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Highland Park High School (Highland Park, Illinois)

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|city = Highland Park

|state = Illinois

|zipcode = 60035

|country = United States

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|district = Township High School District 113

|superintendent = Chala Holland

|principal = Holly Fleischer

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|teaching_staff = 135.20 {{FTE}}

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|type = Public

|grades = 9–12Highland Park Schools Collections. City of Highland Park.

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|conference = Central Suburban League

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|motto = Dream—Believe—Achieve

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{{color box|White}} White

|yearbook = Little Giant

|publication = Sojourn

|newspaper = Shoreline

|opened = 1889

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Highland Park High School (HPHS) is a public four-year high school located in Highland Park, Illinois, a North Shore suburb of Chicago, Illinois. It is part of Township High School District 113. From 1900 to 1904, the school was known as Deerfield High School. The high school served both Deerfield (renamed Moraine in 1998) and Shields townships from 1904 until 1936 and was Deerfield-Shields High School. The building of Lake Forest High School in 1936 provided a school to serve Shields Township students. This led to the return of the name Highland Park High School. A new, separate Deerfield High School opened 20 years later to serve the growing population.

History

For a period of approximately fourteen years following Highland Park High School's establishment in 1886, classes were held in the rooms over the Brand Brothers paint shop in downtown Highland Park. It has occupied the present site on Vine Avenue since 1900. Over the course of time, however, several additions have been constructed. In 2000, HPHS and its sister school, Deerfield High School underwent a two-year, $75 million renovation and expansion project. HPHS received several new additions and renovations with {{convert|130000|sqft|m2}} renovated and {{convert|77000|sqft|m2}} added. The additions and renovations were designed by Legat Architects and executed by VACALA Construction, Inc.{{cite web|url=http://asumag.com/mag/university_across_nation_2/|title=ACROSS THE NATION|work=asumag.com|access-date=March 20, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707181959/http://asumag.com/mag/university_across_nation_2/|archive-date=July 7, 2011|url-status=dead}}

Academics

In 2013, Highland Park had an average composite ACT score of 25.2, and graduated 90.5% of its senior class. Highland Park has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.{{cite web|url=http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/getReport.aspx?year=2013&code=3404911300002_e.pdf|title=2013 Illinois School Report Card for HPHS; accessed December 21, 2013|work=isbe.net|access-date=March 20, 2015}}

Highland Park High School has non native-English speaking students and a student population of 80% white, 15% Hispanic, 3% Asian and 2% African American.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/other/il/2370|title=Student Teacher Ratio Highland Park High School - Highland Park, Illinois - IL|work=greatschools.net|access-date=March 20, 2015}}

Student life

=Athletics=

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Highland Park competes in the Central Suburban League and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which governs most of the sports and competitive activities in the state. Its mascot is the Giants.

The school sponsors interscholastic sports teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, gymnastics, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, wrestling, and water polo. Young men may also compete in baseball, golf, football, and Scholastic wrestling. Women may compete in softball and field hockey. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors teams for men and women in lacrosse in addition to an ice hockey team for men. Highland Park also sponsors a joint fencing team with Deerfield High School for men and women.{{cite web|url=http://www.dist113.org/hphs/RedesignPages/athletics_new/athletics/teams.htm|title=Home|work=dist113.org|access-date=March 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202002059/http://www.dist113.org/hphs/RedesignPages/athletics_new/athletics/teams.htm|archive-date=December 2, 2008|df=mdy-all}}

The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0815.htm|title=Page Not Found|work=ihsa.org|access-date=March 20, 2015}}

  • Cross country (Boys): State Champions (1961–62)
  • Golf (Boys): State Champions (1939–40, 1947–48, 1951–52, 1952–53, 1958–59)
  • Tennis (Boys): State Champions (1972–73)

=Activities=

Highland Park offers 64 clubs, activities, and intramurals for students.{{cite web|url=http://hphs.dist113.org/activities/Pages/default.aspx|title=Home|work=dist113.org|access-date=March 20, 2015}} Among these activities are chapters or affiliates of several nationally notable organizations: Amnesty International, Congressional Debate, DECA, FIRST Tech Challenge, Key Club, and Model UN.{{cite web|url=http://www.dist113.org/hphs/RedesignPages/activities_new/clubs_new.htm|title=Home|work=dist113.org|access-date=March 20, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081202005927/http://www.dist113.org/hphs/RedesignPages/activities_new/clubs_new.htm|archive-date=December 2, 2008|df=mdy-all}}

