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Adlai E. Stevenson High School
Address
1 Stevenson Drive
Lincolnshire, IL 60069
USA
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1965
School district 125
Superintendent Dr. Eric Twadell [1]
Principal Janet Gonzalez[1]
Vice principal Dr. John Carter[1]
Vice principal Patricia Ihmels[1]
Faculty 252.0 (on FTE basis)[2]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 4,419 (as of 2009)[3]
Average class size 20.1 [3]
Student:teacher ratio 18.0 [3]
Campus Suburban, 76 acres
Color(s) Green and Gold
Nickname Patriots
Newspaper The Statesman
Yearbook The Ambassador
Revenue $90,336,209 [3]
Information 847-634-4000
Website http://district125.k12.il.us

Adlai E. Stevenson High School (AESHS), commonly called Stevenson High School (SHS), is a public four-year high school located near the corner of Milwaukee Avenue and Half Day Road in Lincolnshire, Illinois, a northern suburb of Chicago. It is the only school in High School District 125 and is fed mainly from Kildeer Countryside Community Consolidated School District 96, Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102, and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 103.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 4,461 students and 267.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 16.7.[2] This makes Stevenson the second largest high school in the United States.[4]

Contents

Awards and recognition

During the 1986-87, 1990-91, 1997-98 and 2001-02 school years, Stevenson High School was recognized with the Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence by the United States Department of Education,[5] the highest award an American school can receive.[6][7]

In Newsweek's Top 1500 high schools in the United States, which bases school rankings on a ratio of advanced Placement exams taken compared to the student population, Stevenson was ranked #151 in the nation. The school had been previously ranked #69 (2003), #86 (2005), #121 (2006), #170 (2007), and #154 (2008).[8]

History

Adlai E. Stevenson High School opened in September, 1965 amid turmoil and adversity. Prior to the opening of Stevenson, the students in the Stevenson area attended Ela-Vernon High School in Lake Zurich. Stevenson was planned to become a second school for the growing district, but the western side (Lake Zurich) of the district decided to go their own way and build their own district. This left Stevenson with an unfinished building, no board or administration and no faculty. When Stevenson opened to 467 students and 34 teachers in 1965, the building was not carpeted, the library was empty, most classrooms were without desks and athletic fields were non-existent.

Stevenson High School is named after former Governor of Illinois Adlai Stevenson. Shortly before the school opened in 1965, Stevenson died of a heart attack.Stevenson was a prominent resident of the area and embodied everything that the board of education wanted the high school to embody. Many other aspects of the school, such as its nickname (Patriots), the school magazine (Minuteman), and Newspaper(Statesmen) were also named after characteristics of Adlai E. Stevenson. Stevenson got its colors (Green and Gold) from the colors that were worn during the American Revolutionary War by the nation's earliest patriots, Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys.

Stevenson has grown since its opening in 1965 to become one of the largest high schools in the area. During the 1995-1996 school year, a new addition that included 60 classrooms, a 50 meter swimming pool, a 1,186 seat Performing Arts Center and a field house was built. Stevenson also features a state-of-the-art varsity football field, varsity baseball field and sports center. On December 1, 2006, Stevenson High School closed due to snow for the first time in over 15 years. As of 2007, Stevenson had the sixth-highest enrollment, 4,545, of any high school in the state of Illinois, according to the Illinois High School Association.

Faculty

The average teacher experience at Stevenson is 11.3 years with 80.0% of teachers holding master's degrees or above and 20.0% of teachers holding bachelor's degrees. The student-teacher ratio is 18.0:1.[3]

Athletics

The Stevenson Patriots compete in the North Suburban Conference. Stevenson's Athletic Director is John D. Martin. The Patriots boys' basketball team finished 4th in the 2007 IHSA AA basketball tournament. Rivals include Libertyville High School and Lake Zurich High School.

Activities

Intramural Sports

  • Interpretative Dance
  • Flag-Football
  • Basketball
  • Baseball
  • Volleyball
  • Dodgeball
  • Softball
  • Paintball
  • Golf
  • Ultimate Frisbee (2004-2005)
  • Self Defence Club
  • Archery
  • Partner Dancing

Clubs

Odyssey

Odyssey is a bi-annual two-day fine arts festival in which all students and faculty participate in order to fill the state requirement for fine arts. Participants select from over 200 classes, seminars, and performances given by volunteers from the community. Choices range from local bands and a cappella groups to TV producers and improv troupes to yo-yo experts and jugglers. Often, a famous headliner will perform multiple times for the event. The festival is an incredible opportunity for students to be engaged in activities with skilled artisans and performers.

