Lake Oswego High School

Lake Oswego High School (LOHS) is a public high school in Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States. It is accredited through the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.

Lake Oswego High School
Address
2501 Southwest Country Club Road

Lake Oswego
,
(Clackamas County)
,
Oregon
97034

United States
Coordinates45°25′36.90″N 122°42′08.59″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1950
School districtLake Oswego School District
PrincipalRollin Dickinson[1]
Faculty65.66 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades9-12
Number of students1,273 (2017-18)[3]
Student to teacher ratio19.39[2]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)Navy and white          [4]
Athletics conferenceOSAA , Class 6A
MascotPilot Joe (Sea Farer)
Team nameLakers
RivalLakeridge Pacers
NewspaperLake Views
YearbookLaker Log
Television/radioLaker Broadcasting
Websiteloh.loswego.k12.or.us

History

Lake Oswego High School first opened in September 1951 as a six-year school,[5] with an enrollment of 564.[6] In 1956, it became a four-year high school with the opening of Lake Oswego Junior High School, and in 1958, a three-year high school (with 589 students) as the LOJHS expanded to include the 9th grade (for a total of 656 students).[7]

In the fall of 2005, construction was finished on a completely new campus. Built over the original school, the new building featured classrooms equipped with built-in projectors and SMART boards. Other improvements included a state-of-the-art 500-seat theater and a building wing designated for art classes.

Several years later, mold and defects in the walls and roof of the school and gym, as a result of faulty construction, were detected. A string of lawsuits ensued between the school district and parties involved with the construction. The district eventually reached a $6.7 million settlement with its primary contractor, Robinson Construction Company, and several smaller settlements with sub-contractors. Repair work to fix the school's structural problems was completed in 2012.[8][9][10]

A string of lawsuits ensued between the school district and parties involved with the construction. The district eventually reached a $6.7 million settlement with its primary contractor, Robinson Construction Company, and several smaller settlements with sub-contractors. Repair work to fix the school's structural problems was completed in 2012.[11][12][13]

In 2012, Bruce Plato announced his retirement after 11 years as principal of Lake Oswego High School. The School Board elected Assistant Principal Cindy Schubert as his replacement, effective in the 2013-2014 school year.[14] The current principal is Rollin Dickinson, the former Assistant Principal at Lakeridge High School.

Academics

In 1983, Lake Oswego High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[15]

In 2008, 94% of the school's seniors received a high school diplomas. Of 314 students, 294 graduated, 15 dropped out, four received a modified diploma, and one was still in high school in 2009.[16][17]

The school received a gold ranking in U.S. News & World Report's 2013 "America's Best High Schools". It was named as the second best high school in the state. A gold ranking connotes that the school was among the 500 best in the nation. According to the report, 58 percent of the students participated in AP courses in 2013.[18][19]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Lake Oswego High School: Administration". Lake Oswego High School. Retrieved October 12, 2016.
  2. Lake Oswego High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  3. "Lake Oswego Senior High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 15, 2019.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on October 10, 2011. Retrieved May 22, 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. Oswego Review (October 4, 1951). "Lakers Lane". Oswego Review, Oswego, Oregon.
  6. Oswego Review (September 27, 1951). "564 Enroll for Opening Day, New High School". Oswego Review, Oswego, Oregon.
  7. "Schools Open". Oswego Review, Oswego, Oregon. September 14, 1958.
  8. Randall, Rebecca (September 28, 2011). "School roof woes remain". Lake Oswego Review. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  9. "Lake Oswego School Board approves $6.7 million settlement from construction firm that built Lake Oswego High School". The Oregonian. October 27, 2011.
  10. "School board approves settlement involving Lake Oswego High School repairs". The Oregonian. May 2, 2012.
  11. Randall, Rebecca (September 28, 2011). "School roof woes remain". Lake Oswego Review. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  12. "Lake Oswego School Board approves $6.7 million settlement from construction firm that built Lake Oswego High School". The Oregonian. October 27, 2011.
  13. "School board approves settlement involving Lake Oswego High School repairs". The Oregonian. May 2, 2012.
  14. "Lake Oswego High School principal announces plan to retire". The Oregonian. September 19, 2012.
  15. Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  16. Casey, Jerry (June 30, 2009). "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  17. "Oregon dropout rates for 2008" (XLS). The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
  18. "Best High Schools 2013". U.S. News & World Report. April 13, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  19. "Lake Oswego, West Linn, Corbett high schools named among nation's top 500 by U.S. News". The Oregonian. April 23, 2013. Retrieved August 2, 2013.
  20. Boss, Suzie (July 2, 2008). "Becoming Citizens: A Stint in Student Government Can Shape One's Future". Edutopia. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
  21. Daley, Jillian (October 8, 2015). "President of Afghanistan attended LOHS". KOIN.com.
  22. Decosta, Nicole (August 3, 2006). "Laz D: Rapping positively: Lake Oswego's Cameron Lasley finds his beat creating rap music". The Lake Oswego Review. Archived from the original on March 14, 2007.
  23. "U.S.A."
  24. Eggers, Kerry. "The boyhood bond of Kevin Love and Klay Thompson". https://joomlakave.com. Retrieved June 17, 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  25. "State of Oregon: Blue Book - Notable Oregonians: Don Schollander - Athlete (Swimmer)". sos.oregon.gov. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
  26. Langlois, Shawn. "Tim Solso drives Cummins to gains", MarketWatch, December 8, 2010. Accessed May 19, 2017. "The graduate of Lake Oswego High School in Oregon had done his undergraduate work at DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind. — just 60 miles northwest of Cummins headquarters in Columbus, Ind. — where he met his wife and was a classmate of one J. Danforth Quayle."
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