan is "The Band That Marches with Pride."
[edit] State Championships
The Lewisville High School Football Team won the State Championship in 1993 and 1996 (at which time the team was featured on the "Team Cheerios" cereal box), and were State Finalists in 1973, and State Semifinalists in 1979.[1]
- 1972: 3A - Uvalde 33, Lewisville 27
- 1993: 5A Division II - Lewisville 43, Aldine MacArthur 37
- 1996: 5A Division I - Lewisville 58, Converse Judson 34
The 1996 Farmers set the Texas record for most yards gained on the ground (547; the team did not attempt a single pass during the game), while the teams' combined score of 92 set the record for most points in a title game.[7]
An earlier team achieved notability for a different reason in 1946, when members of the Fighting Farmers chased a bank robber until he was exhausted, allowing for his capture by an unarmed gas station attendant.[1]
[edit] Notes
- ^ a b c d City of Lewisville, Lewisville History Timeline Accessed 2007-02-07
- ^ Congressional Record, Dedication Ceremoney for C. Douglas Killogh Lewisville High School — North (Extensions of Remarks - September 27, 2005) Accessed 2007-02-07
- ^ Dan Eakin, "LISD under construction," The Colony (Texas) Courrier Leader, 2007-01-10, Accessed 2007-02-05
- ^ National High School Coaches Association, Athlete of the Year Accessed 2007-02-07
- ^ [ http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/lists/2003/prep_out_m_list.html Jack Shepard, Track & Field News, 2003 Men's High School Leaders] Accessed 2007-02-07
- ^ USA Today Accessed 2007-02-07
- ^ Texas-Best.com, Texans and Sports Accessed 2007-02-07
GO LHS!
