Welcome to the Home of the Lions!

Luella High School is a vibrant learning place with 2000 students who participate in a variety of academic pursuits and extra-curricular activities.

Our Pride numbers over 2000 students and a faculty and staff of over 150. Every day, we work to make a difference in the life of each and every member of the Pride.

Those are not ideal words meant to impress the casual browser to our website, but rather underscore the foundation of the work to which we – all of us, some 2200 strong – have committed ourselves.

We strongly believe that all of our students and faculty members can be successful as long as we address the unique qualities and backgrounds of each. The research of both Rudy Payne and Eric Jensen provides us with an understanding of the variety of the strengths, weaknesses, needs and experiences that our Lions bring to our common experience daily – better known, as the uniqueness of each school day.

Committed to learning and teaching, the Luella faculty works diligently to provide the best possible learning experience for each student as we employ the techniques of standards-based instruction as the primary teaching tool to help our students gain mastery of the appropriate Georgia Performance Standards. Beyond mastery we work to challenge our students at the highest possible levels through our Gifted program and extensive Advanced Placement offerings.

We realize that we must take “one day at a time” and support each and every member of the Pride, which makes us all stronger and more successful as a school and as individuals.

I believe that it is important that any visitor to our website be able to see the day-to-day, week-to-week, quarter-to-quarter details about our year; thus, we regularly rotate the pictures on our site and the verbiage on the homepage to showcase the many accomplishments of our Luella Pride. I also have archived all the weekly “Roars and Updates” for the school year, titled by week that will give every guest a look at the current week, but also a perspective for earlier in the school year.

As principal, I welcome you. Do not hesitate to contact me or any of our staff if we can assist you.Thank you for visiting in this cyber way; hopefully, you can come visit and enjoy being in the Lion’s Den among the Luella Pride.

Jerry D. Smith, Jr.