South Lafourche High School

South Lafourche High School
Address
16911 East Main Street
Cut Off, Louisiana 70345
United States
Coordinates 29°27′59″N 90°18′37″W / 29.46639°N 90.31028°W / 29.46639; -90.31028Coordinates: 29°27′59″N 90°18′37″W / 29.46639°N 90.31028°W / 29.46639; -90.31028
Information
Type Public Secondary
Motto Tout Ce Que Je Peux ("All That I Can")
Established 1966
School district Lafourche Parish Public Schools
Principal Gaye Cheramie
Faculty 66.73 (FTE)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1222 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio 18.31
Color(s) Blue and Silver         
Mascot Tarpons
Nickname Big Blue
Rival Central Lafourche High School, Thibodaux High School
Newspaper Silver King Times
Website SLHS
[1]

South Lafourche High School is a public secondary school in the Galliano census-designated place, an unincorporated area in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana, United States.[2] It has a Cut Off postal address.[3]

A part of Lafourche Parish Public Schools, South Lafourche High currently serves the coastal towns and communities of:[4] Larose,[5] Cut Off,[6] Galliano,[2] and Golden Meadow.[7] It is the result of the 1966 consolidation of the former Golden Meadow and Larose-Cut Off High Schools.[8] As a result, both former high schools were designated junior high schools and, in 2002, middle schools. South Lafourche High School was founded in 1966.

Originally South Lafourche only provided 10th to 12th grade, but during the 2002-2003 school year the 9th grade was added and removed from the middle schools.

History

In 1968 the high school for black students, C.M. Washington High School, was dissolved due to racial integration.[9] 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".[10]

Athletics

According to the team's website, the South Lafourche football team was state champion in 1971 and 1977.[11] The South Lafourche boys' basketball team won the 1998 Class 5A state championship and was the 1999 Class 5A runner-up. Other sports at South Lafourche High School include baseball, softball, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, cross country, golf, and volleyball.

Notable alumni

  • Bobby Hebert, New Orleans Saints and Atlanta Falcons quarterback.
  • Ed Orgeron, Head coach for the Louisiana State University football team.

References

  1. ↑ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for South Lafourche High School". ed.gov. Retrieved 15 December 2015.
  2. 1 2 "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Galliano CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  3. ↑ Home. South Lafourche High School. Retrieved on November 29, 2016. "16911 E Main Street Cut Off, LA 70345 "
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Larose CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  6. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Cut Off CDP, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018. Pages: 1, 2.
  7. ↑ "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Golden Meadow town, LA." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on February 7, 2018.
  8. ↑ "The Origin of South Lafourche." South Lafourche High School. Retrieved on November 29, 2016.
  9. ↑ 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
  10. ↑ Gommel, Karl (2016-12-20). "Movin' on up! Area schools raise scores". Houma Times. Retrieved 2016-12-24.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-11. Retrieved 2011-04-22. South Lafourche Tarpons Football, SLHS football history, accessed April 22, 2011
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