Lassiter High School is a

public high school State schools (in England, Wales, Australia and New Zealand) or public schools (Scottish English and North American English) are generally primary or secondary schools that educate all students without charge. They are funded in whole or in pa ...

located north of

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Marietta, Georgia Marietta is a city in and the county seat of Cobb County, Georgia, United States. At the 2020 census, the city had a population of 60,972. The 2019 estimate was 60,867, making it one of Atlanta's largest suburbs. Marietta is the fourth largest ...

, United States, in the

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. The school was founded in 1981. The school colors are gold and maroon, and the school mascot is the Faceless Trojan.

History

Lassiter High School was established in 1981. It was awarded the Georgia Public School of Excellence award in 1992, 1999, 2008, and 2010. In 2000, it was named a National

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. The school was named for Leamond N. Lassiter, who was a member of the Cobb County Board of Education for 12 years.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 2,220 students enrolled in 2016–2017 was: *Male - 49.6% *Female - 50.4% *Native American/Alaskan - >0.1% *Asian/Pacific islanders - 7.0% *Black - 8.5% *Hispanic - 8.0% *White - 73.2% *Multiracial - 3.3% 8.8% of the students were eligible for free or reduced lunch.

Sports and clubs

The school's first team state championship was in girls' cross country, won in fall 1982. More recently, the baseball team has been the state runner-up seven times in their nine appearances in the state finals. The boys' soccer team was ranked first in the nation during the beginning of the spring season.

Music

The Lassiter Marching Trojan Band won the

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Grand National Championships in 1998 and 2002. The marching band took part in the

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in 1999, 2004, and 2010. The marching band also took part in the

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on New Year's Day in 1988, 2001, 2005, 2013, and 2019. The Band is a 2-time recipient of the

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's Sudler Flag of Honor in 1988 and 1998. In 2020, Orchestra Director Carol Doemel sparked controversy with a Facebook post disparaging

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Sports

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

(1999 & 2006 State Champions) *

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(1996 AAAA State Champions) * Cross Country (State Championships: boys' 1988; girls' 82, 83, 84, 86, 87, 93) *

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*Fastpitch

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(State Champions 2007) *

Fencing Fencing is a group of three related combat sports. The three disciplines in modern fencing are the foil, the épée, and the sabre (also ''saber''); winning points are made through the weapon's contact with an opponent. A fourth discipline, s ...

(club sport) *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

Golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

(girls' State Champions 2001) *

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

(girls') (2010 State Champions) *

Lacrosse Lacrosse is a team sport played with a lacrosse stick and a lacrosse ball. It is the oldest organized sport in North America, with its origins with the indigenous people of North America as early as the 12th century. The game was extensively ...

(2004 Co-State Champions, 2006 State Champions, 2017 Boys State Champions) *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(boys' State Champions 1996, girls State Champions 2016) *

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(2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 State Champions, girls') * Roller hockey(club sport) (2002 State Champions, 2007 State Champions) *

Rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

(club sport) (State Champions 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2011) *

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(1996 girls' State Champions, 2005 boys' State Champions) *

Track & field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

(girls' 2010 State Champions) *

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Notable alumni

* Mark Bloom -

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soccer player *

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- actor * Kerry Brown (American football) - former Washington Redskins OL and Left Guard *

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- Comedian, Actor, Musician * Hanno Dirksen - South African rugby player *

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- professional wrestler and musician best known as Lita * Bruce Elder (basketball) - former all-SEC forward at Vanderbilt University *

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- first female

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pilot in the US Air Force * Bryan Lundquist - swimmer, world record holder in 4 × 100 m freestyle *

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- former college football player for

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and NFL player for the

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- former college football player for

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* Melanie Moore - professional dancer *

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- lead singer of The Click Five * April Richardson - comedian, regular on Chelsea Lately; frequent contestant on @midnight *

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- professional wrestler under the name Cody Rhodes * Stephen Sklenka - United States Marine Corps

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and current Deputy Commander,

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* Lawson Vaughn -

professional soccer player *

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nominee

References

External links

Official site
{{authority control Schools in Cobb County, Georgia Public high schools in Georgia (U.S. state) Educational institutions established in 1981 School buildings completed in 1981 1981 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)