Lackawanna Trail High School
| Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School | |
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LION PRIDE
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| Factoryville, PA 18419 |
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| Type | Public high school |
| School district | Lackawanna Trail School District |
| Principal | Mr.Rushefski |
| Faculty | 46.5 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 7 - 12 |
| Enrollment | 671 (as of 2005-06)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14.4[1] |
| Color(s) | Red, Black, and White. |
| Nickname | Lions |
| Information | 570-945-5181 |
| Website | School website |
Lackawanna Trail Junior-Senior High School is a secondary school located in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. The school mascot is Lions.
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[edit] Demographics
As of the 2005-06 school year, the high school had 671 students and 46.5 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), the school had a student-teacher ratio of 14.4. There were 114 students in 7th grade, 110 students in 8th grade, 117 students in 9th grade, 106 students in 10th grade, 114 students in 11th grade, 110 students in 12th grade and no ungraded students[1]
[edit] Athletics
The field hockey team won the 1985 Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) Class AA State Championship, defeating East Pennsboro High School 3-0 in the tournament final game played at Shippensburg. The school also has a rich history in football, with winning seven district 2 class A titles and nine Lackawanna League championships, in the past eleven years under Coach Jeff Wasilchak. Wasilchak has since left Lackawanna Trail to teach and Coach at Lakeland High School in the 08-09 school year along with his brother Scot and other assistant coaches.[2]
[edit] Dress code
There has been significant debate over the School's dress code and, in May 2007, the School Board decided that students could wear clothing with logos bearing the name of a manufacturer or a Lackawanna Trail insignia and would be allowed to wear multi-colored or stripped shirts with collars, and well maintained solid colored pants, including jeans.[3][4]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Keith Gavin, amateur wrestler, University of Pittsburgh, 2008 NCAA Champion at 174 lbs. Runner-up in 2007 NCAA Championships.[5]
- Jim Saxton (Hugh James Saxton), a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, graduated from Lackawanna Trail High School in 1961.[6]
- Don Sherwood Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, who represented the 10th Congressional District of Pennsylvania, from 1999 to 2007.[7]
- Jim Colvin, '98 trail football, Hometown Hero He is widely considered a hometown hero in Nicholson for be an excellent fullback for Lackawanna Trail's '98 Trail Football team. Which was one of Washilchak's worst teams.
- Paul Fearick Legendary Varsity baseball coach who won over 200 games, 5 district titles, and countless league titles. Fearick's last district championship came in 2006 after a 10 year hiatus from coaching. He passed away before the start of the 2007 season, and the captains of the baseball team proposed naming the varsity baseball field the Paul J. Fearick Memorial Field; however, the school board rejected the proposal, sparking great controversy among students, teachers, and the school district as a whole.
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d Lackawanna Trail Junior/Senior High School, National Center for Education Statistics, accessed January 22, 2008.
- ^ PIAA CHAMPIONS- Field Hockey, Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 31, 2007.
- ^ "Factoryville - The Lackawanna Trail School Board agreed on Monday that it would vote on a dress policy for students at its May 21 meeting" Wyoming County Press Examiner, May 16, 2007.Their schools 7th-8th grade girls basketball team is unstopable,and they can't get any better. They are wonderful, smart kids
- ^ "Trail OKs dress code", The Times-Tribune, May 22, 2007
- ^ Keith Gavin, Pittsburgh Panthers, Accessed January 19, 2008
- ^ Washington Post – Members of Congress – Jim Saxton.
- ^ Don Sherwood biography, United States Congress. Accessed May 31, 2007.
