In recognition of the Gulf of America’s renaming on Feb. 9, 2025, Lexington High School has decided to rename the Quad the ‘Quad of America’.
The renaming process began after LHS’s Director of Operations Daisy Truck realized that the school’s significance in American history was being deprived of the celebration it deserves. Once a town praised as the birthplace of America, Lexington’s name has slowly faded into oblivion as it becomes overshadowed by other towns such as Concord.
Truck was listening to the national news when she heard mentions of a ‘Gulf of America’ dedicated to commemorating the gulf’s historical and economic significance. The renaming of a simple body of water revived so much nationalism and interest from the American people that Principal Truck decided new changes were needed in LHS too. It was time to make the school great again.
“When I heard about the renaming, I thought: ‘Why don’t we do the same?’ After all, LHS plays such an integral part in the education system that sets America apart from other countries. Our top notch school is a national treasure, and we should be proud of it!” Truck said.
Truck’s decision was also motivated by a recent illness plaguing LHS students: Subpatriotismia. A common disease, Subpatriotismia describes an individual with a lack of common knowledge and pride for American history.
“One in four LHS students don’t know that the Lexington they live in is the one from the American Revolution,” Lovmi Contree, a self-proclaimed Lexington expert, said. “They think it’s the one in Kentucky.”
Symptoms of the disease include a lack of interest in America and a denial of American identity. Nonetheless, Contree hopes the Quad’s renaming will help cure the illness.
“The Quad of America will rekindle LHS students’ pride in their nation. All the students need is a little reminding that they’re here to do great things for America,” Contree said.
The newly improved Quad of America will include an American flag in the center along with smaller pennant flags across the bordering building walls. Truck advocated her enthusiasm for this change through a special surprise during morning announcements.
“Raise your flag flag flag,” Truck said (sang).
Still, despite Truck’s vocal support for the Quad of America, student opinions on the renaming vary. Some students believe the Quad has boosted the academic output and Gross Productive Activity (GPA) of the school.
“Just like the Gulf of America benefited the U.S.’s economy, the Quad of America has benefited us students by increasing our productivity and marginal labor product,” Sasha G. Nius, an LHS student taking AP Economics, said. “Just walking among all that red, white, and blue makes me proud to be an LHS student and American citizen.”
However, Nius’ friend Derman the Dino believes that the name just causes too much confusion.
“It’s just a slight name change,” Derman said. “Personally, I don’t think the new name passes the vibe check. All day my friends keep mixing up the name of the Quad and I think it distracts students too much and prevents them from focusing on important stuff, like their incomplete math homework.”
Only Goggle, Banana Maps, and Lexington’s local maps have been updated to reflect the Quad of America’s name change. Students from visiting towns and schools, along with LHS alumni, still know the region in the middle of LHS as the ‘Quad.’
Nonetheless, Truck sees the Quad of America not as a failure, but rather a new start. She has no regrets in making the name change.
“I don’t know why I didn’t come up with this idea sooner. I’ve always had concepts of a plan to instill more patriotism in our students, and I believe we’ve just taken our first steps to becoming a more united, distinguished educational institution,” Truck said.