Controversies

Newspaper censorship

In November 2009, a dispute erupted between school officials and the student newspaper, The Statesman, regarding censorship of stories. The administration stopped publication of the November 20 issue, objecting to stories regarding drugs, teen pregnancy and shoplifting. When students wanted to leave the front page blank in protest of the censorship, the officials instead required the students to produce other stories approved by the administration.[9][10]

The Stevenson public information officer released a statement November 20 stating the administration did not think anonymous sources discussing alleged illegal activity was fit for print.[11]

The Chicago Tribune, in a November 26 editorial, said the school was wrong to force students to produce administration-approved stories: "This isn't editing, it's censorship."[12] The Society of Professional Journalists' Freedom of Information chairman called the censorship "immoral, un-American, irresponsible and not fit for education."[13]

Bombing threat

On October 30, 2007, a student from another school, Jeremie Dalin, 17 posted a threat against Stevenson High School on the 4chan website.[14][15][16][17] When another student found the threat, he made a screenshot of the threat and then created a web page.[18][19] The FBI traced the message, Dalin's home address, when contacted by the authorities he claimed it was a bad joke and did not intend on harming anyone.[20] The threat caused approximately 500 students to miss a school day, which happened to be Halloween. Dalin was due back in court in February.[21]

In an article published in the Daily Herald on June 12, 2008, Jeremie Dalin was convicted "for falsely making a terrorist threat" and faces up to 15 years in prison when he is sentenced in mid-July.[22] He was sentenced to 24 months probation.[23]

Notable alumni

Feeder schools

Several middle schools feed into the Adlai E. Stevenson High School.

Public Schools

Name of feeder school Name of feeder school's school district
Daniel Wright Junior High School Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103
Aptakisic Junior High School Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102
Twin Groves Junior High School Kildeer Consolidated School District 96
Woodlawn Middle School Kildeer Consolidated School District 96
Fremont Middle School Fremont School District 79
West Oak Middle School Diamond Lake School District 76

