Lake Highlands High School

Lake Highlands High School
Location
9449 Church Road
Dallas, Texas 75238
United States
Information
Type Public, secondary
School district Richardson Independent School District
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1,712 [1] (as of 2013–14)
Color(s) Red and white          
Nickname Wildcats
Rival Lloyd V. Berkner High School
Website Official school website

Lake Highlands High School (LHHS) is a secondary school serving grades 9-12 located in the Lake Highlands area of northeastern Dallas, Texas, United States, primarily serving the Lake Highlands community. The school is part of the Richardson Independent School District and is located centrally within Lake Highlands near the DART Blue Line. The Lake Highlands Freshman Center (which sits on the same property as LHHS) houses the 9th grade students. The first graduating class of Lake Highlands High School was in 1964.

Feeder schools

Academics

In 2002, the school received a Blue Ribbon award from the U.S. Department of Education.[2] It was also named by U.S. News & World Report as one of the best high schools in America in 2001.

Extracurricular activities

Band

The school is the home of the Wildcat Band, which consists of the Wildcat Marching Band, Jazz Band, several Concert Bands, Winterguard, Percussion Program, Symphony Orchestra, and puts on a yearly Musical. Under the direction of Eddie Green, the Symphonic Band made its first trip to the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in December 1971. Later that school year, the band was selected as the Texas Music Educators Association (TMEA) Honor Band and performed at the TMEA convention in February 1973. The band program is recognized nationally as a leader in music education and has been invited to perform at the Midwest International Band Clinic and Convention five times, has received a superior rating in marching and concert band more than fifty times, and has been a participant at the Texas State Marching Contest and a finalist in the TMEA Honor Band Contest.

Dance team

The school is home of the "Wildcat Wranglers", one of the few high school Country/Western dance teams existing in the United States. The group performed for the 1997, 2001, 2005, 2009, and 2017 presidential inaugurations, including at the Black Tie and Boots Balls and in the Inaugural Parades associated with the aforementioned inaugurations; in the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; and in the 2008, 2012, and 2015 New Year's Day Parade in London.

The school is also the home of the "Highlandettes", a Texas-style dance squad. They have performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade numerous times, as well as at many Dallas Cowboys, Dallas Stars, and Dallas Mavericks games. They have also danced in Dublin, Ireland for the St. Patrick's Day parade; in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii; and Italy.

Athletics

The school mascot is the Wildcat. This is also the mascot of several of the high school's feeder schools including Lake Highlands Elementary, Northlake Elementary, and Lake Highlands Junior High.

The school's football team has been in the UIL regional and state playoffs numerous times, and won the 5A state championship in 1981. The school has won district championships in baseball over 20 times since 1964.

The school has also won several district titles in boys Basketball including winning the 1967 State Championship. The school also shares a football stadium with L.V. Berkner High School. Currently, it is called "Wildcat-Ram Stadium," a collaboration of mascots. Lake Highlands students also unofficially refer to this stadium as "The Boneyard". Lake Highlands and Berkner have long been rivals in football and other sports. For the annual football rivalry, both schools are playing "at home" in Wildcat-Ram Stadium. The 2005 and 2006 rivalry games were won by the Berkner Rams in the final minute, either by a touchdown or a field goal. Lake Highlands won the 2007 rivalry game by a score of 31-24. Lake Highlands has won every game since then, most recently in 2017. with a score of 59-28.

Movie

Large portions of Ron Howard's 1978 TV movie Cotton Candy were filmed at the school. The movie was about a group of friends who started a band.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "2014 Accountability Summary: Lake Highlands HS" (PDF). Texas Education Agency. Retrieved 27 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ "Watch LH grad Scoot McNairy in AMC's new drama". lakehighlands.advocatemag. June 3, 2014. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
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