South Lakes High School
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11400 South Lakes Drive Reston, Virginia 20191 |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Veritas in Scientia (Truth in Knowledge) |
| Founded | 1979 |
| School district | Fairfax County Public Schools |
| Principal | Kimberly Brophy Retzer |
| Staff | approximately 200 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,378 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Suburban Sprawl |
| Color(s) | Royal Blue █ and Kelly Green █ |
| Mascot | Seahawks |
| Rivals | Herndon High School |
| Feeder schools | Hughes Middle School, Rachel Carson Middle School |
| Athletic conferences |
Liberty District Northern Region |
| Website | http://www.fcps.edu/SouthLakesHS/ |
South Lakes High School is the primary high school for the community of Reston in Fairfax County, Virginia. The school, part of Fairfax County Public Schools, has 2,378 students.
The principal is Kimberly Brophy Retzer. The school also has 16 other administrators, including assistant administrators for each grade. The school's mascot is Seymour the Seahawk. The school colors are Royal Blue and Kelly Green. The school newspaper is named the Sentinel.
South Lakes underwent a $55 million renovation from winter 2006 through August 2008. The renovation was completed in time for the 2008–2009 school year.
The main feeder middle schools are Langston Hughes Middle School and Rachel Carson Middle School.
In the 2013–2014 school year, South Lakes High School's student body was 46.68% White, 21.24% Hispanic, 13.00% Black, 12.53% Asian and 6.56% Other.
South Lakes High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in the 2013–2014 school year for South Lakes was 1676.
When the school first opened in 1978, South Lakes High School had an "open classroom" design. The school was laid out into four quadrants, one quadrant area for each grade level. Each quadrant, or "sub-school", was labeled by color: green for freshman, blue for sophomores, yellow for juniors, and orange for seniors. When the school was first opened each sub-school was designed to be a classroom within itself. The open space was not divided into individual classrooms or interrupted with walls. The open design was quickly determined to be an ineffective and distracting way for people to learn, especially with different teachers and students learning different materials around them. Individual classrooms were created with temporary dividers which remained until a renovation which took place between 2006 and 2008.
The extensive renovation changed several of the building's characteristic features. The four sub-school design was kept, but altered. Like the original design, there are four separate locker commons (one for each grade level), but the ease of access from one to another has been improved. Each classroom is divided by walls, rather than temporary dividers, and have their own door and windows (if located along the perimeter wall of the building). Classrooms have LCD projectors and the math classrooms are equipped with SmartBoards. The four cafeterias were combined into one larger cafeteria located in the center of the building. The media center was also moved and enlarged. Starting in the 2016-2017 school year, another wing will be added to the school.
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