Private Schools

  • St. Mary's Parish School
  • Sager Solomon Schechter Middle School

References

  1. ^ a b c d District 125 Administration
  2. ^ a b Adlai E. Stevenson High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed January 20, 2008.
  3. ^ a b c d e Adlai E. Stevenson District 125 Illinois School Report Card
  4. ^ Largest Enrollment, US News and World Report. Accessed May 5, 2009.
  5. ^ Blue Ribbon Schools Program: Schools Recognized 1982-1983 through 1999-2002 (PDF), United States Department of Education. Accessed May 11, 2006.
  6. ^ CIBA cited as one of the best by Education Department, Journal Inquirer, November 16, 2006. "The Blue Ribbon award is given only to schools that reach the top 10 percent of their state's testing scores over several years or show significant gains in student achievement. It is considered the highest honor a school can achieve."
  7. ^ Viers Mill School Wins Blue Ribbon; School Scored High on Statewide Test; The Washington Post. September 29, 2005 "For their accomplishments, all three schools this month earned the status of Blue Ribbon School, the highest honor the U.S. Education Department can bestow upon a school."
  8. ^ The Top of the Class-The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools; 8 June 2009; newsweek.com; accessed 12 July 2009
  9. ^ "Suburban high school's editors ordered to publish". Chicago Breaking News Center. http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2009/11/suburban-high-schools-editors-ordered-to-publish.html. Retrieved 2009-11-24. 
  10. ^ "High school journalists ordered to print administration-approved newspaper". Student Press Law Center. http://www.splc.org/newsflash.asp?id=2003. Retrieved 2009-11-25. 
  11. ^ "Students say school forced them to publish paper". WBBN Channel 2. http://cbs2chicago.com/local/stevenson.school.paper.2.1337362.html. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  12. ^ "Muzzling students". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/chi-1126edit2nov26,0,6053750.story. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  13. ^ "Illinois high school principal/censor needs civics lesson". FOI FYI blog. http://blogs.spjnetwork.org/foi/?p=701. Retrieved 2009-12-01. 
  14. ^ "Threat to 'Stevenson' a hoax: FBIBlogger upsets same-name high schools in three states". Sun-Times News Group. http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=NS&p_text_direct-0=11CFFF8726C94688&p_field_direct-0=document_id. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  15. ^ "Caught in the Web". Sun-Times News Group. 2007-11-13. http://blogs.suburbanchicagonews.com/hound/2007/11/caught_in_the_web.html. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  16. ^ "Full Images of Teens". Sun-Times News Group. http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/newssun/news/643489,wa09_threat_p1.fullimage. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  17. ^ Keenan, Mary (2007-12-29). "Stevenson threat shouldn't go to trial". Daily Herald Inc.. http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=103676. Retrieved 2008-01-18. 
  18. ^ "Stevenson victim of hoax". Digital Chicago, Inc.. http://www.pioneerlocal.com/lincolnshire/news/694449,lr-top10-122707-s1.article. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  19. ^ "4chan - Google News Archive". Google. http://news.google.com/archivesearch?q=4chan&hl=en&sa=N&start=30. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  20. ^ "Teen charged with school-violence threat". Northwest Herald. 2007-11-09. http://www.nwherald.com/articles/2007/11/09/news/local/doc4734d8a5dedbf543469952.txt. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  21. ^ Vander, Tim (2007-09-22). "Teen Pleads Not Guilty to Stevenson Threat". 1220 WKRS. http://1220wkrs.com/pages/1367181. Retrieved 2008-01-19. 
  22. ^ "Teen convicted in Stevenson threat case, could get 15 years". http://www.dailyherald.com/story/?id=206437&src=3. Retrieved 2008-06-12. 
  23. ^ Teen on probation after posting threats online; 21 August 2008; Lincolnshire Review; accessed 12 July 2009
  24. ^ a b c Nenni, Pete. "Stevenson grads make a name for themselves in television roles", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), May 13, 2003. Accessed January 20, 2008.
  25. ^ Williams, Lena. "OLYMPICS; Taking a Legacy To New Heights", The New York Times, August 3, 2004. Accessed November 4, 2007. "Even now that Tamika, 25, is a star in her own right, her father's legacy continues to shadow her. It was there at Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Ill."
  26. ^ Brad Cieslak stats & bio; databasefootball.com; accessed 12 July 2009
  27. ^ Kevin Frederick stats & bio; thebaseballcube.com; accessed 12 July 2009
  28. ^ Yannis, Alex. "SCOUTING; An Early Finish", The New York Times, March 12, 1983. Accessed November 5, 2007. "Andrea Jaeger didn't want high school studies to interfere with her busy tennis schedule in the spring and early summer. So she took extra credits the last few weeks and graduated from Adlai Stevenson High School in Prairie View, a Chicago suburb, yesterday rather than in June."
  29. ^ "Dolphins sign three rookies", NFL, July 23, 2007.
  30. ^ Matt O'Dwyer stats & bio; databasefootball.com; accessed 12 July 2009
  31. ^ Ziehm, Len; Richmond to Rockford; 10 November 2007; Chicago Sun-Times; accessed 12 July 2009
  32. ^ Buffalo Grove natives switch NHL teams; 12 March 2009; Buffalo Grove Countryside; accessed 12 July 2009
  33. ^ http://www.newyorkjets.com/team/coach/1413-rex-ryan
  34. ^ Pompei, Dan; Rex Ryan family standard-bearer in NFL; 17 May 2009; Chicago Tribune; accessed 12 July 2009
  35. ^ Daday, Eileen O. "On the road to the Olympics Local athlete sets her sights on the gold", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), September 2, 2006. Accessed November 6, 2007. "A mini-class in rhythmic gymnastics enthralled Buffalo Grove native Lisa Wang as early as third-grade with its graceful routines filled with ribbons and balls. It still does, though now the Stevenson High School senior is competing in the sport at its highest level."
  36. ^ Mora, Josh; Breaking Down the Blackhawks' Deal; 5 March 2009; csnChicago; HawkTalk; accessed 12 July 2009

External links

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North Suburban Conference
Lake Division: Lake Forest • Lake Zurich • Libertyville • Mundelein • Stevenson • Warren • Zion-Benton
Prairie Division: Antioch • Grant • Lakes • North Chicago • Round Lake • Vernon Hills • Wauconda


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