Los Lunas High School
| Los Lunas High School | |
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Los Lunas , NM United States | |
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| Type | Public High School |
| Established | 1926 |
| Principal | of Upperclassmen: Claudia Krause-Johnson |
| Dean Principal Principal Activities | of Students: Brian Baca of Prep. Academy: Julie Smith of Underclassmen: Robert Stevens Director: Pam Davis |
| Faculty | 33 Faculty, 109 Teachers |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Number of students | 1,791 (2007-2008) 2,217 (2006-2007) |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue, Orange |
| Athletics | 5A |
| Mascot | Tiger |
| Coordinators: Registrar: Counseling: | Prep. Academy: Dusty Price Cindy Giron Freshmen: Rhonda Flores Sophomores: Pete Bustamante Juniors: Etta Delgato Seniors: Natalie Siaz, Jamie Wilson |
| Website | http://www.llschools.net/schools/Llhs/index.html |
Los Lunas High School is a high school (grades 9 - 12) in Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico. In 2003 it had some 2,383 students. The school's student count before US Laborday in September, 2007 was 1,791.[1]
Los Lunas High School was founded in 1926 as Solomon Luna High School. Named for Solomon Luna, the most prominent political and financial leader of the area at the time, the school was created to ease travel to Belen High School. Solomon Luna High School was consolidated into the Los Lunas Public Schools in 1945 and later renamed to "Los Lunas High School".
The main building of old Soloman Luna High School still stands, and it is the currently serving as the administration offices of Los Lunas Middle School. An engraving above the school's main doors continues to read "Soloman Luna High School".
Los Lunas High School is known throughout the area for its emphasis on Athletics, and more recently, on Performing Arts.
Principal
2007-2008
Claudia Krause-Johnson was named principal of Los Lunas High School in late June 2007. She replaces the previous principal, Dr. Dan Webb, who moved to Santa Fe, NM to lead Santa Fe High School. The hiring of Krause-Johnson comes after she left Santa Fe High School in March 2007 for health reasons. School district superintendent Walter Gibson joked at the July 3, 2007 board of education meeting that "it was a straight trade, no draft picks."[2]
2006-2007
Los Lunas High School's 2006-2007 principal, Dr. Dan Webb, of Pasadena, CA, brought changes to the school including a ban of all electronics on school grounds. Webb was also behind a controversial proposal to separate approximately 300 "at-risk" students, voluntarily, from the general school population in the hope of earning their high school diploma. This proposal received critical feedback from the community as it would have created a "double standard" allowing some students to graduate with only 23 of the required 30 credit hours.
Schedule
Los Lunas High School has returned to using block schedule. With this system a student will have have 4 classes per semester and 8 classes in 1 year. The return to the regular block schedule comes after an experiment with a modified block schedule for the 2006-2007 school year.
In the modified block schedule any particular student could have up to 8 classes in one day. Modified block scheduling allowed some classes to be "half-block" and last year-round in oppositon to a "full-block" course which would last 1 semester. The modified block was implemented because some teachers and administrators felt that some courses needed to be year long. Courses offered as half-blocks were Core Classes like Math, English, Science and other various electives including Spanish and Yearbook. Marching band remained full-block and concert band was offered as full-block in the spring as well.
Performing Arts
The Los Lunas High School Tiger Band received 3rd place and outstanding auxiliary at the 2003 NM Pageant of Bands in Albuquerque, NM. The bands also received 10th place in finals competition and 7th place in preliminary competition at the 2004 NMSU Tournament of Bands; this was the first time the band placed in the top 10 at this event. An band website is located at: web.mac.com/llhsband
Sports
In 2004 the Football team toppled the top ranked Las Cruces Bull-Dawgs for the first time.
References
- ^ "Fewer drop-outs equals crowding at LLHS" (.HTML). The Valencia County News-Bulletin. 5 September 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-05.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "LLHS gets new principal; program set to aid dropouts" (.HTML). The Valencia County News-Bulletin. 3 July 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-04.
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See also
External links
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