Logan High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
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Logan High School is one of the two public high schools in La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse is a city in and the county seat of La Crosse County, Wisconsin, United States. The city lies alongside the Mississippi River.The 2011 Census Bureau estimates the city had a population of 52,485...

 in the School District of La Crosse
School District of La Crosse
The School District of La Crosse is a school district in La Crosse County, Wisconsin. The district serves the city of La Crosse, Wisconsin as well as several surrounding suburbs. There are 19 schools in the district.-High schools:...

. Despite a recent shift in high school attendance area boundaries, Logan High School has not met an enrollment target set for the School District of La Crosse high schools. Logan High participates in WIAA
Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association
The Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association is the regulatory body for all high school sports in Wisconsin. Its history dates to 1895, making it the first high school athletic organization in the country...

 Division 1 in many sports, and Division 2 in others, such as football.

President George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

 delivered remarks on Education Accountability at Logan High School on May 8, 2002.

In 2005, current principal Scott Mihalovic won the La Crosse Tribune
La Crosse Tribune
The La Crosse Tribune is a newspaper published in La Crosse, Wisconsin, covering the tri-state area of Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota in the USA.-History:...

Person of the Year award stating, "Scott Mihalovic, who as principal at Logan High School provided steady leadership during a challenging period at the school."

History

In August 1979, the new Logan Senior High School was completed near Swanson Field on the north side of La Crosse. The new school was a 3-year high school during the 1979-80 school year. Logan High became a four year high school (grades 9-12) in 1980 with the reorganization of the district and creation of middle schools.
Two classroom addition wings for the math, social studies and world language departments have been added due to increased enrollment. A multi-purpose addition was finished in the fall of 1997, which provides music and athletic practice and performance facilities.

Statistics

  • Logan High is a two-story building of about 240000 square feet (22,296.7 m²) situated on a 32 acres (129,499.5 m²) site in the La Crosse River Valley.
  • 1082 Students grades 9-12
  • 105 Teachers — 15 Departments (more than 50% have Masters Degrees)
  • Average composite ACT core score: 22.0
  • School Mascot: "La Crosse Logan Rangers"

Diversity

  • In the 2008 school year Logan High reported:
    • 77.6% Caucasian
      Caucasian race
      The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...

    • 15.1% Asian
      Asian people
      Asian people or Asiatic people is a term with multiple meanings that refers to people who descend from a portion of Asia's population.- Central Asia :...

      /Hmong
      Hmong people
      The Hmong , are an Asian ethnic group from the mountainous regions of China, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. Hmong are also one of the sub-groups of the Miao ethnicity in southern China...

    • 4.5% African American
      African American
      African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

    • 1.4% Hispanic
      Hispanic
      Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

    • 1.4% American Indian
      Native Americans in the United States
      Native Americans in the United States are the indigenous peoples in North America within the boundaries of the present-day continental United States, parts of Alaska, and the island state of Hawaii. They are composed of numerous, distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as...


Notable faculty

  • D. Wayne Lukas
    D. Wayne Lukas
    Darrell Wayne Lukas is a former educator who became one of the most successful horse trainers in American Thoroughbred horse racing history and a U.S...

    , horse trainer, taught and coached at Logan
  • Ruth Ann Musick
    Ruth Ann Musick
    Ruth Ann Musick was an American author and folklorist specializing in West Virginia. She was the sister of artist Archie Musick and niece of author John R...

    , folklorist and author, taught at Logan from 1923 to 1931

Programs and activities

  • Academic Decathlon
  • Cisco Networking Academy
  • Chinese, Spanish, French, and German language courses
  • DECA
    DECA (organization)
    DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...

  • Delta Epsilon Phi, Honor Society in German
  • EStart for School-Age Parents
  • FBLA, "Future Business Leaders of America"
  • FCCLA, "Family, Career and Community Leaders of America"
  • Forensics
  • Foreign language clubs
  • Go Green Team
  • High Quiz Bowl, NAQT and High School Challenge
  • LEAP — Alternative Program
  • Marketing Coop Job
  • National Honor Society
    National Honor Society
    The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...

  • Project Lead the Way
  • Project Respect
  • Ranger Renaissance
  • School Within a School
  • Youth Apprenticeship
  • Theater
  • Numerous sport programs including: basketball, baseball, softball, volleyball, track and field, wrestling, cross country, swimming, tennis, power lifting, soccer, football, fall dance team, winter dance team, cheer leading, golf, gymnastics, hockey, and ski teams.

Sister schools

  • Wernher-von-Braun-Gymnasium, Friedberg, Bavaria
    Friedberg, Bavaria
    Friedberg is a city in the district Aichach-Friedberg, Bavaria, Germany, with some 30,000 inhabitants. It is located next to Augsburg at the Lech river...

    , Germany
    Germany
    Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

  • Luoyang Foreign Language School, Luoyang
    Luoyang
    Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.Situated on the central plain of...

    , China
    China
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