South Lafourche High School

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South Lafourche High School
Address
South Lafourche High School
16911 East Main Street

Cut Off
,
Louisiana
70345

United States
Coordinates 29°27′59″N90°18′37″W / 29.46639°N 90.31028°W / 29.46639; -90.31028
Information
TypePublic Secondary
MottoTant Que Je Peux ("All That I Can")
Established1966
School district Lafourche Parish Public Schools
PrincipalSamantha Lagarde
Faculty48.89 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,095 (2023-24) [1]
Student to teacher ratio22.40 [1]
Color(s)Blue and Silver   
MascotTarpon
Nickname Big Blue
Rival Central Lafourche Trojans
Thibodaux Tigers
South Terrebonne Gators
NewspaperSilver King Times
Website SLHS
[2]

South Lafourche High School is a public secondary school in the Galliano census-designated place, an unincorporated area in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States. [3] It has a Cut Off postal address. [4]

Contents

A part of Lafourche Parish Public Schools, South Lafourche High currently serves the coastal towns and communities of: [5] Larose, [6] Cut Off, [7] Galliano, [3] and Golden Meadow. [8] It is the result of the 1966 consolidation of the former Golden Meadow and Larose-Cut Off High Schools. [9] As a result, both former high schools were designated junior high schools and, in 2002, middle schools. South Lafourche High School was founded in 1966.

Originally South Lafourche only provided 10th to 12th grade. During the 2002–2003 school year the 9th grade was added and removed from the middle schools.

History

In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration. [10] Therefore, black students now attended the previously all-white school.

Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A". [11]

Athletics

South Lafourche High athletics competes in the LHSAA.

South Lafourche High School sports include football, baseball, basketball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and volleyball.

State championships

Football
The South Lafourche football team won two state championships in 1971 and 1977. [12]

Boys' basketball
The South Lafourche boys' basketball team won one Class 5A state championship in 1998 and was the 1999 Class 5A runner-up.

Notable alumni

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References

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  2. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for South Lafourche High School". ed.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  3. 1 2 "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Galliano CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  4. ↑ Home. South Lafourche High School. Retrieved on November 29, 2016. "16911 E Main Street Cut Off, LA 70345 "
  5. ↑ "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine ." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries.
  6. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Larose CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  7. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Cut Off CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  8. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Golden Meadow town, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
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