Lassiter High School
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Lassiter High School is a public high school located north of Atlanta in Marietta, Georgia
, United States
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-sanctioned sports. The school's first team state championship was in boys cross country, won in Fall 1988. The baseball team has won two state championships most recently in 2006. The baseball program won a national championship in 1999. More recently, the baseball team has been the state runner-up 7 times in their 9 appearances in the state finals. The boy's lacrosse team has won 3 state championships in the last five years. The girl's swim team has won back to back to back state championships in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The girl's fast pitch softball team won a state championship in 2007. The football program had the associated press coach of the year and offensive player of the year in the state of Georgia in 2008.
Grand National Championships in 1998 and 2002. The symphonic band (in 1989 and 1996), orchestra ( in 2001 and 2008), and percussion ensemble ( in 2005) have performed at the Midwest Clinic.The percussion ensemble is due to perform at Midwest in 2011. In November 2007 they took the first place position at the Percussive Arts Society
International Convention (PASIC). In 1988, the band received the Sudler Flag of Honor. The band has also been awarded the Sudler Shield. 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, and 2005. The band is due to return to the Tournament of Roses Parade in 2013.
The Winter Color Guard Program won the 1996 Class A and 1997 Open Class Winter Guard International Championship.
Marietta, Georgia
Marietta is a city located in central Cobb County, Georgia, United States, and is its county seat.As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 56,579, making it one of metro Atlanta's largest suburbs...
, United States
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History
Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. Lassiter's principal was Chris Shaw in 2008 and 2010 when those School of Excellence awards were named. In 2000, it was named a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. It also received the Siemens Award as the top Advanced Placement School in the state of Georgia in 2008 and was recognized in USA Today. The school was also recognized by Newsweek Magazine as one of the top public schools in the country in 2007. Mr. Chris Shaw, the previous principal at Lassiter, was recognized as Georgia High School Principal of the year in 2008 by the PTSA. Dr. Chris Richie is currently principal, as of 2010.Etymology
Lassiter High 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 & Clubs
Lassiter has won 28 state championships in Georgia High School AssociationGeorgia High School Association
The Georgia High School Association governs athletic and club events for member high schools in Georgia, USA. The GHSA is a member of the National Federation of State High School Associations. The association comprises 437 public and private high schools...
-sanctioned sports. The school's first team state championship was in boys cross country, won in Fall 1988. The baseball team has won two state championships most recently in 2006. The baseball program won a national championship in 1999. More recently, the baseball team has been the state runner-up 7 times in their 9 appearances in the state finals. The boy's lacrosse team has won 3 state championships in the last five years. The girl's swim team has won back to back to back state championships in 2008, 2009, and 2010. The girl's fast pitch softball team won a state championship in 2007. The football program had the associated press coach of the year and offensive player of the year in the state of Georgia in 2008.
Music
The Lassiter High School Marching Band is considered to be one of the best high school bands in the country. This is largely due to their band director, Alfred Watkins, whom their band building is named after. The Trojan Band has won the Bands of AmericaBands of America
Bands of America , a division of Music for All, Inc., is an organization that promotes and organizes marching band competitions for high school students. Competitions include both Regional and Super Regional Championships as well as the Grand National Championships...
Grand National Championships in 1998 and 2002. The symphonic band (in 1989 and 1996), orchestra ( in 2001 and 2008), and percussion ensemble ( in 2005) have performed at the Midwest Clinic.The percussion ensemble is due to perform at Midwest in 2011. In November 2007 they took the first place position at the Percussive Arts Society
Percussive Arts Society
The Percussive Arts Society is an international music service organization promoting percussion education, research,performance and appreciation.Established in 1961 as a non-profit, music service organization,...
