| Papillion-La Vista South High School | |
| Established: | 2003 |
| Grades: | 9-12 |
| Principal: | Jeff Spilker |
| Enrollment: | 1,887 (2018-19)[1] |
| Teaching Staff: | 116.6 |
| Ratio: | 16.18 |
| Colors: | Blue, black, and silver |
| Streetaddress: | 10799 Highway 370 |
| Country: | United States |
| Website: | Papillion-La Vista South H.S. |
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 School District. The school's principal is Jeff Spilker.
Papillion-La Vista South High School opened in the fall of 2003.[2] A successful 2018 referendum allocated money for the expansion of Papio South's facilities to accommodate over 2,000 students.[3]
Papillion-La Vista South offers dual credit classes through the University of Nebraska Omaha.[4]
Papilion-La Vista South has won twelve state championships: girls' cross-country in 2010, 2014, and 2015; volleyball in 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2021, and 2022; boys’ cross-country in 2017; and baseball in 2010 and 2011.[5] The Papillion South student section is known as the "Black Hole".[6]
PLS has three competitive show choirs, the mixed-gender "Titanium", "Titan Express", as well as the all-female "Titan Radiance".[7] The program also hosts an annual competition, the "Titan Classic".[8] 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.[9] The Titan Marching Band won the Nebraska class AA and Grand Championship at the NSBA state marching contest in 2021.[10] [11] 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 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.
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).