Ligonier Valley High School

Ligonier Valley High School is a public high school in Westmoreland, Pennsylvania.

Ligonier Valley Senior High School
Address
40 Springer Road

South West Pennsylvania

Ligonier
,
Westmoreland
,
Pennsylvania
15658

United States
Information
TypePublic
MottoPride and Ambition–A Ligonier Valley Tradition
Established1886
School boardLigonier Valley School Board
School districtLigonier Valley School District
SuperintendentChristine Oldham
School number(724)-238-9531
PrincipalTim Kantor
PrincipalRachel Kurdziel
Faculty50
Teaching staff40
Grades9-12
Age range13-18
Number of students495 (2019-20)[1]
Average class size20
Student to teacher ratio15:1
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day7.5
Campus1 Campus
Color(s)Red and Black
Fight songOn Wisconsin
AthleticsFootball, Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Track, Swimming, Golf, Cheerleading, Wrestling, Cross Country
Athletics conferenceWPIAL
MascotRam
Team nameRams
USNWR rankingSliver (U.S. News and World Report)
Websitehttp://lvsd.k12.pa.us/

It serves approximately 500 students that live in Laurel Mountain Borough, Ligonier Borough, Ligonier Township, Cook Township, Fairfield Township, Bolivar Borough, Seward, St. Clair Township and New Florence Borough. The school is the only high school in the Ligonier Valley School District.

History

A Ligonier public high school has been in existence since 1886. The current high school was built on the present site in Ligonier Township, near U.S. Route 30. The Alvin P. Carey Memorial Building opened in 1964. In 1966, under state law, Laurel Valley and Ligonier Valley School Districts merged, creating the Ligonier Valley School District. At this time, in 1966, the schools colors, green and white(Laurel Valley), and blue and white(Ligonier Valley), were changed to the current colors, red and black. At the start of the 2010-11 school term, students from the former Laurel Valley High School attendance area attend Ligonier Valley, and at that time, the mascot was changed to the Rams, reflecting Laurel Valley's mascot, from the former Ligonier Valley's mascot the Mountaineer.

Amenities

The Alvin P. Carey building has air conditioning throughout the school. The auditorium which was added on in 1998, has a full stage, sound room, light control room, and dressing rooms. Seating over 500, it is used for many public events. The cafeteria has a courtyard that is surrounded on all sides which is used for outdoors studies and other events. The school also features a full size auxiliary gym and weight lifting room.

Athletic fields/courts

The gymnasium has a full sized High School basketball court, two scoreboards, and seats over 600 people. The gym is used for baseball batting cages, basketball, volleyball, and training. The school features one baseball diamond in the front of the school. This newly built diamond features wireless scoring technology, dugouts built in April 2013, and fresh surface.

Standard Bank Stadium

Standard Bank Stadium, home to Weller Field and the Patrick Podlucky memorial track, is used by track and field, football, and soccer. Standard Bank Stadium, which features a football field that converts into soccer, an eight-lane, tar surface, running track which is on the perimeter of the field, is the only stadium the school owns that is in use. The stadium features the largest stadium design in the Heritage Conference, a 20 yard long logo that stretches from the 40 yard line to the 40 yard line. The stadium seats approximately 2,000 and with standing room holds approximately 5,000. Portable bleachers can be brought in for excess seating. Standard Bank Stadium is often used for public events like Relay For Life, graduation, and more.

Athletic teams

Ligonier Valley participates in the Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League. The Rams athletics are supported by the student section, The Herd.

football Class AA

Sport Boys Girls
Baseball Class AA
Basketball Class AAA Class AAA
Cross Country Class AA Class AA
Golf Class AAAA Class AAAA
Softball Class A
Soccer Class AA Class AA
Swimming and Diving Class AA Class AA
Track and Field Class AA Class AA
Volleyball Class A
Wrestling Class AA

Vocational-technical schools

Students in grades 10-12 can have the opportunity to attend Eastern Westmoreland Career and Technology Center in Derry Township.

References
  1. "Ligonier Valley HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 8, 2019.

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