Lake Worth Community High School

Lake Worth Community High School
Location
Lake Worth, Florida
United States
Information
Type Public (Choice) Secondary - Title I [1]
Established 1922
School district School District of Palm Beach County
Principal Dr. Elvis Epps
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,673 (2016-17)[2]
Campus Urban
Mascot Trojans - Troy Trojan
Accreditation Florida State Department of Education
Website www.lwchs.org

Lake Worth Community High School is a B State of Florida rated public high school located in Lake Worth, Florida. Established in 1922 as Lake Worth High School, it is currently one of Palm Beach County's largest schools. It has six magnet programs: the award-winning Air Force JROTC led by former Multi-National Award-winning Drill Teams, Tyranny and Fidelis; Medicine and Allied Health; Child Care and Development; Criminal Justice; Culinary and Drafting and Design. The Palm Beach County School Board added the word Community to the names of all public high schools, including Lake Worth High School, in the 1980s.

Home of the Trojans.

Academics

Lake Worth Community High School has many Advanced Placement courses as well as many honors courses. The All-Star Academic Team has also been quite successful being able to make it to the finals during the 2008-2009 school year. Many students do well and are accepted into highly ranked universities. Students have been accepted to such schools as Columbia University, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, the University of Miami, Emory University, Brown University, New York University, the Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and Dartmouth College. During the 2008-2009 school year, one student was wait listed at Harvard University. Each year numerous students are accepted to the University of Florida, and many other respectable schools.

Curriculum

School begins at 7:23 AM and ends at 2:50 PM.

English

Four Credits of English are required. English 1 is offered all the way up to AP English Language and Literature.

Social Studies

One credit of World History, one credit of American History, 0.5 credit of Economics, and 0.5 credit of Government are required to graduate. World history is usually taken during sophomore year, American history during junior year, and economics and government is taken during senior year.

Math

Four Credits of Math are required to graduate. Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics are offered.

Science

Three Credits of Science are needed to graduate. Integrated Science I (formerly known as Earth Sciences), Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, Environmental Science, Integrated Science I & II. Some courses are also available in AP version.

Foreign Languages

Foreign Language is required to graduate high school. At least two credits are required for college acceptance. Spanish and French are both offered from Spanish and French 1 up to AP Spanish Language and Literature and AP French Language.

Athletics

The Lake Worth Community High School mascot is the Trojan (Troy Trojan) and the colors are Maroon and White (and also Gold pre-2000). The current Athletic Director is Mr. G. Stubbs.

Troy Trojan is the school's mascot

Trojan Athletics include:

Many student athletes have graduated from the athletic's program at Lake Worth Community High School. Their longtime crosstown rivals have been Atlantic Community High School (Seacrest H.S.) Eagles, Santaluces Community High School Chiefs, John I. Leonard Community High School Lancers and most recently the Park Vista Community High School Cobras.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ SDPBC Title I Schools
  2. ↑ FHSAA Student Population Report
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