Lyons Township High School | |
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100 South Brainard Avenue , 60525 United States | |
Coordinates | 41°48′44″N87°52′49″W / 41.812155°N 87.88028°W (North campus) 41°48′04″N87°53′28″W / 41.801247°N 87.89101°W (South campus) |
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Other name | Lyons Township LTHS LT |
School type | Coed Public |
Motto | Vita Plena (The quest for the fulfilling life) |
Opened | 1888 |
School district | Lyons Township High School District 204 |
Superintendent | Brian Waterman |
Principal | Jennifer Tyrrell |
Staff | 250.99 (FTE) (2018–19, NA for 2020–21) [1] |
Grades | 9–10 (South) 11–12 (North) |
Enrollment | 4,037 (2020–2021) [2] |
Average class size | 18.8 |
Student to teacher ratio | 16.14 (2018–19, NA for 2020–21) [1] |
Campus | Suburban |
Campus size | 106 acres over two campuses |
Colour(s) | royal blue gold |
Fight song | Gold & Blue, based on My Illinois |
Athletics conference | West Suburban Conference |
Mascot | Nessie and Noil |
Nickname | Lions |
Accreditation | North Central Association |
Newspaper | Lion |
Yearbook | Tabulae |
Nobel laureates | Ben R. Mottelson 1975-physics |
Website | www |
Lyons Township High School (often referred to as LTHS or simply LT) is a public high school located in Western Springs, Illinois (South Campus), and also in La Grange, Illinois (North Campus).
Lyons Township is a co-educational high school and serves grades 9–12 for Lyons Township High School District 204. Students from the communities of La Grange, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, La Grange Park, Countryside, Indian Head Park, Hodgkins, and parts of Brookfield, Willow Springs, and McCook attend Lyons Township. Lyons Township High School is the 8th-largest public high school in Illinois [3] and the 45th-largest public high school in the United States. [4] Freshmen and Sophomores attend class at South campus, located at 4900 S. Willow Springs Rd. in Western Springs, while Juniors and Seniors attend class at North campus, located at 100 S. Brainard Ave. in La Grange, which also houses the district offices. Sports facilities at Lyons Township include swimming pools, field houses, theatres, a turf football field (south campus), soccer fields, baseball fields, a gym, outdoor tracks, basketball courts, and volleyball courts. The two campuses are about a mile apart. Activity buses run after school between the campuses, along with buses that run at the end of 1st period and beginning of 8th period to commute Freshman & Sophomores from North Campus to South Campus and to commute Juniors & Seniors from South Campus to North Campus.
Lyons Township High School was opened on September 4, 1888. The enrollment included 39 students. An athletic field named Emmond Field was constructed in 1888, and a 1924–1929 expansion included the erection of a clock tower, auditorium, offices, library, and a gym. Leonard H. Vaughan (president of a seed company and former school board president, [5] ) funded the erection of the Vaughan Building; it was constructed in 1949 for sporting events and classes. [6] In 1956, South Campus was opened about a mile south-west in nearby Western Springs to accommodate the community's growing population. The Corral was constructed in 1944 as a social place for all students to spend time with each other after school hours. In 2005, a performing arts center, a field house, and a pool were added to the South campus to complement the facilities at the North campus. [7] [8]
At Lyons Township High School, boys compete in baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, gymnastics, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. The Lyons Township Hockey Club is associated with the Township of Lyons, not LTHS. Girls compete in badminton, basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo. Other sports that are present at LT and not limited to any one gender are Competitive Cheer, Competitive Dance, Special Olympics Basketball, and Special Olympics Track. There are also some non-athletic clubs that are still affiliated with IHSA (e.g. Speech, Debate, Scholastic Bowl, Chess, etc).
The following teams have won their respective IHSA state championship tournaments: [9]
The LION newspaper is the student publication of LTHS. [10] The LION is a member of the High School National Ad Network. The newspaper has won multiple awards:
LTHS is the license holder of WLTL-FM, a Class A non-commercial radio station which broadcasts from North Campus on 88.1 FM. [11] WLTL has won several national and local awards, including the Service to Young Children award. The station is student-run, with new student managers selected each year.
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