Activities
The school has a ballroom dance club and team as well as a JROTC program.The Lathrop JROTC program as of 2006 is run by SAI CSM Robert Taylor and AI 1SGT. Uptcraft. Their JROTC program has just under 100 cadets as of the 2008-2009 school year. The Lathrop Academic Decathlon team has also taken the state title 7 out of the past 11 years and has placed 4th in Division 2 at the national competition.
The school has a symphonic band and a jazz band as well as two orchestras and several different types of choirs. On December 7, 2011, Lathrop's symphonic band performed for the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. The music groups have also combined to raise ten thousand dollars for the school with the help of a generous program.
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