Logan County High School - Cougar Yearbook (Russellville, KY)

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5 YEARS This year marks the fifth anniversary of Logan County High School. Consolidation of the five countv high schools has been a tremendous success and has offered many new aspects to high school life in Logan Countv. Ot course, one ot the first new aspects even one thinks ot is the change in the sports program, l or the first time in Logan County history, we have a football team that lias gone trom a very inexperienced team to a major contend- er in this region under the coaching of Mr. Steve Hans. X'e have a highly successful track team that has given us several state w inners including an individual state win- ner in the lUOm. dash, a third place winner in the 4 X)rn. dash, and a State A A championship in the HXhn relav Logan County has had a very successful baseball team under the coaching of Mr. David Billingsley. The Cougar baseball team s achievements include a district champion- ship and a high rating at the Doyle Baseball School in Florida. The school also has a tennis team that has given the county students all a chance to participate. Probably the biggest thrill so far was the win- ning of the KHSAA State Basketball Champion- ship in 1984 under the coaching of Mr. Gerald Sinclair. Logan County High is large enough to require two administrators. Mr. Howard Gorrell. a former principal at Auburn, is head principal. He has a tremendous job. but he does a tremendous job. 1 le is a very admirable man. Mr. Ik b Birdwhistell is Logan County High's assistant principal He was formerly head coach and a teacher at Lewisburg High School. Mr. Birdw histell is in charge of disci- pline and he is also the athletic director. Mr Bird- whistell also has a tremendous job and he. too. is highly respected. Disciplinary actions are always needed, especial- Iv in larger institutions. A new development that can about trom the consolidation was the assigning of deter tion hall to those students who have minor discipln problems. Another development was in school susper sion. or I.S.S.. which was assigned to those students wb are habitual offenders. It is designed to stimulate th students to do better in school and to become betft citizens in our community The students are separate from other students and banned from school activity 2 ANMVI.RSARY

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THE 1987 COUGAR Volume V Presented by the 1987 Cougar Yearbook Staff Logan County High School Route 6 Box 850 Russellville, Kentucky 42276

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LATER... This year, senior English students having a B average or above and a 17 or better on the ACT were given the chance to participate in a college program from Western Ken- tucky University. The program SPAN is actually college English being taught at the high schools. The students in the program will receive college credit for the course and grades from Western. Several new courses were offered at Logan County High that many of the smaller schools never had. Computer, chemistry■. business and industrial arts classes, as well as a wider variety of home economics classes have been added. French and Spanish are both available now. and most departments have expanded on their course offerings. Many new organizations were formed as a result of consolidation. A new Beta Club evolved from the honor societies throughout the county. DEC A. Distributive Edu- cation Clubs of America, was formed to help students interested in retailing. The Diamond Club. Athletic Boost- ers. and Fellowship of Christian Athletes were all new support groups for athletics. The Span- ish Club. Student Council. Science Club. Speech and Drama Club. FBLA. Spirit Boost- ers. and Academic Boosters are all new to Lo- gan County students. Students have a choice of three diplomas each having different requirements. A wider variety of food is offered in the cafeteria Near- ly every aspect of student life has been af fected by Logan County High School. The facilities at LCHS have also changed during the last Five years. The campus has gained a beautiful baseball field, an impressive track, and a good football practice field. A county maintenance garage was also built. There has been little damage or destruction of the facilities. The students and custodial staff should be commended because our school still looks 'brand new. Logan County High has been a great success! The stu- dents adapted very well to bigger classes and more traffic in the hallways. The students, as well as the whole commu- nity. have accepted Logan County High School as an educational advancement for our county. Academically. L.C.H.S. offers more than any of the five county schools ever did. A successful aca- demic team has been formed that gives students the opportunity to par- ticipate in a growing tradition of aca- demic excellence. The academic team recently competed in the K.E.T. Scholastic Challenge program, and has had a great record under the coaching of Mr Mark Bennett. An Academic Boosters dub has been formed by the parents and stu- dents of the community to help rec- ognize students for academic achievements. The gifted education program was formed to help qualified students achieve even greater academic stan- dards during their high school years. From the program came the forma- tion of honors classes and advanced placement classes. LCHS has offered honors English for the past two years and advanced placement classes in history. English, and biology. Ad- vanced placement classes give the students the chance to study subjects extensively and possibly to receive college credit for that subject. ANNIVERSARY