Glenbard East High School

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Glenbard East High School
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Established 1959
Type Public secondary
Principal Robert McBride
Faculty 181
Students 2,615
Grades 9–12
Location 1014 S. Main St
Lombard, Illinois USA
Campus Suburban
Colors Red, Black, White
Mascot Rams
Yearbook Aries
Newspaper The Echo
Website www.glenbard.net/Glenbard_East

Glenbard East High School, or GEHS, and locally referred to as "East," is a public four-year high school located at the corner of Wilson Road and Main Street in Lombard, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Glenbard Township High School District 87, which also includes Glenbard North High School, Glenbard South High School, and Glenbard West High School.

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[edit] History

Glenbard East was the second of the Glenbard high schools to be built, following Glenbard West. It opened its doors for the 1959-60 school year.

[edit] Academics

In 2005, Glenbard East had an average composite ACT score of 20.6, with three students receiving 36, and graduated 96.3% of its senior class. Glenbard East has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1]

The staff is comprised of 181 teachers, of which 84% hold an advanced degree.[2] The average class size is 25.5.

Glenbard East is a two-time Grammy Award Winner for Grammy Signature Schools.

[edit] Athletics

Glenbard East competes in the DuPage Valley Conference. Its mascot is the ram.

  • Boys Sports
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Gymnastics
    • Soccer
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track
    • Wrestling
  • Girls Sports
    • Badminton
    • Basketball
    • Cross Country
    • Golf
    • Gymnastics
    • Softball
    • Soccer
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track
    • Volleyball

[edit] Activities

  • Cheerleading
  • Individual Events
  • Music-Instrumental*
  • Music-Organization*
  • Music-Vocal*
  • Pom Pon
  • Scholastic Bowl
  • Student Council
  • Theatre
  • Forensics speech team

[edit] Statistics

  • Enrollment - 2615 students
  • Ethnic Diversity:

Hispanic - 12.7%

White - 66.0%

Black - 6.8%

Asian - 14.0%

Native American - 0.4%
  • Number of Teachers - 181 (84% hold advanced degree)

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ Illinois School Report Card
  2. ^ Glenbard South Profile
  3. ^ NASA Astronaut Daniel M. Tani

[edit] External links

DuPage Valley Conference
Glenbard East • Glenbard North • Naperville Central • Naperville North • West Aurora • West Chicago • Wheaton North • Wheaton Warrenville South
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