Extracurricular Activities
In the hallways of Lindale High School, banners read, "Through These Halls Walk Champions" and "Building Champions," sayings that ring true to the nature of the extracurricular accomplishments of LHS students. The school possesses an active variety of teams, clubs, organizations and other extracurricular activities.
In terms of athletic teams, Lindale High offers football (which won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 district championships), volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, golf, powerlifting, track, tennis, cross-country, soccer and others. The athletic department has claimed multiple district and regional titles (and even a few state titles) throughout the school's history. The tennis and soccer programs have been particularly successful. The mascot of Lindale High is the eagle. Usually, several LHS athletes are named to all-district teams each year, and many maintain high grade point averages.
Other extracurriculars include an active chapter of the National Honor Society (with a student-governed Leadership Council), Key Club, student council, The Eagle Eye (campus newspaper), yearbook, theatre, cheer-leading, journalism, speech and debate (including a chapter of the National Forensic League), drill team, marching band, concert band (including the school's Wind Ensemble), Spanish club, political organizations and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions). A new literary magazine is said to be in development.
In 2010, through the school's chapter of the National Honor Society, LHS students expanded their community service initiatives, jumpstarting a tutoring program in conjunction with Lindale Junior High School and E.J. Moss Intermediate School.
In 2007, the Lindale High School Wind Ensemble was selected as the Texas AAA State Honor Band, the highest distinction a band can earn from the Texas Music Educators Association. The "Pride of Lindale" Marching Band, a rare high school military-style marching band, was an area finalist in 2007, 2009, and 2010. The band also has a 38-year record of consistent first-division ratings at region marching competition (as of October 2012).
La Bête, the theatre department's 2008 one-act play, advanced to the University Interscholastic League State One-Act Play Competition.
The Speech and Debate Club, which includes the varsity speech and debate team, holds many dozens of district, regional, and state championships. The team has competed at the University Interscholastic League state meet every year for almost 22 years, and has medaled in at least one event (sometimes several events) nearly every year. The team has had state titles in cross-examination debate, Lincoln-Douglas debate, extemporaneous speaking and in both poetry and prose interpretation. It has several times been named the State Champion Speech Team (in Conferences AAA and AAAA). The speech and debate team has also qualified for the National Forensic League's national tournament every year for nearly 12 years. In 2008, Philip Hayes, a debater who graduated from Lindale High in 2009, won the national championship and a $150,000 scholarship in the Now Debate This national competition. Then, in 2009-2010, the team was involved in The People Speak project, which is an initiative of the United Nations. When all schools participating in the project were ranked in May, 2010, Lindale High School was third in the United States and tenth internationally.
Lindale High School is active in University Interscholastic League competition academically, athletically and musically.
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