Alexandria Senior High School (Louisiana)

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Alexandria High School
Alexandria Senior High School's official logo - The Trojan A
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Alexandria Senior High School (Louisiana)
800 Ola Lane
Alexandria, Louisiana 71303

United States
Coordinates 31°16′12″N92°29′24″W / 31.270°N 92.490°W / 31.270; -92.490
Information
Type Public
Established1969 54 years ago
School districtRapides Parish School Board
SuperintendentJeff Powell
DirectorThomas Bachman
PrincipalJody Goodman
Acting headteacherJoseph Welch
Staff71.75 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9 to 12
Enrollment1,482 (2022-2023 [1] )
Student to teacher ratio20.66 [1]
Color(s) Purple and gold [2]   
Athletics conference LHSAA 2-5A [2]
SportsTennis, basketball, American football, cheerleading, dance team (TroyDolls), volleyball, golf, soccer, track, swimming, powerlifting, softball and bowling
Mascot Trojans [2]
Nickname ASH
YearbookEpic
Website sites.google.com/rpsb.us/ash
[3]

Alexandria Senior High School is a public secondary school located in Alexandria, Louisiana, United States. The school serves about 1,300 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Rapides Parish School Board district. [4]

Contents

Alexandria Senior High (commonly referred to as "ASH") first opened in the fall of 1969. A few months before it opened, a makeshift student council was elected by the local junior and senior high school students that would be joining to create ASH's student body.

This advisory board acted as a Student Council until one could be elected. During its first meeting, the council selected the school colors purple and gold. The Council went on to choose its mascot, the Trojan. In the 2010–2011 school year, Alexandria Senior High was the second-largest school in Rapides Parish. [5]

Athletics

The high school's sports teams, the ASH Trojans, are members of the LHSAA. [2] ASH competes in the LHSAA's top classification, Class 5A, starting in August 2013. The Trojans competed in the second highest classification, 4A, from 1991 to 1992 through 2012–13, when the school was reclassified into 5A, the highest classification. ASH is currently a member of District 2-5A with Rapides Parish rival Pineville, along with Ouachita, Ruston, West Monroe, and Neville.

Sports offered: American football, swimming (boys and girls), golf, cross country, soccer (boys and girls), powerlifting (boys and girls), basketball (boys and girls), tennis (boys and girls), baseball, softball, boys' and girls' track and field (outdoor and indoor), cheerleading, band (Drumline), archery and danceline. [6]

Principals

Since 1969, ASH has had 10 principals: [3]

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 LHSAA Member Schools - A Archived 31 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine . Louisiana High School Athletic Association. Retrieved 25 April 2008.
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  4. "School Information - History". Alexandria Senior High School. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011.
  5. "District At-a-glance" (PDF). Rapides Parish School Board. Retrieved 9 June 2012.[ permanent dead link ]
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