Lecanto High School

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Lecanto High School
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Address
Lecanto High School
3810 W. Educational Path

Lecanto
,
Florida
34461

United States
Coordinates 28°49′27.30″N82°29′57.17″W / 28.8242500°N 82.4992139°W / 28.8242500; -82.4992139
Information
TypePublic Secondary School
Established1984
School board Citrus County School District
PrincipalJason Koon
Teaching staff84.17 (FTE) [1]
Grades9 to 12
Enrollment1,656 (2019-20) [1]
Student to teacher ratio19.67 [1]
CampusLecanto Educational Complex
Campus size160 acres (0.65 km2)
Color(s)Green and gold   
Slogan“Every Panther, Every Day”
Fight song Panther Prowl by Band Director Bobby Crane
Mascot Florida panther
YearbookThe Legacy
Website lhs.citrusschools.org

Lecanto High School is a secondary school in Lecanto, Florida. [2] It is a public high school in the Citrus County School District. The school covers grades 9-12, with approximately 1740 students and 103 faculty. Lecanto High School also offers extensive advanced placement courses, International Baccalaureate courses, and dual-enrollment courses in conjunction with College of Central Florida. [2]

Contents

It serves the following communities: [3] Lecanto, [4] Beverly Hills, [5] sections of Black Diamond, [6] Citrus Hills, [7] Citrus Springs, [8] Hernando, [9] Homosassa Springs, [10] Pine Ridge, [11] and Sugarmill Woods. [12]

History

The school opened in 1984, [13] and the first graduating class was in 1985. [14] The school is built on a 160-acre (650,000 m2) property known as the Lecanto Educational Complex. The property is also home to CREST School, Renaissance Center, Citrus County Instructional Resource Center, Citrus County Schools Student Services offices, Lecanto Primary School, Lecanto Middle School, and Lecanto School of Art. Central Florida Community College was also located on the site from 1984 to 1996, [15] when they moved onto their own campus. As of 2009, Lecanto High School is part of the International Baccalaureate program.[ citation needed ]

Classes

In the 1996-97 school year, Lecanto switched its class scheduling to a "4X4 block" type schedule. Each student plans their schedule specifically depending on the student's goals after High school. Schedules and curriculum are built around whether the student is planning to work directly after graduation, attend a two-year vocational program, or planning for college. The students must also pick a major, which will focus their studies on a more specific field. [16]

As of 2007, Lecanto High School had average FCAT scores of 314.5 in mathematics, 317 in writing, and 315 in science. The state averages that same year were 316.25, 295.33, and 295.33 respectively. [17]

As of the 2018 school year, Lecanto has switched back to using the seven periods scheduling Monday through Wednesday. Starting in 2021, they have added a "Power Hour", called "Panther Hour" after the school's mascot, to their schedules for clubs, chat, or social activities on Thursdays and Fridays, which changed to just Fridays for a longer duration of time and follows the "4X4 Block" scheduling.[ citation needed ]

Sports

Lecanto High School has won state championships in the following sports:

Band

Made up of around 55 to 65 musicians (brass woodwind, color guard and percussion), the Lecanto High School Marching Band has been on the rise in the Florida Marching Band Coalition (FMBC) since 2009. In 2011, 2012, 2014, and 2015, they ended in the top 10 in the 2A class. [21]

On October 15, 2019, the band hosted its first marching competition that was won by East Ridge High School. [22]

At its smallest, the Lecanto High School Marching Band had 15 members. At its largest, 85.[ citation needed ]

Shows and accomplishments

Notable alumni

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