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Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Stevenson High School, or 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, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of High School District 125, which is fed from Aptakisic-Tripp Community Consolidated School District 102 and Lincolnshire-Prairieview School District 105.

History

Stevenson High School was established in 1965 and named after Adlai E. Stevenson II. The campus is comprised of two classroom buildings, an administrative center, a field house, an aquatic center, a sports center, and various outdoor athletic fields. There are also four student-accessible labs, a teacher-training room, and an audio-visual lab.

Each classroom contains a projector and television. Every morning at the beginning of first period, a team of students called Stevenson Network News broadcasts the announcements on every TV throughout the school.

The 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 acapella groups to TV procucers and improv troupes to yo-yo experts and jugglers.

Academics

In 2005, Stevenson had an average composite ACT score of 25.1, and graduated 99.0% of its senior class. The average class size is 13.5. Stevenson has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement s Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.Illinois School Report Card

The staff is comprised of 272 teachers. Notable faculty at Stevenson include:

  • Former Superintendent Richard Dufour - developed the idea of a professional learning community; author of Professional Learning Communities at Work.
  • Superintendent Timothy Kanold - Co-author of more than twenty mathematics textbooks for Houghton Mifflin and McGraw-Hill.
  • Athletic Director John Martin - Who's Who in America, Illinois State Education Award for Excellence in Education, B.A. Augustana University, Masters degree Northwestern University.

The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Blue Ribbon Award of Excellence in Education to Stevenson in 1987, 1991, 1998 and 2002. Among other awards, Stevenson won the U.S. Department of Education's New American High School Award in 1998. Newsweek and U.S. News and World Report have ranked Stevenson among the top 100 high schools in America.

Students at Stevenson have access to a college and career counselling center which is run by college consultants Sue Biemeret and Melanie Coffman along with career coach Jim Feurer. In addition, Pat Wilder, Stevenson's business liaison, offers opportunities for internships in many different professions.

Athletics

Stevenson competes in the North Suburban Conference. Its mascot is the Patriots. Stevenson's Athletic Director is John D. Martin.

Stevenson's cross-country team students are placed respectively, 2nd, 10th, 4th, and 22nd at the state meet from 2002-2005. Olympian Mark Deady and IHSA 1600 record holder as well as 2 time cross-country state champion Pat Joyce are among Stevenson's long line of state qualifers and all-state athletes. Stevenson won the Men's Midwest High School Championships for the first time in fending for the 2005-2006 season

Activities

  • F.M.P. (Freshman Mentor Program)
  • Community/School Service
    • B.O.S.S. (Pep Club)
    • F.M.P. (Freshman Mentor Program) - see above
    • G.I.V.E. (Givers of Important Volunteer Efforts)
    • Hunger Awareness Club
    • Interact Club
    • N.H.S. (National Honor Society)
    • Stevenson Student Ambassador Club
    • Students Helping Soldiers

Student Government

  • Student Council
  • Class Boards
  • S.L.A.C. (Student Leadership Acvisory Council)
  • Student Congress

Academic

Fine Arts

  • Art
    • Art Club
    • Art Gallery club
    • Photography Studio
    • Visual Communications Club
  • Dance
    • Melange Dance Company
    • Repertory Dance Company
    • Concert Dance Company

Festival

  • Musical Performance/Instrumental
    • Guitar Club
    • Jazz Bands
    • Marching Band
    • Orchestra Student Board
    • Pep Bands
    • Chamber Music Club
    • Pit Orchestra
    • Madrigal String Ensemble
  • Musical Performance/Vocal
    • Jazz Etc.
    • Just the Guys
    • Lady Jazz
    • Madrigal Singers
    • Syncopation (Show Choir)
  • Theater

Special Interest Clubs

  • Careers
  • Communications
    • Stevenson Network News
    • WAES-FM Radio Station
  • Discussion
    • Anime Club
    • The BookEnds
    • Film Club
    • Prufrock Society
    • Stonecutters (Simpson's Club)
    • Sustained Dialogue
    • Truth Seekers
  • English
    • Debate Team
    • Speech and Drama Team
    • S.M.U.D.G.E. (Students Making Use of Darn Good English) - Writer's Workshop
  • World Languages
    • French Club
    • German Club
    • Hebrew Club
    • Latin Club
    • Sign Language Club
    • Spanish Club
  • Outreach
    • Diversity Club
    • Gay-Straight Alliance
    • Operation Snowball
    • P.A.C.T. (Prevention Awareness Campaign Together)
    • Peer Helpers
    • S.P.I.N.S. (Stevenson Patriots in New Situations)
    • S.T.O.P. (Stevenson Theatre Outreach Program)
  • Publications
    • Ambassador
    • The Marksman
    • Statesman
    • Video Yearbook
    • The Wit/The Half Wit
    • The Wit CD
  • Science
    • Robotics Club
    • S.A.V.E. (Students Against Violations of the Environment)
    • S.P.A.R.K. (Science Professionals As Resource Knowledge)
    • Science Club
    • Science Olympiad
    • T.E.A.M.S. Competition (Tests of Engineering, Aptitude, Math, & Science)
  • Social Studies
  • Recreation
    • Hip Hop Club
    • Ice Skating Club
    • Interactive Gamers Club
    • Toss Up Juggling Club
    • Nascar
    • Origami
    • Table Tennis/Advanced Tennis
    • The Video Game/D.D.R. Club
    • The Yarn Situation

Notable alumni

References

External Links

High schools in Illinois | School districts in Illinois | Lake County, Illinois | Educational institutions established in 1965

 

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