Lake Highlands High School
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Lake Highlands High School is a secondary school serving grades 10-12 located in the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, Texas
Texas
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, United States
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, primarily serving the Lake Highlands community. The school is part of the Richardson Independent School District
Richardson Independent School District
Richardson Independent School District is a school district based in Richardson, Texas .RISD covers and includes most of the city of Richardson, TX and portions of the cities of Dallas, TX and Garland, TX . RISD operates 55 campuses that serve more than 34,000 students...

 and is located centrally within Lake Highlands near the DART Blue Line. Additionally, the Lake Highlands Freshman Center (which sits on the same property as LHHS) houses the 9th grade students.
The first graduating class was in 1964.

Feeder Schools:
  • Lake Highlands Junior High School
    Lake Highlands Junior High School
    Lake Highlands Junior High Junior High School is a public junior high school, part of the Richardson Independent School District, located at 10301 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, TX 75238 in an area of northeast Dallas known as Lake Highlands.Feeder Schools:...

  • Forest Meadow Junior High School
    Forest Meadow, Dallas, Texas
    Forest Meadow is a suburban residential neighborhood within the Lake Highlands area of Dallas, Texas. The neighborhood is thought of today as being bounded by Greenville Avenue on the west, Whitehurst Drive on the south, Abrams Road on the east, and an alley demarcating the neighborhood from...



The school mascot
Mascot
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 is the Wildcat. The Wildcat is also the mascot of several of the high school's feeder schools including Lake Highlands Elementary, Northlake Elementary, Lake Highlands Junior High
Lake Highlands Junior High School
Lake Highlands Junior High Junior High School is a public junior high school, part of the Richardson Independent School District, located at 10301 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas, TX 75238 in an area of northeast Dallas known as Lake Highlands.Feeder Schools:...

, and the above mentioned Freshman Center.

The school is the home of the Wildcat Band. It has accumulated many state and national honors. Under the direction of Eddie Green, the Symphonic Band made its first trip to the Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic in December 1971 and performed at the Honor Concert. Later that school year, the band was selected as the Texas Music Educators Association Honor Band leading to an Honor Concert performance at the TMEA convention in February 1973. There have been repeat appearances at both venues.

In 2002, the school received a Blue Ribbon
Blue Ribbon Schools Program
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 award from the U.S. Department of Education . It was also named by U.S. News & World Report
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 as one of the best high schools in America in 2001.

Large portions of Ron Howard
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's 1978
1978 in film
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 TV movie Cotton Candy were filmed at the school. The movie was about a group of friends who started a band.

The school is home of the "Wildcat Wranglers", one of the few high school Country/Western
Country dancing
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 dance teams existing in the United States. The group performed for the 1997, 2001, 2005, and 2009 presidential inaugurations, including at the Black Tie and Boots Balls and in the Inaugural Parades associated with the aforementioned inaugurations; in the 2005 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
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; and performed in the 2008 New Year's Day Parade
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 in London
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.

The school's football
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 team has been in the UIL
University Interscholastic League
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 regional and state playoffs numerous times and won the 5A state championship in 1981. The school has won district championships in baseball
Baseball
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 over 20 times since 1964.

The school also shares a football stadium with L.V. Berkner High School. Currently it is called "Wildcat-Ram Stadium," a collaboration of mascots. Lake Highlands students also unofficially refer to this stadium as "The Boneyard". Lake Highlands and Berkner have long been rivals in football and other sports. For the annual football rivalry, both schools are playing "at home" in Wildcat-Ram Stadium. The 2005 and 2006 rivalry games were won by the Berkner Rams in the final minute, either by a touchdown
Touchdown
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 or a field goal
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. Lake Highlands won the 2007 rivalry game by a score of 31-24. Berkner won the most recent rivalry game in 2011 by a score of 16-13.

'Muffin Man' Prank

On May 16, 2006, near the conclusion of the school year, muffin
Muffin
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s containing cannabis
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 were delivered to the faculty. At least 18 school employees were sent to Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas
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 after experiencing dizziness
Dizziness
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 and lightheadedness
Lightheadedness
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.. The muffins were delivered by a senior from Bishop Lynch High School
Bishop Lynch High School
Bishop Lynch High School is a co-educational Catholic high school founded by the Dominican Order in east Dallas, Texas . It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas. It opened in 1963 with 365 students and now has over 1,000 students. In keeping with its Dominican tradition, the school...

 named Ian Walker, who planned the prank with Lake Highlands' senior and former student of Bishop Lynch, Joey Tellini. Roughly two weeks after the event, the two turned themselves in to the police. No teachers suffered lasting harm and the school's 81 year-old receptionist was the only person hospitalized overnight. This incident was reported nationally by CNN
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, and mentioned in skit
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s such as "school bake sale" by late-night television personalities such as Conan O'Brien
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.
Coincidentally, a transformer near the school blew up the day after the incident, leading to speculation that the events were somehow connected. Tellini received five years of community supervision. He must work a total of 180 hours in a homeless shelter and pay restitution of $13,094 to five of the victims, to be split with his co-defendant. Walker pleaded guilty to five misdemeanor assault charges. He received two years of community supervision, 80 hours of service in a homeless shelter, and was ordered to pay his share of the restitution.

