Lakeland High School (Idaho) Explained

Lakeland High School
District:	Lakeland Joint School District (#272)
Principal:	Jimmy Hoffman, 2022
Established:	1961, 1979^[1] ^[2]
Country:	United States
Athletics:	IHSAA Class 4A^[3]
Enrollment:	822 (2018–19)
Teaching Staff:	43.50 (FTE) (2018–19)
Ratio:	18.90:1 (2018–19)
Mascot:	Hawk
Colors:	Kelly Green & Greenbay Gold
Feeders:	Lakeland Junior High
Yearbook:	The Hawk

Lakeland High School is a four-year public secondary school in Rathdrum, Idaho, one of two traditional high schools in the Lakeland Joint School District #272 of northern Kootenai County. The current campus opened in 1979 as a senior high school(grades 10 - 12);^[4] The two high schools of Rathdrum and Spirit Lake camp together to form Lakeland High School in the fall of 1961. The campus located at the now Lakeland Middle School was built in 1962 and was moved into as soon as it was completed. ^[5] In 1979, that building became the junior high school.^{[2] [6]} The school colors are green and gold and the mascot is a hawk. Even though Rathdrum is a small city, many people attend Lakeland High School.

As of January 2008, the school enrolled about 800 students in grades 9 - 12. It serves students from the Rathdrum, Hauser Lake, Twin Lakes, Spirit Lake and Garwood communities, and other nearby areas. The Lakeland Joint School District was formed in 1948^[7] by consolidating 13 smaller districts;^[8] the existing high schools in Rathdrum and Spirit Lake to the north operated until the first Lakeland High School opened in 1961.^[1] It took 13 years and 14 elections until the funding for LHS was approved by voters in June 1961.^{[9] [10]} The initial Lakeland High School site on Main Street was deemed inadequate and the present site, now the junior high, was finished in 1962. ^[5] The district's second high school, Timberlake, opened its doors in 1998 in Spirit Lake.

The two high schools from Spirit Lake and Rathdrum came together in the fall of 1961 to create Lakeland High School. The original site of Lakeland High School was in the Rathdrum High School, now Mountain View High School, on Main Street in Rathdrum.

Athletics

Lakeland competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 4A, in the Inland Empire League (4A) with Sandpoint to the north and Moscow, about south.

State titles

Boys

• Football (2): fall (A-2, now 4A) 1988, 1989 (official with introduction of playoffs, A-2 in fall 1978)^[11]
  • (unofficial poll titles - 0) (poll introduced in 1963, through 1977)
• Basketball (1): (B) 1942 (as Spirit Lake H.S.)^{[12] [13]}
• Wrestling (2): (A-2) 1988, 1989^[14]

Girls

• Basketball (3): (A-2) 1989, 2001; (3A) 2002^[15] (introduced in 1976)
• Softball (2): (A-2) 2001; (3A) 2002^[16] (introduced in 1997)
• Track (1): (3A) 2002^[17] (introduced in 1971)
• Volleyball (4A) 2020
• Baseball (2) 1996, 1997

Notable alumni

• Josh Phelps, former professional baseball player, class of 1996.
• Matthew Inman, author and illustrator, creator of The Oatmeal, class of 2000.

External links

• • Lakeland Joint School District #272
• Max Preps sports   Lakeland High School
• USA Today High School Sports - Lakeland Hawks (archive)
• https://cdapress.com/news/2020/nov/01/state-high-school-volleyball/

Notes and References

1. Web site: About the district: history. Lakeland School District. October 11, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20121006045150/http://web.lakeland272.org/about. October 6, 2012. dead.
2. News: Registration planned at Lakeland Schools. Spokane Daily Chronicle. August 24, 1979. 3.
3. Web site: Idaho High School Activities Association . IHSAA . 2009-04-29 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717034723/http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/08-09FINALDirectory.pdf . 2011-07-17 .
4. News: Rathdrum High receives grant for recreation. Spokesman-Review. Pulling. Hester . March 13, 1979. 5.
5. News: Lakeland district prepares site for school. Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 14, 1962. b3.
6. News: New school bonding plan faces ballot. September 14, 2012. 13.
7. News: Schools ready for fall term. Spokesman-Review. September 3, 1948 . 13.
8. News: School voters approve plans. Spokesman-Review. August 13, 1948. 28.
9. News: 14th vote slated on building bonds. Spokane Daily Chronicle. May 29, 1961. a3.
10. News: School job to begin; issue finally passed. Spokane Daily Chronicle. June 2, 1962 . 5.
11. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Football.pdf idhsaa.org
12. News: Spirit Lake wins Idaho state title. Spokane Daily Chronicle. March 23, 1942. 12.
13. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/BoysBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org
14. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Wrestling.pdf idhsaa.org
15. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsBasketball.pdf idhsaa.org
16. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/Softball.pdf idhsaa.org
17. http://www.idhsaa.org/Records/1011/GirlsTrack.pdf idhsaa.org