Henry E. Lackey High School

Infobox Education in the United States
name= Henry E. Lackey High School
motto=
streetaddress= 3000 Chicamuxen Road
city= Indian Head
state= Maryland
zipcode= 20640
url= http://www.ccboe.com/lackey/
district= Charles County Public Schools
principal= Curry Werkheiser
fundingtype= Public
schooltype= secondary school
grades= 9–12
language= English
communities=
campus= Rural
mascot= Chargers
colors= Blue and Silver
founded= 1920 (as Indian Head High School)
enrollment= 1,540 [cite web
url=http://www2.ccboe.com/schoolscenters/viewschool.cfm?id=53
title=Schools & Centers
publisher=Charles County Public Schools
accessdate=2007-12-22]

Henry E. Lackey High School is a high school in Charles County, Maryland. It is run by Charles County Public Schools.

History

The current building was completed in 1969, replacing a previous building built in 1953 which was rededicated as General Smallwood Middle School. At the same time, it was combined with the former Pomonkey High School built in 1957, [cite web
url=http://www.ucaconline.org/banneker.html
title=Banneker School
publisher=Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions, Inc.
accessdate=2007-12-22
This page may refer to an earlier Pomonkey High School building than the cited.] [ [http://www.csmd.edu/Library/SMSC/ccschools/schools/index.htm Until 1965] , this was a segregated (African-American) school.] which was rededicated as Matthew Henson Middle School.

The high school is named for Henry E. Lackey, who was credited with helping to start the school at Indian Head, Maryland in 1920, one of the first high schools in the county. [cite web
url=http://www.ih.navy.mil/about_us/our_heritage/histx.pdf
title=Indian Head History 1890 - 1997
publisher=Indian Head Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center
accessdate=2007-12-18] The school originally bore only his last name, initially the "Lackey School", then "Lackey High School", but was renamed to his full name in 2001 to make it clearer. [cite web
url=http://www2.ccboe.com/publicinfo/ccpsnames/lackey.cfm
title=Public Information & Media – What's In A Name? – Lackey
publisher=Charles County Board of Education
accessdate=2007-12-24]

Although the mailing address says "Indian Head", only the original "Lackey School" was located within Indian Head, Maryland. The General Smallwood Middle School is located in Potomac Heights, Maryland, while the current building is closest to the village of Marbury, Maryland.

ports

Currently, the Lackey Chargers compete in the SMAC (Southern Maryland Athletic Conference) along with the other public schools in Charles, Calvert, and St. Mary's Counties. [cite web
url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports/highschools/leagues/
title=High Schools / League Index
publisher=The Washington Post
accessdate=2008-01-26] The Chargers have had much success in their Football program, winning 3 Regional Titles and 2 Conference Titles over the past 5 years under 2 different coaches. [ [http://www.somdnews.com/stories/010908/indytop103102_32164.shtml Lamb leads Lackey through adversity ] ] Lackey's Men's and Women's Basketball programs are no strangers to winning either. [ [http://smacsportsnet.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=25&Itemid=39 SMACsportsnet.com - Sports ] ]

The Wrestling program has also had a storied history, especially during the 20 years under Glenn Jones(who was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame in November 2007), currently a Vice Principal at Lackey. [cite web
url=http://www2.ccboe.com/pr/index.cfm/2007/11/2/In-Focus
title=CCPS Press Releases: In Focus
publisher=Charles County Public Schools
date=November 2, 2007]

Lackey is also one of only two schools in the county to have an indoor pool. [ [http://www.charlescounty.org/cs/recreation/aquatics.htm Department Of Community Services - Recreation ] ] Lackey's Track and Field program also normally sends many individuals to the State meet, and as a team normally finishes very highly in the conference. [ [http://md.milesplit.us/meets/21898/results/47751 MDRUNNERS.COM - SMAC Championships- Complete Results ] ]

Below is a list of varsity athletics offered at Lackey. [ [http://www.ccboe.com/lackey/Sports/Sports.html LHS - Sport's Main Page ] ]
*Boy's & Girl's Soccer
*Golf
*Volleyball
*Field Hockey
*Cross Country
*Football
*Cheerleading
*Swimming
*Wrestling
*Indoor Track
*Boy's & Girl's Basketball
*Tennis
*Outdoor Track
*Baseball
*Softball

Other activities

Lackey also host an Air Force JROTC program. Their drill teams are broken down into 2 catagories; Ruff Ryders (armed) and Ladies of Destruction (unarmed). In the school year '07 - 08 the two drill teams competed in the National High School Drill Team Championships in Daytona Beach, Fla known also as "The Best of the Best". The Ruff Ryders finished Second overall in the challenge level and picked up two events trophies.Fact|date=September 2008 The Ladies of Destruction finished in the top five in unarmed regulation at the masters level.Fact|date=September 2008

Overall the drill teams competed in seven competions throughout the school year. They placed either first overall or second overall in six of the competions and third overall in the other. For the school year, they earned and amazing 65 trophies, 31 which were first place.Fact|date=September 2008

Notes

External links

* [http://www.ccboe.com/lackey/ Henry E. Lackey High School]
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/ar/lima/lackey_he.htm Papers of Rear Admiral – Henry E. Lackey – 1899-1940]