Louisa County High School is a secondary school

Secondary school

Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...

 for students of Louisa County, Virginia

Louisa County, Virginia

Louisa County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 33,153. The county seat is Louisa.- History :...

 in the United States. It serves as 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 the fall of 1969.

The largest class of LCHS was the Class of 2009, which graduated 358 students.

The 2011 Virginia earthquake

2011 Virginia earthquake

The 2011 Virginia earthquake occurred on August 23, 2011, at 1:51 pm EDT in the Piedmont region of the U.S. state of Virginia. The epicenter, in Louisa County, was northwest of Richmond and south-southwest of the town of Mineral...

 caused significant damage to the school.

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 Advanced Placement Program

Advanced Placement Program

The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...

 (AP) classes and dual-enrollment courses with both J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College is a community college serving not only Richmond, Virginia, but Goochland County, Hanover County, Henrico County, Louisa County, Powhatan County as well. Named for Lieutenant Governor J. Sargeant Reynolds, JSRCC is a member of the Virginia Community College...

 and Piedmont Virginia Community College

Piedmont Virginia Community College

' is an open access community college offering two-year associate's degrees, one-year certificates, continuing education and workforce training. The campus is located in Albemarle County, Virginia, south of Charlottesville...

.

Extracurricular activities

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

FBLA-PBL

The Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda, or FBLA-PBL, is an American career and technical student organization that has its headquarters in Reston, Virginia...

, FCCLA

Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America

Family, Career and Community Leaders of America , formerly known as Future Homemakers of America , is a nonprofit U.S. career and technical student organization for young men and women in family and consumer science education in public and private schools through grade 12 across the United States...

, FFA

National FFA Organization

The National FFA Organization is an American youth organization known as a Career and Technical Student Organization, based on middle and high school classes that promote and support agricultural education...

, fishing club, foreign language club, gospel choir, guitar club, HOSA, Impact club, Interact, juggling club, National Art Honor Society

National Art Honor Society

The National Art Honor Society was established in 1978 in the United States by the National Art Education Association for high school students grades 10-12, for "the purpose of inspiring and recognizing those students who have shown an outstanding ability in art" from the National Art Honor Society...

, 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...

, newspaper, Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind

Odyssey of the Mind, often called OM , is a creative problem-solving competition involving students from kindergarten through college. Team members work together at length to solve a predefined problem ; and present their solution to the problem at a competition...

, Renaissance club, Scholastic Bowl

Quizbowl

Quiz bowl is a family of games of questions and answers on all topics of human knowledge that is commonly played by students enrolled in high school or college, although some participants begin in middle or even elementary school...

, SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA

SkillsUSA is a United States career and technical student organization serving more than 320,000 high school and college students and professional members enrolled in training programs in technical, skilled, and service occupations, including health occupations. Since 2010, SkillsUSA has had Thomas...

, SCUBA Club, Student Organization for Developing Attitudes, Thespians, Tri-M

Tri-M

Tri-M Music Honor Society, formerly known as Modern Music Masters, is a high school and middle school music honor society. Each school has its own chapter, which is run by the students but supervised by an advisor or sponsor, usually a school teacher...

, TSA

Technology Student Association

The Technology Student Association is an international Career and Technical Student Organization made up of over 150,000 Middle School and High School Technology Education Students. TSA is the premier CTSO dedicated to STEM Standards: Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics...

, Varsity Club, and yearbook.

Athletics

Louisa County High School is a member of the Virginia High School League

Virginia High School League

The Virginia High School League is the arbiter of interscholastic competition among public high schools in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Unlike similar organizations in many other states, private or religious schools are prohibited from joining. Non-public schools belong to other organizations,...

 and belongs to the Jefferson District

AA Jefferson District

The AA Jefferson District is a district in the Region II of the Virginia High School League. There are eight member schools. The District is named in honor of Thomas Jefferson, and as might be guessed, member schools are clustered around Charlottesville...

 in AA Region II

AA Region II

Region II is one of the four AA regions in the Virginia High School League. It is made up of four districts: the AA Dulles District, the AA Evergreen District, the AA Jefferson District and the AA Northwestern District....

. The school's teams, known as the Louisa Lions, compete in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, field hockey, football, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track, volleyball, 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.

The Lions have won a few Virginia state titles during their history. The most recent one was by the boys' indoor track team in 2009 . The Lions have also had luck in Baseball, having won a state title in 1990, and cross country back in the late 1990s.

External links

• Louisa County High School