Lake-Lehman Junior/Senior High School

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Lake Lehman Junior Senior High School in Lehman Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania was created by the merger of a Middle Level Educational Building, which provided an education from grades seven to eight, and a High School, which did the same for grades nine to twelve. The two schools were combined in 2003. The school is located in a rural setting. Most classes consist of 30 or fewer students, with the notable exception of humanities I (honors english and history combined, grade 9), with a class size in the 50s. Basic classes are offered for everyone, but the school also offers advanced courses, and Advanced Placement classes for college preparation.

1 Teachers
2 Activities
3 Recent History
4 Notable Alumni
5 External links
6 References

Teachers

While the quality of education is fantastic, there have been ongoing labor disputes between the teachers' union and their negotiator John Holland(who makes $135,915 a year^[1] , 2.5 times the average teacher) and the School Board. Teachers have had a 4 day work stoppage at the end of may of 2007 and another stoppage from October 15 to November 9th. Several Unfair Labor Practice charges have been filed by both sides, the most recent being for not rehiring wrestling coach and Union Vice President, Phil Lipski (who makes 67k^[2] a year, plus 6k for wrestling) for the job of varsity wrestling head coach.

Activities

The school has many students in the National Honor Society and the National Junior Honor Society. Clubs include a community-service-based group, called Key Club, and a Seinfeld Club. Organizations such as Peer Helpers are composed of students who are role-model material and go through training in order to help peers in the school with problems. Lake-Lehman's wrestling team has won 20 PIAA District 2 championships, 3 PIAA Northeast Regional Championships and a PIAA State Championship. Lake-Lehman has crowned 5 individual PIAA state wrestling champions (as recently as 2007) as well as numerous state medalists. The Girls field hockey team has won numerous PIAA District 2 championships and 2 PIAA State Championships. Lake-Lehman boys volleyball teams have won 22 Wyoming Valley Conference titles and 19 PIAA District 2 championships. Historically, the Band program has been extraordinarily successful under the leadership of John Miliauskas, Edward A. Richards, Michael Robinson, and Greg S. Riley. The band has won the Cavalcade of Bands Championship 2 times, in 1984 and 1987. It has won the Tournament of Bands' Atlantic Coast Championship 10 times, in 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 2007; and placed second 7 times, in 1983, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2005. It has also won the Chapter 7 championship 23 times Each year a Donkey basketball game is held as a fundraiser for the Senior Class Trip to Washington, D.C. In addition to The Donkey basketball game, the senior class raises money through candy sales during refreshment break. The senior trip to Washington D.C. is held in the spring. The class visits many monuments and buildings including the Smithsonian, the White House, Mt. Vernon, and the Arlington Cemetery.

Recent History

15 year old student killed in tragic automobile accident after escaping with another 15 year old student during lunch on May 24 2000. The student who survived had stolen her parents car.
Major hazing incident in September of 2003 ^[3]
Episode of MTV's Made featuring Angie Nice filmed and aired nationally in the Fall of 2003
7 Students traveled to Spain in June of 2007.

Notable Alumni

Brian Kelly - Former Professional Soccer Player ^[4]
Raye Hollitt - Actress, female bodybuilder, and a former American Gladiator cast member.
Jay McCarroll - Fashion designer who won the reality show Project Runway in 2005
Joseph Michael Rosser - Little known yet influential inventor/philosopher. Credited with redefining thought. Born in the late 1980's in a small mining town outside of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, Joseph was influenced at an early age by well-known scientist Carl Sagan. He began tinkering at the age of 7 when he developed a mechanical replica of a dog that had a full range of dog-like movement, yet could speak as if human. Joseph had his first commercial breakthrough when he developed the first voice activated refrigerator, which he named "Seth". "Seth" was bought out by General Electric yet dubbed defective and hazardous due to its tendency to verbally harass its users. This led to a harsh period of depression in Joseph's life. He began reading philosophic works by the likes of Jean-Paul Sartre, Albert Camus, Soren Kierkegaard and Franz Kafka. He then denounced his previous inventing endeavors and began to live a life of thought. After years of contemplation and evaluation Joseph had written his own philosophical work entitled "A Treatise on Thought: The Mind, Its Motives and Its Pitfalls". The work has generally received positive feedback from the philosophical community. Joseph has been under consideration for a MacArthur Fellowship (also known as the MacArthur Genius Grant) for his work on the revealing philosophical work. Currently Joseph resides in Philadelphia where he continues to write. At this point in time he is working on another work entitled "Mind Over Matter: A Discussion of Psychosomatic Influence on External Stimuli". Aside from his writings, Joseph has become well known in the city of Philadelphia as a philanthropist and a purveyor of all things cultural.
Johnny Oliver - #1 Draft pick of the Cincinnati Reds in 1996
Rick Bonomo - 3 Time NCAA Division 1 Wrestling Champion for Bloomsburg University in 1985 1986 and 1987 Rick Bonomo - Profile by The Citizens Voice
Beth Crumley- published author, Marine Corps historian, Curator of Ordnance at the National Museum of the Marine Corps, frequent guest on a variety of television shows, including American Rifleman.