International Convention (PASIC). In 1988, the band received the Sudler Flag of Honor. The band has also been awarded the Sudler Shield. The band has also participated in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, often shortened to Macy's Day Parade, is an annual parade presented by Macy's. The tradition started in 1924, tying it for the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States along with America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit, and four years younger than...
in 1999, 2004, and 2010, along with the Tournament of Roses Parade
Tournament of Roses Parade
The Tournament of Roses Parade, better known as the Rose Parade, is "America's New Year Celebration", a festival of flower-covered floats, marching bands, equestrians and a college football game on New Year's Day , produced by the non-profit Pasadena Tournament of Roses Association.The annual...
in 1988, 2001, and 2005. The band is due to return to the Tournament of Roses Parade in 2013.
The Winter Color Guard Program won the 1996 Class A and 1997 Open Class Winter Guard International Championship.
Sports
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
(1999 & 2006 State Champions,1999 National Champions) - BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
(1996 AAAA State Champions) - Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(State Championships:(Boys 1988)-(Girls 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 93)) - EquestrianEquestrianismEquestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
- Fastpitch SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
(State Runner-up 1997; State Champions 2007) - FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
(2009 Region Champions) - GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
(Girls State Champions 2001) - GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
(Girls) (2009 5th Place State Title, 2010 State Champions) - LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
(2004 Co-State Champions, 2005 State Runner-Up, 2006 State Champions, 2007 State Runner-Up, 2010 State Runner-Up) - SoccerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
(Boys State Champions 1996) - SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 State Champions, Girls) - Roller HockeyRoller hockeyRoller Hockey is a form of hockey played on a dry surface using skates with wheels. The term "Roller Hockey" is often used interchangeably to refer to two variant forms chiefly differentiated by the type of skate used. There is traditional "Roller Hockey," played with quad roller skates, and...
(2002 State Champions, 2007 State Champions, club sport) - Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
(club sport) (State Champions 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011) - TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(1996 Girls State Champions, 1998 Girls State Runner Up, 1999,2005 Boys State Champions and 2007 Boys State Runner-Up) - Track & Field ( Girls 2010 State Champions)
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(2006 State Runner Up) - WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
Publications
- Arête Literary Magazine
- The Laureate (school newspaper)
- The Odyssey (Yearbook)
Clubs
- Academic Team
- Math Team
- Anime Club
- Model United NationsModel United NationsModel United Nations is an academic simulation of the United Nations that aims to educate participants about current events, topics in international relations, diplomacy and the United Nations agenda....
KSU overall winners in 2010,2011 - Interact Club
- Drama Club founded by Andy DickAndy DickAndrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
while he was a student in 1982. - Thespian ClubInternational Thespian SocietyThe International Thespian Society is an honorary organization for high-school and middle-school theatre students located at more than 3,600 affiliated secondary schools across the United States, Canada, and abroad. The International Thespian Society was founded in Fairmont, West Virginia...
- Asian American Association
- DebateDebateDebate or debating is a method of interactive and representational argument. Debate is a broader form of argument than logical argument, which only examines consistency from axiom, and factual argument, which only examines what is or isn't the case or rhetoric which is a technique of persuasion...
Team - PAC (Politically Active Citizens)
- Renaissance Student Leadership Team
- Unite for Sight
- Odyssey of the MindOdyssey of the MindOdyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...
- Lassiter Student Council
- Lassiter Key ClubKey ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
- Spanish Club
- Spanish National Honor Society
- Tri-M
- French National Honor Society
- Fencing Club
- Mu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha ThetaMu Alpha Theta is a United States mathematics honor society for high schools and two-year colleges. It has over 89,000 student members in more than 1,800 schools worldwide. Its main goals are to inspire keen interest in mathematics, develop strong scholarship in the subject, and promote the...
- Beta Club
- Anime Club (aka Mr. T's personal amusement club)
- National Honor Society
- English Honor Society
- Robotics Team
- Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- DECADECA (organization)DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
Club - FBLA
- Languages of Lassiter
- Laureate (Newspaper Club)
- Science Honor Society
- Spectrum (Lassiter's GSA)
- Junior Reserve Officers' Training CorpsJunior Reserve Officers' Training CorpsThe Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in high schools across the United States...
