Landstown High School

Landstown High School

Address
2001 Concert Drive Virginia Beach, Virginia, 23456, United States
Website
Official site
Information
School district	Virginia Beach City Public Schools
Superintendent	Dr. James G. Merrill
Principal	Mr. Brian Baxter
Assistant Principal	Ms. Paula Johnson Mr. Thomas Taylor Mary Dees Mr. Jim Miller
Staff	158
School type	Public high school
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Mascot	Eagles
Colors	Black, Royal Blue Silver and White
Founded	2001
Enrollment	2,273 (2006-07)
Athletic Conference	Beach District Eastern Region

Landstown High School and Technology Academy is a public secondary school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia which first opened in 2001.^[1]

The school's most unique feature is the Technology Academy, one of several magnet programs in Virginia Beach. Students throughout the city interested in a technology education can apply to learn from three different strands: pre-engineering technology, information technology, and entrepreneurship technology. Entry to the Academy requires recommendations, above average grades, and electronic portfolio which demonstrates aptitude.

Student activities

Athletics: Baseball, Basketball (boys and girls), Cheerleading, Cross Country (boys and girls), Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Indoor Track (boys and girls), Outdoor Track (boys and girls), Soccer (boys and girls), Softball, Swimming (boys and girls), Tennis (boys and girls), Volleyball (boys and girls), Wrestling.

Clubs and organizations: Anime, Asian Pacific Islander Culture Society (APICS), Astronomy, Band, Biotechnology, Black Culture, Chess, Dance, Debate, DECA, Drama, Eagle TV, Earth Savers, Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA), FCCLA, Fellowship of Christian Athletes, Fencing, Forensics, French, Freshman Class, German, Gospel Choir, Highlighter's, Japanese Culture, Junior Class, Kaleidoscope, Key, Literary Magazine, Madrigals, Materials Science, National Honor Society, Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Newspaper, One Act Play, Orchestra, Robotics Team, Student Cooperative Association (SCA), Scholastic Bowl, Senior Class, Sophomore Class, Spanish, Step Team, Technology Student Association, Yearbook.

Landstown is also home to the award winning "Eagle Elite" Madrigal (Chamber) Choir. Under the direction of Dr. Martha Springstead, the choral department has quickly become one of the best in both the region and state. They have performed in NYC (2005) with the Heritage Festivals of Gold at Riverside Church, and are members of the Disney Honors, Class of 2006, held at Disney World. Consistently awarded superior ratings at competitive national choral festivals, they have also won superior ratings at every annual VMEA District 2 Choral Festival.

Academic honors

Landstown was home to the city's only FIRST robotics team, team #769 (2001-2005). The team was disbanded due to the budget issues.

Athletic honors

Landstown's football team went to three state championship games in a row from 2003-2005 under Coach Chris Beatty, who led the team to a 40-2 record during that three year span. They won the state championship in 2004 but lost it in 2003 and 2005. The star players during this time were Percy Harvin and Damon McDaniel. In early 2006, Coach Beatty left Landstown to become the offensive coordinator at Hampton University in Hampton, Virginia.

Harvin set five state track records while he was at Landstown High, winning five gold medals at the state finals in 2005: long jump, triple jump, 100 meters, 200 meters and 400-meter relay.^[2]

The boys' outdoor track team won the state championship in 2005.

The boys' soccer team won the regional championship in 2006.

The girls' track team won the state championship in 2006.

Landstown has also finished runner up in many other events.

Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps

The current Senior Naval Science Instructor is retired Navy Lieutenant David Hamilton and the Naval Science Instructor is retired Petty Officer First Class Sharon Reyes. The cadet Commanding Officer is Brandon Jefferson and the Executive Officer is Tieara Monique Daniels. The unit is ranked 10th in the 2007 Area 5 Competition which consist of the schools in Virginia, Maryland, Italy, Spain, and Germany.