Papillion-La Vista South High School

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Papillion-La Vista South
High School
PLSHS Titans.svg
Address
Papillion-La Vista South High School
10799 Highway 370

Papillion
,
Nebraska

United States
Coordinates 41°08′42″N96°04′44″W / 41.14500°N 96.07889°W / 41.14500; -96.07889
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Type Public high school
Established2003
School district Papillion-La Vista Public Schools
PrincipalJeff Spilker
Teaching staff116.6 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,887 (2018-19) [1]
Student to teacher ratio16.18 [1]
Color(s)Blue, black, and silver
     
Mascot Titan
Website Papillion-La Vista South H.S.

Papillion-La Vista South High School (commonly referred to as Papio South, PLSHS, PLSouth, or PLS) is a high school in Papillion, Nebraska, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Papillion-La Vista Public School District. The school's principal is Jeff Spilker.

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History

Papillion-La Vista South High School opened in the fall of 2003. [2] A successful 2018 referendum allocated money for the expansion of Papio South's facilities to accommodate over 2,000 students. [3]

Academics

Papillion-La Vista South offers dual credit classes through the University of Nebraska Omaha. [4]

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Papilion-La Vista South has won twelve state championships: girls' cross-country in 2010, 2014, and 2015; volleyball in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, and 2022; boys’ cross-country in 2017; and baseball in 2010 and 2011. [5] The Papillion South student section is known as the "Black Hole". [6]

Performing arts

PLS has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "Titanium", "Titan Express", as well as the all-female "Titan Radiance". [7] The program also hosts an annual competition, the "Titan Classic". [8] The choirs are backed by a state winning showband, "Platinum".

The school also has a competitive marching band and hosts an annual competition, "Titan Marching Invitational" for that discipline. [9] The Titan Marching Band won the Nebraska class AA and Grand Championship at the NSBA state marching contest in 2021. [10] [11] The school also has two jazz bands, the top group "Silver Tones" and the lower group "Blue Notes". Both jazz bands have a reputation for Superior ratings at competitions.

Papio South's band program also has a winter arts program that includes winter winds, winter guard, and winter percussion. All of these groups compete in WGI competitions, with guard winning a Regional in Denver, CO, their Winds placing 4th in Winds Scholastic A World Finals, and their Percussion group placing 28th in Percussion Scholastic World Prelims.

The school formerly had a "Rap Club" which went on to produce four albums, Room D05 (2015), GOAT (2016), FEUD (2017), and Mixed Emotions (2018).

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References

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  2. ↑ Henrichs, Todd (August 31, 2003). "Excitement high for Navigators' debut". Lincoln Journal Star. Retrieved October 25, 2020– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Dejka, Joe (June 11, 2019). "For district's third high school, Papillion-La Vista eyes 87-acre, $4 million site off 72nd Street". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Papillion-La Vista South High School". University of Nebraska Omaha. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Nebraska School Activities Association", and subpages thereof for individual sports results. Retrieved 2013-01-02.
  6. ↑ "State volleyball tourney insider: Papillion-La Vista South rising at right time". Lincoln Journal Star. November 8, 2019. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  7. ↑ "SCC: Viewing School - Papillion-La Vista South High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  8. ↑ Braunschweig, Christopher (March 30, 2017). "Finding a voice: East High student earns consecutive solo honors, sense of belonging in show choir". Sioux City Journal. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Papillion-La Vista South Titan Marching Invitational". Midwest Marching. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  10. ↑ "2021 NSBA State Marching Contest Results" (PDF). October 29, 2021.
  11. ↑ Weber, Brent. "Papio South HS band marches to Grand Championship". www.wowt.com. Retrieved 2021-10-29.
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