Lejeune High School

Infobox HighSchool
name = Lejeune High School


motto = "With great power, comes an exceedingly large amount of responsibility"
established =1944
type = public
head = Wyyonia Shaveis
city = Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune
state = North Carolina
country = United States
campus =
students = 540
faculty = 50
colors = Red, Gold, White
homepage = http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/LHS/

Lejeune High School (pronounced 'Le'Jurn), founded in 1944, is a high school located on the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune near Jacksonville, North Carolina. The school is operated by the Department of Defense Education Activity of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of six schools in the Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools (CLDS), which include four elementary schools, one middle school and one high school. [ cite web|url=http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/PCS%20Info.htm|title=Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools|publisher=Domestic Dependent Elementary and Secondary Schools (DDESS), U.S. Department of Defense|accessdate=2006-10-07]

Lejeune High School is the only high school located at Camp Lejeune. Its enrollment averages approximately 450 students, varying from Red Day to Gold Day. [cite web|url=http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/District%20Demographics.htm|title=District Demographics|publisher=Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools|accessdate=2006-10-07] The students are dependents of military personnel and must live on base (either at Camp Lejeune or at Marine Corps Air Station New River) in order to be eligible to attend LHS. [cite web|url=http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/LHS/ |title=Eligibility|publisher=Lejeune High School|accessdate=2006-10-07] Its athletic teams are known as the Devilpups, as the majority of the students have family in the Marines, or the Navy, since the Marines do not have their own healthcare and religious services. (Marines are known as devil dogs).Fact|date=March 2008 The school excels in basketball, and fields average scholastic wrestling and soccer teams. The 2008-2009 soccer team is set to dominate the Coastal Plains conference with the guidance of the knowledgeable Coach Rivera. Most other athletic accomplishments can be attributed to Coach Childs, lovingly known as "Sausage Fingers," or simply "Tom". [cite web|url=http://www.newriver.usmc.mil/welcomeaboard.htm#Schools
title=Schools
work=Welcome Aboard
publisher=Marine Corps Air Station New River, USMC
accessdate=2006-10-07]

The school is led by a civilian principal. The current principal, since 2007, is Wyyonia Shaveis. The school has come under recent criticism due to its lack of funding and poor management.Fact|date=March 2008

References

*cite web|url=http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/LHS/
title=Camp Lejeune High School website
accessdate=2008-09-22

External links

* [http://www.lejeunealumni.com/ Lejeune Alumni] . Retrieved 2006-08-26.
*cite web|url=http://www.am.dodea.edu/lejeune/
title=Camp Lejeune Dependent Schools
accessdate=2006-10-07