Lassiter High School

Lassiter High School
Address
2601 Shallowford Road
Marietta, Georgia, 30066
United States
Coordinates 34°02′27″N 84°28′19″W / 34.04088°N 84.47189°WCoordinates: 34°02′27″N 84°28′19″W / 34.04088°N 84.47189°W
Information
Type Public high school
Motto Reaching Excellence and Climbing Higher
Established 1981
School district Cobb County School District
Principal Chris Richie
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2600
Campus Suburban
Color(s)         
Mascot Faceless Trojan
Rivals Kell High School, Pope High School, Sprayberry High School, Walton High School
Newspaper The Laureate
Yearbook The Odyssey
Website School website

Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia, United States.

History

Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence award in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

Etymology

The school was named for Leamond N. Lassiter who was a member of the Cobb County Board of Education for 12 years and contributed to education in Cobb County during his service. Lassiter's grandchildren attended the school, and his great grandchildren attended Lassiter in 2008.

Sports and Clubs

The school's first team state championship was in girls cross country, won in fall 1982. More recently, the baseball team has been the state runner-up 7 times in their 9 appearances in the state finals. The boy's soccer team was ranked 1st in the nation during the beginning of the spring season.

Music

Led formerly by Alfred L. Watkins, now by Ginny Markham, the Lassiter Marching Trojan Band won the Bands of America Grand National Championships in 1998 and 2002.[1] The symphonic band (in 1989 and 1996), orchestra (in 2001 and 2008), and percussion ensemble (in 2005 and 2012) have performed at the Midwest Clinic.[2] The band has also participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1999, 2004, and 2010, along with the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1988, 2001, 2005, and 2013. The Lassiter Marching Trojan Band also participated in the King Orange Jamboree Parade in 1986 and 1996. The school's chorus performed with the Atlanta Symphony Musicians in January of 2013, as a benefit concert for the chorus program.

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