- DESIGN Winter Guard existed for two years, 1983 and 1984. In 1983, the group won the South Eastern Color Guard Circuit Silver Medal and the Sweepstakes Award for the most wins in a single season. In 1984, the Design winter guard won the South Eastern Color Guard Circuit Gold Medal and repeated the win of the Sweepstakes Trophy for 27 wins in a single season.
Notable alumni
- Lawson VaughnLawson VaughnLawson Vaughn is an American soccer player.-College:Vaughn attended Lassiter High School in his hometown, Marietta, and began his college soccer at the University of South Carolina from 2002 to 2003, appearing in 34 matches in two seasons, he notched one goal and 3 assists...
- MLS, Chivas USA - AJ Bowen - Actor, The SignalThe Signal (film)The Signal is an independent psychological horror-comedy film written and directed by David Bruckner, Dan Bush, Jacob Gentry and produced by Alexander A. Motlagh—four filmmakers who have been collaborating since 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia...
, Creepshow 3Creepshow 3Creepshow III is an unofficial sequel to the 1982 horror anthology classic, Creepshow, by Stephen King and George A. Romero. The film, like the original, consists of five tales of light-hearted horror: "Alice", "The Radio", "Call Girl", "The Professor's Wife" and "Haunted Dog", although there is no...
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- also known as Lita, former WWE wrestler, singer of The LuchagorsThe LuchagorsThe Luchagors is a punk rock band based in Atlanta, Georgia. It is fronted by Amy Dumas, better known as Lita to professional wrestling fans of World Wrestling Entertainment... - Kelly FlinnKelly FlinnThe Kelly Flinn incident refers to disciplinary action taken against Kelly Flinn , sometimes referred to as Kelly Flynn, by the United States Air Force in 1997. Flinn was the first female B-52 pilot in the USAF. Flinn was discharged from the U.S. Air Force in 1997 after being charged with making...
- first female B-52 pilot in the US Air Force. - Bryan LundquistBryan LundquistBryan Lundquist is an USA swimmer from Marietta, Georgia.He was a member of the USA men's relay that established a new World Record in the short course meters 400 Free Relay at the 2008 FINA Short Course World Championships....
- Swimmer, World Record holder in 4x100m freestyle - Cody RunnelsCody RunnelsCody Garrett Runnels is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name Cody Rhodes. Runnels is signed to WWE where he wrestles on its SmackDown brand, and is the reigning Intercontinental Champion...
- Also known as Cody Rhodes, WWE wrestler. - Karen Fairchild: vocal member of the country group, Little Big TownLittle Big TownLittle Big Town is an American country music vocal group. Founded in 1998, the group has comprised the same four members since its inception: Karen Fairchild, Kimberly Schlapman, Jimi Westbrook, and Phillip Sweet. The quartet's musical style relies heavily on four-part vocal harmonies, with all...
. - Kyle Dickherber -- Also known as Kyle Patrick, Click 5 singer.
- Melanie MooreMelanie MooreMelanie Moore is an American former pornographic actress and nude model. She featured in over 300 films during the 1990s. She won the 1993 "Best Supporting Actress, Video" AVN Award for Party of Payne....
- America's Favorite Dancer on So You Think You Can Dance (season 8)So You Think You Can Dance (season 8)So You Think You Can Dance is an American television reality program and dance competition airing on the Fox network. The show's eighth season premiered on May 26, 2011. It features the return of Mary Murphy and Nigel Lythgoe as permanent judges and Cat Deeley as host. Also returning is the... - Andy DickAndy DickAndrew R. "Andy" Dick is an American comedian, actor, musician and television/film producer. His first regular television role was on the short-lived but highly influential Ben Stiller Show. In the mid-1990s, he had a long-running stint on NBC's NewsRadio...
who formed the first drama club in 1982 at Lassiter. - Robert Pralgo Actor- too many to list including Vampire Diaries.