Lakeland Union High School

Lakeland Union High School
Address
9573 State Highway 70 Minocqua, Wisconsin 54548 United States
Coordinates	45°53′13″N 89°42′28″W / 45.88694°N 89.70778°WCoordinates: 45°53′13″N 89°42′28″W / 45.88694°N 89.70778°W
Information
Type	Public
Principal	James Bouché
District Administrator	James Bouché
Faculty	68.5 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	670 (2011-12)
Student to teacher ratio	19.0
Color(s)	Black and White
Athletics conference	WIAA Great Northern Conference
Mascot	Thunderbirds
Team name	T-Birds, or Thunderbirds
Newspaper	T-Bird Newspaper
Website	School website
[1][2][3][4]

Lakeland Union High School (LUHS) is an area high school located in Minocqua, Wisconsin. The school serves students from Arbor Vitae, Lac du Flambeau, Minocqua, Hazelhurst, Lake Tomahawk, Woodruff, Boulder Junction, Presque Isle, Winchester and Manitowish Waters. The school district is roughly 820 square miles (2,100 km²).

Academics

LUHS offers Honors and Advanced Placement (AP) courses. Specialized courses are offered for students excelling in art, music, business, technology, languages and family and consumer education. LUHS works directly with local post secondary institutions to offer college credits to junior and senior students.^[5]

Facilities

LUHS has an auditorium with theater-style seating, full lighting, and a sound booth. Its field house features an indoor track and four basketball courts. The building also includes a swimming pool, library, wrestling room, and high ropes course.

Extracurricular activities

Clubs

• Circle of Friends
• Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA)
• Drama (Fall play/Spring musical)
• Foreign language clubs
• Forensics
• Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
• High Ropes
• Newspaper
• Making a Difference (MAD)
• Math League
• Mock Trial
• Model United Nations
• National Honor Society
• Science Olympiad
• Student council,
• Visual Arts Classic (VAC)
• Yearbook
• Lakeland Robotic and Engineering Club

Athletics

Lakeland Union High School offers 25 sports:

Fall Dance/Cheer Cross country Football Boys' soccer Girls' swimming Girls' tennis Volleyball Bigger, Faster, Stronger (BFS-year round)

Winter Dance/Cheer Basketball Gymnastics Boys Hockey Girls Hockey Boys' swimming Wrestling Nordic skiing

Spring Boys' baseball Golf Girls' soccer Girls' softball Boys' tennis Track and field

References

1. Administration. Lakeland Union High School. Retrieved on 2008-05-15.
2. "Lakeland High School- About Us". Retrieved 6 Apr 2012.
3. "Lakeland High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved 2010-04-28. Students: 835 (2009-2010)
4. Lakeland High School. Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association. Retrieved on 2011-05-15.
5. "College English (UW-Marathon County)". Lakeland Union High School. Retrieved 23 Jun 2015.

External links

• Lakeland Union High School website