Lyons Township High School
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Lyons Township High School
| image = Lyons Township High School.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Lyons Township High School North Campus
| streetaddress = 100 South Brainard Avenue
| city = La Grange
| state = Illinois
| zipcode = 60525
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{coord|41.812155|-87.88028|display=inline}} (North campus)
{{coord|41.801247|-87.89101|display=inline}} (South campus)
| pushpin_map = Chicago
| pushpin_map_caption = Location in the Chicago area
| pushpin_label = LTHS
| other_name = Lyons Township
LTHS
LT
| district = Lyons Township High School District 204
| superintendent = Brian Waterman
| principal = Jennifer Tyrrell
| ceeb =
| avg_class_size = 18.8
| type = Coed
| schooltype = Public
| budget =
| grades = 9–10 (South)
11–12 (North)
| campus = Suburban
| campus size = 106 acres over two campuses
| slogan =
| song =
| athletics_conference = West Suburban Conference
| fightsong = [https://www.lths.net/Page/1237/ Gold & Blue], based on My Illinois
| motto = Vita Plena
| motto_translation = The quest for the fulfilling life
| accreditation = North Central Association
| mascot = Nessie and Noil
| mascot_image =
| nickname = Lions
| school_colours = {{color box|#003466}} royal blue
{{color box|#ddb846}} gold
| yearbook = Tabulae
| publication =
| newspaper = Lion
| opened = 1888
| closed =
| nobel_laureates = Ben R. Mottelson
1975-physics
| enrollment = 3,767 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=1723880&ID=172388002601|title=Lyons Twp High Sch|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|access-date=December 28, 2024}}
| grade9 =
| grade10 =
| grade11 =
| grade12 =
| footnotes =
| picture =
| homepage = {{URL|http://www.lths.net}}
}}
Lyons Township High School (often referred to as LTHS or simply LT) is a public high school in Western Springs, Illinois (South Campus), and La Grange, Illinois (North Campus).
Lyons Township is a coeducational high school and serves grades 9–12 for Lyons Township High School District 204. Students from the communities of La Grange, Western Springs, Burr Ridge, La Grange Park, Countryside, Indian Head Park, Hodgkins, and parts of Brookfield, Willow Springs, and McCook attend Lyons Township. Lyons Township High School is the 8th-largest public high school in Illinois{{cite news|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/largest-public-high-schools/s/illinois/|title=2017 Largest Public High Schools in Illinois|website=Niche|access-date=July 25, 2017}} and the 45th-largest public high school in the United States.{{Cite web |title=Top 100 Largest High Schools in America |url=https://highschoolguide.org/624/top-100-largest-high-schools-in-america/ |access-date=2024-04-30 |website=highschoolguide.org}}
History
Lyons Township High School was opened on September 4, 1888. The enrollment included 39 students. An athletic field named Emmond Field was constructed in 1888, and a 1924–1929 expansion included the erection of a clock tower, auditorium, offices, library, and a gym. Leonard H. Vaughan (president of a seed company and former school board president,{{cite news|title=Leonard H Vaughan, Seed Company Head, Dies at summer home |date=September 12, 1943 |url=http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1943/09/12/page/26/article/leonard-h-vaughan-seed-company-head-dies-at-summer-home |publisher=Chicago Tribune |access-date=November 9, 2015}}) funded the erection of the Vaughan Building; it was constructed in 1949 for sporting events and classes.{{cite web |title=FEB 17 PRESENTATION Finance-Facilities-Tech |url=https://www.lths.net/cms/lib/IL01904810/Centricity/Domain/1243/FEB%2024%20PRESENTATION%20Finance-Facilities-Tech.pdf |website=We Are LT |publisher=Lyons Township High School |access-date=27 January 2023}} In 1956, South Campus was opened about a mile south-west in nearby Western Springs to accommodate the community's growing population. The Corral was constructed in 1944 as a social place for all students to spend time with each other after school hours. In 2005, a performing arts center, a field house, and a pool were added to the South campus to complement the facilities at the North campus.[http://www.lths.net/site/default.aspx?PageType=3&DomainID=59&ModuleInstanceID=3386&ViewID=047E6BE3-6D87-4130-8424-D8E4E9ED6C2A&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=26952&PageID=6255 6255]{{cite web|url=http://www.lths.net/Page/7218|title=About LTHS / History of LTHS|website=www.LTHS.net|access-date=July 25, 2017}}
Demographics
In the 2022-2023 school year, there were 3,842 students enrolled at the school. 66% of students identified as non-Hispanic white, 26% were Hispanic or Latino, 3% were multiracial, 3% were black or African-American, and 3% were Asian-American. The school has a student to teacher ratio of 14.9, and 12% of students are eligible for free or reduced price lunch.{{Cite web |title=Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Lyons Twp High Sch |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Miles=10&Zip=60501&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=172388002601 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=nces.ed.gov |language=EN}}
Newspaper
The LION newspaper is the student publication of LTHS.{{cite web|url=http://www.lionnewspaper.com/|title=LION Newspaper - The voice of Lyons Township students for more than 100 years|website=www.LionNewspaper.com|access-date=July 25, 2017}} The LION is a member of the High School National Ad Network.
