LaSalle High School--Home of the Saints!
About Our Area and School:______________________
Saint Ignace is located just north of the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. It is an internationally well-known tourist destination, which draws thousands each year for its scenic beauty, ferries to Mackinac Island, the state’s largest car show, motorcycle lovers’ Midnight Run, and countless other attractions. As one of the oldest city in Michigan (established in 1671), we are also the perfect place for history buffs to tour!
Our high school, LaSalle High, was opened in the early 1960’s and provides full educational services for all of the area’s 9-12th grade students. With a population of 271 students, it contains its own library, cafeteria, gymnasium, wood shop, metal shop, and typical classrooms. Adjoining the high school is the city owned swimming pool, which is open to students seasonally.
LaSalle High School offers a complete selection of courses for the college bound as well as the employment bound student. Students can choose to participate in elective classes in woods, metals, on-site home construction, weight training, computer applications and computer science, business and finance, as well as the traditional classes in science, math, social studies, language arts, foreign language, and health. LaSalle is connected to the other nine Eastern Upper Peninsula Intermediate School Districts, as well as to Lake Superior State University and Bay Mills Community College, via an interactive TV connection. Over the connection, students have access to college level classes.
The high school also offers a wide variety of extra-curricular activities. LaSalle high school’s band program consists of a 9-12th grade concert band and a jazz band. There is pep band and marching band that performs at extra-curricular activities. Also, several drama productions are conducted each school year. Available to the students are other activities including a quiz bowl team, biology club, physics club, Europe club, ski club and shop club. St. Ignace Area Schools has a long and proud history of successful athletic programs. Our most recent successes are a Girls Class C State Basketball Championship in 1999, 2000, and 2011 and runner-up in 2010. This year (2012), we made it all the way to the quarterfinals! We pride ourselves that our students have the opportunity to participate in multiple sports. High School students have the opportunity to participate in football, basketball, volleyball, wrestling, track, cross-country, softball, baseball, dance, and cheerleading. We have facilities to accommodate these sports and host many events and tournaments here.
LaSalle High School is a great place to learn and a highly rewarding place to teach!!