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| name = Papillion-La Vista South <br>High School

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|name=Papillion-La Vista South High School

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|image=[[Image:PLSHS Crest.jpg]]

| type = [[Public high school]]

| established =[[ 2003]]

| district = [[Papillion-La Vista Public Schools]]

| grades = 9-12

| contact number =[phone]

| principal =Dr. EnidJeff SchonewiseSpilker

| faculty =

| enrollment = 1,982 (2023-2024)<ref name="NCES">{{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3175270&ID=317527001389|title=PAPILLION-LA VISTA SOUTH HS|website=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=May 28, 2025}}</ref>

|enrollment=1,450 approximately

| teaching_staff = 118.58 {{FTE}}<ref name="NCES" />

|colors=[[Blue]], [[Black]] & [[Silver]]

| ratio = 16.71<ref name="NCES" />

|mascot=[[Titans]]

| colors = Blue, black, and silver<br>

|campus=[[Suburb]]

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|___location=[[Papillion]], [[Nebraska]], [[USA]]

| mascot = [[Titan (mythology)|Titan]]

|website=[http://www.plshs.esu3.org/ www.plshs.esu3.org]

| streetaddress = 10799 Highway 370

| city = [[Papillion, Nebraska|Papillion]]

| state = [[Nebraska]]

| country = United States

| website = [https://www.plcschools.org/plshs Papillion-La Vista South H.S.]

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'''Papillion-La Vista South High School''' (commonly referred to as '''Papio South''', '''PLSHS''', '''PLSouth''', or '''PLS''') is a high school in [[Papillion, Nebraska]]., United States. It is one of two high schools in the [[Papillion-La Vista Public Schools|Papillion-La Vista Public School District]]. The school's principal is Dr.Jeff Enid Schonewise, a former [[All-American]] [[volleyball]] player at the [[University of Nebraska]]Spilker.

'''Papillion-La Vista South High School''' (commonly referred to as '''Papio South''', '''PLSHS''', or '''PLS''') is a high school in [[Papillion, Nebraska]]. It is one of two high schools in the [[Papillion-La Vista Public Schools|Papillion-La Vista Public School District]]. The school's principal is Dr. Enid Schonewise, a former [[All-American]] [[volleyball]] player at the [[University of Nebraska]].

==History==

Papillion-La Vista South High School opened in the fall of 2003.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henrichs |first1=Todd |title=Excitement high for Navigators' debut |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/61834881/an-article-about-the-beginning-of/ |accessdate=October 25, 2020 |work=Lincoln Journal Star |via=Newspapers.com |date=August 31, 2003}}</ref> A successful 2018 referendum allocated money for the expansion of Papio South's facilities to accommodate over 2,000 students.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Dejka |first1=Joe |title=For district's third high school, Papillion-La Vista eyes 87-acre, $4 million site off 72nd Street |url=https://omaha.com/news/education/for-districts-third-high-school-papillion-la-vista-eyes-87-acre-4-million-site-off/article_4937be4f-dafd-53cf-a13d-df570e7b3018.html |website=Omaha World-Herald |accessdate=October 25, 2020 |date=June 11, 2019}}</ref>

Papillion-La Vista South High School was opened in the fall of [[2003]]. The school was created due of the rise in population in and around Papillion. Before, the only [[high school]] in Papillion was [[Papillion La Vista Senior High School]]; only grades 10-12 attended the school. The 9th grade students attend classes at [[Papillion Junior High]] and [[La Vista Junior High]]. With the creation of PLSHS, 9th graders were able to now attend the high school.

== Academics ==

Papillion-La Vista South offers dual credit classes through the [[University of Nebraska Omaha]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Papillion-La Vista South High School |url=https://www.unomaha.edu/dual-enrollment/about-dual-enrollment/highschool-directory/plvhs_s.php |website=University of Nebraska Omaha |accessdate=October 25, 2020}}</ref>

== Extracurricular activities ==

=== Athletics ===

Papilion-La Vista South has won fourteen state championships: girls' cross-country in 2010, 2014, and 2015; volleyball in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021,2022 and 2024; boys’ cross-country in 2017; basketball 2025 and baseball in 2010 and 2011.<ref>[https://nsaahome.org/ "Nebraska School Activities Association"], and subpages thereof for individual sports results. Retrieved 2013-01-02.</ref> The Papillion South student section is known as the "Black Hole".<ref>{{cite web |title=State volleyball tourney insider: Papillion-La Vista South rising at right time |url=https://journalstar.com/sports/high-school/volleyball/state-volleyball-tourney-insider-papillion-la-vista-south-rising-at-right-time/article_1700dd8d-b20d-569d-bc6e-18edfdb4e719.html |website=Lincoln Journal Star |accessdate=October 25, 2020 |date=November 8, 2019}}</ref>