WLTL
LTHS is the license holder of WLTL-FM, a Class A non-commercial radio station which broadcasts from the North Campus on 88.1 FM.{{cite web|url=http://www.wltl.net|title=WLTL 88.1 FM LaGrange|website=WLTL 88.1 FM LaGrange|access-date=July 25, 2017}}
Notable alumni
{{alumni|date=September 2024}}
{{div col}}
- George Burditt, lawyer and politician{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=Chicago |date=2013-03-28 |title=George Miller Burditt Jr., former Illinois state representative, 1922-2013 |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/03/28/george-miller-burditt-jr-former-illinois-state-representative-1922-2013/ |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=Chicago Tribune |language=en-US}}
- Bruce Campbell, baseball player{{Cite web|last=Lyons Township High School|title=LTHS Hall of Fame|url=http://www.lths.net/Page/1242|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904221217/https://www.lths.net/Page/1242 |archive-date=4 September 2021 }}
- Terrel E. Clarke, Illinois state legislator and businessman{{Cite web |title=SJ0046 90th General Assembly |url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/srgroups/sr/900SJ0046LV.html |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190406144111/http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/srgroups/sr/900SJ0046LV.html |archive-date=2019-04-06 |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.ilga.gov}}
- Jimmy Dunne (songwriter), songwriter, TV and film composer{{Cite web |title=Dunne, James Patrick - Lyons Township High School District 204 |url=https://www.lths.net/alumni/hall-of-fame/hall-of-fame-old/dunne-james-patrick |access-date=2025-01-02 |website=www.lths.net |language=en-US}}
- Jake Elliott, NFL kicker for Philadelphia Eagles{{Cite web |last=Santaromita |first=Dan |date=4 August 2015 |title=Lyons Township graduate Jake Elliott racks up milestones with Memphis football |url=http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2015/07/29/lyons-township-graduate-jake-elliott-racks-up-milestones-with-memphis-football/abrvy5g/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208151513/http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2015/07/29/lyons-township-graduate-jake-elliott-racks-up-milestones-with-memphis-football/abrvy5g/ |archive-date=December 8, 2015 |access-date=5 December 2015 |website=mySuburbanLife.com}}
- Nick Fuentes, a white nationalist,Multiple sources:
- {{Cite news|last1=Frosch|first1=Dan|last2=Levy|first2=Rachael|last3=Elinson|first3=Zusha|date=January 15, 2021|title=Extremists in Capitol Riot Had Histories of Violent Rhetoric and Threats|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|issn=0099-9660|quote=Far-right personality and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who was at Charlottesville during that deadly 2017 rally, told followers he planned to attend the Jan. 6 protest.|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304185241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781}}
- {{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Robert |author-link=Robert Evans |title=Million MAGA March: Unravelling a Violent Viral Video |url=https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/ |access-date=March 4, 2021 |work=Bellingcat |date=November 18, 2020 |url-status=live |archive-date=February 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210213150248/https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2020/11/18/million-maga-march-unravelling-a-violent-viral-video/ }}
- {{cite news |last1=Beaujon |first1=Andrew |title=Far-Right Activists Are Promoting Pro-Trump Rallies in DC this Saturday |url=https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/10/far-right-activists-are-promoting-pro-trump-rallies-in-dc-this-saturday/ |website=The Washingtonian |access-date=March 4, 2021 |date=November 10, 2020 |archive-date=December 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201205051507/https://www.washingtonian.com/2020/11/10/far-right-activists-are-promoting-pro-trump-rallies-in-dc-this-saturday/ |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism|title=Why alt-right trolls shouted down Donald Trump Jr.|last=Coaston|first=Jane|date=November 11, 2019|website=Vox|language=en|access-date=November 17, 2019|archive-date=November 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112152101/https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2019/11/11/20948317/alt-right-donald-trump-jr-conservative-tpusa-yaf-racism-antisemitism|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news |last1=Weigel |first1=David |title=At conservative conference, Trump's election falsehoods flourish |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=March 4, 2021 |date=February 28, 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210228194758/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cpac-trump-election/2021/02/27/669c1ab2-791f-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |last1=Thalen |first1=Mikael |title=It looks like white nationalist Nick Fuentes just had his YouTube channel demonetized |url=https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/ |access-date=January 12, 2020 |work=The Daily Dot |date=January 10, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=January 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200111121957/https://www.dailydot.com/debug/youtube-demonetizes-nick-fuentes/ |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |title=White supremacists among those who stormed the U.S. Capitol, live streamed from inside |url=https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/white-supremacists-among-those-who-stormed-the-u-s-capitol-live-streamed-inside-1.9431649 |access-date=January 16, 2021 |work=Haaretz |agency=Associated Press |date=January 9, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210113035803/https://www.haaretz.com/world-news/white-supremacists-among-those-who-stormed-the-u-s-capitol-live-streamed-inside-1.9431649 |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |last1=Thompson |first1=A. C. |last2=Fischer |first2=Ford |title=Members of Several Well-Known Hate Groups Identified at Capitol Riot |url=https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot |access-date=January 16, 2021 |work=ProPublica |date=January 9, 2021 |language=en |archive-date=January 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210114233308/https://www.propublica.org/article/several-well-known-hate-groups-identified-at-capitol-riot |url-status=live }}
- {{Cite web|last=Nguyen|first=Tina|date=November 11, 2020|title=MAGA nation tries to rally around Trump with MAGApalooza|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/maga-rally-washington-dc-435958|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|website=Politico|language=en|archive-date=November 15, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201115001617/https://www.politico.com/news/2020/11/11/maga-rally-washington-dc-435958}} far-rightMultiple sources:
- {{Cite news|last1=Frosch|first1=Dan|last2=Levy|first2=Rachael|last3=Elinson|first3=Zusha|date=January 15, 2021|title=Extremists in Capitol Riot Had Histories of Violent Rhetoric and Threats|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781|url-status=live|access-date=March 4, 2021|issn=0099-9660|quote=Far-right personality and white nationalist Nick Fuentes, who was at Charlottesville during that deadly 2017 rally, told followers he planned to attend the Jan. 6 protest.|archive-date=March 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210304185241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-in-capitol-riots-had-histories-of-violent-rhetoric-and-threats-11610639781}}
- {{cite news |last1=Nick |first1=Anderson |title=Far-right agitators roil the conservative movement on college campuses in battle to define Trumpism |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/far-right-agitators-roil-the-conservative-movement-on-college-campuses-in-battle-to-define-trumpism/2019/11/16/a757d88a-0723-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html |access-date=November 18, 2019 |newspaper=The Washington Post |issue=November 16, 2019 |language=en |archive-date=November 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117130610/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/far-right-agitators-roil-the-conservative-movement-on-college-campuses-in-battle-to-define-trumpism/2019/11/16/a757d88a-0723-11ea-b17d-8b867891d39d_story.html |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news |last1=Holt |first1=Jared |title=Nick Fuentes Denies Being A White Nationalist By Explaining That He's A White Nationalist |url=https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nick-fuentes-denies-being-a-white-nationalist-by-explaining-that-hes-a-white-nationalist/ |access-date=March 5, 2020 |work=Right Wing Watch |publisher=People for the American Way |date=May 8, 2018 |archive-date=May 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200507020956/https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/nick-fuentes-denies-being-a-white-nationalist-by-explaining-that-hes-a-white-nationalist/ |url-status=live }}
- {{cite news|first1=Dominic|last1=Green|url=https://spectator.us/groypers-american-fascists/|title=The groypers are American fascists|work=The Spectator|access-date=March 7, 2020|archive-date=April 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200414231319/https://spectator.us/groypers-american-fascists/|url-status=live}}