The following competitive teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament:

  • Drama: State Champions (1977–78)
  • Group Interpretation: State Champions (1979–80)

The following clubs have scored championships in non-IHSA sanctioned events:

  • Congressional Debate: 1st Place Harvard National Congress (2006, 2009)[http://www.harvard-debate.org/view_results.aspx Harvard Debate Tournament] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091125221818/http://www.harvard-debate.org/view_results.aspx |date=2009-11-25 }}; accessed January 1, 2010
  • Wind Symphony: Gold Medal Young Prague International Music Festival (2012){{Cite web|url=http://www.triblocal.com/highland-park-highwood/community/stories/2012/04/hphs-band-awarded-gold/ |title=HPHS Band Awarded Gold |date=April 12, 2012 |access-date=October 15, 2015 |website=TribLocal |last=Gibson |first=Gloria |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304122728/http://www.triblocal.com/highland-park-highwood/community/stories/2012/04/hphs-band-awarded-gold/ |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |df=mdy-all }}

=Philanthropy=

Since 1994, students at HPHS annually mobilize to support a charity during February.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-charity-drive-finale-tl-0324-20160322-story.html|title=Highland Park HS Charity Drive pulls in $201,000|last=Berkowitz|first=Karen|website=chicagotribune.com|date=22 March 2016 |access-date=2019-09-05}} This month-long event is known as "Charity Drive" and is orchestrated by the Charity Drive Committee, one of the subdivisions of the school-wide political Student Senate.{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB120459697252409393|title=These Benefactors Do Homework As Charities Fawn|last=Merrick|first=Amy|date=2008-03-04|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2019-09-05|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} Students choose the charity in a school vote.{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-hphs-charity-drive-tl-1123-20171117-story.html|title=Highland Park HS picks charity for 2018 drive|last=Berkowitz|first=Karen|website=chicagotribune.com|date=17 November 2017 |access-date=2019-09-05}} The school regularly raises six-figure amounts and is courted by charities. Fundraising activities last the whole month and include raffles, themed events, and a battle of the bands. {{As of|2016||df=}} students have raised more than $3 million.

Notable people

=Academia and letters=

  • Eric J. Engberg (class of 1959) {{cite web |first=Doug |last=Henkle |title=Highland Park High School (IL), Class of 1959 |url=http://www.folklib.net/hphs/hphs_1959.shtml |access-date=January 27, 2015}} is a former correspondent for CBS News (1976 to 2003).
  • Stephen Glass (class of 1990) is a former reporter at The New Republic disgraced in a scandal dramatized in Shattered Glass.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VLxvUV8xFsgC&q=%22Stephen+Glass%22+Highland+Park+High+School&pg=PA10|title=Handbook of Frauds, Scams, and Swindles: Failures of Ethics in Leadership|last1=Matulich|first1=Serge|last2=Currie|first2=David M.|date=2016-04-19|publisher=CRC Press|isbn=9781420072860|language=en}}
  • William Goldman (class of 1948) was an Academy Award-winning screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and All the President's Men), and author of The Princess Bride.{{cite web|url=http://hphs.dist113.org/alumni/Lists/Distinguished%20Alumni/AllItems.aspx|title=Distinguished Alumni - All Items|work=dist113.org|access-date=March 20, 2015}}
  • John M. Grunsfeld is an astronaut at NASA.{{cite web|url=http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/grunsfel.html |title=Astronaut Bio: John Grunsfeld (02/2012) |publisher=Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center |access-date=December 21, 2013}}
  • Brent Neiman is an economics professor at University of Chicago and assistant secretary of Treasury.
  • David R. Palmer (class of 1959) is a science fiction author.{{cite web |author=Michael Addison |title=Highland Park High School (IL), Class of 1959 (Official Website) |url=http://www.hphs1959.com/class_profile.cfm?member_id=807096 |access-date=January 27, 2015}}
  • Francis G. Pease was an astronomer.{{Cite journal|url=http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/1938PASP...50..119A|title=1938PASP...50..119A Page 119|journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific|bibcode=1938PASP...50..119A|access-date=2019-07-04 |last1=Adams |first1=W. S. |date=1938 |volume=50 |issue=294 |page=119 |doi=10.1086/124905 }}
  • Mike Resnick (class of 1959) is a science fiction author.{{cite news |first=James J.J. |last=Wilson |work=Highland Park News |title=Sci-fi group honors Highland Park High alum |url=http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/entertainment/14760483-421/sci-fi-group-honors-highland-park-high-alum.html |date=August 31, 2012 |access-date=September 1, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130105013847/http://highlandpark.suntimes.com/entertainment/14760483-421/sci-fi-group-honors-highland-park-high-alum.html |archive-date=January 5, 2013 |df=mdy-all }}
  • Brian Ross (class of 1966) is a broadcast journalist.
  • Maria Tatar (class of 1963) is the John L. Loeb Professor of Germanic Languages & Literatures, and Chair of the Committee on Degrees in Folklore and Mythology at Harvard University.
  • Peter Suber (class of 1969) is Director of the Office for Scholarly Communication at Harvard University and a leader in the movement for open access to research.
  • Stephen Wizner is a law professor at Yale University.

