Lebanon High School (Pennsylvania)

Lebanon Senior High School houses grades nine through twelve for the Lebanon School District, and is located in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. The current building, which also serves as district headquarters, opened to students for the 1969-70 school year. The school, with a unique architecture featuring three circular buildings, underwent extensive renovations completed in early 2013. The school's mascot is the cedar tree. In 2013, the cedar tree mascot, Rooty, was featured in a mini-series on HULU entitled Behind the Mask.Internal descriptionEach of the school's three buildings includes a principal occupant which is used to identify the specific building. The "Library" building contains most of the school's classrooms and the library itself features a glass dome ceiling. In addition to the gym, the "Gymnasium" building includes the school's cafeteria. Since the renovations, the offices of the high school are located in the West in-fill and the district offices are found in the North in-fill. The renovations also resulted in the enclosure of the school's courtyard into a large atrium.Graduation rate2010 - 83% 2009 - 79% 2008 - 80% 2007 - 80% 2006 - 77%, State 88%Academic achievementThe high school is in Making Progress: in Corrective Action II AYP status in 2010 due to chronic low academic achievement in reading and mathematics. In 2009, the school was in Did not make AYP - Corrective Action II 2nd Year AYP status.PSSA Results 11th Grade Reading 2010 - 49% on grade level. In Pennsylvania, 67% of 11th graders on grade level. 2009 - 44%, State - 65% 2008 - 33%, State - 65% 2007 - 45%, State - 65% 2006 - 43%, State - 65% 2005 - 39%, State - 65%