Lancaster High School (Lancaster, New York)
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- Lancaster High School (Lancaster, New York) is at coordinates 42°55′48″N 78°40′16″W / 42.929955°N 78.670993°WCoordinates: 42°55′48″N 78°40′16″W / 42.929955°N 78.670993°W
| Motto | Once a redskin always a redskin |
|---|---|
| Established | 1953 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Daniel Paveljack |
| Faculty | ~120 |
| Students | ~2200 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 1 Forton Drive, Lancaster, New York, USA |
| District | Lancaster Central School District |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Red and black |
| Mascot | Redskin |
| Yearbook | 'The Cayugan' |
| Newspaper | "Redskin Reporter" |
| Website | Lancaster High School |
Lancaster High School is a high school in Lancaster, New York, United States of America. It is operated by the Lancaster Central School District. It is the largest public high school in Erie County, New York, and the second largest in Western New York. Lancaster High School offers many advanced courses, including several AP and Honors classes plus many career themed academies, including Project Lead the Way (pltw.org), the Academy of Finance (naf.org), The Academy Of The Visual And Performing Arts, and the Health/Careers Academy. The school has over 2100 students. In 2009, the school graduated 492 students.
The technology department offers many courses to students with different interests. The school offers six courses for the Project Lead the Way sequence, which is intended to prepare future engineering students for college and help them decide which type of engineering they would like to pursue. The department offers courses in other fields, such as computer graphics, media productions, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, basic electronics, computer science, architectural drafting, and home repair and maintenance.
Lancaster also has a large number of clubs. In 2009, the Science Olympiad team placed 7th among 37 teams at the regional competition. The Performing Arts Society's musical in 1999 was Fiddler on the Roof, and won the Kenny award for best musical that year. The school supports a team that participates in the MasterMinds academic competition within New York State. The Lancaster Marching Redskins has been successful in recent years, including a sweep of all categories in the Gator Bowl competition in January 2006. Other clubs include SADD, the Ski Club, Block L (Varsity Club), the Cayugan, and DECA.
[edit] Sports teams
The school has many prominent sport teams in almost every sport. The school's teams have amassed, over time, more than 200 awards and countless more recognitions. Lancaster Central High School is located outside of Buffalo, NY and boasts some of the greatest football tradition in the Northeast United States. Playing in the largest and most competitive division of football in New York State (Section VI Class AA), Lancaster competes in the section that produced four out the five New York State Championship teams in 2008 and 2009. With one of the few "football only" stadiums around, Lancaster typically plays in front of crowds of several thousand people on Friday Nights. The Redskins went 9-1 in 2009 finishing ranked #3 in Western New York and #9 in New York State. The Redskin's remained undefeated at home for the 2nd straight year and rolled to a 9-0 start before losing in the sectional finals to the eventual Class AA NYS Champion North Tonawanda Lumberjacks. The Redskin's have lost to five different teams the past three years which have a combined record of 84-7 and have won three NYS championships.
Football has been played at Lancaster since 1919 (90 seasons). The program has only known two coaches over the past 49 years, the past 24 years under the guidance of 1969 graduate Len Jankiewicz. Lancaster has only had one losing season in the past 17 years and Jankiewicz has a record of 136-82-2 through his 24 year career. Lancaster has produced 71 ALL New York State Players and has had 17 Championship seasons through the years. In addition to being a perennial football power, the Lancaster Football Program has been ranked in the top three in WNY in the scholar athlete program eight times since 2000, including the #1 ranking in New York State in 2002.
The defining moment in Lancaster Redskin history occurred during a football game in the autumn of 1963. It was a warm fall afternoon, and the underdog Skins were facing their infamous varsity rivals, the Amherst Tigers. The situation was looking grim for the Redskins as Amherst led for most of the game and seemed to be in control. However, Lancaster would prevail after a last minute offensive push down-field ended with a John (Johnny "I") Ingalsbe game winning touchdown.
