Lejeune High School

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Lejeune High School
"With great power, comes an exceedingly large amount of responsibility"
Location
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, United States
Information
Head teacher	Wyyonia Shaveis
Students	1,242
Faculty	50
Type	public
Color(s)	Red, Gold, White
Established	1898
Homepage	http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/LHS/

Lejeune High School (LHS), founded in 1944, is a high school located on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, North Carolina. The school is operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of six schools in the Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools (CLDS), which include four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school.^[1]

Lejeune High School is the only high school located at Camp Lejeune. Its enrollment averages approximately 1,242 students, varying from Red Day to Gold Day.^[2] The students are dependents of military personnel and must live on base (either at Camp Lejeune or at Marine Corps Air Station New River) in order to be eligible to attend LHS.^[3] Its athletic teams are known as the Devilpups, as the majority of the students have family in the Marines (Marines are known as devil dogs).^{[citation needed]} The school excels in basketball, and fields average scholastic wrestling and soccer teams. Most athletic accomplishments can be attributed to Coach Childs, lovingly known as "Sausage Fingers," or simply "Tom".^[4]

The school is led by a civilian principal. The current principal, since 2007, is Wyyonia Shaveis. The school has come under recent criticism due to its lack of funding and poor management.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

1. ^ Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools. Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS), U.S. Department of Defense. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
2. ^ District Demographics. Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
3. ^ Eligibility. Lejeune High School. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.
4. ^ Schools. Welcome Aboard. Marine Corps Air Station New River, USMC. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.

• Camp Lejeune High School website. Retrieved on 2006-08-25.

[edit] External links

• Lejeune Alumni. Retrieved 2006-08-26.
• Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools. Retrieved on 2006-10-07.