Denham Springs High School

Denham Springs High School
Location
Denham Springs, Louisiana United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Oversight	Livingston Parish Public Schools
Principal	Mr. Kelly Jones
Grades	10–12
Enrollment	1500
Color(s)	Purple, gold, and white
Athletics conference	District 4-5A (LHSAA)
Mascot	Butch the Yellow Jacket
Rival	Central Wildcats Walker Wildcats Live Oak Eagles Covington Lions
Assistant principals	Ms. Brandi Aucoin Mr. Wes Partin Mr. Lethal Hawkins Ms. Shana White
School hours	7:25 AM to 2:51 PM
Mission	Jackets Are Committed to Knowledge, Excellence, Teamwork, & Success!
Website	www.denhamspringshs.org

Denham Springs High School (DSHS) is a high school located in Denham Springs, Louisiana. It is part of the Livingston Parish school system and is over 110 years old.

DSHS is located adjacent to Denham Springs Freshman High.

DSHS has about 21 clubs and more than 7 sports. Denham High has 2 parking lots, 2 gyms and about 7 halls of classrooms.

Profile

DSHS is the largest school in Livingston Parish and considered to be a high performing school. It contains a wide variety of AP and high academic programs, as well as career and technical programs. The FFA organization is considered to be the top leadership development program in the area. The club's parliamentary procedure team won three of the last four state titles and placed in the top five in the nation twice. Advisors Gary Jones and Cheryl Page are considered to be among the best in the business.

Sports

DSHS is home to the Lady Jackets' bowling team. They were crowned state champions for four consecutive years. The softball team has also won four state championships, finishing as the Louisiana 5A State runner Up in 2014. Football, however, is the fan and student favorite, drawing crowds of over 5,000 on fall Friday nights in Yellow Jacket Stadium.

Notable alumni

Jefferson D. Hughes, III, member of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2013
Russ Johnson, Former MLB player (Houston Astros, Tampa Bay Rays, New York Yankees)
Ben McDonald, Former MLB player (Baltimore Orioles, Milwaukee Brewers)
Tasmin Mitchell,Former NCAA LSU TIGER BASKET BALL PLAYER.

External links

Official website

Livingston Parish, Louisiana Schools

Livingston Parish Public Schools

High schools	Albany High School Denham Springs High School Live Oak High School Springfield High School Walker High School

7-12 schools	Doyle High School French Settlement High School

Rural zoned K-12 schools	Holden High School Maurepas School

Special needs K-12 schools	Pine Ridge School

This list is incomplete.

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