=== Performing arts ===

PLS has three competitive [[show choirs]], the mixed-gender "Titanium", "Titan Express", as well as the all-female "Titan Radiance".<ref>{{cite web |title=SCC: Viewing School - Papillion-La Vista South High School |url=https://www.showchoir.com/choirs/school.php?id=641 |website=Show Choir Community |access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref> The program also hosts an annual competition, the "Titan Classic".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Braunschweig |first1=Christopher |title=Finding a voice: East High student earns consecutive solo honors, sense of belonging in show choir |url=https://siouxcityjournal.com/weekender/finding-a-voice-east-high-student-earns-consecutive-solo-honors-sense-of-belonging-in-show/article_a333499f-5ee2-5d1b-89a4-fec83351f708.html |website=Sioux City Journal |access-date=October 25, 2020 |date=March 30, 2017}}</ref> The choirs are backed by a state winning showband, "Platinum".

The school also has a competitive [[marching band]] and hosts an annual competition, "Titan Marching Invitational" for that discipline.<ref>{{cite web |title=Papillion-La Vista South Titan Marching Invitational |url=https://midwestmarching.com/new-2019-events/entry/380/ |website=Midwest Marching |access-date=October 25, 2020}}</ref> The Titan Marching Band won the Nebraska class AA and Grand Championship at the [https://nsbma.org/ NSBA] state marching contest in 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|date=October 29, 2021|title=2021 NSBA State Marching Contest Results|url=https://nsbma.org/Content/Media/File/marching/2021_NSBA_State_Marching_Contest_Results.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Weber|first=Brent|title=Papio South HS band marches to Grand Championship|url=https://www.wowt.com/2021/10/27/papio-south-hs-band-marches-grand-championship/|access-date=2021-10-29|website=www.wowt.com|language=en}}</ref> The school also has two jazz bands, the top group "Silver Tones" and the lower group "Blue Notes". Both jazz bands have a reputation for Superior ratings at competitions.

Papio South's band program also has a winter arts program that includes winter winds, winter guard, and winter percussion. All of these groups compete in [[Winter Guard International|WGI]] competitions, with guard winning a Regional in Denver, CO, their Winds placing 4th in Winds Scholastic A World Finals, and their Percussion group placing 28th in Percussion Scholastic World Prelims.

==Mascot==

In 2000, the entire Papillion-La Vista Public School District voted on a [[mascot]] and color scheme for the new PLSHS. The name was chosen to be the [[Titans]] and the color scheme chosen was [[blue (color)|Blue]], [[black (color)|Black]], and [[silver (color)|Silver]]. The name was influenced heavily by the recently-released movie ''[[Remember the Titans]]''.

The school formerly had a "Rap Club" which went on to produce four albums, Room D05 (2015), GOAT (2016), FEUD (2017), and Mixed Emotions (2018).

==Education==

Papillion-La Vista South provides one of the finest educations in the [[State of Nebraska]]. According to an August 18, 2004 report published in the [[Omaha World Herald]], PLSHS had one of the ten highest average [[ACT (examination)|ACT]] scores out of the [[Omaha Metro Area]] and the [[Lincoln, NE]] area.

==ActivitiesReferences==

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Papillion-La Vista South is home to many clubs, sports, and activities. Some of the clubs PLSHS offers are [[DECA (organization)|DECA]], [[FBLA]], [[National Honors Society]], [[NJROTC]], [[Skills USA]], [[cheerleading]], [[marching band]], [[Student Council]],and choir and three show choirs, including their varsity show choir Titanium. Titanium is a competitive show choir that has competed throughout the region and have receive many awards. The highlights of their past seasons include winning the competition in the winter park ski festival for two years in a row, as did concert choir in 2005. PLSHS also offers the following sports: [[baseball]], boys and girls [[basketball]], boys and girls [[cross country running|cross country]], [[football]], boys and girls [[golf]], boys and girls [[soccer]], [[softball]], boys and girls [[swimming]] (the swimming team is comprised of both PLSHS and [[Papillion-La Vista High School]] students), boys and girls [[track and field]], boys and girls [[tennis]], [[volleyball]], and [[wrestling]]. All [[sports]] (as well as activities such as [[Individual events (speech and debate)|Forensics]] and [[Drama]]) are sponsored by the [[NSAA]]. Other sports are offered as club sports to PLSHS students that are not sponsored by the [[NSAA]]. Some of these sports are [[trap shooting|trap]], [[lacrosse]], [[Rugby union|rugby]], and [[hockey]]. All of these sports (excluding trap) are offered in conjunction with [[Papillion-La Vista High School]].

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==External links==

*[http://www.plshs.esu3.org/ Papillion-La Vista South High School]

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