About Us
Our History
Lejeune High School is located aboard Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base, a military installation covering 246-square miles in southeastern North Carolina. Approximately 42,000 active duty Marines and sailors are stationed at the Camp Lejeune complex. About 4,500 of the service members reside in federal housing units aboard the base. When you include dependents, the base population typically numbers about 17,000.
Lejeune High School is a comprehensive four-year school and is funded by the Department of Defense. The school serves an average enrollment of 510 students. In the past, all members of the student body were military dependents and must reside in base housing to be eligible to attend. However, Federal Employees may live on the Marine Corps Air Station New River and their children are eligible to attend base schools. By the nature of the community served, the school population is multi-ethnic and transient. Lejeune High School is accredited by Advanced Ed and is a permanent member of the College Board and the College and the College Scholarship Service.
Please help us to add, update, and correct our school history. The following information has been obtained from yearbooks, The Globe, The Pup’s Tale, The Daily News of Jacksonville, newspaper clippings, and the memories of our graduates and former students.
So much of our history has never been recorded, but taken away as personal and class memories. Some history has been lost due to the transient nature of our school and community. CLHS and LHS has a great history and it should be told and shown to continue the pride and tradition in our accomplishments. This history is very important to pass on to the students of today as they learn the origins of “The Devilpup.”
Again, please help us to record and preserve the “memories.” Pictures, newspaper clippings, audio and video accounts, memorabilia, school newspapers, athletic records, programs – anything that would be of historical importance – would be greatly appreciated!
Our Mission
The mission of our web page is to provide a method to distribute information to Camp Lejeune High School (CLHS and LHS) Alumni and provide a means of communication and contact for all former students, alumni, faculty, and staff.
The Lejeune High School Alumni is not an elected body of officers and committees, but it has existed through the dedication and hard work of several individuals and small groups (composed of grads and non-grads) that have teamed together.
The 1940’s alumni set the example for us by meeting together for years. Mr. Floyd Bryant and his National Honor Society kept the “alumni files” for years as their club project. When Mr. Bryant retired, the torch was passed to Rose Auber Brown, class of 1970 for many years, and then Mike Smith, class of 1961 took over as the “keeper of the alumni records.”
Lisa Beavers, class of 1988 and Anita Lancaster, class of 1977 took over the helm in 2010 and have maintained the records and organized the reunions that occur every five years.
We have several Facebook pages that are headed up by alumni that keep us informed of events, birthdays, deaths, and general “catching up.” Links to those pages are in the RELATED LINKS SECTION. All are closed groups, so you will have to ask to join.
Though many alumni have lived in many parts of the world, several of them claim Camp Lejeune as their “homebase.” That is why our All-Class Reunions are so successful. Our motto is, “Semper Fi Devilpups. Friends for Life.”