Lake City High School

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Lake City High School
Address
Lake City High School
6101 N. Ramsey Road

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
83815

United States
Coordinates 47°43′41″N116°48′36″W / 47.728°N 116.810°W / 47.728; -116.810
Information
Other nameLCHS, Lake City
Type Public [1]
Motto"For the Strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the Strength of the Wolf is the Pack."
Established1994;30 years ago (1994)
School district Coeur d'Alene School District#271
SuperintendentShon Hocker
CEEB code 130119
NCES School ID 160078000291 [2]
PrincipalDeanne Clifford [3]
Asst. PrincipalBrandi Johnson
Athletic DirectorTroy Anderson
Asst. PrincipalBryan Kelly
ASB PresidentLuke Sharon
Dean Of StudentsKennadie Shaber
Faculty78.06 (FTE) [2]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,563 (2022-2023) [2]
Student to teacher ratio20.70 [2]
Color(s) Teal, Silver, & Navy Blue [3]
   
Slogan"One School, One Family, United"
Fight song "Fight On"
Athletics IHSAA Class 5A
Athletics conference Inland Empire League (5A) (IEL) [3]
Mascot Timberwolves [3]
Nickname T-Wolves
Rival Coeur d'Alene High School
NewspaperTimberwolf Times
Yearbook"Timberwolf"
Feeder schoolsWoodland Middle School
Lakes Middle School
Canfield Middle School
Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy
Information(208) 769-0769
Elevation2,265 ft (690 m) AMSL
Website www.cdaschools.org/Domain/17

Lake City High School, sometimes referred to as Lake City or LCHS, is a four-year public secondary school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. The second high school in the city, LCHS opened in 1994 and draws from the southern and western areas of the Coeur d'Alene school district. The school's colors are navy blue, silver, and teal, and its mascot is the Timberwolf, which students commonly refer to as T-Wizzy. [4]

Contents

The campus is located on a 45-acre (182,000 m2) site on the corner of Ramsey Road and West Hanley Avenue. Lake City provides educational opportunities to over 1,600 students in grades 9–12. The high school includes several athletic fields, a 2,000 seat football stadium, three gyms, a large weight room, six tennis courts, a track, around 60 classrooms, and a large 400-seat auditorium. [5]

History

Lake City High School opened its doors in the fall of 1994 and graduated its first class in 1995 after a bond was passed by the voters of Kootenai County to open the second high school in the Coeur d'Alene School District. It was originally built with the capability to house approximately 1,200 students.

After around 24 years operating, a second bond was passed by voters in 2017 which provided funding for a remodel of the original facility, as well as an expansion to the parking lot, main gym and administration office. This bond also allowed for the addition of a second auxiliary gym, weight room and the construction of ten new classrooms. The 5 million dollar expansion created a new facility designed to support more than 1,600 students. With the new areas opening in 2018, the high school has provided many years of service to its students and community. [6]

The school contains around 80 faculty members, five administrators, five guidance counselors, a part-time school psychologist, a part-time school prevention specialist and a college & career counselor. Lake City High School is accredited by AdvancEd and is considered a Four-Star school, being publicly recognized and celebrated for excellent performance as a top-performing school throughout the state of Idaho.

Lake City High School offers an extensive co-curricular activities program and is a member of the Idaho High School Activities Association. Our school holds a 5A athletic classification, the largest Idaho school designation. Opportunities for participation exist in both athletic and non-athletic venues. Athletic activities include football, cross country, soccer, volleyball, swimming, lacrosse, basketball, softball, wrestling, baseball, track, tennis and golf. Non-athletic activities include music, debate, speech, drama, cheerleading, and a variety of clubs.

The curriculum at LCHS offers many different academic opportunities with around 16 Advanced Placement (AP) courses, which include: AP Literature, AP English/Language and Composition, AP Physics, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Calculus AB, AP Statistics, AP US History, AP Government, AP European History, AP World History, AP Art Studio, AP Art History, AP Music Theory and AP Spanish Language/Culture, AP Latin 4. The school also offers several Honors/ALP classes which are held in Freshman English, Sophomore English, Spanish 3, French 3, Latin 3, Debate, Chemistry, World History, Pre-Calculus, Calculus. The school also offers a unique program, dubbed Outdoor Studies Program or OSP. This program offers students to opportunity to incorporate the outdoors into their learning process via natural-based learning and hands on experiences in the natural world.

Clubs and Extracurricular Activities

Clubs offered at LCHS include: FCCLA, BPA, DECA, Environmental Club, Civic Engagement Club, GSA, Key Club, Fellowship Club, Ski and Snowboard Club, Debate, Hope Club, Interact Club of Cd'A, Yearbook, Bowling Club, Chess Club, Drama Club, Skeet and Trap, Game Creators Club, Hope Club, Sources of Strength (SOS), Student Advisory Group (SAG), and Student Council. [7]

Athletics

Lake City competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A, with the largest schools in the state. It is a member of the Inland Empire League (5A). The school offers several award-winning athletic programs. These include, Boys and Girls Soccer, Cheerleading, Swimming, Cross Country, Golf, Football, Volleyball, Boys and Girls Basketball, Wrestling, Baseball, Softball, Tennis, Track and Field, and Lacrosse. [8]

Rivalries

The primary rival of Lake City High School is Coeur d'Alene High School, which is zoned for the north and east areas of the school district. Other 5A schools in north Idaho include nearby Post Falls to the west, their sub-rival in Match for the Masks, and Lewiston to the south. All four are members of the Inland Empire League (5A).

State titles

Boys

Girls

Music & Drama

Lake City has an award-winning arts department. Every two years the choirs and bands participate in the Heritage Festival of Seattle. In 2006, the Lake City Symphonic and Jazz Band won first prize out of all schools in the Northwest, as did their orchestra. The Chamber Choir received a silver medal, the Jazz, Treble, and Concert choirs also received bronze medals.

The Lake City High School Marching Band performed for Good Morning America when it came to Coeur d'Alene on November 28, 2007.

It is also one of the few schools in the nation to be awarded the title of Grammy Signature School by the Grammy Foundation in 2004. [22]

Lake City High School's Drama department, known as Troupe de Wolfe, stages two annual plays and occasionally a third. The department has achieved competitive success, winning numerous state runner-up titles, district third, second, and first titles, and boasting former state champions in various categories, most recently in the Original Humorous Category in 2023.

Demographics

As of the 2022–2023 school year, the student body's racial and ethnic composition was as follows:

(Statistics below are rounded up for readability)

The representation of Black students was below 1% and is not listed in detail. [2]

Notable Alumni

See also

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