Lebanon High School (Pennsylvania)

Lebanon High School
Lebanon High School
	USGS Aerial Image
Address
	1000 S. 8th Street; Lebanon, Lebanon County, PA 17042; United States
Information
School type	Public, Secondary
Motto	Live. Learn. Lebanon.
Established	1852 (current building - 1969, renovated - 2013)
School district	Lebanon School District
Superintendent	Dr. Nicole Malinoski
Principal	Dr. Robert Nordall
Staff	81.17 (FTE)
Enrollment	1,423 (2022–2023)
Student to teacher ratio	17.53
Color(s)	Red and Blue
Mascot	Cedar
Rival	Cedar Crest High School
Feeder schools	Lebanon Middle School
Information	(717) 273-9391
Website	www.lebanon.k12.pa.us/high-school
	; Lebanon Cedars athletic logo

Lebanon Senior High School (LHS) houses grades nine through twelve for the Lebanon School District, and is located in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The current building, which also serves as district headquarters, opened to students for the 1969–70 school year. The school, with a unique architecture featuring three circular buildings, underwent extensive renovations completed in early 2013. The school's mascot is the cedar tree. In 2013, the cedar tree mascot, Rooty, was featured in a mini-series on HULU entitled Behind the Mask.

Campus

Each of the school's three buildings includes a principal occupant (Library, Gymnasium, or Auditorium) which is used to identify the specific building. The "Library" building contains most of the school's classrooms and the library itself features a glass dome ceiling. In addition to the gym, the "Gymnasium" building includes the school's cafeteria. The "Auditorium" building includes the auditorium and the science and music rooms. Since the renovations, the offices of the high school are located in the West in-fill and the district offices are found in the North in-fill. The renovations also resulted in the enclosure of the school's courtyard into a large atrium.

Programs

Lebanon High School is well known for its music programs. It has many performing groups including: Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Show Choir, Jazz Choir, Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Percussion Ensemble, and Marching Band.

Students participate in PMEA District 7, LLMEA music festivals, and other festivals/events.

The music department also produces a Broadway-quality musical every spring. Musicals from the last few years include Cinderella, West Side Story, and Newsies.

Notable alumni

Walter L. J. Bayler - Brigadier General in the United States Marine Corps, known as the "Last Man Off Wake Island."
Skip Stahley - college football head coach (Class of 1926)
Sam Bowie - NBA center (Class of 1979)
Kerry Collins - NFL quarterback (transferred out as sophomore (1987), Class of 1990)
Dick Shiner - NFL quarterback (Class of 1960)
Jared Odrick - NFL defensive end (Class of 2006)
Bobby Gerhart - NASCAR/ARCA race car driver (Class of 1976)
Thomas Albert - Composer (Class of 1967)
Jaynne Bittner - All-American Girls Professional Baseball League pitcher (Class of 1944)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Lebanon SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

External links

Official Lebanon High School website

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[NCES-1] "Lebanon SHS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 1, 2024.

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