Lewiston High School

Lewiston High School
Address
156 East Avenue
Lewiston, Maine
United States
Coordinates 44°05′36″N 70°12′08″W / 44.0933°N 70.2022°W / 44.0933; -70.2022Coordinates: 44°05′36″N 70°12′08″W / 44.0933°N 70.2022°W / 44.0933; -70.2022
Information
Type Public secondary
Established 1850
School district Lewiston Public Schools
Principal Jake Langlais
Faculty 106
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,446
Color(s) Blue and White
Mascot Blue Devil
Website http://lhs.lewistonpublicschools.org/

Lewiston High School (LHS) is a public high school in Lewiston, Maine. The school opened in 1850 and has occupied its current building since the mid-1970s. The school's enrollment for the 2007–08 school year was 1,446 students.[1] The school's mascot is the Blue Devil and the colors are blue and white. The principal is Jake Langlais. From the 1930s to 1970s the high school was located on Central Ave and now serves as Lewiston Middle School.

Sports

Lewiston competes in Maine's Class A division for sports, the highest class in the state (except for basketball, which competes in AA), as governed by the Maine Principals' Association. Lewiston is also a member of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference. The school is particularly known for its cheerleading and boys soccer teams.

Cheerleading

The Lewiston cheerleading team has won the state championship ten times since 1991, including six times during the seven year period 2011-2017.[2]

Boys soccer

Lewiston's Blue Devils boys soccer team won the state championships in 2015 and 2017[3][4] under coach Mike McGraw. The story of Somali immigrants to Maine and how their passion for soccer led Lewiston to their first state championship title in 2015 is told in the 2018 book One Goal by Amy Bass.[5]

Notable alumni

Lewiston Regional Technical Center

Lewiston High School is also the home to the Lewiston Regional Technical Center. LRTC is the second largest vocational technical center in Maine. It offers programs in automotive technology, computer technology, health careers, criminal justice, culinary arts, nursing, and many other fields. The school serves over 800 students from six area high schools: Lewiston High School, Edward Little High School, Lisbon High School, Oak Hill High School, Leavitt Area High School, and Poland Regional High School.[7]

Notes

  1. ↑ http://www.sunjournal.com/story/241641-3/LewistonAuburn/Free_bus_ride_fares_well_so_far/
  2. ↑ "Cheerleading - Past Champions". Maine Principals Association. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Soccer". Maine Principals Association. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  4. ↑ Vortherms, Taylor (4 November 2017). "Boys' soccer: Lewiston earns Class A title with OT win over Portland". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "One Goal: A Coach, a Team, and the Game that Brought a Divided Town Together". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 12 April 2018.
  6. ↑ L’Hommedieu, Andrea (March 23, 2010). "Interview with Susan Longley by Andrea L'Hommedieu". Bates College. Retrieved 14 June 2013.
  7. ↑ http://www.lewistonpublicschools.org/%7Elrtcweb/other/school_profile.htm
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