Fenwick High School

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Fenwick High School is a College Preparatory Catholic High School located outside of Chicago, Illinois, USA in the suburb of Oak Park. It is named after the Dominican bishop Edward D. Fenwick.

The school has around 1,200 students and its president is Father LaPata and the principal is Dr. Quaid. The school colors are black and white and the mascot is a Friar. The school has produced famous athletes such as Johnny Lattner, who was a running back for Notre Dame and Corey Maggette, who currently is in the NBA.

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[edit] History

Fenwick High School was founded as an all-boys college preparatory high school in 1929 by the Catholic order of Dominican Fathers and Brothers of the Province of St. Joseph. In 1939, St. Joseph Province was divided and Illinois became part of the new Province of St. Albert the Great, with headquarters in Chicago. In 1992, girls were admitted for the first time. Today Fenwick is known as a secondary school. Fenwick uses some athletic facilities, including a baseball field, two football fields, a softball diamond, and a soccer field in the Dominican Priory in the nearby suburb of River Forest.

Fenwick has a long tradition of being an academic school as evidenced by the graduates' SAT and ACT scores, number of National Merit and Illinois State Scholars, and high percentage of graduates admitted to college, and its administration and faculty are dedicated to continuing the ancient Dominican intellectual tradition of Thomas Aquinas, Albertus Magnus, Tomas de Torquemada and Simon de Montfort. Fenwick boasts many noted alumni. They include many Fortune 500 CEO's, professional athletes, a Heisman Trophy winner, an Olympic gold medalist, a Pulitzer Prize winner, a Skylab astronaut, and elected officials from Illinois and other states.

[edit] Extra-curricular achievements

Fenwick's athletic teams are called the Fenwick Friars.

The Boy's Varsity Hockey has played in the State Championship game with the help of Captain Mike Rooney, held at the United Center, in four consecutive seasons (2002–2005). They won the State Title, known as the Blackhawk Cup, in the 2002–03 season and the 2003–04 season. The girls' basketball team won the Illinois state championship in 2001. Fenwick also has a history of dominance in aquatic sports with state championships in both boys and girls water polo in the 2004 and 2005 seasons. The boys team has won four state titles including 2000 and 2001. The girls team has won state championships three times.

Fenwick fields various competitive academic teams as well, such as the Math Team (state champions in 2002), the Scholastic Bowl Team, and the 6-time running Illinois State champion WYSE/JETS team. Fenwick also claims a nationally recognized speech and debate team. The school's student newspaper is The Wick.

[edit] Other schools named Fenwick

Other Catholic high schools named after Bishop Edward D. Fenwick are:

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