Lexington High School (Massachusetts)

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Lexington High School
Type Public
Principal Dr. Michael Jones
Students 1,983 (2005-06)
Grades High school (9-12)
Location Lexington, MA, USA
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Massachusetts State Department of Education
Colors Blue and Gold
Mascot Minutemen
Newspaper 'The Musket'
Website lhs.lexingtonma.org

Lexington High School is a public high school located in Lexington, Massachusetts. It has grades 9-12. The school's mascot is the Minuteman.

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[edit] Facts

  • Lexington High School has a Student/Faculty Senate that allows students to have power in what policies are implemented in the school. The Senate also has five seats open for students to represent under-represented groups.
  • The cross-country team was undefeated from 2000–2006.
  • Recently rated the 304th best high school in the country by Newsweek, and 3rd in the state by the Boston Globe
  • Renowned for its music program, under the direction of several faculty members including Berklee graduate Jeffrey Leonard and former Boston Conservatory conducting professor Brian O'Connell. The award-winning program includes various a cappella groups, an award-winning wind ensemble and symphonic band, along with two orchestras and three choir groups. The jazz program includes a renowned jazz ensemble, a big band, a combo, and a septet.
  • In 2005 Fred Phelps, of Topeka, Kansas and his church protested the Lexington High School graduation because of the school's support of its gay-straight alliance.
  • The LABBB program, a special education program serving mentally retarded students from surrounding towns; Lexington, Arlington, Burlington, Belmont and Bedford is renowned for its emphasis on real world skills for the mentally handicapped
  • Lexington High School's policy debate team has won the State Championship for the last 31 years[citation needed]. In April 2007, the Public Forum team from LHS, Team Scorpion, composed of seniors Chrissy Kugel and Garth Goldwater won the National Championship at the Tournament of Champions
  • Lexington High School's National Ocean Sciences Bowl team won the National competition for the first five years of its existence from 1998 to 2002.
  • The Lexington High School Boys swim team has won the Middlesex League Championship for the last ten years in addition to many other league titles, making it the second most successful Lexington High School sports team.
  • The LHS Boys Indoor Track team won the Massachusetts Division I State Championships in 2006 and repeated in 2007
  • In 2007, the Lexington Boys outdoor track team captured both the Division I State Championship and the All-State Championship
  • In August 2004, Lexington high school was invited to perform at the Edinburgh festival in Scotland.

[edit] Math Team

The math teams of LHS's two district feeder schools, Diamond and Clarke are arguably among the best in its region and in the country.[1] Either Diamond or Clarke has finished atop the standings of the Intermediate Math League of Eastern Massachusetts in each of the last 11 years. Diamond had won nine straight years (1997-98 through 2005-06) before Clarke won the last two (2006-07 and 2007-08).[2] Also, many students from Diamond and Clarke have reached MATHCOUNTS Nationals, and the last team from Massachusetts to be national champions (this was in 1999) included Diamond's coach and two students from Diamond.[3]

Many math team participants from Diamond and Clarke also participate at the high school, and that has garnered success for the high school as well.

As of the 2007-08 school year, Lexington has won the WPI Invitational Math Meet at least 8 straight times.[4] Lexington High School has generally done well in the American Mathematics Competitions, making the school honor roll for the AMC 12 in both 2007 and 2008.[5][6][7] This has also translated up the AMC ladder, as Lexington High School has produced at least three USAMO qualifiers in every year since 2000, including seven in 2006 (a recent school record), four in 2007 (one additional person from Clarke qualified), and five in 2008.[8] Lexington's math team has also sent teams to HMMT, where in 2008, Lexington's top team (known as "Lexington Alpha" that year) finished fifth in the sweepstakes, beating out many good teams from all across the country.[9] Lexington also sends teams to MML and GBML meets, through which it has had superior success in qualifying for and winning the State and New England Meets.[10]

Lexington's Math Department has received national merit through the AMC, as the Sliffe Award has been won by 7 Lexington High School teachers (actually, 2 teach at Diamond, but all are listed under Lexington High School) a total of 10 times. Lexington High School also has the most two-time winners (3 teachers; no teacher can win it more than twice).[11][12] Indian Woods Middle School, Shawnee Mission, KS (10) and Frost Middle School, Fairfax, VA (11) are the only other schools to have teachers win the award 10 or more times.

It should be noted that most of Lexington's nationwide competition has come primarily from magnet schools such as TJHSST and Phillips Exeter Academy, whose student population consists of applicants from wider districts of people. It is thus to Lexington's math team's credit that it can accomplish so much as a public high school whose student population does not come from such a wide area.

[edit] Sports

Presently, Lexington High School offers JV/V football, Soccer, Field Hockey, V Cross Country, JV/V volleyball, co-ed V Golf, JV/V Basketball, JV/V Ice Hockey, JV/V Wrestling, JV/V track, V Swimming, JV/V Baseball, JV/V Softball, JV/V Lacrosse, JV/V Tennis, Football/Basketball, Soccer Cheerleading and Ultimate Frisbee.

Boy's Swimming and Basketball have recently been awarded the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association's "sportsmanship award" for 2007-2008.

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ Math League Contest Results.
  2. ^ IMLEM Math League.
  3. ^ mathcounts.
  4. ^ WPI Invitational Math Meet Statistics.
  5. ^ AMC 10.
  6. ^ AMC 12.
  7. ^ AIME Archive.
  8. ^ USAMO Archives. Retrieved on 2008-05-11.
  9. ^ HMMT: Archive.
  10. ^ WOCOMAL Statistics.
  11. ^ AMC Sliffe Alumni List - Massachusetts.
  12. ^ Sliffe Awards High School Guidelines.

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