Lee County High School (Leesburg, Georgia)
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Lee County High School is a public school located in Leesburg, Georgia
, USA. The mascot is a Trojan and the school colors are red, white, and black. LCHS has made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) for seven years in a row, and is part of the Lee County School District
, which is one of only a few school systems in the state of Georgia to earn AYP for six years in a row. The vision statement of Lee County High School is "Working together to provide superior learning opportunities that empower all students to be life long learners and achievers".
The principal since June 2006 is Kevin Dowling. In 2008, Lee County High School 9th Grade Campus was started. Freshmen attend there for one year before moving to the upper campus. The principal of LCHS 9th Grade Campus is Dr. Jamie Horne.
.' Five students were named to the All star state cast and the Best Award for the One Act Play was also won by a senior at LCHS. The Drama department produces around five plays each year including the musicals. Most of the plays are performed in the Clay Auditorium within the school.
Band: The Lee County High School Band is a dynamic program, well known throughout the Lee and the surrounding counties. The LCHS Marchin' Trojan Band is the largest and most visible portion of the school's instrumental programming. With custom designed shows such as Wicked (2007), Tarzan (2008), The Music of Journey (2009), A Hero's Story (2010), and Where's the Funk: A Celebration of 70's Funk! (2011), the "pride of Lee County" both entertains the Friday night football crowds and regularly participates in Competitions/Festivals through out the state. In 2011, the marching band received straight superior ratings and a third place division finish at Heart of Georgia Marching Invitational (Warner Robins, GA). They have also received superior ratings at the East GA Marching Classic (Statesboro, GA), Sound of Silver Invitational (Pierce County, GA), and the Hawkinsville Marching Festival (Hawkinsville, GA).
Lee County is also home to two concert bands. The LCHS Symphonic Band is a group comprised of grade 9-12 students. It performs regularly at the Christmas Concert, GMEA's Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE), and the LCHS Spring "Prism Concert". This ensemble has consistently received straight superior ratings from a distinguished panel of judges at LGPE. The LCHS Wind Ensemble is the county's most prestigious instrumental ensemble. Entry is by audition only and the group is made up of grades 10-12. The Wind Ensemble represents the school in the community at two annual concerts, LGPE, and Graduation. Consistently superior, this ensemble received it's highest ever, straight superior rating at 2011's LGPE performing Sousa's "Semper Fidelis", Whitacre's "October", and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Procession of the Nobles".
With Lee County High School's shift to a seven period day in 2011, the bands also added a Beginning Jazz class to its course offerings. Performing as the "7th Hour Jazz Ensemble," this combo represents the school at various festivals and county events, most recently a community fundraiser with Rookie of the Year Buster Posey. Prior to 2011 the LCHS "Six O'Clock Jazz Band" met after school and performed regularly. This ensemble is also superior rated.
The Director of Bands is Mr.Hank Carter. The Middle School Band Director is Mrs. Carol Kluball.
LCHS broadcasts the school news called The T-7 News, which is done by the Broadcasting Journalism class.
The Trojan Yearbook is published every year.
Leesburg, Georgia
Leesburg is a city in Lee County, Georgia, United States. The population was 2,965 at the 2009 census estimate. The city is the county seat of Lee County.Leesburg is part of the Albany, Georgia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...
, USA. The mascot is a Trojan and the school colors are red, white, and black. LCHS has made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) for seven years in a row, and is part of the Lee County School District
Lee County School District (Georgia)
The Lee County School District is a public school district in Lee County, Georgia, USA, based in Leesburg, Georgia. It serves the communities of Leesburg and Smithville, Georgia.-Schools:...
, which is one of only a few school systems in the state of Georgia to earn AYP for six years in a row. The vision statement of Lee County High School is "Working together to provide superior learning opportunities that empower all students to be life long learners and achievers".
The principal since June 2006 is Kevin Dowling. In 2008, Lee County High School 9th Grade Campus was started. Freshmen attend there for one year before moving to the upper campus. The principal of LCHS 9th Grade Campus is Dr. Jamie Horne.
Activities
Students can spend their out of class time in the following extracurricular activities.Academics
The school offers Advanced Placement and Honors classes. The LCHS Math Team have won competitions and championships across Southern Georgia. In 2010, LCHS was named in Newsweek as one of "America's Best High Schools" list.Clubs
Clubs include- 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...
- International Thespian SocietyInternational 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...
(Also known as the Drama Club) - 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,...
and the Trojan Campus Shop - Psychology Club
- FEAFEAFea was the smallest unit of land a fief could own under the feudal system.-Acronyms and abbreviations:FEA is an acronym or abbreviation for:...
- FCCLA
- FBLA
- UFC (UltimateUltimate (sport)Ultimate is a sport played with a 175 gram flying disc. The object of the game is to score points by passing the disc to a player in the opposing end zone, similar to an end zone in American football or rugby...
Frisbee Club) - Book ClubBook clubA book discussion club is a group of people who meet to discuss a book or books that they have read and express their opinions, likes, dislikes, etc. It is more often called simply a book club, a term that is also used to describe a book sales club, which can cause confusion...
- Math Club
- National Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyThe National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
- 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...
and ForensicsForensicsForensic science is the application of a broad spectrum of sciences to answer questions of interest to a legal system. This may be in relation to a crime or a civil action... - HosaHosaHosa may mean:*Hosa Technology, makers of pro audio cables*Hosa Ice Hockey Team*Health Occupations Students of America...
