Schaumburg High School
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| Schaumburg High School |
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| Established | 1970 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Students | 2,651 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 1100 W. Schaumburg Schaumburg, Illinois USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Cardinal Red, Gold |
| Mascot | Saxons, "Siegie" |
| Yearbook | Shimmer |
| Newspaper | Sextant |
| Website | www.shs.d211.org |
Schaumburg High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located in Schaumburg, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 211, which also includes James B. Conant High School, William Fremd High School, Hoffman Estates High School, and Palatine High School.
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[edit] History
Schaumburg High School opened in 1970. The United States Department of Education recognizes Schaumburg High School as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The high school is accredited by the North Central Association and has earned full recognition status by the State Superintendent of Schools in the State of Illinois.
[edit] Academics
In 2006, Schaumburg had an average composite ACT score of 21.4, and graduated 97% of its senior class. The average class size is 25. Schaumburg has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1]
[edit] Athletics
Schaumburg competes in the Mid-Suburban League West Conference and Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Saxons.
- Boys' Baseball 1997 AA State Champions, 1989 AA State Runner Up [1]
- Boys' Basketball 2001 State Champions.
- Boys' Cross Country State Champions in 1985, 1987, and 1988.
- Boys' Football 1999 runner-up.
- Girls' Bowling 2004 State champions
[edit] Activities
- Cheerleading
- Music-Instrumental
- Music-Vocal
- Pom Pon
- Student Council
[edit] Tru-Course Leadership Program
Township High School District 211 adopted and implemented the Tru-Course Leadership Program at Schaumburg High School in August 2006 to a great deal of debate in the community.
The T-CLP (often referred to by students as "T-Clap" or, more commonly, "Tickle-Pee") is a new-age teaching program that encourages students to learn about their "inner emotional beings" in addition to the usual high school curriculum such as history, math, economics, etc.
The previous eight-period schedule has been reduced to seven in favor of the program. Students stay in their seventh period class for an additional 50 minutes at the day's end to participate in their daily T-CLP "Inner Healing Seminars."
Parents and faculty members alike have voiced their apprehension to adopt the program's unique methods, which include private video confessionals of "acts of no-goodness", monetary compensation for confessing anyone else's "acts of no-goodness", and a monthly pasta dinner for that month's top 250 students who have "followed the course most truthfully." During the dinner, said students are encouraged to construct four baskets, which the T-CLP "New Beginnings For You and For Me" pamphlet explains are meant to metaphorically help bear the students' emotional loads. The baskets are collected at the end of the dinner. Many have speculated about the purpose and final destination of these baskets. Some suspect they are being sold to distributors by T-CLP.
When asked about the baskets, T-CLP founder and president Tabbi Shirlov said, "We are aware of the rumors and have no further comment."
Those who fail to meet their "Confession Quota" are entered into a monthly lottery, from which 25 names are drawn. These 25 students win a month-long stay at T-CLP's "Cognitive Re-alignment Camp" known as Camp Joylight, located in Griffith, Indiana.
The T-CLP's annual academic culmination is a schoolwide competition known as the "Faith in Me" project. Each student is encouraged to use any medium they see fit to express all the negative emotions which the T-CLP program has helped them to purge throughout the school year. The students receive no grades on their projects, only "emotionally-minded appraisals." Students also receive small monetary compensation if they present their project in the form of a handicraft. Craft projects are collected by T-CLP representatives after appraisals. Many speculate these are also sold to distributors at much higher rates, though this has yet been confirmed.
The Tru-Course representatives collectively decide on one Faith In Me winner. This student is awarded a paper certificate and a 14-dollar voucher for the T-CLP internet catalogue.
The Tru-Course Leadership Program considers the following as "Acts of No-Goodness":
- Betrayal of one's own inner emotional being.
- Betrayal of a friend's inner emotional being.
- Failure to report a friend's betrayal of their own, or another's, inner emotional being.
- Designing and constructing walls of hatred.
- Failure to fuel one's own internal furnace with positive mental attitudes.
- Refusal to purchase and follow the "Demolishing Narrow Preconceptions of Inner Self: Another Year With T-CLP" 20-cassette audio book.
- Unwillingness to attend a pasta dinner and/or construct at least four "Emotional Assistance Baskets."
[edit] Notable alumni
- Gavin Paul Giovagnoli - Journalist
- Kurt Kittner - Football Player for the Bears and Falcons, NFL
- Paul Justin - NFL Football Player
- Nadia Geller- While You Were Out (TLC)
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[edit] External links
| Mid-Suburban Conference |
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| East Division: Buffalo Grove • Elk Grove • Hersey • Prospect • Rolling Meadows • Wheeling
West Division: Barrington • Conant • Fremd • Hoffman Estates • Palatine • Schaumburg |
