Glenwood High School (Illinois)

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Glenwood High School
Motto	Excellence in Education
School type	Public Secondary
Principal	Nathaniel Cunningham
Location	Chatham, Illinois
District	5
Campus	Suburban
Enrollment	1270
Faculty	91
Attendance Rate	94.7%
Graduation Rate	98.4%
Mascot	Titan
Homepage	Glenwood High School

Glenwood High School of Chatham, Illinois is a public school located just south of Springfield, Illinois. As the only public high school serving the Ball-Chatham School District, Glenwood accommodates all children from Chatham, Glenarm, and portions of Springfield. As a nearby alternative to the Springfield public schools, Chatham has grown rapidly over the past 10-15 years.

1 History
2 Extra-Curricular Organizations
3 Sports
4 Academic statistics
5 Demographics
6 Notable alumni
7 External links

[edit] History

Once located in the heart of Chatham, the high school has moved twice since its inception. As the district outgrew the original school, Glenwood was forced to move east, where it was not confined by the residential boundaries of the older locations. In more recent years, however, even that location became crowded. The school district put up a referendum and won funding allowing it to move the high school one final time, to its current location at 1501 E. Plummer Blvd. This new 27 million dollar building was built to accommodate Glenwood's rapidly growing list of pupils.

[edit] Extra-Curricular Organizations

Speech Team

Glenwood has had a speech team active in regional competition for thirteen years (as of '06-'07 school year). The speech team is currently coached by Ken Carter and has performers for a variety of events including Whitni Coke and Alex Hunt (Dramatic Duet Acting), Kelsey Hall (Radio), and David O'Brien (Original Comedy).

[edit] Sports

Glenwood participates in a vast array of Illinois High School Association (IHSA) sports including: Wrestling, Baseball, Basketball, Football, Cross Country, Tennis, Track, Swimming, Softball, Golf, Volleyball, Mock Trial, Speech, and Scholastic Bowl. The school also participates in Ice Hockey competition outside of the IHSA.

Glenwood High School is noted regionally for its sports teams. They have a longstanding rivalry with Sacred Heart-Griffin, a Catholic school in nearby Springfield, Illinois. Most notably Glenwood won the 1998 IHSA Class 4A State Football Championship and the 2005 IHSA Class AA State Soccer Championship.

The mascot of Glenwood High School is the Titans. The previous mascot, the Redskins, was changed to the more culturally sensitive "Titans" in August 2001 by the school district upon the opening of the new high school facility. This action upset some Chatham residents who had previously defeated several referendums seeking to change the Redskin mascot. The Redskin mascot continues to appear on the Chatham water tower.

Notable athletes from Glenwood High School include Major League Baseball player Jayson Werth.

Glenwood's sport scene is dominated by the football season. The team has been coached by Dan Rourke since 1993, during which time they have been quite successful. The Titans have missed the payoffs only once since 1997, had a 24 game conference winning streak, appeared in 4 state quarterfinal games since 1997 ('97, '98, '03, '04), and were the 4A state champ in 1998.

[edit] Academic statistics

Glenwood High School is one of the top schools in the state, and constantly strives to reach even higher. A few students each year will get 35's and higher on their ACT's and 1500's and higher on their SATs. Current academic averages are:

ACT
Composite: 22.2
English: 21.7
Math: 21.6
Reading: 22.9
Science: 22.2

PSAE Meets/Exceeds
Reading: 63.3%
Math: 60.7%
Writing: 67.0%
Science: 63.5%
Social Studies: 63.4%

[edit] Demographics

Racial/Ethnic Background
White: 94.3%
Black: 1.6%
Hispanic: 1.1%
Asian: 2.4%
Native American: 0.6%

Other Data
Low Income: 4.6%
Limited English Proficiency: 0.2%
Dropout Rate: 0.7%
Chronic Truancy: 0.2%