Lafayette High School (Wildwood, Missouri)
Lafayette High School | |
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Address | |
17050 Clayton Rd Public School | |
Established | 1960 |
Principal | Karen Calcaterra[1][2] |
Teaching staff | 114.38 (FTE)[3] |
Grades | 9th–12th |
Number of students | 1,817 (2019-20)[3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 15.89[3] |
Color(s) | Black, White, & Gold |
Athletics | Lafayette Lancers, Lafayette Lady Lancers |
Athletics conference | Suburban West Conference |
Mascot | Louie the Lancer[4] |
Nickname | Lancers |
Newspaper | The Image,[5] The Lancer Feed[6] |
Yearbook | The Legend |
Website | http://www.rsdmo.org/lafayette |
Lafayette High School, located in Wildwood, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.
Lafayette High School opened September 7, 1960,[7] in one small building in Ellisville.[8] To handle the growing student body, the school moved in 1989 to Wildwood.[7] The old school site became Crestview Middle School.
Lafayette's colors are black and white, often accented with gold.
Student Body
In the 2021–22 school year, Lafayette enrolled 1,742 students. The racial makeup of the school is 76.5% White, 9.9% Black, 7.7% Asian, and 3.7% Hispanic.[9] A majority of students at Lafayette are graduates of Rockwood Valley Middle School, Crestview Middle School (only some students who went to Ellisville Elementary), and Wildwood Middle School (only students who went to Green Pines Elementary). The school serves Wildwood, and the westernmost portions of Chesterfield.[10]
Sports and clubs
Sports and activities include cross country, field hockey, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, volleyball, basketball, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, track & field, water polo, Jam Bands, Lafayette Regiment Marching Band, Student Publications, Vocal Groups, Yearbook,
Lafayette Lancer Regiment
The Lafayette Lancer Regiment is the school's
Newspaper
The monthly student newspaper, The Image, has run since 1965.[13][failed verification] The school's print yearbook, The Legend, is in its 48th year of publication.
Notable alumni
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (December 2019) |
- power forward and center (Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns, Orlando Magic, Toronto Raptors) and second-round 2002 NBA draft pick[14]
- )
- MLB pitcher (Texas Rangers)
- MVP
- )
- )
- NCAA player for Illinois who made a buzzer beater to defeat top-ranked Indiana in the 2012-13 season
- Hell's Kitchen
- Springfield Demize)
- Austin Panchot, professional soccer, North Carolina FC[citation needed]
- Luke Voit, Washington Nationals first baseman and DH
References
- ^ "Administration". Rockwood School District. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- ^ "Lafayette High School". www.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
- ^ a b c "LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 19, 2021.
- ^ "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
- ^ "The Image"
- ^ "The Lancer Feed"
- ^ a b Lafayette High School History Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Crestview Middle School - Ellisville, MO Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Lafayette High School Report Card 2021-2022". annualreport.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Rockwood School District", Wikipedia, 2022-05-30, retrieved 2022-05-30
- ^ "Athletics / Teams". www.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "Activities / Activities". www.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ "The Image". Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
- ^ "NBA.com: Robert Archibald". www.nba.com.
- ^ "Clifford H. Frazier Jr., former KC Chief and Hollywood actor, dies at 61". Press Release Central. The Kansas City Star. August 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
- ^ "Ryan Howard Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.