Ligonier Valley High School Explained

Ligonier Valley Senior High School
Native Name:LVHS
Streetaddress:40 Springer Road
Region:South West Pennsylvania
City:Ligonier
State:Pennsylvania
County:Westmoreland
Zipcode:15658
Country:United States of America
Country1:USA
School Number:(724)-238-9531
Schoolboard:Ligonier Valley School Board
District:Ligonier Valley School District
Superintendent:Timothy Kantor
Principal:Rachel Kurdziel
Principal1:Brett Marabito
Ranking:Sliver (U.S. News and World Report)
Faculty:50
Teaching Staff:40
Average Class Size:20-25
Ratio:15:1
Type:Public
Grades:9-12
Age Range:13-18
Language:English
Campus:1 Campus
Hours In Day:7.5 to 8.0
Athletics:Football, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Track, Swimming, Golf, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Cross Country
Athletics Conference:WPIAL
Fight Song:On Wisconsin
Motto:Pride and Ambition–A Ligonier Valley Tradition
Mascot:Ram
Team Name:Rams
Colors:Red and Black
Established:1886
Students:495 (2019-20)[1]
Homepage:http://lvsd.k12.pa.us/

Ligonier Valley High School is a public high school in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

It serves approximately 500 students that live in Laurel Mountain Borough, Ligonier Borough, Ligonier Township, Cook Township, Fairfield Township, Bolivar Borough, Seward, St. Clair Township and New Florence Borough. The school is the only high school in the Ligonier Valley School District.

History

A Ligonier public high school has been in existence since 1886. The current high school was built on the present site in Ligonier Township, near U.S. Route 30. The Alvin P. Carey Memorial Building opened in 1964. In 1966, under state law, Laurel Valley and Ligonier Valley School Districts merged, creating the Ligonier Valley School District. At this time, in 1966, the schools colors, green and white(Laurel Valley), and blue and white(Ligonier Valley), were changed to the current colors, red and black. At the start of the 2010-11 school term, students from the former Laurel Valley High School attendance area attend Ligonier Valley, and at that time, the mascot was changed to the Rams, reflecting Laurel Valley's mascot, from the former Ligonier Valley's mascot the Mountaineer.

Amenities

The Alvin P. Carey building has air conditioning throughout the school. The auditorium which was added on in 1998, has a full stage, sound room, light control room, and dressing rooms. Seating over 500, it is used for many public events. The cafeteria has a courtyard that is surrounded on all sides which is used for outdoors studies and other events. The school also features a full size auxiliary gym and weight lifting room.

Athletic fields/courts

The gymnasium has a full sized High School basketball court, two scoreboards, and seats over 600 people. The gym is used for baseball batting cages, basketball, volleyball, and training. The school features one baseball diamond in the front of the school. This newly built diamond features wireless scoring technology, dugouts built in April 2013, and fresh surface.

Standard Bank Stadium

Standard Bank Stadium, home to Weller Field and the Patrick Podlucky memorial track, is used by track and field, football, and soccer. Standard Bank Stadium, which features a football field that converts into soccer, an eight-lane, tar surface, running track which is on the perimeter of the field, is the only stadium the school owns that is in use. The stadium features a 20 yard long logo that stretches from the 40 yard line to the 40 yard line. The stadium seats approximately 2,000 and with standing room holds approximately 5,000. Portable bleachers can be brought in for excess seating. Standard Bank Stadium is rarely used for public events like Relay For Life, graduation, and more.

Athletic teams

Ligonier Valley participates in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League. The Rams athletics are supported by the student section, The Herd.

SportBoysGirls
BaseballClass AA
BasketballClass AAAClass AAA
Cross CountryClass AAClass AA
American footballClass AA
GolfClass AAAAClass AAAA
SoftballClass A
SoccerClass AAClass AA
Swimming and DivingClass AAClass AA
Track and FieldClass AAClass AA
VolleyballClass A
WrestlingClass AA

Vocational-technical schools

Students in grades 10-12 can have the opportunity to attend Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center in Derry Township.

External links

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ligonier Valley HS. National Center for Education Statistics. September 8, 2019.