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Lincoln Southwest High School is a Lincoln Public high school located 74 acres adjacent to Wilderness Park in Lincoln, Nebraska.[4] The school opened in August 2002 and was designed to hold around 1,500 students.[5] The student population as of the 2023-24 school year is 2,199 students in grades 9-12.[6]
| Lincoln Southwest High School | |
|---|---|
 Lincoln Southwest High School | |
| Address | |
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7001 South 14th Street , 68512 | |
| Coordinates | 40°44′23″N 96°42′15″W / 40.73972°N 96.70417°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public High School |
| Motto | "S.O.A.R." |
| Established | c. August 2002 |
| Sister school | Senshu University Matsudo High School |
| School district | Lincoln Public Schools |
| Principal | John Matzen[1] |
| Faculty | 200+ |
| Teaching staff | 109.88 (FTE)[2] |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Number of students | 2,199 (2023-24) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 19.76[2] |
| Color(s) | Forest Green and Silver |
| Athletics conference | Heartland Athletic Conference[3] |
| Mascot | Sylvester Silver Hawk |
| Nickname | Silver Hawks |
| Rival | Lincoln Southeast High School |
| Newspaper | Hawk Talk |
| Website | Lincoln Southwest High School |
Academics
editSouthwest offers dual enrollment education through three local tertiary education institutions. The University of Nebraska-Lincoln offers dual enrollment to students on the university's campus, Nebraska Wesleyan University (NWU) offers dual enrollment at Southwest's campus through the NWU Honors Academy, and Southeast Community College (SCC) offers dual enrollment on both Southwest's campus and the Lincoln Public School's Career Academy campus located on the SCC campus.[7]
Extracurricular Activities
editForensics
editIn 2006, Southwest was awarded the National Speech and Debate Association's National School of Excellence Award for their debate program.[8] In 2013, Southwest's speech program also received the National School of Excellence Award.[9]
Swim and Dive
editThe Southwest Girls swim and dive team has won four state championships, including a three-peat from 2016 to 2018.[10] The Silver Hawk first swimming and diving championship was in 2014, which was also the first swim and dive championship for a Lincoln school since 1999.[11] In 2017 the girls' swimming and diving team took first at state and set five new individual state records.[12]
Science Olympiad
editThe Southwest Science Olympiad team has, since 2008, won ten out of eleven state championships, each annually qualifying them for the national tournament.[13]
Football
editAfter going win-less in their first season, the Southwest football team made the state playoffs during fourteen of the following sixteen seasons.[14]
Golf
editThe Southwest golf teams have won five combined team state title for the school, including a four-year run where the Boys team won three championships.[15] In 2018, the Girls golf team won state championship in the first round of competition, finishing with a seventeen stroke lead.[16]
Music
editThe Southwest Music program consists of three primary divisions; band, orchestra, and choir. Nearly a quarter of Southwest's student body is involved in the Music Department.
Southwest also has three a cappella ensembles: Hawktet, their varsity octet group,[17] Silver Lining, their women's group, and the Quicksilvers, their men's barbershop quartet. Though these groups are operated inside of the school, they are not directly affiliated with Southwest or its vocal music program.
Softball
editThe Southwest softball team have won three state titles, including back-to-back championships in 2008 and 2009.[18] In 2018, the Silver Hawks was first team in Nebraska to lose their first game in the double-elimination tournament to come back and win a state title.[19]
Tennis
editThe Southwest tennis teams have won a combined three state championships.[20] During the 2017 Boys State Finals, Southwest swept the entire championship bracket, winning both singles and both doubles bracket.[21]
Track and Field
editThe Southwest Girls track and field teams have won three state titles. The Boys' team placed second in the NSAA state meet in 2017[22] by half a point to Lincoln High School.
Theatre
editSilver Hawk Theatre is a member of the International Thespian Society and has performed at the International Thespian Festival four times, most recently debuting the MTI licensing version of Kinky Boots at the 2022 festival in Indiana.[23]
Notable alumni
edit- Ashley Graham, supermodel and body activist
- Brandon Reilly, NFL football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
- Wyn Wiley, known professionally as Pattie Gonia, a drag queen, environmental and LGBTQ+ activist and community organizer.
References
edit- ^ "Southwest High School".
- ^ a b "LINCOLN SOUTHWEST HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
- ^ https://www.heartlandathleticconference.org/public/genie/406/school/8//.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Lincoln Southwest High School". lsw.lps.org. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ "Lincoln Southwest High School | Sampson Construction - General Contractor, Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming". www.sampson-construction.com. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
- ^ "Southwest High School (Ranked Top 20% for 2024) - Lincoln, NE". Public School Review. May 29, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
- ^ "College Planning – LSW Counseling Center". wp.lps.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "School Recognition". National Speech & Debate Association. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "LSW Forensics". lsw.lps.org. Retrieved February 8, 2023.
- ^ "Swimming & Diving". nsaahome.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "NSAA Girls Swimming Past Champions". nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "2017 State Swimming and Diving Championship". NET.
- ^ "Nebraska Department of Education | NDE". Archived from the original on November 29, 2011.
- ^ "Football". nsaahome.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "NSAA Boys Golf Championships HQ". nsaahome.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Girls state golf: Southwest wins rain-shortened Class A tournament". JournalStar.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Hawktet - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
- ^ "Softball". nsaahome.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ Grell, Clark. "What high school teams — no matter the sport — can take away from LSW's state title run". JournalStar.com. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "Boys Tennis". nsaahome.org. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
- ^ "2017 Boys Tennis Championship" (PDF). NSAA.
- ^ https://nsaa-static.s3.amazonaws.com/textfile/cc/bres17.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Everybody Say Yeah! Kinky Boots is Available for Licensing". Music Theatre International. February 17, 2022. Retrieved May 18, 2023.
