Harry D. Jacobs High School

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Harry D. Jacobs High School
Established
Type Public secondary
Principal Michael T. Bregy
Students 2263
Grades 9-12
Location 2601 Bunker Hill
Algonquin, Illinois United States Of America
Oversight Community Unit School District 300
Colors Brown and Gold
Mascot Golden Eagles
Newspaper The Talon
Website Harry D. Jacobs High School

Harry D. Jacobs High School is a public, four-year high school serving students in grades 9-12 in Algonquin, Carpentersville, Gilberts, and Lake in the Hills, Illinois. Its school colors are brown and gold. The school mascot is the Golden Eagle. The primary feeder middle schools are Algonquin Middle School, Westfield Middle School, and Dundee Middle School. Michael T. Bregy is currently in his third year as principal. The school has gone through a significant increase in student size during the past five years. Currently there are 2,263 students in grades 9-12. The school runs on the block schedule where students take four classes per quarter for 16 total classes per year. Each block is 90 minutes in length with the exception of lunch, which is 30 minutes long.

The school is part of the Community Unit School District 300.

[edit] Overview

Harry D. Jacobs High School is a member of the Fox Valley Conference, along with District 300 and several other high schools.

The school is located at 2601 Bunker Hill Drive, Algonquin, Illinois, USA. The school itself is located in McHenry County, Illinois.

[edit] Famous or semi-famous alumni

  • Josh Caterer — singer, songwriter and frontman of the rock band Smoking Popes; class of 1990.
  • Kevin Slimko (also known as "Slim the Barber") — barber and actor featured on the Chicago Access Network cable TV show Barbershop Hip Hop; class of 1993.
  • Karen Drew - investigative reporter and anchor, WOIO-TV in Cleveland, OH; class of 1988.
  • Ben Greeno — drummer for the band The Redwalls; class of 2002.
  • Evan Jager — ran a 4:11 mile outdoors for the state track conference; class of 2007
  • Matt Whalen- 2002 state shotput champion
  • Pat Whalen- 2003 4th place in shotput, 2004 shotput champion and 4th place in discus
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