Logan High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)

Logan High School is a public high school in La Crosse, Wisconsin operated by the School District of La Crosse. In 2014, US News & World Report ranked Logan #29 in Wisconsin's top performing high schools.^[1]

History

In August 1979, construction of Logan Senior High School was completed on the north side of La Crosse. The new school was a three-year high school during the 1979-80 school year. It became a four-year high school (grades 9-12) in 1980 with the reorganization of the district and creation of middle schools. Two classroom wings for the math, social studies and world language departments have been added. A multi-purpose addition was finished in the fall of 1997, which provides music and athletic practice and performance facilities.^[2] Today, Logan High is a two-story building of about 240,000 square feet (22,000 m²) situated on a 32-acre (130,000 m²) site in the La Crosse River Valley on the city's north side. Students from La Crosse's north side, partial south side, Campbell, Medary, and some open enrollment attendees from surrounding municipalities are served by the school.

In 2005, principal Scott Mihalovic won the La Crosse Tribune Person of the Year award stating, "Scott Mihalovic, who as principal at Logan High School provided steady leadership during a challenging period at the school."^[3]

President Bush delivers remarks on Education Accountability at Logan High School in 2002.

Statistics

• 843 Students grades 9-12
• 66 teachers, 16 teacher asst. — 15 Departments (more than 50% have Masters Degrees)
• Average class size: 24.5
• Core classes: 28
• AP courses: 21
• Electives: 20
• School Mascot: "La Crosse Logan Rangers"^[4]

Student demographics

• In October, 2013, Logan High reported:^[5]
  • 75.0% Caucasian
  • 12.3% Asian American/Hmong
  • 8.7% African American
  • 2.6% Hispanic
  • 1.4% American Indian

Extracurricular activities

• Academic Decathlon
• Cisco Networking Academy
• Chinese, French, German, and Spanish language courses
• DECA
• Delta Epsilon Phi, Honor Society in German
• EStart for School-Age Parents
• FBLA, "Future Business Leaders of America"
• FCCLA, "Family, Career and Community Leaders of America"
• Forensics
• Go Green Team
• High Quiz Bowl and NAQT
• LEAP — Alternative Program
• Marketing Coop Job, Apprenticeship
• National Honor Society
• Project Lead the Way
• Project Respect
• Ranger Renaissance
• School Within a School
• Youth Apprenticeship
• Theater
• Sport programs include basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, track and field, wrestling, cross country, swimming, tennis, power lifting, soccer, football, fall dance team, winter dance team, cheer leading, golf, gymnastics, hockey, and ski teams.^[6]

Sister schools

• Wernher-von-Braun-Gymnasium, Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany
• Luoyang Foreign Language School, Luoyang, China^[7]

Recognition

In 2014 US News & World Report ranked Logan 29th among Wisconsin's high schools, earning a silver medal. The ranking mentioned the school's AP participation rate of 30%.^[8]

Notable faculty

• D. Wayne Lukas, horse trainer, taught and coached at Logan
• Ruth Ann Musick, folklorist and author, taught at Logan from 1923 to 1931

Notable alumni

• Edward R. Hauser, University of Wisconsin professor and chairman, Meat and Animal Science
• Ron Kind 1981, United States House of Representatives
• Doug Martin, college basketball coach

External links

• Logan High School, La Crosse, Wisconsin

Notes