Lebanon High School (Ohio)

Lebanon High School is a public high school in Lebanon, Ohio. It is the only high school in the Lebanon City School District. Their mascot is the Warrior and the school logo is the profile of an American Indian wearing a full feathered headdress. The primary school colors are maroon and white, although throughout its history secondary colors have included black and maize. The school's principal is Mr. Scott Butler. The high school currently houses approximately 1,650 students and the district's total student population is just over 6,000.

The high school moved into its current building on 1916 Drake Road in 2004. From 1969 until 2004 it was housed in what is now Lebanon Junior High School on 160 Miller Road. Prior to 1969, Lebanon High School called home what is now Berry Intermediate School on Oakwood Street.

The current high school is in the second phase of a three-phase building plan. The third phase include an auditorium and additional classroom space. The current building has over 2,200 pieces of technology equipment, science labs, a media center room, a writing lab, video distribution center, and band and choral facilities.^[2]

Also included at the high school are two collegiate-sized gyms (including a competition gym), health and fitness centers, and practice facilities for many competitive teams.

Students

Lebanon High School's student body reflects the demographics of the city of Lebanon—95 percent are white, two percent are African-American, one percent are Hispanic, and two percent are multi-racial.

Academic statistics

Lebanon students perform well above the state average on the state mandated Ohio Graduation Test. In the most recent year, LHS students passed at a 95 percent rate in Reading, 91 percent in Social Studies, 85 percent rate in Science, 94 percent in Writing and 93 percent in Math.

The mean ACT score at Lebanon High School is 23, with the mean SAT score 1128. Approximately 150 students every year participate in Advanced Placement classes.

Lebanon High School's graduation rates are much higher than the state average. Traditionally, Lebanon graduates approximately 93 percent of its students, with roughly 85 percent going on to a two-year or four-year college, four percent entering the military and approximately 10 percent going into the workforce.

Clubs

There is an array of clubs offered at Lebanon High School ranging from Anime Club to War Zone. There are opportunities offered to all students at Lebanon. The list of clubs includes:

• Outdoor Adventure Club - A fun and exciting club that puts its main focus on the awesome outdoors! Activities include hiking, rafting and more!
• Marching Band – The school marching band directed by David Iannelli, the band director for grades 7–12. The Marching Band plays at halftime of every football game in the fall, while also participating in many competitions throughout the fall.
• Lebanon High School Winter Percussion Ensemble – The indoor percussion group performs/competes in the MEPA circuit (Mid East Performance Association) and the WGI (Winter Guard International) regional and world competitions. The ensemble won the MEPA Scholastic A championship in 2012, as well as the MEPA Scholastic Open championships from 2013-2015. In the WGI circuit, the Percussion Ensemble has won 2 WGI World Championship gold medals: Scholastic A in 2012, and Scholastic Open in 2015. The ensemble went undefeated in their 2015 season. They currently compete as a Scholastic World ensemble which is the highest level of high school competition by WGI and MEPA regulations.^[3]They have performed arrangements of composers such as Steve Reich and Eric Whitacre.
• War Zone – The student pep club.
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) – Lebanon has a rich tradition of success in the state and national FBLA programs.
• International Club – The former clubs of both French and Spanish are now represented as one club. They still enjoy friendly competition in the annual French v. Spanish Club Soccer Game and Dodgeball Game.
• Ski Club – Each week during the winter a group of students takes a bus to Perfect North Slopes in Indiana to spend time on the slopes.
• Student Council – There are 10 students from each grade that represent the school with fundraising projects, homecoming, and other things throughout the year.
• Japanese Art and Culture Club – This club is for students to learn about Japanese culture while sharing common interests in Japanese pop culture.
• Gender Sexuality Alliance – This club promotes acceptance of students who are part of the LGBT+ community between students within the school and community.
• Ecology Club – Students engage in community service and activities that concern planet Earth.
• Art Club – Students learn/do a variety of different arts.
• Bridges – Every year, about 10 students from each grade are selected to go on a trip that helps to "bridge the gap" between different social groups ("cliques") through a variety of life-changing activities.
• Future Teachers of America (FTA) – A group devoted to possibly entering the education field as their profession.
• Book Club – Students get together once and month and discuss books.
• Ultimate Frisbee – This is where students get together after school and enjoy playing Frisbee/ultimate Frisbee with each other. The season is during fall and spring.
• Lacrosse – A club sport that started with men's lacrosse. More recently, girls' lacrosse was added.
• AFJROTC – A U.S. Air Force-affiliated JROTC program. The drill team has been Ohio state champion since 2008.
• Guitar Club – Students gather every two weeks to talk about music and techniques.
• Recording Club – Student artists and bands record compositions of various genres.

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• Warrior Parkour Club – Students meet to discuss parkour technique.

Athletics

Lebanon High School currently offers 11 men's sports and 11 women's sports.^[2] The athletic program is a member of the Greater Western Ohio Conference (GWOC), which consists of teams in the Greater Dayton area. The Warriors are in the South Division along with Springboro, Miamisburg and Northmont.^[5] From 1997 to 2003, Lebanon participated in the Fort Ancient Valley Conference.^[6]

Notable alumni

• Woody Harrelson, actor ('79). Roles include Woody Boyd on Cheers and feature films including White Men Can't Jump, Natural Born Killers, Indecent Proposal, Kingpin, and The Hunger Games.
• Casey Shaw, former basketball player ('93). Played one season in the NBA with in 1998 with Philadelphia 76ers and 13 years professionally overall, mostly in Europe.
• Bruce Ivins, microbiologist and alleged bioterrorist ('64).
• Marty Roe, lead singer of country music group Diamond Rio ('79), which won Academy of Country Music award for Top Vocal Group in 1991 and 1992 and the Country Music Association Vocal Group of the Year in 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1997.

See also

• Lebanon School District
• Lebanon, Ohio

References

External links

• District Website