Lakeridge High School
Appearance
Lakeridge High School | |
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Address | |
1235 Overlook Drive , 97034 | |
Coordinates | 45°23′49″N 122°41′38″W / 45.397°N 122.694°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1971 |
School district | Lake Oswego S.D. |
Principal | Desiree Fisher |
Teaching staff | 53.10 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Number of students | 1,157 (2018–19)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 21.79[1] |
Color(s) | Columbia blue, Vegas gold [2] |
Athletics conference | Three Rivers 6A-5 (OSAA) [2] |
Team name | Pacers [2] |
Newspaper | The Newspacer |
Yearbook | Symposium |
Website | lhs.loswego.k12.or.us |
Lakeridge High School is a four-year public secondary school in Lake Oswego, Oregon, a suburb south of Portland. The second high school in the Lake Oswego School District, it first opened in 1971.
Academics
In 1987, Lakeridge High School was honored in the Blue Ribbon Schools Program, the highest honor a school can receive in the United States.[3]
In 2008, 90% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 261 students, 234 graduated, 15 dropped out, nine received a modified diploma, and three were still in high school in 2009.[4][5]
The school received a silver ranking in U.S. News & World Report's 2010 "America's Best High Schools" survey.[6][7]
Athletics
State Championships
- Football (1987) [8]
- Boys Soccer (1978, 1979*, 1980, 1982, 2004, 2016) [9]
- Girls Soccer (1982, 1989*) [10]
- Volleyball (2013) [11]
Notable alumni
- Marisa Abegg, professional soccer player
- J. J. Birden - former NFL wide receiver[12]
- Amelia Boone - 4x obstacle racing world champion
- Erin Chambers - actress, played Siobhan on General Hospital
- Travis Cole - former NFL and Arena Football League player
- Steve Coury - former Oregon State All-American WR and current Head Coach of the Lake Oswego High School football team
- Jillian Harmon - collegiate and Olympic basketball player[13][14]
- C. W. Jensen - retired Portland police captain, TV personality
- Kennedy - former MTV VJ, political satirist
- Cathy Marshall - news anchor[15]
- Sam Martin - professional singer, songwriter
- Bart Miadich - Major League Baseball pitcher [16]
- Doug Nussmeier - NFL quarterback, college football coach; class of 1989 [17][18]
- Jason Palumbis - football player, Stanford University quarterback; class of 1987 [19]
- Erik Wilhelm - NFL quarterback, Cincinnati Bengals; class of 1984 [20]
- Yeat - rapper, songwriter
- Tyrell Fortune - Bellator Mixed Martial Artist, 2013 NCAA Division II Wrestling National Champion; Class of 2008
- Cooper Hummel - Outfielder for the Arizona Diamondbacks; Class of 2013
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Lakeridge High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 31, 2021.
- ^ a b c "Lakeridge High School". Full Member Schools. Oregon School Athletics Association. Retrieved 8 April 2019.
- ^ Archived: Blue Ribbon Schools Program, Schools Recognized 1982-1983 Through 1999-2002 (PDF) Archived 2009-03-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. 2009-06-30. Retrieved 2009-07-01.
- ^ "Best High Schools 2010". U.S. News & World Report. 2009-12-09. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ Graves, Bill (2010-01-15). "Nine Oregon high schools ranked among best in nation". The Oregonian. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
- ^ "Football State Champions" (PDF). OSAA. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "Boys Soccer State Champions" (PDF). OSAA. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "Girls Soccer State Champions" (PDF). OSAA. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "Volleyball State Champions" (PDF). OSAA. Retrieved March 29, 2021.
- ^ "J.J. Birden". OregonLive. 23 August 2015. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
- ^ "Jillian Harmon". GoStanford.com. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Jillian Harmon". WBNA.com. Archived from the original on April 8, 2009. Retrieved May 11, 2010.
- ^ "Cathy Marshall [biography]". KGW. Archived from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved May 5, 2012.
- ^ "Bart Miadich Stats".
- ^ Kayfes, Dave (March 11, 1989). "North comes up short against Lakeridge, 54-48". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 7C.
- ^ Baum, Bob (September 14, 1990). "Division I-AA Idaho hopes to Vandalize the favored Ducks". The Bulletin. Bend, OR. Associated Press. p. D-1.
- ^ Kayfes, Dave (October 14, 1986). "What a difference a year can make". Eugene Register-Guard. p. 2D.
- ^ "Beavers pin hopes on pass". The Bulletin. Bend, OR. UPI. August 20, 1985. p. D-1.
Further reading
- Kyle Swenson, "Oregon Teen was Excited to Join her High School Dance Team. Then She Learned About the Maple Syrup Wrestling," Washington Post, November 3, 2017.