Legacy High School (North Dakota)
| Legacy High School | |
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| File:Legacy High School School Banner.png | |
| Address | |
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3400 East Calgary Avenue , , 58503 | |
| Coordinates | 46°50′43.173″N 100°46′21.359″W / 46.84532583°N 100.77259972°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2012; 10 years ago |
| Status | Opened in 2015; 7 years ago |
| School board | Bismarck Public Schools School Board |
| School district | Bismarck Public Schools |
| NCES District ID | 3800014 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Jason Hornbacher[1] |
| NCES School ID | 380001400866 |
| Dean | John Heinrich, Emily Jacobsen[2] |
| Principal | Tom Schmidt |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| Campus size | 289,000 square feet |
| Color(s) | Vegas gold, white, and black |
| Mascot | The official mascot of Legacy High School in Bismarck, North Dakota. Legacy Saber |
| National ranking | 7,914 |
| Newspaper | Uncut |
| Feeder schools | Simle Middle School |
| Website | https://www.bismarckschools.org/LHS |
Legacy High School (LHS) is a public high school located in Bismarck, North Dakota. Legacy was founded following a $55 million bond approval in 2012, with students attending classes at other locations run by Bismarck Public Schools while the campus was under construction. Before Legacy was established, the last public high school to open in Bismarck was Century High School in 1975.[3] The school has a graduation rate of 96%.[4]
History
Legacy High School was established with the passage of a $55 million bond for the school's construction in 2012. In the 2013-2014 school year while the school was under construction, freshmen attended classes at the Bismarck State College Career Academy. During the following year, freshmen and sophomores were moved to the Hughes Education Center, the central administration building for Bismarck Public Schools. Finally, in the 2015-2016 school year, students attended school in the finished campus at 3400 East Calgary Avenue.[3]
In the 2016-2017 school year, Legacy had its first graduating class.
Activities
Athletics
Athletics is the largest extracurricular program supported at Legacy, with over 20 sports, and dozens of coaches to support students. Legacy has a track, football, and soccer field just off the main campus, as well as other sports fields sponsored by Sanford built neighboring the school.[5] Legacy is a member of the Western Dakota Association and participates in WDA events yearly.
Unified Inclusive Sports
Inclusive sports at Legacy allows students of all abilities to participate on the same team for sports like flag football, bowling, and whiffle ball.[6]
Fine Arts
Legacy offers support for the fine arts in both extracurriculars (debate, drama, speech), and offers band, choir, and orchestra classes for credit in a dedicated wing.[7] Legacy was the first in the Bismarck public school district to have a dedicated orchestra room.[8]
Student Organizations
Legacy has over 10 student extracurricular organizations for students to participate in outside of normal school hours, including the school's own ESports league, HOSA, FCA, Science Olympiad, and DECA.[9]
- ^ "Dr. Jason Hornbacher, Superintendent". Bismarck Public Schools. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "About Our School - Administration". Bismarck Public Schools. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ a b "About Our School / History". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ U.S. News & World Report L.P. (n.d.). Legacy High School. U.S. News Education. Retrieved May 27, 2022, from https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/north-dakota/districts/bismarck-1/legacy-high-school-200636.
- ^ "Athletics Home / Welcome to LHS Athletics". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Unified Sports / Welcome to Unified Sports". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Fine Arts / Fine Arts Home". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "About Our School / Facts about LHS". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.
- ^ "Student Organizations / Student Organizations Home". www.bismarckschools.org. Retrieved 2022-05-27.