Athletics
- Boys/girls cross country runningCross 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...
- Boys/girls trackTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- Boys/girls 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...
- Boys/girls 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...
- Boys/girls 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....
- Boys/girls soccer
- 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...
- 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...
- 2005 Regions Champions - Marching BandMarching bandMarching band is a physical activity in which a group of instrumental musicians generally perform outdoors and incorporate some type of marching with their musical performance. Instrumentation typically includes brass, woodwinds, and percussion instruments...
- Drumline/Colorguard - NJROTC Drill team
- NJROTC Colorguard
- SwimSwimming (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...
Team - 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...
- 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...
(competition, football, and basketball) - WrestlingWrestlingWrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...
- RifleRifleA rifle is a firearm designed to be fired from the shoulder, with a barrel that has a helical groove or pattern of grooves cut into the barrel walls. The raised areas of the rifling are called "lands," which make contact with the projectile , imparting spin around an axis corresponding to the...
team - Girls' 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...
Fine Arts
Theatre Arts: The school has won the One Act Play competition, and was runner-up for the state One Act Competition (2009–2010) for the play 'Picasso at the Lapin AgilePicasso at the Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile is a play written by Steve Martin in 1993. It features the characters of Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso, who meet at a bar called the Lapin Agile in Montmartre, Paris...
.' Five students were named to the All star state cast and the Best Award for the One Act Play was also won by a senior at LCHS. The Drama department produces around five plays each year including the musicals. Most of the plays are performed in the Clay Auditorium within the school.
Band: The Lee County High School Band is a dynamic program, well known throughout the Lee and the surrounding counties. The LCHS Marchin' Trojan Band is the largest and most visible portion of the school's instrumental programming. With custom designed shows such as Wicked (2007), Tarzan (2008), The Music of Journey (2009), A Hero's Story (2010), and Where's the Funk: A Celebration of 70's Funk! (2011), the "pride of Lee County" both entertains the Friday night football crowds and regularly participates in Competitions/Festivals through out the state. In 2011, the marching band received straight superior ratings and a third place division finish at Heart of Georgia Marching Invitational (Warner Robins, GA). They have also received superior ratings at the East GA Marching Classic (Statesboro, GA), Sound of Silver Invitational (Pierce County, GA), and the Hawkinsville Marching Festival (Hawkinsville, GA).
Lee County is also home to two concert bands. The LCHS Symphonic Band is a group comprised of grade 9-12 students. It performs regularly at the Christmas Concert, GMEA's Large Group Performance Evaluation (LGPE), and the LCHS Spring "Prism Concert". This ensemble has consistently received straight superior ratings from a distinguished panel of judges at LGPE. The LCHS Wind Ensemble is the county's most prestigious instrumental ensemble. Entry is by audition only and the group is made up of grades 10-12. The Wind Ensemble represents the school in the community at two annual concerts, LGPE, and Graduation. Consistently superior, this ensemble received it's highest ever, straight superior rating at 2011's LGPE performing Sousa's "Semper Fidelis", Whitacre's "October", and Rimsky-Korsakov's "Procession of the Nobles".
With Lee County High School's shift to a seven period day in 2011, the bands also added a Beginning Jazz class to its course offerings. Performing as the "7th Hour Jazz Ensemble," this combo represents the school at various festivals and county events, most recently a community fundraiser with Rookie of the Year Buster Posey. Prior to 2011 the LCHS "Six O'Clock Jazz Band" met after school and performed regularly. This ensemble is also superior rated.
The Director of Bands is Mr.Hank Carter. The Middle School Band Director is Mrs. Carol Kluball.
Publications and broadcasting
The School publishes a n newspaper called The Panoptic. Students from the journalism class write their entries that are published in the newspaper.LCHS broadcasts the school news called The T-7 News, which is done by the Broadcasting Journalism class.
The Trojan Yearbook is published every year.
Notable alumni
- Luke BryanLuke BryanThomas Luther "Luke" Bryan is an American country singer who debuted in 2007 with the single "All My Friends Say", a Top 5 single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His debut album, I'll Stay Me, was released on Capitol Records in 2007. This album also produced chart singles in "We Rode in...
- Country music singer and songwriter. - Buster PoseyBuster PoseyGerald Dempsey "Buster" Posey III is a catcher for the San Francisco Giants. He was drafted by the Giants fifth overall in the 2008 Major League Baseball Draft....
- 2010 MLB Rookie of the Year, 1st round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants, former catcher for the Florida State Seminoles baseballFlorida State Seminoles baseballThe Florida State Seminoles baseball team represents Florida State University in NCAA Division I college baseball and are one of the most successful collegiate baseball programs in the United States without a College World Series championship....
team. - Morgan Carson - actor, National Lampoon's: The Beach Party at the Threshold of HellThe Beach Party at the Threshold of HellThe Beach Party at the Threshold of Hell is an independently made dark comedy directed by Jonny Gillette, written and co-directed by Kevin Wheatley and produced by Jamie Bullock and Ryan Turi. The film stars Kevin Wheatley and Jamie Bullock, amongst others....
. He now resides in Manhattan, NY