Lakeside High School (DeKalb County, Georgia)
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Lakeside High School is a public high school in unincorporated DeKalb County
, Georgia
. The school has an Atlanta address (3801 Briarcliff Road). The school is a part of the DeKalb County School System
. The current principal is Joe Reed.
Lakeside is a public school encompassing grades 9
-12
. It is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
and the Georgia High School Accrediting Commission.
In the Newsweek Magazine (May 16, 2005) listing of the best 1,200 public high schools in the nation, Lakeside ranked at 107, the highest in Georgia. In the May 23, 2006 edition of the list, which is based on the number of AP and IB tests taken as compared to the number of graduating seniors, Lakeside ranked 135, just below Riverwood High School
in nearby Sandy Springs, which ranked 132.
Henderson Middle School is Lakeside's feeder middle school. A small minority of the students come from private schools or DeKalb School of the Arts
(DSA).
In the Fall of 1997, DeKalb County Schools changed to a semester system. For the class of 2001-2007, a minimum of 24 units must be completed in grades 9-12 in order to qualify for graduation. Lakeside is on a traditional seven period class day. Each class period is 50 minutes in length with 180 instructional days in the school year. Lakeside High School does not operate on a block schedule.
, Benjamin Elijah Mays High School
and Southwest DeKalb High School
.
Lakeside's regional achievements include:
After graduating several elite runners, 2007 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the team. However, a strong freshman class stepped up to help make this another successful year. At the DeKalb County Championships, senior Joe Stowe won the bronze medal followed by freshman John Ewing in 4th to lead the boys' varsity team to their 13th consecutive title. The varsity girls placed second to Southwest DeKalb. At the Region 6-AAAA Championships, Lakeside boys placed second and the girls placed fourth to advance to the State meet in Carrollton. At State, John Ewing and senior Adam Haviland paced the boys to a 5th place finish with an average team time of 9:36 - their best since 2001. Despite a number of setbacks due to injury and illness, the girls placed a respectable 8th place and managed to beat rival Southwest DeKalb.
In 2008, the boys team anticipated another successful season with returning runners Charlie Clark, David Dixon, John "Android" Ewing, and Pete Kostopoulos. After winning overwhelmingly at the DeKalb County race and placing second at region, the boys finished the season at state in third place. The girls team once again were unexpectedly successful, reclaiming the county title and overcoming all odds to place third in state, with a team led by 2008 state champion freshman Meghan Wetterhall. John Ewing plans to update his hard-drive with new performance software and win state his senior year.
Cross Country website
DeKalb County, Georgia
DeKalb County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. The population of the county was 691,893 at the 2010 census. Its county seat is the city of Decatur. It is bordered to the west by Fulton County and contains roughly 10% of the city of Atlanta...
, Georgia
Georgia (U.S. state)
Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788...
. The school has an Atlanta address (3801 Briarcliff Road). The school is a part of the DeKalb County School System
DeKalb County School System
DeKalb County School System is a school district headquartered at 1701 Mountain Industrial Boulevard in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States...
. The current principal is Joe Reed.
Lakeside is a public school encompassing grades 9
Ninth grade
Ninth grade is the ninth post-kindergarten year of school education in some school systems. The students are 13 to 15 years of age, depending on when their birthday occurs. Depending on the school district, ninth grade is usually the first year of high school....
-12
Twelfth grade
Twelfth grade or Senior year, or Grade Twelve, are the North American names for the final year of secondary school. In most countries students then graduate at age 17 or 18. In some countries, there is a thirteenth grade, while other countries do not have a 12th grade/year at all...
. It is fully accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
and the Georgia High School Accrediting Commission.
In the Newsweek Magazine (May 16, 2005) listing of the best 1,200 public high schools in the nation, Lakeside ranked at 107, the highest in Georgia. In the May 23, 2006 edition of the list, which is based on the number of AP and IB tests taken as compared to the number of graduating seniors, Lakeside ranked 135, just below Riverwood High School
Riverwood high school
Riverwood International Charter School is a charter school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia. Riverwood is one of Fulton County School's four Magnet sites, offering the International Studies and International Baccalaureate Programs...
in nearby Sandy Springs, which ranked 132.
