Logansport High School

{{Infobox school

| name = Logansport High School

| image = Logansport High School logo.png

| image_size = 150

| alt =

| caption =

| motto =

| location = 1 Berry Lane

| city = Logansport

| state = Indiana

| county = Cass County

| zipcode = 46947

| country = United States

| coordinates = {{coord|40.749962|-86.332931|type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| established = {{Start date|1871|df=y}}

| pushpin_map = USA Indiana Cass County#Indiana#USA

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| type = Public High School

| district = Logansport Community School Corporation

| grades = 9 to 12

| superintendent = Michele Starkey

| head_name = Principal

| head = Matthew Jones

| us_nces_school_id = {{NCES School ID|180603001060|school_name=Logansport High School|access_date=January 2, 2025}}

| students = 1,235 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1806030&ID=180603001060|title=Logansport Community High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=January 2, 2025}}

| teaching_staff = 80.89 (on FTE basis)

| ceeb = 152095

| avg_class_size =

| ratio = 15.27

| gender = coed

| team_name = Berries

| rivals =

| newspaper = The Magpie

| colors = {{color box|Red}}{{color box|Black}} Red and black

| slogan = We empower students to achieve excellence every day{{cite web |title=Logansport High School Handbook |url=https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/324353/LCSC_High_School_Handbook.pdf |website=core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com |access-date=8 June 2024|page=3}}

| fight_song = Logansport High School Fight Song

| athletics_conference = North Central Conference (IHSAA) (Charter member in 1926)

| mascot = Felix the Cat

| yearbook = Tattler

| SAT = 458 (Critical Reading)
464 (Math)
444 (Writing)

| SAT_year = 2015–2016

| ACT = 20.6

| ACT_year = 2015–2016

| website = {{URL|http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/}}

| footnotes =

}}

Logansport Community High School is a high school located in Logansport, Indiana, USA. It is a part of the Logansport Community School Corporation. The first recorded commencement took place in June 1871, at the Mesodian Opera House, with three graduates.

The majority of Logansport is in the school district,{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18017_cass/DC20SD_C18017.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Cass County, IN|publisher=U.S. Census Bureau|access-date=2024-10-11}} - [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st18_in/schooldistrict_maps/c18017_cass/DC20SD_C18017_SD2MS.txt Text list] of which this is the sole comprehensive high school.

History

High School classes had first been offered in Logansport, in 1863, at the New Seminary, which was a three-story stone building built on the corner of Broadway and Thirteenth Streets in 1848–1849. The first record of a high school commencement occurred on June 1, 1871.{{sfn|LHS History}}

In 1874, the Seminary was torn down with a new school, known as Central or Lincoln School, being built on the same site. This served as the high school until 1894, when the Roosevelt building, at the corner of Broadway and Seventh Streets, was used until 1913.{{sfn|LHS History}}

Lincoln School was razed in 1913, and what is now referred to as the "Old" Logansport High School was built between Thirteenth and Fourteenth Streets and Broadway and Market Streets. This building would serve for the next 60 years, until in 1967, it was decided that a new building would be needed.{{sfn|LHS History}}

The "New" Logansport High School, which opened in 1973, was relocated to the edge of town on an {{cvt|86|acre}} site.{{sfn|LHS History}}

Campus

The new facility was split into four sections: an athletic wing, a student services wing, and two academic wings with classrooms. The athletic wing includes the new "Berry Bowl", the schools basketball court, with seating for 5,830, a six-lane swimming pool with seating for 400, standard locker room facilities and wrestling room. School offices, the cafeteria, and the library are all located in the student services section, which is centrally located in the middle of the facility. The academic wings have classrooms grouped into areas of study.{{sfn|LHS History}}

McHale Auditorium was dedicated November 7, 1976. The auditorium was built with a $1,000,000 donation from Frank McHale, along with a $2,000,000 endowment for continued upkeep.{{sfn|Copeland}}

