Lawrence High School (LHS) is a four-year comprehensive public high school in the Lawrenceville section of Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States, serving grades 9-12 as part of the Lawrence Township Public Schools. LHS was built in the early 1960s. A public high school is a secondary school that is financed by tax revenues and other government-collected revenues, and administered exclusively by, and at the discretion of, state and local officials. ... Map of Lawrenceville CDP in Mercer County Lawrenceville is a census-designated place and unincorporated area located within Lawrence Township in Mercer County, New Jersey. ... Lawrence Township highlighted in Mercer County. ... {{Infobox U.S. CoiirjhtfnEGEYWnfv state = New Jersey | seal = Mc-m f seal. ... Official language(s) English de facto Capital Trenton Largest city Newark Area  Ranked 47th  - Total 8,729 sq mi (22,608 km²)  - Width 70 miles (110 km)  - Length 150 miles (240 km)  - % water 14. ... The Lawrence Township Public Schools are comprehensive community public school district that serves students in kindergarten through twelfth grade from Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. ...

Students from Washington Township attend Lawrence High School as part of a sending/receiving relationship. Washington Township will end sending its high school students to Lawrence High in the 2007-08 school year. Cranbury Township had sent students to Lawrence High School until they began a relationship with Princeton High School. Washington Township highlighted in Mercer County. ... A sending/receiving relationship is one in which a public school district sends some or all of its students to attend the schools of another district. ... Cranbury Township is a township located in Middlesex County, New Jersey. ... Several schools use the name Princeton High School: Princeton High School in Sharonville, Ohio Princeton High School in Princeton, New Jersey Princeton High School in Princeton, West Virginia This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ...

The school colors are red and white. The school mascot is the Cardinal. Millie, once mascot of the City of Brampton, is now the Brampton Arts Councils representative. ... Genera Periporphyrus Saltator Caryothraustes Parkerthraustes Rhodothraupis Cardinalis Pheucticus Cyanocompsa Guiraca Passerina Spiza The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds living in North and South America. ...

Lawrence High School was the 123rd-ranked public high school in New Jersey out of 316 schools statewide, in New Jersey Monthly magazine's September 2006 cover story on the state's Top Public High Schools.^[1] Lawrence High School had been ranked in the top 75 high schools in previous year's rankings. New administration has begun a process of curriculum articulation, curriculum mapping, and other initiatives in an effort to reverse the decline. New Jersey Monthly is a monthly glossy publication featuring issues of interset to residents of New Jersey. ...

Facilities

A major renovation project of LHS was begun in June 2004. These renovations include a new cafeteria, new state-of-the-art music facilities, several new science labs & classrooms, and a new media center.

Curriculum

Lawrence High School offers numerous honors and Advanced Placement Program (AP) classes including AP United States History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Physics, AP Music Theory, AP English Literature, AP Calculus (both AB and BC), AP European History, AP United States Government and Politics, and AP Studio Art. The High School also offers Cisco I and II, a certified networking course from Cisco Systems. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... The Advanced Placement Chemistry (or AP Chemistry) course and the corresponding exam offered by the College Board as a part of the Advanced Placement Program allows United States high school students to potentially earn college-level credit in chemistry. ... AP Biology is a course offered by the College Board to high school students in the United States to earn credit for a college-level biology course. ... AP Physics includes two, separate examinations that are offered as part of the College Boards Advanced Placement Program. ... Categories: | ... Advanced Placement English Literature and Composition (or AP English Literature and Composition) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... This article or section cites very few or no references or sources. ... AP United States Government and Politics is a college-level course offered through the College Boards Advanced Placement Program, which surveys the structure and function of American government and politics that begins with an analysis of the Constitution, the foundation of the American political system. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... A Cisco ASM/2-32EM router deployed at CERN in 1987. ...

Athletics

The school has a very strong athletics program that includes some very successful teams. Lawrence High's most successful teams are: Football, Golf, Wrestling, Field Hockey, Soccer, Basketball, Swimming and Tennis.

In 2005, the Lawrence Boys Swim Team won the Colonial Valley Conference with a 16-1 record. The Girls swim team followed this success in 2006 by winning the Central "A" Division State Title with a 91-79 win against West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South.^[2] The Colonial Valley Conference is a group of athletic conferences of located in Mercer County, Monmouth County and Middlesex County, New Jersey, under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA). ... West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Princeton Junction in Mercer County, New Jersey serving students in grades 9 through 12. ...

The Boys Football team won the Colonial Valley Conference titles in 2004 and 2005 and was led by Brett Brackett, who plays on the Penn State team. In 2006, the team made it to the state playoffs again, only to be knocked off by Moorestown High School at home 19-14.^[3] The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant university. ... Moorestown High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school that serves students in ninth through twelfth grades from Moorestown Township in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Moorestown Township Public Schools. ...

