Dundee-Crown High School
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Dundee-Crown High School is a high school located in Carpentersville, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.
Dundee-Crown High School was made from Dundee Community High School and Irving Crown High school in 1984. It is a AA school for IHSA sports. Dundee-Crown boasts a 2,507 population and is one of three High Schools in community district 300.
The school serves people from East Dundee, West Dundee, Algonquin, Carpentersville, Sleepy Hollow, and one confirmed Huntley student.
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[edit] Dundee-Crown History
Dundee Community High School was opened in the late 1874 to serve members of the Dundee community settlement in Northwest Illinois. This school would hold the only State Champion team in the combined school history in 1937 with its boys basketball team under Coach Eugene de Lacey. The school moved from its original location in what is now West Dundee to the building that later became Carpentersville Middle School. The school would remain at the location from 1953 to 1983
Irving Crown High school was made when the communities being served grew too large for one school to hold. The Irving Crown Vikings were housed at the building that is now Dundee-Crown.
In 1983, both schools closed their doors due to a drop in student populations and the once rival Cardunals and Vikings became the Chargers beginning in 1984.
[edit] Dundee-Crown Today
Dundee-Crown is currently located at 1500 Kings Road, Carpentersville, Illinois. The pseudo address of 1 Charger Country is more commonly used, however. The school accomidates the part of Algonquin that is left out byHarry D. Jacobs High School as well as a majority of Carpentersville, East Dundee, and West Dundee. Demographically there is a large diversity of students.
The school, like its other two counter-parts, is on "Block Scheduling." Instructional periods are 90 minutes in length and a typical day consists of four classes. Classes commonly switch after the first semester is over. Financial problems with the school district nearly caused a switching of this program, but a 2006 referendum averted this.
[edit] Athletics
Dundee-Crown sports include Cross Country, Soccer, Basketball, Softball, Baseball, Volleyball, Golf, Tennis, Football, Poms, Drill Team, Cheerleading, Track & Field, and Swimming. They compete in AA where applicable.
The mascot is called to a charger, however there is a misconception common on this point. The charger is the horse of the mascot, the knight was added to show a difference from such teams as the Mundeline Mustangs. While the boys and girls teams are called the chargers, Lady Charger is often used for girls teams, especially in newspaper articles and in Cross Country.
Dundee-Crown is a member of the Fox Valley Conference which includes 12 schools from Crystal Lake South to Grays Lake North along the Fox River. While the conference itself has been called "weak" in sports like Cross Country, many excepitional athletes have come from the area (including Evan Jager).
Dundee Crown has been said to have a strong tradition in basketball but has been very weak in football in recent seasons. Wrestling has also held a very strong tradition at the school. In 2007 they clinched their 7th straight Fox Valley Conference title.
[edit] Programs at Dundee Crown
Dundee Crown has gained attention for many programs it supports. The environmental department has won various awards from the EPA and National Water Works for their recycling programs. They also network with Friends of the Fox River and work to restore places like Raceway Woods.
Dundee-After Hours has also become popular. It has made school technology available to students who may not have access at home while also providing entertainment and a place to do group projects.