An observatory was added in 1996, just south of the main building. Major renovation to the school occurred in 2002, with upgrades to classrooms, the construction of new science and special needs wings, new office facilities, and the New Century Career Center, which replaced EL-Tip-Wa Vocational School, that had been located in an old Pepsi Bottling Company warehouse at Sixth and Miami Streets.{{sfn|LHS History}}

== Academics ==

LHS is a part of the Logansport Community School Corporation and is accredited by AdvancED and the Indiana State Board of Education.{{sfn|LHS Accreditation}}

Ten areas of Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes are offered as well as Honor Courses and Dual Credit courses.{{sfn|LHS Program of Studies}} For the 2015–2016 school year, Logansport's mean SAT score was 1366 with the new SAT scoring system. The Indiana state mean was 1472, while the national mean was 1484.{{sfn|LHS Profile}}

In 2016, 36% of graduates received an Academic Honors Diploma and 52% earned a Core 40 diploma.{{sfn|LHS Improvement}}{{sfn|Core 40}}

Athletics

File:Shrine Club Frolic and Parade, Logansport, Indiana (25 August 2012) 50.jpg

Logansport High School is a charter member of the oldest sports conference in Indiana, the North Central Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA).{{sfn|NCC History}}

Logansport High School offers 10 men's and 10 women's varsity sports, with all but soccer in the 4A, classification of IHSAA, soccer is 2A. Men's sports offered are basketball, baseball, cross country, track, American football, wrestling, tennis, golf, swimming, and soccer. Women's sports offered are basketball, softball, cross country, gymnastics, track, volleyball, tennis, golf, swimming, and soccer.{{sfn|LHS Athletics}}

In 1934, Logansport High School won the Indiana High School Basketball championship.{{sfn|IHSAA Basketball}}

The school won the IHSAA baseball championships in 1975, 1977, 1979, and 1991.{{sfn|IHSAA Baseball}}

Notable alumni

Jalen Adaway, professional basketball player
Meredith "Med" Flory, a 1944 graduate of LHS, was a jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and television and film actor.{{sfn|Flory}}
Aaron Heilman, a 1997 graduate of LHS, MLB pitcher.

References

Bibliography

{{cite web

|title= History of LHS

|url= http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/about_us/history/history_of_l_h_s

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|LHS History}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= History of Nickname "Berries"

|url= http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/about_us/history/history_of_nickname___berries_

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|Berries History}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= History of Mascot Felix the Cat

|url= http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/about_us/history/history_of_mascot_felix_the_cat

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|Felix History}}

}}

{{cite web

|last = Copeland

|first = Richard

|title = Frank McHale FOOTBALL PLAYER - LAWYER - PHILANTHROPIST

|url = http://mchalepac.lcsc.k12.in.us/f-mchale.html

|access-date = 16 September 2017

|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160904235953/http://mchalepac.lcsc.k12.in.us/f-mchale.html#

|archive-date = 2016-09-04

|url-status = dead

}}

{{cite web

|title= A History of the North Central Conference; 1926 - present

|url= http://northcentralconference.net/wp-content/uploads/sites/220/2016/11/NCC-our-history.pdf

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|NCC History}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= IHSAA Boys Basketball State Champions

|url= http://www.ihsaa.org/Sports/Boys/Basketball/StateChampions/tabid/124/Default.aspx

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|IHSAA Basketball}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= IHSAA Baseball State Champions

|url= http://www.ihsaa.org/dnn/Sports/Boys/Baseball/StateChampions/tabid/1510/Default.aspx

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|IHSAA Baseball}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= Meredith Irwin "Med" Flory Hall of Distinction

|url= http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=111408&pageId=248028

|access-date= 16 September 2017

|ref= {{sfnRef|Flory}}

}}

{{cite web

|title= Accreditation

|url= http://lhs.lcsc.k12.in.us/about_us/accreditation