Demographics
The school is located in a predominantly upper middle class suburban community and serves students from the entire DeKalb County School System. The student body is composed of pretty diverse cultures. In 1985, Lakeside was honoured as a State and National School of Excellence; an honour which reflects the positive relationship between the school and community. In 1996, Lakeside nearly doubled its enrollment from 989 to 1,679 due to a merger with Henderson and Shamrock High schools, both of which are currently middle schools. The Fall enrollment of 2004 was 1449 with 269 seniors. The Fall enrollment for 2005 was 1501, with 321 seniors. The Fall enrollment for the 2007-2008 school year was 1612, with 321 seniors.Feeder schools
The following elementary schools feed into Lakeside http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/~planning/PDFs/feed2007.pdf:- Briarlake
- Evansdale
- Hawthorne
- Henderson Mill
- Oak Grove
- Pleasantdale
- Sagamore Hills (partial, about 20%)
Henderson Middle School is Lakeside's feeder middle school. A small minority of the students come from private schools or DeKalb School of the Arts
DeKalb School of the Arts
DeKalb School of the Arts is a public performing arts magnet school in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States, east of the city of Atlanta.DeKalb School of the Arts is located at 1192 Clarendon Avenue, Avondale Estates, GA 30002,...
(DSA).
Staff
The school has a professional staff of 97, including 89 teaching faculty, five administrators, and four counselors. The professional staff has an average of fifteen years experience in education and fifty-three percent have at least a master's degree.Curriculum
In addition to a varied range of extracurricular activities, an excellent curriculum is offered from a standardized system wide program of studies. Twenty-one Advanced Placement courses are offered. In addition, advanced or accelerated courses and courses for the gifted are offered in English, math, science, French, Spanish and social science. Local colleges and universities coordinate Joint Enrollment programs with Lakeside to serve students who wish to pursue college courses while still in high school.In the Fall of 1997, DeKalb County Schools changed to a semester system. For the class of 2001-2007, a minimum of 24 units must be completed in grades 9-12 in order to qualify for graduation. Lakeside is on a traditional seven period class day. Each class period is 50 minutes in length with 180 instructional days in the school year. Lakeside High School does not operate on a block schedule.
Sports and extracurricular activities
Lakeside High School competes in Region 6-AAAA. Lakeside competes in the same region as such sports powerhouses as St. Pius X Catholic High School, Marist High School, Tucker High SchoolTucker High School
Tucker High School is the only public high school in Tucker, an unincorporated section of DeKalb County, Georgia, and is operated by the DeKalb County School System...
, Benjamin Elijah Mays High School
Benjamin Elijah Mays High School
Benjamin Elijah Mays High School is a public school located in northwest Atlanta, Georgia, serving grades 9-12. The school is a part of the Atlanta Public School System and is a Georgia School of Excellence. The school was established in the fall of 1981 and the school's mascot is the Raiders...
and Southwest DeKalb High School
Southwest DeKalb High School
Southwest DeKalb High School, commonly referred to as SWD, is a high school located in Decatur, Georgia. It houses one of the two High Achievers Magnet Program in DeKalb County, Georgia, the other being at Chamblee High School.-Awards and recognitions:...
.
Lakeside's regional achievements include:
- Lakeside's Men Varsity Soccer team won the state championship in 2008, defeating Southeast Whitfield High SchoolSoutheast Whitfield High SchoolSoutheast Whitfield High School is a public high school in the Dalton, Georgia, in the United States. It is part of Whitfield County School District. Colors are maroon and silver, and the mascot is Raider...
. - Men's Soccer has won the State Championship 7 times (1970, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1997, and 2008).
- Lakeside won the football state championships in 1970, 1972, and 1991. The 1972 team was unscored upon during the ten game regular season. They had the #1 ranked high school quarterback in the country as well as the #2 ranked team in the nation.
- Lakeside Men's Cross Country State Champions: 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975
- Lakeside Gymnastics State Champions (Men's 1973, Women's 9 straight from 1971-1979)
- Lakeside Women's Swimming has 6 State Championships (1969, 1970, 1971, 1977, 1978, 1981)
- Lakeside Men's Tennis State Champions (1980, 1981, 1982, 2001), Women's Tennis (1984)
- Lakeside Men's Track State Champions (1970, 1974)
- Lakeside Men's Wrestling State Champions (1997)
- Lakeside has also dominated the county more recently in swimming with several consecutive region championships.
- Overall, Lakeside's successful sports include soccer, cross country, Baseball, and swimming. Lakeside Soccer advanced to the State-Quarter Finals in the spring of 2007 but lost in a close game to Greenbrier High SchoolGreenbrier High SchoolGreenbrier High School is a 4-A high school located within the Riverwood Plantation neighborhood of Evans, Georgia, a suburb of Augusta. Greenbrier High School consists of approximately 2300 students in grades 9-12...
