Lafayette High School (Wildwood, Missouri)

Lafayette High School, located in Wildwood, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.

Lafayette High School
Address
17050 Clayton Rd

Wildwood
,
Missouri 63011

United States
Coordinates38°35′44″N 90°38′15″W
Information
TypePublic School
Established1960
PrincipalKaren Calcaterra[1][2]
Teaching staff114.71 (FTE)[3]
Grades9th–12th
Number of students1,796 (2018-19)[3]
Student to teacher ratio15.66[3]
Color(s)Black, White, & Gold
   
AthleticsLafayette Lancers, Lafayette Lady Lancers
Athletics conferenceSuburban West Conference
MascotLouie the Lancer[4]
NewspaperThe Image,[5] The Lancer Feed[6]
YearbookThe Legend
Websitehttp://www.rsdmo.org/lafayette

Lafayette High School opened September 7, 1960,[7] in one small building in Ellisville.[8] To handle the growing student body, the school moved in 1989 to Wildwood.[7] The old school site became Crestview Middle School.

Lafayette's colors are black and white, often accented with gold.

Student Body

In the 2018–19 school year, Lafayette enrolled 1,794 students. The racial makeup of the school is 76.4% White, 11.4% Black, 7.5% Asian, and 3.1% Hispanic.[9]

Sports and clubs

Sports and activities include Football, Hockey, Lacrosse, Wrestling, Racquetball, Softball, Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Tennis, Track, Cross Country, Bowling team/club, Volleyball, Swimming, Golf, Water Polo, Diving, Field Hockey, Marching Band, Guard, Cheer leading, Escadrille (dance team), Choir, Key Club, Student Council, National Honor Society, Latin Club, Spanish Club, French Club, German Club, JROTC (which includes Regulation and Exhibition Drill, and Cyber Patriot), Film Society, Photography Club, OSEP, Robotics, Computer Club, Earth Club, FBLA, Scholar Quiz Bowl, Thespians, Speech and Debate Team, Lafayette Christian Fellowship, Diversity Alliance, FCCLA, Anime Club, USABO, Model United Nations, Table Tennis Club, LFA, Lafayette Science Council, and Disc Golf Club. Sports are an important aspect of Lafayette, capturing 33 state championships since 1992.

Lafayette Lancer Regiment

The Lafayette Lancer Regiment is the school's marching band. It is a volunteer band, with an approximate annual membership of 80 people, and is under the direction of Brad Balog and Jason Long. Various staff members also aid sections throughout the season. The Lancer Regiment performs locally at many shows and participates at the Greater St. Louis Marching Festival at the Edward Jones Dome.

Newspaper

The monthly student newspaper, The Image, has run since 1965.[10] The school's print yearbook, The Legend, is in its 48th year of publication.

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Administration". Rockwood School District. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
  2. "Lafayette High School". www.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  3. "LAFAYETTE SR. HIGH". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 11, 2020.
  4. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch"
  5. "The Image"
  6. "The Lancer Feed"
  7. Lafayette High School History Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  8. Crestview Middle School - Ellisville, MO Archived 2007-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
  9. "Rockwood School District Annual Report to the Community 2018-2019". www.rsdmo.org. Retrieved 2019-03-10.
  10. "The Image". Archived from the original on 2010-05-14. Retrieved 2010-04-29.
  11. "NBA.com: Robert Archibald". www.nba.com.
  12. "Clifford H. Frazier Jr., former KC Chief and Hollywood actor, dies at 61". Press Release Central. The Kansas City Star. August 2014. Archived from the original on 2015-04-06. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  13. "Ryan Howard Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com.
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