Lakeland Christian School
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Lakeland Christian School is a private school located in Lakeland, Florida. Their mascot is a Viking. "LCS" as it is called, puts emphasis on teaching God's Word. Bible classes are mandatory and they have a weekly chapel.
History
Established in 1954 Lakeland Christian is Polk county's oldest and largest private school. The school was started by Evelyn Wheeler and a small group of families in Lakeland. Together they felt there was a need for Christian education in the area so on July 21, 1954 they founded Lakeland Christian Grammar School. It began with 19 students and 2 teachers in a Collection of Sunday school classrooms.
In 1955 a house on 735 Chiles Street was purchased. School was held here until 1962 when the current property on 1111 Forest Park street was bought for $10,000. From 1970-1973 two classroom wings, a kindergarten building, and 6 more classrooms were added, as well as a groundbreaking for a new gymnasium.
The current headmaster is Dr. Mike Sligh. The current secondary principal is Keith Overholt, See the full history @ http://web.archive.org/web/20100329111845/http://www.lcsonline.org/about/history.asp
They are known as the "Vikings" and their rivals are the Santa Fe Catholic High School Hawks, the Fort Meade High School Miners, and the Berkely Preparatory School Buccaneers.