=Arts=

  • Paul Brickman (class of 1967) is a screen writer and director. Wrote and directed Risky Business (1983).
  • Rachel Brosnahan (class of 2008) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe-winning actress in the Netflix series House of Cards and the Amazon Prime Video series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.{{cite web|title=From Highland Park to 'House of Cards'|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-19/entertainment/ct-rachel-brosnahan-house-of-cards-interview-20140219_1_francis-underwood-corey-stoll-beau-willimon|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222223739/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2014-02-19/entertainment/ct-rachel-brosnahan-house-of-cards-interview-20140219_1_francis-underwood-corey-stoll-beau-willimon|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2014|publisher=Chicago Tribune}}
  • [https://playbill.com/person/suzanne-rand-vault-0000111446 Suzanne Rand Eckmann] (class of 1967) was the co-star of the two person comedy team of Monteith and Rand. They appeared on Broadway in 1979.
  • Brett Gelman (class of 1995) is an actor and comedian.{{cite web|title=Brett Gelman, Writer, Comedian, and Actor|url=http://gothamist.com/2007/02/20/brett_gelman_wr.php|publisher=Gothamist|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107053258/http://gothamist.com/2007/02/20/brett_gelman_wr.php|archive-date=January 7, 2016|df=mdy-all}}
  • Brad Herzog (class of 1986) is an author and journalist.
  • Brian Levant is a producer, director, and writer of family movies such as Jingle All the Way or TV shows like Mork & Mindy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0505152/|title=Brian Levant|website=IMDb|access-date=2019-07-04}}
  • Eric Orner is a cartoonist and author of the graphic novel Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank
  • Peter Orner (class of 1986) is an author and essayist.

=Business=

  • Edward Lowenstein (1913-1970) Greensboro, North Carolina Architect and Civil Rights proponent.
  • Sam Zell{{Cite web |title=Sam Zell on WTTW |url=https://www.richsamuels.com/nbcmm/zell/samzell.html |access-date=2024-09-10 |website=www.richsamuels.com}}

=Sports=

=Military=

=Politics=

=Staff=

  • Paul Adams briefly taught at HPHS after leaving the military, before transferring to Deerfield High School in 1966 and becoming that school's head football coach.{{cite news |last1=Sadin |first1=Steve |title=Paul Adams, legendary Deerfield football coach, dies at 82 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/sports/ct-lns-spt-football-paul-adams-obituary-st-0318-story.html |access-date=18 March 2019 |work=Deerfield Review |agency=Pioneer Press |date=March 17, 2019}}
  • Jerry Wainwright was the school's head boys basketball coach (1978—83). He was later men's head coach at DePaul University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15600&ATCLID=1282650 |title=Jerry Wainwright biography; depaulbluedemons.com; accessed July 16, 2009 |access-date=July 17, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090521091648/http://www.depaulbluedemons.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15600 |archive-date=May 21, 2009 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2005-04-27-wainwright-depaul_x.htm|title=USATODAY.com - DePaul hires Richmond coach Jerry Wainwright|work=usatoday.com|access-date=March 20, 2015}}

References

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External links

  • [http://hphs.dist113.org/ Official website]

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