Lakeland High School (Shrub Oak, New York)

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name = Lakeland High School


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streetaddress = 1349 East Main Street
city = Shrub Oak
state = New York
district = Lakeland Central School District
zipcode = 10598
country = USA
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principal = Cheryl Champ
viceprincipal = Susan Bleakley
Lorrie Yurish
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enrollment = 1165 (as of 2005)
grades = 9-12
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Lakeland High School is located in Shrub Oak, New York. As of 2007, the principal is Mrs. Cheryl Champ. Lakeland High School is part of the Lakeland Central School District, and is a sister school to Walter Panas High School of Cortlandt Manor, New York. The school colors are gold and green and the school mascot is the Hornets.

Student activities

The school is home to the Lakeland Debate Team, which also includes students from Walter Panas High School. The team has a long and distinguished historyFact|date=September 2008 and competes successfully on a national level, with members regularly qualifying to compete in national championship tournaments. Former coaches Bill Vogel and Greg Varley are members of the prestigious Key Coach Society of Emory University, and Varley was elected to the National Forensics League Coaches Hall of Fame in 1998. Alumni of the team have gone on to successful careers in government, law, medicine, and international human rights and aid organizations.Fact|date=April 2007

The school is also home to the award-winningFact|date=September 2008 field hockey team. Winning state championships in 1990, 2003, and 2006, this team is one of the best in the state.Fact|date=September 2008 It is coached by Sharon Sarsen, who has 383 wins under her belt (as of the 2007-2008 season). The current record-holder for most goals at the school is Melissa Gonzales, who scored 124 goals in her career.

Notable Alumni

*T.C. Boyle, Author, taught at Lakeland High School from 1968 to 1972.
*Lawrence Lindsay, Economist, a 1972 graduate, and champion member of the speech and debate team, a former member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve,a professor at Harvard University, and President George W. Bush's former adviser for economic policy.

ee also

Walter Panas High School

References

http://www.nysphsaa.org/records/field.asp

External links

* [http://www.lakelandschools.org/lhs/homepage/homepage.htm Lakeland High School website] (Shrub Oak)
* [http://emsc32.nysed.gov/repcrd2005/schools/662401060007.shtml 2004-5 New York State School Report Card for Lakeland High School]