Central Lafourche High School

Central Lafourche High School
Address
Central Lafourche High School
Central Lafourche High School
4820 Louisiana Highway 1
Mathews, Lafourche, Louisiana 70375
United States
Coordinates 29°41′02″N 90°33′02″W / 29.683825°N 90.550470°W / 29.683825; -90.550470Coordinates: 29°41′02″N 90°33′02″W / 29.683825°N 90.550470°W / 29.683825; -90.550470
Information
School type Public high school
Established 1965
School district Lafourche Parish Public Schools
Principal Jarod Martin
Grades 9 through 12
Enrollment 1,302
Color(s) Green and gold          
Fight song "Fight On"
Nickname Trojans
Rival South Lafourche High School
Thibodaux High School
Hahnville High School
Yearbook ILIAD
Website clhs.lpsd.k12.la.us
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Central Lafourche High School (CLHS) is a public high school serving students in grades 9 through 12 in Mathews, unincorporated Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States,[2] about 45 miles southwest of New Orleans. The school, which has a Raceland postal address,[3] is one of three high schools in the Lafourche Parish Public Schools district.[4]

It serves the communities of:[5] Mathews,[2] Raceland,[6] Lockport,[7] and Gheens as well as the Lafourche Parish section of Des Allemands.[8]

History

The school is a consolidation of the former Raceland High School and Lockport High School. It was established by the Lafourche Parish School Board in 1965[9] as a three-year, co-educational senior high school. It was built at a cost of almost $4,000,000. The school became a reality with the 1966-1967 school session. Until the building was completed, the school was housed in temporary facilities on the campus of the former Lockport High School. The ninth grade and Pre G.E.D./Skills Option Programs were added to the Central Lafourche Curriculum in the 2001-2002 school year.[10]

In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration.[11] Therefore black students now attended the previously all-white school.

Between 2015 and 2016, according to the Louisiana State Department of Education rankings, this school's rank increased from a "B" to an "A".[12]

Extracurriculars

Athletics

The school competes interscholastically in several sports, including:[13]

  • Football
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Varsity cheer
  • Junior varsity cheer
  • Cross country
  • Dance team (Trojanettes)
  • Fishing
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-04-23.
  2. 1 2 "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Mathews CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on November 29, 2016.
  3. ↑ Home. Central Lafourche High School. Retrieved on November 29, 2016. "4820 Highway 1, Raceland, LA 70394"
  4. ↑ Lafourche Parish Public Schools - List of Schools Archived 2011-01-05 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ "SCHOOL ATTENDANCE BOUNDARIES Archived 2016-12-02 at the Wayback Machine.." Lafourche Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on December 2, 2016. Based on the text description of the school boundaries. The page states: "Students who reside in the Des Allemands area on the west side of Bayou Des Allemands will attend Lafourche Parish schools."
  6. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Raceland CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  7. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Lockport town, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Des Allemands CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2, 3.
  9. ↑ Theriot, Clifton. Lafourche Parish. Arcadia Publishing, December 1, 2014. ISBN 1439648662, 9781439648667. p. 71.
  10. ↑ CLHS Official web site
  11. ↑ Urbazewski, Katie (2013-02-22). "Pastor wants Thibodaux school again renamed after its founder". Houma Today. Retrieved 2016-12-04. - See version at The Daily Comet
  12. ↑ Gommel, Karl (2016-12-20). "Movin' on up! Area schools raise scores". Houma Times. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  13. ↑ CLHS Official Website Archived November 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ LSU Sports
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