Lakehill Preparatory School is a fully accredited college preparatory school in the Lakewood neighborhood of east Dallas, Texas (U.S.). The school is accredited through a number of bodies including the Texas Private School Accreditation Commission, which works through the State Commissioner of Education.Currently, the school is accredited by the Independent Schools Association of the Southwest (ISAS), and is a member of the National Association of Independent schools (NAIS.) During the 2011-2012 school year, the enrollment at Lakehill was 380 students.
The school was founded in 1971. The main campus is located on Hillside Drive in the heart of Lakewood. The campus sits on 6 acres (24,000 m2) and houses classrooms, a gymnasium, an auditorium, two libraries, multiple science and computer labs, and the Charles J. Wyly, Jr. Auditorium. The 17-acre (69,000 m2) Roger L. Perry Campus is located just four miles (6 km) from the Main Campus. Built in 2001, this campus is home to the Warrior Athletic Complex and the Alice and Erle Nye Family Environmental Science Center. The Environmental Center offers meeting spaces, classrooms, and laboratories. The Warrior Athletic Complex offers a football stadium, baseball field, softball field, four tennis courts, and a field house. Athletic events, off-season training, and extracurricular activities are held at the Warrior Complex throughout the year. In September 2009, Lakehill opened the Alice and Erle Nye Family Environmental Science Center, a 6,500-square-foot (600 m2) silver LEED certified building.
On Sunday, March 1, 2009, a fire broke out in the school's gym. Although the fire had rendered the gym unusable, a new state-of-the-art gymnasium was opened in September 2009.
In 2011, the school celebrated its 40th anniversary, and hosted its first ever homecoming parade in October 2011.
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