Louisa County High School (LCHS) is a

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for students of

Louisa County, Virginia Louisa County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 37,596. The county seat is Louisa. History Prior to colonial settlement, the area comprising Louisa County was occupied by severa ...

in the United States. It is the school for students in the county in grades 9-12.

History

Louisa County High School was created by the consolidation of Louisa, Mineral and Apple Grove high schools, opening for classes in 1940. The high school was integrated in fall 1969. The largest class in LCHS history was the Class of 2009, which graduated 358 students. The

2011 Virginia earthquake On August 23, 2011, a magnitude 5.8 earthquake hit the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia at 1:51:04 p.m. EDT. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was northwest of Richmond and south-southwest of the town of Mineral. It was an ...

caused significant damage to the school. Following an investigation, the building was condemned. As a temporary measure, the high school students shared the middle school for the next several months. High school students attended on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, while middle school students attended Tuesday, Thursday and every other Saturday. As this was going on, a system of modular buildings were set up in the high school parking lot. From 1 February, the high school students began attending class in the modular buildings. The new Louisa County High School opened in August 2015 in time for the start of the 2015 school year.

Curriculum

The high school offers courses in a wide variety of departments, including alternative education, career & technical education, English, fine arts, foreign language, guidance, mathematics, physical education, science, social studies and special education. The school also offers several

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(AP) classes and dual-enrollment courses with both

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Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities at Louisa County High School include anime club, band, Ex Libris,

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, FFA, SCA, fishing club, foreign language club, gospel choir, guitar club, HOSA, Impact club,

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, juggling club,

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, newspaper,

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, Renaissance club, Scholastic Bowl,

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, SCUBA Club, Student Organization for Developing Attitudes, Thespians,

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, TSA, Varsity Club and yearbook.

Athletics

Louisa County High School is a member of the

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and belongs to the

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AA Region II The Virginia High School League (VHSL) is the principal sanctioning organization for interscholastic athletic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. The VHSL first sponsored debate and also continues to sponsor sta ...

. The school's teams, known as the Louisa Lions, compete in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, American football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, indoor/outdoor track, volleyball, swimming and wrestling. Louisa is known for having a heavily supported football program, due to success in the years since 2004, reaching the state championship game in 2006, and winning the Jefferson District Championship in 2010. The football field known as "The Jungle" was awarded the 2011 Best School and Parks Football Field in America. The Lions have won a few Virginia state titles. The boys' indoor track team in 2009.Lions roll to state indoor track title
/ref> The Lions have also had luck in baseball, having won a state title in 1990, and cross country in the late 1990s. The lady lions basketball team won the Virginia state championship in 2021.

References

External links

Louisa County High School
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