- {{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/pro-trump-conservatives-are-getting-trolled-real-life-far-right-n1080986|title=Pro-Trump conservatives are getting trolled in real life by a far-right group|last1=Collins|first1=Ben|date=November 12, 2019|work=NBC News|access-date=November 18, 2019|language=en|archive-date=November 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191117120351/https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/pro-trump-conservatives-are-getting-trolled-real-life-far-right-n1080986|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite magazine|title=How Far-Right Personalities And Conspiracy Theorists Are Cashing In On The Pandemic Online|url=https://time.com/5881595/right-wing-conspiracy-theorists-coronavirus/|access-date=August 20, 2020|magazine=Time|date=20 August 2020 |archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117071200/https://time.com/5881595/right-wing-conspiracy-theorists-coronavirus/|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/19/trump-era-campus-conservative-groups-are-fighting-one-another/|title=Analysis {{!}} In the Trump era, campus conservative groups are fighting one another|last1=Kidder|first1=Jeffrey L.|last2=Binder|first2=Amy J.|newspaper=The Washington Post|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2020|quote=Over the past several months, however, Turning Point and YAF have been attacked for failing to espouse the more extreme “America First” populism advocated by figures like conservative columnist Michelle Malkin and conservative podcaster Nick Fuentes.|archive-date=February 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200220000748/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/02/19/trump-era-campus-conservative-groups-are-fighting-one-another/|url-status=live}}
- {{Cite web|last=Steakin|first=Will|title=How the far-right group behind AFPAC is using Twitter to grow its movement|url=https://abcnews.go.com/US/group-afpac-twitter-grow-movement/story?id=76418773|url-status=live|access-date=March 14, 2021|website=ABC News|language=en|archive-date=March 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210313195303/https://abcnews.go.com/US/group-afpac-twitter-grow-movement/story?id=76418773}} political commentator and podcaster
- Kathy Gleason, Professor of Landscape Architecture at Cornell University
- David Hasselhoff, actor and singer, best known for television series Knight Rider, Baywatch, and America's Got Talent
- John Hattendorf, professor and historian specializing in maritime and naval history
- Michael Hitchcock, actor, writer, and producer
- Bill Holderman, film director, screenwriter and film producer{{cite web|last=Jordan|first=Marsha|title='Book Club' director, Chicago-area native Bill Holderman calls ensemble a 'dream cast'|date=May 17, 2018|website=WLS-TV|url=https://abc7chicago.com/book-club-movie-fifty-shades-of-gray-jane-fonda/3488142/|accessdate=December 19, 2024}}
- Jim Holvay, songwriter and musician{{Cite web|url=https://www.lths.net/Page/1202|title=Hall of Fame / Holvay, James}}
- Jeff Hornacek, professional basketball player, former head coach of New York Knicks{{citation needed|reason=unsourced in article about this person|date=September 2024}}
- Oren Koules, producer of Saw movie series, producer of Two and a Half Men TV series, former owner Tampa Bay Lightning NHL team
- Ben LaBolt, White House Communications Director{{cite web|last=Felsenthal |first=Carol |url=https://www.chicagomag.com/chicago-magazine/felsenthal-files/january-2014/la-granges-ben-labolt-goes-to-washingtonand-stays/ |title=La Grange's Ben LaBolt goes to Washington—and Stays – Chicago Magazine |publisher=Chicagomag.com |date=January 2, 2014 |accessdate=February 10, 2023}}
- Ben R. Mottelson, nuclear physicist who shared 1975 Nobel Prize in Physics with James Rainwater and Aage Bohr for their model of nuclear structure
- Christine Radogno, Republican leader in Illinois State Senate, representing the 41st Senate District
- Matt Rehwoldt, professional wrestler who performs as "Aiden English"
- Lou Saban, former professional football player and coach
- Gabrielle Walsh, actress
- Dave Wehrmeister, former MLB player (San Diego Padres, New York Yankees, Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago White Sox)
- Leona Woods, physicist who helped build Chicago Pile-1, the first nuclear reactor
- Ty Warner, CEO of Ty Inc. and inventor of Beanie Babies{{cite web |last1=Smith |first1=Bryan |title=Behind the Beanie Babies: The Secret Life of Ty Warner |url=http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/May-2014/Ty-Warner/ |website=Chicago magazine |access-date=31 July 2018 |language=en}}
- Xenia Zarina, dancer{{Cite news|first=Gordon|last=Zimmerman|date=19 October 1967|title=Brother of Xenia Zarina Writes About Her Life|page=25|work=Brookfield Citizen|url=https://newspaperarchive.com/entertainment-clipping-oct-19-1967-1957086/|access-date=23 September 2024|via=NewspaperArchive.com}}
{{div col end}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website|http://www.lths.net/}}
- [http://www.ltalumni.com LTHS Alumni Forum] Alumni Forum
{{High schools in suburban Cook County, Illinois}}
{{School districts in Cook County, Illinois}}
{{Brookfield, Illinois}}
{{West Suburban Conference}}
{{authority control}}
Category:Educational institutions established in 1888
Category:Public high schools in Cook County, Illinois