Luray High School is a public high school located in
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. Luray High School is home to roughly 600 students, in grades 9-12. Before moving to the new building, it was one of the few 5-year high schools in the nation. The school is part of the Page County Public School System.
The school's colors are maroon and white, and the mascot is the
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Luray High School began operations in 1903.
Luray High School is a public high school located in
LurayLuray is a town in Page County, Virginia, United States, in the Shenandoah Valley of the northern part of the state. It is also the county seat...
,
VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
. Luray High School is home to roughly 600 students, in grades 9-12. Before moving to the new building, it was one of the few 5-year high schools in the nation. The school is part of the Page County Public School System.
The school's colors are maroon and white, and the mascot is the
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History
Luray High School began operations in 1903. The school was located on Court Street until the facility on Luray Avenue was constructed in 1930. Luray High School’s first Principal was Mr. Thomas G. Hamilton. Until 1950 the Luray school housed eleven grades. Grade 12 was added in 1950.
Until construction of a new elementary school in 1961, the Luray High School facility housed all school grades. Since the construction of Luray Elementary School the facility has housed grades 8-12. The gym complex and vocational complex were added in 1961. This allowed for a significant expansion of the curriculum.
In 1981-82 extensive renovations took place. An updated and improved heating and ventilation system was installed. A new office complex,
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, and
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department was created to alleviate space needs. Additional space for instruction was created by the conversion of the Bradley house to the
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Department and adding two mobile units as two new classrooms. A new Art Building was created in 2001-02 when the previous building caught on
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and was deemed unusable. In 2003 Luray High School celebrated the 100th Birthday of the school.
In August 2006, the
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Board of Supervisors approved construction of two new high schools in the county, with groundbreaking in
November 2006.
The building on Luray Avenue was transformed into Luray Middle School during the
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of 2009. The Luray Middle School building now houses grades 6-8.
In 2009, a new, much larger, Luray High School building was constructed on the outskirts of the town of Luray. The school's new address is on Bulldog Drive, just south of Main Street southwestern portion of Luray. Luray High School houses grades 9-12 and has adopted
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The building will be dedicated on August 29, 2009, and the first day of school will be September 8.
Despite the relocation of the school, Luray High School will still use Bulldog Field for its
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and
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games. The complex also has a track. The school also hosts its
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meets at nearby Ralph Dean Park.
External links
- Sources:
- 1- http://eclipse.pagecounty.k12.va.us/lhs/index1.htm