| Lyons Township High School | |
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| North Campus
"Vita Plena"
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| Address | |
| 100 S. Brainard Ave. LaGrange, Illinois, 60525 United States |
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| Coordinates | (N) (S) |
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| School type | public |
| Opened | 1889 |
| School district | Lyons Township H. S. District 204 |
| Superintendent | Timothy B. Kilrea, PhD |
| Principal | David Franson (Principal) Therese Nelson (Associate Principal South) Kevin Brown (associate Principal North) |
| Staff | 492 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | co-ed |
| Enrollment | 3,840[1] |
| Average class size | 18.8[1] |
| Campus | suburban |
| School Colour(s) | royal blue gold |
| Athletics conference | West Suburban Conference |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Nickname | Lions |
| Average ACT scores | 24.0[1] |
| Newspaper | ''The Lion |
| Yearbook | 'Tabulae' |
| Budget | $11,729/Student |
| Nobel laureates | Ben R. Mottelson 1975-physics |
| Website | http://www.lths.net |
Lyons Township High School (often referred to as LTHS or simply LT) is a public high school located in La Grange, Illinois. Freshmen and sophomores attend class at South campus, located at 4900 S. Willow Springs Rd. in Western Springs, while juniors and seniors attend class at North campus, located at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange, which also houses the district offices. Lyons is co-educational and serves grades 9-12 for Lyons Township High School District 204, which includes the communities of La Grange, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, La Grange Park, Countryside, Indian Head Park, Hodgkins, and parts of Brookfield and Willow Springs. LTHS is listed at 1180 among Newsweeks 1,300 Best High Schools for 2008.[2]
Sport facilities at Lyons Township include: two field house: basketball, baseball, and volleyball, two swimming pools, two theaters, one turf field: lacrosse, soccer, and football, 5 dirt fields: soccer, lacrosse, and football, four baseball fields: one main, eight gyms: basketball and volleyball, eight tennis courts, two outdoor tracks, two gymnastics gyms, and one wrestling gym.
Currently, about 4,000 students attend the school. LTHS South campus also includes an alternative learning program.
Lyons Township’s school motto is “Vita Plena” meaning the quest for a full life.
Teachers at Lyons Township post grades to Edline.net.
In 2009-2010 school year, 73% of 1,117 AP "exams" taken by 586 students earned at least a 3 or higher and of that 42% earned a 5 on the AP exam.
Lyons Township High School offers a variety of classes. Such classes include Organic Chemistry, PC repair, teaching internship, scuba diving, Chinese, drivers education, various aeronautic classes and many, many other classes. A current academic program can be found on the website at http://LT.net/Academics/Academic_Program_Guide/. If a class is not offered at Lyons Township, students may also take an independent study where they with another teacher create criteria for an elective class.
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Lyons Township High School was opened on September 4, 1887. The enrollment included 39 students. An athletic field named Emmond Field was constructed in 1914, and a 1926-1929 expansion included a clock tower, auditorium, offices, library, and a gym. The Vaughn Building was constructed in 1952 for sporting events and classes. Seventeen years after its construction, in 1969, it was rededicated and consequentially renamed the Building of Morts. In 1956, a second campus was opened about a mile south-west in nearby Western Springs to accommodate the community's growing population. The Corral was constructed in 1957 as a social place for students after school. Most often this meeting place is referred to as Mortville due to the abundance of degenerate druggies who congregate here. In 2005, a performing arts center, a field house, and a pool were added to the South campus to complement the facilities at the North campus.
For men and women, the school sponsors interscholastic teams which compete in Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sponsored state tournaments in: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Wrestling is designated as a coed sport at Lyons. There are also men's and women's lacrosse teams and an ice hockey team, although these sports are not sponsored by the IHSA. Men also compete in baseball and football, while women also compete in badminton and softball.[3]
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA state championship tournament:[4]
The school newspaper is the 'Lion', which is a member of the High School Newspaper Network. Currently in its 101st year of publication, the Lion is a completely student-run publication and has received numerous national and state awards. The Lion is published for the last Friday of every month. The Lion can be found online at [1]
The Lion has won multiple awards for the newspaper:
Lyons Township Television (LTTV) is Lyons Township High School's cable television station.
LTTV is a combination of educational and government cable access television. It is hosted and supported by Lyons Township High School, and it receives funding and support from the West Central Cable Agency, it is also funded from federal grants under the "right to broadcast act" of 1993. Their news show is led by students.
Any student of Lyons Township High School can be a part of the LTTV Crew. Crew members help direct, produce, edit, and film LT sports and events for airing on LTTV.
