Lima Senior High School

Infobox HighSchool (American)
name = Lima Senior High School


mascot = Spartan
established = 1951
type = Public
principal = Kent Douglas, Jeffrey McClellan, Judith Shisler
city = Lima
state = Ohio
country = United States
district = Lima City Schools
students = 1200
teams =
free =
colors = Scarlet and Grey
homepage = [http://www.limacityschools.org Lima Senior High School Website]

Lima Senior High School, the only high school in the Lima City Schools District, was established in 1955, in Lima, Ohio. When first built, the school had a very small student population, and there was concern that it would not be able to stay open. As the other high schools in Lima were being shutdown due to decreasing population, Lima Senior's student body population increased. There are approximately 1200 students currently enrolled at Lima Senior. Lima Senior remained in the same building for 49 years, until one year before the building's fiftieth anniversary when it was replaced. The new building was under construction for two years, and was finally finished in 2004. Construction of the new buildings were contracted for $30,000,000 but went over budget by $20,000,000 totaling a cost of over $50,000,000Fact|date=April 2008. The new Lima Senior High School building contains three smaller schools, including the Performance Based, the Progressive Academy, and the School of Multiple Intelligences. Each school follows a different method of teaching core state of Ohio class requirements. Non-core subjects, such as music, combine students from all three schools. Lima Stadium, home to the Lima Senior Spartans, is a registered historic building listed in the National Register on 2002-03-21.

In 1987, Lima Senior High School began formally recognizing the accomplishments of its alumni who had received local, state or national recognition for achievements in their occupational fields, made significant contributions to society, or performed meritorious service for our country by inducting them into the Lima Senior High School Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame. In 1990 the Hall of fame was opened up to all students in the Lima City School District and the name was changed to the Lima City Schools Distinguished Hall of Fame. There are currently 87 alumni honored in the Hall of Fame. Every three years, ten to fifteen outstanding alumni are inducted into the Hall of Fame during an induction ceremony and banquet. All Hall of Fame inductees have their portraits displayed in Lima Senior Highschool's main lobby and cafeteria. [ [http://www.limacityschools.org/lcshomepage.nsf/webpagedisplay?openform&Page=HallofFame&nav=smap Lima City Schools ] ]

Lima Senior's mascot is the Spartan. They are a member of the Greater Buckeye Conference.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Baseball - 1964 DIVISION AAcite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA] cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/baseball/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Baseball|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]

Football – 1996 DIVISION 1cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/football/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Football|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]

Notable Alumni

Phyllis Diller (Central High School Class of 1935), Comedian

Gary Moeller, former University of Michigan football coach

Tom Barrington, American football running back

Sue W. Kelly, United States House of Representatives from 1995 to 2007

William White, Football Player, started in Super Bowl XXXIII for the Atlanta Falcons.

Robert Wade King, American Olympic athlete

Class Reunion Pages

[http://freepages.school-alumni.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rice/ Lima Senior High Class of 1961]

[http://www.cofc.edu/~ferguson/LimaSenior69reunion/ Lima Senior High Class of 1969]

[http://www.explain.com/lsh Lima Senior High Class of 1971 -- "Connections and Entertainment"] -- unique view of Lima past and present

[http://home.woh.rr.com/limaseniorclass1/index.html Lima Senior High Class of 1976]

[http://www.limasenior98.com/ Lima Senior High Class of 1998]

External links

[http://www.limacityschools.org/ District Website]

[http://www.explain.com/lsh/hfh.htm Lima Senior Choral Concert Excerpts]

Notes and references