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Lawrence North High School

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Lawrence North High School is located at 7802 Hague Road in Indianapolis, Indiana, 46256, on the Northeast side of that city. It is one of two public high schools serving grades nine through twelve in the Lawrence Township of Marion County, Indiana, and the start of the 2005-2006 school year will see the school with a population of approximately 2,900 students.

Lawrence North High School
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Indianapolis
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Indiana

USA
Information
TypePublic high school
Established1976
LocaleLarge city
PrincipalSpencer H. Dickey
Grades9-12
Number of students3,100
MascotWildcats
SnapshotLNHS
WebsiteLNHS

It is part of the Metropolitan School District of Lawrence Township.


History

Lawrence North opened its doors in the fall of 1976.

The school colors are Red and Green. The school mascot is the "Wildcat."

Athletics

Lawrence North High School has 18 varsity sports teams, as well as several club and intramural teams. Lawrence North obtained regional fame for winning the Indiana High School State Basketball Championship in 1989 and for producing NBA athlete Eric Montross. In recent years LN has regained its fame by taking multiple state titles in track, wrestling, and basketball. Greg Oden, a Senior at Lawrence North, is widely considered to be the best high school basketball player in the nation. During the 2004-2005 basketball season, two Lawrence North basketball games were nationally televised; one on INHD and another on ESPN.

Lawrence North Basketball etched its names into Indiana High School Basketball History, when they won their 3rd consecutive state title in 2006 (2004, 2005, 2006). With the victory, Lawrence North won its 45th straight games tying Indianapolis Crispus Attucks’ streak spanning the 1954-55 and 1955-56 seasons. The Wildcats’ last loss came in January of 2005. They now join Franklin (1920-22) and Marion (1985-87) as the only teams to win three consecutive state championships. The team also became the 10th team in state history to finish undefeated (29-0). The Wildcats also made Indiana history as being the first Hoosier team to finish the season ranked as the #1 team in every National Poll, including the USA Today Poll, which signifies that they are the "mythical" 2005-2006 National Champions.

As a result of going undefeated and winning the state championship, the entire team will be entered into the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame.

Members of the Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference (MIC).

Fan Support

LN is also regionally known for its fan support, particularly at basketball games. Students are often clad in military-style camoflage and body paint and are known for their taunts, chants, signs,the crowd's open alcohol abuse during games, and the cheerleader's drunkeness during their performances, and general rowdiness. In the fall of 2005, a number of LN cheerleaders werre arrested for coming to a game drunk, and for drinking while at the game. The spectacle was captured by a local tv station, WISH-TV, and was prominently displayed as a marker of shame for several months afterward. It will probably continue to do so in the future. In recent years the LN fan section has won the WTHR Operation Basketball Spirit Award repeatedly.

Students in the stands of Lawrence North games are also known for a traveling door mat which adorns the phrase "Our House" which was started with the class of 1997, and has been passed down through the years. This is just one example of the great lengths that LN students and fans do to help cheer on and support the basketball team.

Athletic Department

  • Grant Nesbit, Athletic Director
  • Jim Zeller, Assistant Athletic Director

Academics

Lawrence North holds academics in a high position and is recognized by the Indiana Department of Education as a Four-Star School, the highest honor that body can confer. Lawrence North offers Advanced Placement testing in:

  • Biology
  • Calculus
  • Chemistry
  • Comparative Government and Politics
  • English Language
  • English Literature and Composition
  • French
  • German
  • Latin Literature
  • Macroeconomics
  • Microeconomics
  • Music Theory
  • Physics
  • Psychology
  • Spanish
  • Statistics
  • Studio Art
  • US History
  • US Government and Politics
  • World History


In July of 2003, LN was accepted into the International Baccalaureate Program and 15 students entered the program during its initial offering in the fall of 2004.

From the class of 2005, 10 of the 588 students in the class received the honor of becoming National Merit Semifinalists, while 7 of these advanced to Finalist Status with the National Merit Corporation.

Freshman School

In the fall of 2001, the Freshman School was opened to the 650 incoming students of the class of 2005. The goal of the Freshman school was to serve as a "school within a school" and to facilitate the transition between middle school and high school by decreasing class sizes and localizing nearly all Freshman-level courses on the second floor of the building.

Extracurriculars

Lawrence North has many extracurricular clubs and activities to go along with academics and athletics. Lawrence North currently has these extracurricular activies:

Marion County, Indiana

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