Lake Worth Community High School

Lake Worth Community High School
Established	1922
Type	Public (magnet) secondary
Principal	George L. Lockhart
Students	1954
Grades	9–12
Location	Lake Worth, Florida, United States
District	Palm Beach County School District
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Trojans
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Florida State Department of Education State and National Association of College Admissions Counselors
Website	www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/LakeWorthHS/

Lake Worth Community High School is a high school located in Lake Worth, Florida. Established in 1922 as Lake Worth High School, it is currently one of Palm Beach County's largest schools. It has six magnet programs: the award winning Air Force JROTC led by former Multi-National Award winning Drill Teams, Tyranny and Fidelis, Medicine and Allied Health, Child Care and Development, Criminal Justice, Culinary, and Draft and Design. The Palm Beach County School Board added the word Community to the names of all public high schools, including Lake Worth High School, in the 1980s.

Home of the Trojans.

Academics

Lake Worth High School has many Advanced Placement courses as well as many honors courses. The All-Star Academic Team has also been quite successful being able to make it to the finals during the 2008-2009 school year. Many students do well and are accepted into highly ranked universities. Students have been accepted to such schools as Columbia University, Cornell University, the University of Pennsylvania, Duke University, the University of Miami, Emory University, Brown University, New York University, the Florida State University, Johns Hopkins University and Dartmouth College. During the 2008-2009 school year, one student was waitlisted at Harvard University. Several students have also been accepted to the University of Florida, and many other respectable schools.

Curriculum

School begins at 7:23 AM and ends at 2:50 PM.

English

Four Credits of English are required. English 1 is offered all the way up to AP English Language and Literature.

Social Studies

One credit of World History, one credit of American History, 0.5 credit of Economics, and 0.5 credit of Government are required to graduate. World history is usually taken during sophomore year, American history during junior year, and economics and government is taken during senior year.

Math

Four Credits of Math are required to graduate. Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, and AP Statistics are offered.

Science

Three Credits of Science are needed to graduate. Integrated Science I (formerly known as Earth Sciences), Biology, Chemistry, Anatomy & Physiology, Physics, Environmental Science, Integrated Science I & II. Some courses are also available in AP version.

Foreign Languages

Foreign Language is required to graduate high school. At least two credits are required for college acceptance. Spanish and French are both offered from Spanish and French 1 up to AP Spanish Language and Literature and AP French Language.

Athletics

The Lake Worth High School mascot is the Trojan and colors are Maroon and White (and also Gold pre-2000).

Trojan Athletics include: Baseball Basketball - Girls& Boys Bowling- Girls & Boys Cheer leading Cross Country - Girls & Boys Football - Boys Flag Football - Girls Golf - Girls & Boys Soccer - Girls & Boys Swim Team - Girls & Boys Tennis - Girls & Boys Volleyball - Girls & Boys Water Polo - Girls & Boys Wrestling

Many student athletes have arisen from the intense athletics program at Lake Worth High School. Their longtime crosstown rivals have been Atlantic Community High School (Seacrest H.S.) Eagles, Santaluces Community High School Chiefs, and most recently the Park Vista Community High School Cobras.

Notable alumni

• Mark Foley, former member of the United States House of Representatives (Class of 1973)
• Deidre Hall and Andrea Hall, twin sisters; both stars of the soap opera Days of our Lives (Class of 1965)
• Otis Thorpe former Providence College Friar and NBA basketball player for the Kansas City Kings (Class of 1980)

External links

• The school's website
• Lake Worth High School Alumni Foundation
• Lake Worth Dollars for Scholars (DFS)