Lake Stevens High School

Lake Stevens High School
Lake Stevens High School Football Stadium in 2018
Address
Map
2908 113th Avenue NE

Lake Stevens
,
Washington
98258

United States
Information
TypePublic Secondary School
Motto"Home of the Vikings"
Established1909[citation needed]
School districtLake Stevens School District
PrincipalLeslie Ivelia
Faculty90.77 (FTE)[1]
Grades10–12
Enrollment2,140 (2022–23)[1]
Student to teacher ratio23.58[1]
Color(s)Purple, gold   
Athletics conferenceWesco 4A
MascotViking
Team nameVikings
RivalGlacier Peak High School
NewspaperValhalla
YearbookThe Rune
Websitewww.lkstevens.wednet.edu/Domain/765

Lake Stevens High School is a high school located in Lake Stevens, Washington, United States, in the Lake Stevens School District.[2] LSHS currently educates grades 10–12.

History

LSHS first opened in 1909 where North Lake Middle School is currently located. LSHS has since moved to its current location on 113th Avenue, and the current school was remodeled in the 1990s and again in the summer of 2007, and is currently undergoing a modernization 2018–2021. In the summer of 2010, the football stadium was torn down and remodeled to accommodate more people.

Pink Palace

From 1929 to 1979, Lake Stevens High School was located on the grounds where North Lake Middle School currently stands. Painted with surplus paint with a pinkish hue sometime between 1958 -1959, the school was eventually nicknamed the Pink Palace. After the 1978–1979 school year, the building was demolished, and students began at the current LSHS location in the fall of 1979.

School activities

Several school programs use names that reference the region's Scandinavian heritage, which is also reflected in the "Vikings" mascot. The annual yearbook is known as The Rune, while the student newspaper is The Valhalla.

Lake Stevens High School has four bands which all play at both the fall and spring concerts and at a large number of festivals and ensembles. These bands are the two jazz bands, the wind ensemble, and the concert band. All the bands come together to make the Viking Pep Band,[3] which plays at all home football and basketball games and participates in school assemblies. The bands have won many awards from festivals such as MPMEA, Pasco, and BDX.

Sports, athletics and clubs

LSHS is a member of the 4A WESCO North division of Washington State.

Wrestling

The boys' varsity wrestling team has won 11 state titles: 1990, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016. The team went 18 years without losing a WESCO league match, last losing to Lynnwood High School during the 1993 season. In the 2007–2008 season, the streak ended with a loss to Snohomish High School by a margin of 18–31. However, the team went on to win the state championship that same year. MTV featured the Lake Stevens High School wrestling team in an episode of True Life in 2012, the episode entitled, "On The Mat".

Girls' basketball

Girls' basketball team played in the 2008 state tournament.

Football

The Lake Stevens High School football team is the 10-peat champions of the Wesco 4A Conference as of 2022. Lake Stevens won their first state championship in football in 2022 defeating Kennedy Catholic 24-22. Lake Stevens repeated as state champions in 2023, defeating Graham-Kapowsin 31-6.

Boys' soccer

The boys' soccer team has been nationally ranked by the Adidas National Soccer Association of America.[citation needed] In the 2006 season, their peak ranking was #9 in the national poll and #2 in their region, they finished fourth in state that year. In 2010, the boys' soccer team completed its most successful season to date, winning Wesco North and All Wesco district titles and eventually making it into the state finals. In the same year, the boys' soccer team was also ranked #21 out of 50 on ESPN's FAB 50, which ranks the top 50 teams in the nation.

Track and field

The track and field team were the 2022 4A State Champions.

Performing arts

Theatre

Lake Stevens High School offers an Introduction to Theatre and an Advanced Theatre course.


Choir

Lake Stevens High School offers Concert Choir, Jazz Choir, and Treble Choir.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Lake Stevens Sr High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 9, 2024.
  2. ^ "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Lake Stevens Sr High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved February 13, 2024.
  3. ^ "LSHS Bands / Overview". www.lkstevens.wednet.edu. Retrieved February 27, 2022.
  4. ^ Crasnick, Jerry (July 17, 2008). "A brother's burden: Baseball in a time of tribulation". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  5. ^ Polkkinen, Levi (April 24, 2013). "Legendary Washington basketball coach Marv Harshman dead at 95". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Myhre, Rich (August 2, 2011). "Local skateboarder makes it big". Everett Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  7. ^ O'Neill, Lucas (April 26, 2012). "Wrestling doc depicts trials, triumphs". ESPN.com. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  8. ^ Myhre, Rich (September 25, 2012). "Pride of Lake Stevens joins Sports Hall of Fame". Everett Herald. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  9. ^ "Lake Stevens grad called up to the majors". Everett Herald. June 5, 2012. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  10. ^ Milles, Todd; Live, Scorebook (April 25, 2020). "Finally! Lake Stevens High School QB Jacob Eason goes to Indianapolis Colts in 4th round of 2020 NFL Draft". Scorebook Live Washington. Retrieved April 26, 2020.

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