Notable alumni

  • Marshall Newhouse
    Marshall Newhouse
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    - NFL
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     Green Bay Packers OL
  • Carolyn Neff - actress
  • Jordan Tata
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     - former MLB
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     player.
  • Mark Salling - actor and singer on the television show Glee
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  • Amy Acker
    Amy Acker
    Amy Louise Acker is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on the television series Angel as Winifred Burkle and Illyria and on Alias as Kelly Peyton. She is also known for her role as Dr. Claire Saunders/Whiskey on Dollhouse.-Early life:Acker was born and raised in Dallas, where she...

     - actress
  • Nicole Bilderback
    Nicole Bilderback
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     - actress
  • Merton Hanks
    Merton Hanks
    Merton Edward Hanks is a former safety in the National Football League.Hanks attended Lake Highlands High School, where he was a district track and field champion. He went on to the University of Iowa, earning all-Big Ten honors at cornerback...

     - National Football League
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     safety
  • Justin Leonard
    Justin Leonard
    Justin Charles Garrett Leonard is an American professional golfer.Leonard was born and raised in Dallas, Texas. He attended Lake Highlands High School and graduated in 1990. He attended the University of Texas at Austin and was the individual NCAA champion in 1994. He was a two-time All-American...

     - American professional golfer. British Open
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     champion.
  • James F. Reilly
    James F. Reilly
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     - NASA
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     astronaut
  • Matt Stover
    Matt Stover
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     - NFL
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     Baltimore Ravens kicker
  • Phil Dawson
    Phil Dawson
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     - NFL
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     Cleveland Browns kicker
  • Paul Broome
    Paul Broome
    Paul Broome is a retired American soccer defender who played eight seasons in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...

     - Major League Soccer
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     player
  • Morgan Fairchild
    Morgan Fairchild
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     - actress
  • Darvis Patton
    Darvis Patton
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     - Olympic Track Athlete
  • Marcus Coleman
    Marcus Coleman
    Marcus Coleman is a former safety in the National Football League . Coleman played college football at Texas Tech. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as a free agent on April 18, 2006, and was selected by the Houston Texans in the 2002 NFL Expansion Draft and played with that team for three seasons...

     - National Football League
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     Dallas Cowboys
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     safety
  • Erin Aldrich
    Erin Aldrich
    Erin Marie Aldrich is an American high jumper. She also played volleyball at the highest level, competing for the United States women's national volleyball team.She finished fourth at the 2001 Summer Universiade...

     - Track and field
    Track and field
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     athlete, high jumper in 2000 Summer Olympics
    2000 Summer Olympics
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  • Matt Dunigan
    Matt Dunigan
    Matt Dunigan is a former quarterback, coach, and executive in the Canadian Football League who is currently a CFL sportscaster for Canadian sports television channel TSN...

     - CFL
    Canadian Football League
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     Hall of Famer
  • George Gimarc
    George Gimarc
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     - Local radio personality
  • Chris Harrison
    Chris Harrison
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     - Host of the TV show "The Bachelor"
  • C.B. Hudson
    C.B. Hudson
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     - lead guitarist of the rock band Blue October
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  • Scott Livingstone
    Scott Livingstone
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     - Former MLB
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     player.
  • Detron Smith
    Detron Smith
    Detron Smith was an American football fullback in the NFL. He played mainly for the Denver Broncos. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 1999.-High School and College:...

     - former NFL
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     running back (1996–2003) with Denver
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     and Indianapolis
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    .
  • Andre Tillman
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     - Former Miami Dolphins
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     tight end (1975–1978).
  • Gibby Haynes
    Gibby Haynes
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     - Musician, lead singer for rock band Butthole Surfers
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  • Kim Wozencraft
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     - author
  • Frank Okam
    Frank Okam
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     - Football
    American football
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     defensive tackle for the University of Texas and the Houston Texans
    Houston Texans
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  • Warren Carter
    Warren Carter (basketball)
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     - University of Illinois basketball forward
  • Josh Carter
    Josh Carter
    Joshua Neville Carter is an American professional basketball player at guard/forward. He played college basketball for Texas A&M. He also played for the Athletes in Action basketball team in 2006 and 2007, helping the team win the William Jones Cup in 2006...

     - Texas A&M University
    Texas A&M University
    Texas A&M University is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas . It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for the first time in school...

     - basketball guard
  • Stefanie Cordova - Texas Rangers Baseball "Six Shooters" Dancer
  • Annie Clark
    Annie Clark
    Annie Erin Clark is an American multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter who performs as St. Vincent. She was a member of The Polyphonic Spree and also part of Sufjan Stevens' touring band, prior to forming her own band....

     - Indie rock musician, performs under the name St. Vincent
  • Brenda Brock - Former Actress daytime soap One Life to live, Businesswoman [Farmaesthetics]
  • Wade Smith
    Wade Smith
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     - National Football League [Offensive Tackle] Memphis University
  • Kasey Jones - Former goalkeeper North Carolina Tar Heels women's soccer
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