LTTV consistently produces over 50 programs per year, most of which are produced and broadcast live. LTTV has also created their own website http://www.lttvonline.com that offers the entire channel streamed 24/7.
In 2009, LTTV also started Lyons Township’s first student film festival.
WLTL is a non-for-profit high school educational radio station located in Joliet, Illinois. WLTL has won several national and local awards including the Service to America award. All of WLTL is student run. Each year new teacher managers are chosen to run the station.
WLTL is the recipient of more than 25 awards of excellence, including the John Dunn award for “Best High School Radio Station in the Nation” and has had 10 consecutive years winning the Communicator Award. WLTL has also been recognized nationally for the quality broadcasting that it provides by the National Association of Broadcasters. Notable WLTL media figures include Mike Murphy of WSCR-AM, Dave Juday of WMVP-AM, and Phil LeBeau of CNBC.
WLTL covered the 2009 Presidential Election Night held in Grant Park and were also given press passes to attend President Obama's first press-conference the same night.
WLTL is online at http://www.WLTL.com, or by radio at 88.1FM-LaGrange.
LTHS runs a host of clubs and activities in which students participate. They include the following (can be found at http://lths.net/Activities):
Archery, Art, Asian Culture, Astronomy, Astrology club, Athletes for a cure, Athletic Trainers, Auto repair club, Aviation, Baccalaureate, Black Culture, Board Games/Chess, Bowling, Boxing, Brass Impact, Barack Obama Society, Breakfast With Barbers, Business Management, Catering, Cheerleading, cheeses and crusts, Chemistry, Class of 2010, Class of 2011, Class of 2012, Class of 2013, Colorguard, Clothes Club, Computer Club,COP, Congressional Debate, Conservatives, cubbie's buddies, Court Club, Drama Plays, Don's dictaters, Drama Club, Eurythmics, FCC, Fishing/hunting Club, French, French Exchange, German, Gary's Gumbo, German Exchange, Gold Rush 49ers Spirit Squad,GOP club, Golden Gloves, Greek, Geek club, Happy Snaps, Hackey Sack Society, Hockey, H.O.O.T.E.R.S, Interaction, International nutella day, Italiano, Italian, Italian Exchange, Jazz Band & Jazz Band club, Jeepers creepers, Jesus Crackers, Joke club, Jester club Juggling, Latino (Junior Classical League), Latino, Chinese and Indian Troopers, Lion Liars, Lion Newspaper, LTTV (Television Club), Marching Band,M.A.T.H, Math Team, Microscope club, mintograph experimentation club, Momma's kids, Mangerie, Model Cult of "theorism", Motorsports, Natural "Hispanic" Institute, National league of meterorologists, National Horror Society, Orchestra, Peaceable/warring Schools Initiative, Peer Dictatorship, Percussion assemble, Photography, Pom bons, Pulp bonds,"Pants for pennies", PRISON, Recycling Club, Relay for love, Rock Climbing, Rock collecting, Scholastic Bowel, Smack hackers, Snakesbeard Society, Sign Language club, Snowballs, Social Action, Social Awkwardness, Snorkeling, Spanish and Mexican, Spanish Exchange, Speech Team, Strippers, Student Council, Smoot Tooters, Tabulae Yearbook, Technology, Theater Bored, "Variety" Show, VISA,VISTA, Vocal Music, WTF, WYSE, zebra appreciation institution, and Zoology.
Performance Groups
Service Groups & Initiatives
Fine Arts Groups
Academic Organizations
Clubs & Organizations
Throughout the year, students arrange multiple small events for the school as well as the community. Such events include the All School Assembly, Relay For Life events, Computer Drive, Secret Santa, Rockathon and various other student ran events icluding the charity organization "squids for kids" which is dedicated to saving helping indangered squids. They also participate in Bob Rohrman's give a car where a car is dropped off near a homeless person. This benefits the 80% of Lyons residents that are unemployed.
LTHS has been known for its music and fine arts programs for years.
co The following teams have finished in the top 20 of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournaments:[4]
LT received a 2005 Bright A award based on academic performance. It is one of 100 schools in Illinois to receive the award, representing the top 60% of all Illinois school districts.
LT received the 2005 What Parents care about Award for meeting the needs of a family choosing schools.
The town of Lyons awarded Lyons Township High School with a Gold medal for their best schools ranking for 2010. LT was one of 200 schools in Illinois to be awarded for this.
The Illinois State Board of Education awarded Lyons Township with a 200,000 bailout for “Financial collaps.”
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