Congratulations! Sophia Welch has been selected as one of the Honorable 12 in the Georgia State Parks and Historic Sites Art Contest! Her talents and creativity have earned her a spot among a select group of young artists whose work will be displayed at the Georgia State Capitol during the 2025 legislative session.
Local painter Lily Payne visited LCHS visual art classes recently. She spoke about her art and career. She encouraged student to always work hard and follow there dreams. In addition she donated two artworks to students. Thank you for your time and knowledge Ms. Payne.
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LCHS DECA members competed at the Region 2 conference today at Lanier Tech. A total of 13 schools were in attendance. Students competed in Marketing Principles, Hospitality & Tourism, Apparel Marketing, Sports & Entertainment Marketing. Bella Carter placed 2nd in region in Restaurant & Food Service Marketing.
Pick the delicious, easy way to put dinner on the table!
Lumpkin County High School is thrilled to announce that seniors Ainslee Hernandez and Bricen Popko have each received a full four-year scholarship to Columbia University through the @QuestBridge National College Match Program. Congratulations on all your hard work!
Mrs. Hill’s 9th grade English classes recently finished reading “Night” by Elie Wiesel. Mr. George Richfield, a Holocaust survivor, shared his story as a young boy living in the ghetto and then staying with a Christian family who protected him during the war until he and his parents were reunited. Also, Mr. Michael Rackstraw from the Bremen Holocaust Museum shared stories from the Holocaust as well as historical background information.
Spice Queens! Sophia, Angel, and Emma complete Señor Rambin's "spice challenge" where they smell eight spices and try to decide which is which. In this unit students are studying Cuban culture and identifying ingredients from different parts of the Caribbean.
The Lady Indian wrestling team traveled over seven hours to Mobile, Alabama, this past weekend, for the Gulf Coast Clash. These ladies walked away with a first-place finish as a team, defeating several top ranked teams from both Georgia and Alabama. Finishing behind the Lady Indians were Carrollton (2X Defending GA state champs,) Daphne (Defending AL state champs, nationally ranked), Thompson (Defending AL runner ups), and Central (Defending AL runner ups) and Enterprise (AL). These ladies had 6 girls in the semi finals out of 11 weight classes. Individual placements are listed below.
Cadence Grulla- 2nd
Emily Wilson- 4th
Caroline Cunningham- 4th
Nora Garbuzovas- 2nd
Greta Garbuzovas- 1st
Mattie Mendoza- 4th
"Congrats to the LCHS Faculty for winning the annual Student vs. Faculty Volleyball Game! Organized and coordinated by the Student Council, this is our third year putting on the event. All ticket sales from the game go towards supporting Adopt-a-Family, over $600 was raised! Amazing LCHS!"
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This Week in Science!
From trucks to tractors! Lumpkin students traveled to Forsyth Fleet Maintenance to learn how to keep a large fleet of machinery in operation and maintained.
The LCHS Rifle Team competed in their first away match of the season on Thursday, November 12th at North Gwinnett High School. The match was different from typical matches due to it being on paper targets instead of the electronic targets of which they are accustomed. Lumpkin won the match with a score of 1124 to North Gwinnett’s 1095. The individual scores, beginning with the highest, were: Jr. - James “JT” Wright (291), Jr. - Brynn Foster (285), Sr. - Eliza Phillips (283), Jr. - Joe Dechant (265), and So. - Liam Kearney (261). Also participating in the match for experience and using sporter rifles were Fr. - Ivy Stowers (224) and Fr. Allan Schneider (216). Coach Wright said, “The team has shown quick improvement. They are growing as a team and showing a desire to learn.” The teams’ next match is on Tuesday, November 19th at home against Buford High School.
Mark Wall's CTAE carpentry students built and installed this wheelchair ramp for an elderly woman who was unable to access stairs.
