Licking Heights School District

Licking Heights School District
Address
4000 Mink Street
Pataskala, Ohio, (Licking County), 43062
United States
Coordinates 40°1′45″N 82°44′14″W / 40.02917°N 82.73722°W / 40.02917; -82.73722Coordinates: 40°1′45″N 82°44′14″W / 40.02917°N 82.73722°W / 40.02917; -82.73722
Information
Type Public, Coeducational
Motto Raising the Bar to New Heights
Established 2000
School district Licking Heights Local School District
Superintendent Dr. Philip Wagner
School code LHS
Grades K thru. 12
Enrollment ~2000 (2012)
  Grade 9 ~350
  Grade 10 ~300
  Grade 11 ~250
  Grade 12 201
Campus Suburban
Color(s) Maroon and Gold [1]         
Athletics conference Mid-State League[1]
Sports football, volleyball, cross country, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball, track and field, cheerleading
Mascot Hornets
Team name Hornets[1]
Rival Watkins Memorial Warriors
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Newspaper "A Peek at Heights"
Communities served Pataskala, Ohio, Blacklick, Ohio, & Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Website lhschools.org

The Licking Heights School District is a local, public school district mainly located in Pataskala, Ohio in Licking County, Ohio with a school in Blacklick, Ohio.

Governance

The school district is governed by a five-member school board, elected individually. The current members of this board are [3]

Brian Bagley, President
Matt Satterwhite, Vice President
Tracy Russ
Nicole Roth
Richard Wand

Licking Heights is under the Ohio Department of Education. It is a member of LACA, which provides services such as an online grade book and a mentorship program for high school students.

Schools

Academics

The school district's students have met all OAT and OGT benchmarks for several years, and the district has received an Excellent rating from the Ohio DoE. For the years of 2011-2012, Licking Heights has earned an Excellent with Distinction rating from the Ohio Department of Education.[4] A gifted program called STING (Serving The Interests and Needs of the Gifted) operates in the elementary school system. In the High School, honors courses, Dual enrollment courses in partnership with Central Ohio Technical College, and AP courses are available to students. The school board has also been working to improve the academic rigor of the schools over the last several years, with the enthusiastic cooperation of the new high school principal.

To graduate from the high school, one must have earned 21 whole-year course credits, including 4 in English, 3 in Mathematics, and 3 in Science, among other requirements.

Athletics

The middle school has football, volleyball, cross country, cheerleading, basketball, wrestling, baseball, softball, and track and field teams. The high school fields similar teams, but also has soccer and golf. Most of the high school teams have junior varsity squads as well, or integrate them all into one unit.

References

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