.
Cross Country
The Lakeside Vikings have established a strong tradition in cross country by winning 5 state team championships. In 2000, both Joe Thorne and Rebecca Mullen won individual AAAAA State titles under the direction of Coach Eddie Roberts. Thorne won State again in 2001, and went on to become a two-time NCAA All American for the Texas Longhorns. At the end of the 2004 season, Coach Roberts retired as head coach after 30+ years at the helm. He continues to assist with the varsity teams. Coach Rick Barbe took over as head coach in 2005 with Chrys Randolph as his assistant. In 2007, Coach Ansley Smith became the new assistant coach.After graduating several elite runners, 2007 was supposed to be a rebuilding year for the team. However, a strong freshman class stepped up to help make this another successful year. At the DeKalb County Championships, senior Joe Stowe won the bronze medal followed by freshman John Ewing in 4th to lead the boys' varsity team to their 13th consecutive title. The varsity girls placed second to Southwest DeKalb. At the Region 6-AAAA Championships, Lakeside boys placed second and the girls placed fourth to advance to the State meet in Carrollton. At State, John Ewing and senior Adam Haviland paced the boys to a 5th place finish with an average team time of 9:36 - their best since 2001. Despite a number of setbacks due to injury and illness, the girls placed a respectable 8th place and managed to beat rival Southwest DeKalb.
In 2008, the boys team anticipated another successful season with returning runners Charlie Clark, David Dixon, John "Android" Ewing, and Pete Kostopoulos. After winning overwhelmingly at the DeKalb County race and placing second at region, the boys finished the season at state in third place. The girls team once again were unexpectedly successful, reclaiming the county title and overcoming all odds to place third in state, with a team led by 2008 state champion freshman Meghan Wetterhall. John Ewing plans to update his hard-drive with new performance software and win state his senior year.
Cross Country website
Football
Lakeside once held a storied tradition in football. From 1965-1997, Lakeside was the only school in the state to never experience a losing season. The Vikings won state championships in 1970,1972, and 1991 and were state runner-up in 1974 and 1996. The Vikings won Region titles in 1967, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1990, and 1991. From 1970-1997 under head coaches Wayman Creel and Phil Lindsey and defensive coordinator Dave Redford, Lakeside held a record of 259-72-4. After that, the football team averaged about one or two wins per season.Newspaper
The Lakeside Legend is one of the most impressive newspapers in DeKalb County. Voted "Superior" by GSPA, Newspaper is a highly respected fourth period class.Swimming and Diving
The boys have currently won seven consecutive county championships, and have posted undefeated duel meet records for the last 5 seasons, including a huge upset of Marist High School at the 2005 Region 6-AAAA championships. The girls currently have fourteen consecutive DeKalb county championships while the boys currently have seven consecutive Dekalb county championships. In the 2009 season, for the boy's sixth county championship, they barely beat Dunwoody; winning by only one point.In the 2010 season however, both boys and girls dismantled the county; boys winning by over 60 points (Boys: LHS-247, 2nd place Dunwoody-181 |Girls: LHS-245 Dunwoody: 219). Also, the boys and girls have faired very well at state every year. Last year, Lakeside placed fifth in the state wide swim meet.Baseball
The Varsity Baseball team, coached by Coach Newsome, has placed 1st or 2nd in DeKalb Region 6AAAA 7 out of the last 8 years advancing to the state playoffs. Lakeside currently has 13 graduates playing college baseball, and there are several senior college baseball prospects on the 2008 Vikings squad.Band
Lakeside band is conducted by David Fairchild. They have won competitions in Chicago, Washington D.C., Myrtle Beach, and Orlando. The Marching Band has placed in competitions at Hiram, Milton, Sprayberry, and South Gwinnett. The band also contains an active jazz band, winter drum line, color guard, and winter guard, which competes in the Southern Association of Performance Arts (SAPA). The band sends three separate groups to the Georgia District IV Large Group Performance Evaluations each year, and currently has the highest number of students from the county in the All-State Band (2010) and the most students in the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony from any one school(2010). the Jazz Band hosts an annual swing dance, presented by the Atlanta Swing Era Dance Association (ASEDA) with a swing dance lesson taught by Down South Swing.Chorus
Under the direction of Charles Snell The Lakeside Chorus has grown at exponential rates. It has only been 3 years and the director has positively changed the status of Lakeside's choir. It is a real complement to its feeder middle school, Henderson Middle whose choir is directed by Dale Duncan.Notable alumni
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