Papillion-La Vista South High School
| Papillion-La Vista South High School |
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10799 Highway 370 Papillion, Nebraska United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°08′42″N 96°04′44″W / 41.14500°N 96.07889°WCoordinates: 41°08′42″N 96°04′44″W / 41.14500°N 96.07889°W |
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| Type | Public high school |
| Established | 2003 |
| School district | Papillion-La Vista Public Schools |
| Principal | Jeff Johnson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,709 (2014-15) |
| Color(s) |
Blue, black, and silver |
| Mascot | Titan |
| Website | Papillion-La Vista South H.S. |
Blue, black, and silver
Papillion-La Vista South High School (commonly referred to as Papio South, PLSHS, PLSouth, or PLS) is a high school in Papillion, Nebraska, United States. It is one of two high schools in the Papillion-La Vista Public School District. The school's principal is Jeff Johnson.
Papillion-La Vista South High School opened in the fall of 2003. It was created due to the rise in population in and around the city of Papillion. Before South was built, the only high school in Papillion was Papillion La Vista Senior High School; at the time (due to overpopulation), only grades 10-12 attended Papillion Senior High. The 9th grade students attended classes at either Papillion Junior High or La Vista Junior High. With the creation of PLS, 9th graders began attending the high school.
In 2001 (when the class of 2007 was in 6th grade) the Papillion School District invited all 6th - 8th grade students to send in ideas for a nickname and color scheme for the new high school (PLS). After five mascots were chosen by the school district as finalists, the 6th-8th graders voted. The nickname "Titans" won by a landslide, due in large part to the then-popularity of the movie Remember The Titans. The students also voted for the new school's black, blue and silver color scheme.
In 2007, the Papillion-LaVista school board voted on a new mascot for PLS. The name was chosen to be the "Fightin' Titan."
According to an August 18, 2004 report published in the Omaha World Herald, PLS had one of the ten highest average ACT scores out of the Omaha Metro Area and the Lincoln, NE area.
Papillion South offers French, German, and Spanish as secondary languages.
PLS offers the following sports: baseball, boys' and girls' basketball, boys' and girls' cross country, football, boys' and girls' golf, boys' and girls' association football, softball, boys' and girls' swimming (the swimming team is composed of both PLSHS and Papillion-La Vista High School students), boys' and girls' track and field, boys' and girls' tennis, volleyball, and wrestling. All sports (as well as activities such as forensics and drama) are sponsored by the NSAA.
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