Lake County High School is a secondary school in Tiptonville, Tennessee. Established in 1963, the school serves students in grades 9-12.

History

Lake County led the state with the first county

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in 1900, when the court voted to establish a high school in

Tiptonville Tiptonville is a town in and the county seat of Lake County, Tennessee, United States. Its population was 2,439 as of the 2000 census and 4,464 in 2010, showing an increase of 2,025. It is also home to the Northwest Correctional Complex, a maximu ...

, which would be free to all students in the county. The $7,500.00 needed to build the school was raised by public subscription. The two-story

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building was built on Church Street on what is now used as the

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. An annex was added for the elementary grades. In 1925, a new school with both room for high and

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was built on Cherry Street. It hosted a large

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and under it a large room where the first hot lunch program was started by the P.T.A. in the late 1930s. In 1963, a consolidated high school was built in Tiptonville to accommodate students from Tiptonville and Ridgely High Schools and later Lincoln High School. Mr. Ellis Truett was the first principal of Lake County High School and guided it through the early years of consolidation and

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. In 1967, the first black students entered LCHS. Lake County High School is accredited by the

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Campus

Curriculum

Lake County High School offers a comprehensive curriculum with tracks for university preparation and technical career preparation. Students may enroll in dual-credit college coursework with the University of Tennessee at Martin. Vocational courses at the school include business, carpentry, criminal justice, family and consumer sciences, health science, and leisure craft (small engines).

Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include Beta Club, cheerleading, dance team, FBLA,

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, Band, Art, student council, Upward Bound, and yearbook. The school's athletic teams, known as the Lake County Falcons, compete in Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association size classification A, district 14. Teams are fielded in baseball, basketball, football, volleyball and softball. The Falcons' football team won the TSSAA Class A State Championship in 1980, 1985, and 2019. Lake County won its first boys' basketball state championship in 2011. The team finished the season 26-10, were led by first-year head coach Dawn Barger. She is believed to be the first female to coach a boys' basketball team to a state championship.

Notable alumni

*Marla Cilley,

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, Former General Manager of the

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References

External links

Lake County High SchoolLake County High School Alumni
{{authority control Educational institutions established in 1963 Public high schools in Tennessee Schools in Lake County, Tennessee 1963 establishments in Tennessee