In 2004, four students began competing for the high school's newly formed figure skating team. The team consistently placed in the top three at local competitions, and currently has seven members for the 2005-2006 season.

The Lawrence Wrestling Team is most notably known for having the only state champion to come out of Mercer County, Mark Savino, whose varsity career consists of 115 wins.

Extracurricular activities

Lawrence High also features clubs such as Drama, Newspaper, OP Smile, and Channel Genius a school-sponsored Counter-Strike team that has triumphed through Cal-Open for the past six seasons. Lawrence High School has a superb performing arts department. The music program includes numerous instrumental and choral groups. Among the most popular instrumental groups is the Red Scare which is an unorthodox marching band. In 2006 three Lawrence High School students participated in the American Choral Directors Association All-Eastern High School Honor Choir which was under the direction of St. Olaf College Choir director Anton Armstrong. Counter-Strike (CS) is a popular team-based mod of Valves first-person shooter (FPS) Half-Life. ... The American Choral Directors Association (ACDA), headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, is a non-profit organization with the stated purpose of promoting excellence in the field of choral music. ... St. ... Anton Armstrong is currently the Harry R. and Thora H. Tosdal Professor of Music at St. ...

Lawrence High's Mock Trial team has been very successful over the past 14 years, winning 11 Mercer County Competitions and six Central Jersey Championships. The team also finished third in the state three times and second in the state three times.

Administration

• Principal - Mr. David Roman
• Assistant Principal (Grade 12) - Ms. Mindy Milavsky
• Assistant Principal (Grade 10-11) - Mr. David Adam
• Assistant Principal (Grades 9) - Mr. Dave Milinowicz
• Director of Athletics - Mr. Ken Mason

"Red Scare" marching band

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The "Red Scare" was established in September 2001 by Mr. Eric Haltmeier and Ms. Lee Neamand. They have been increasingly popular among marching band audiences, and have numerous musicians in their band who have performed at the regional and State Level.

The band makes use of non-traditional instruments such as garbage cans in their routines. Red Scare's main goal is to entertain and involve the audience in each and every show. In addition, the band's field show is different every week. The program's main focus is to let the students govern most major decisions in setting the band's direction. A dustbin is a container used to store refuse, can be made out of metal or plastic¹. Indoor bins are traditionally kept in the kitchen² to dispose of culinary excess such as fruit peelings or food packets, although there are also wastepaper baskets (sometimes called circular files) which are used...

A new program was announced in early 2007 to create a LHS Ouendan (Squad of Male Cheerleaders). The administration believing that the Japanese style of male cheerleading will promote multicultural understanding. The Ouendan will be performing alongside Red Scare with shouts of "OSU!" and "TATAKAE!" meaning "Go!" and "Fight!" respectively. The uniforms will be a white gaku-ran with red bandanas to go with the school's colors. The Ouendan will begin active duty during the 2007 school football season.

District Media Center

Lawrence High School houses Lawrence Township Public School's District Media Center. The media technician, Tom Ervin, has a program set up so that students interested in media technology can develop their knowledge and skills in the media field.

Student Activism

Lawrence High School has a reputation for having a very politically active student body. In fact comedian Jon Stewart has said that Lawrence High School students in the 1980s were Eugene Debs-like Socialists. Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz on November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, satirist, actor, writer, author, and producer. ... May refer to the politcal leader Eugene_V._Debs May also be in reference to a a debutante ball, a formal party undertaken by the leaving members of second-level schools in Ireland, most often in the month of August or September. ... Socialism is any economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled collectively or a political philosophy advocating such a system. ...

In March 2003 Lawrence High School participated in a student walkout to protest the possibility of an Iraq War. For other uses, see Iraq war (disambiguation). ...

In Spring 2006, students also organized a petition drive in opposition to the war. The petition asked Congress to ban military recruiters on public high school campuses.

In Spring 2007, The student Darfur watch group created a schoolwide timed-writing on the subject of what the U.N. should do for the Darfurians. Selected letters will be sent to the United Nations Secretary-General. Darfur (Arabic: , lit. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Noted alumni and faculty

• Scott Brunner, Former professional quarterback for the New York Giants.^[4]
• Glenn "Mooch" Myernick, Former professional soccer player and United States Soccer captain.^[5]
• Patricia Russo, current CEO and Chairman of Lucent Technologies.^[6]
• Jon Stewart, comedian and host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show.^[7]
• Magician Raymond Teller of Penn and Teller taught Latin at the school.

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References

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External links

• Lawrence High School Official Website
• Lawrence Township Public Schools website
• Lawrence High School's 2005-06 School Report Card from the New Jersey Department of Education
• National Center for Education Statistics data for the Lawrence Township Public Schools
• Lawrence High's Music Program Website