Wheeling High School
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| Wheeling High School |
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| Established | 1964 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Dr. Dorothy Sievert |
| Students | 1,952 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 900 S. Elmhurst Rd. Wheeling, Illinois USA |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colors | Royal Blue, Athletic Gold, White |
| Mascot | Wildcats |
| Newspaper | Spokesman |
| Website | whs.d214.org |
Wheeling High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Wheeling, Illinois, a northwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Township High School District 214, which also includes Buffalo Grove High School, Elk Grove High School, John Hersey High School, Prospect High School, and Rolling Meadows High School.
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[edit] History
Wheeling High School first opened in 1964. Wheeling High School's mascot is Wille the Wildcat.
[edit] Academics
In 2005, Wheeling had an average composite ACT score of 21.0 and graduated 88.1% of its senior class. The average class size is 20.0. Wheeling has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1] The WHS Congressional Debate team has won the Illinois State Debate Championships four times in the last six years.
[edit] Athletics
Wheeling competes in the Mid-Suburban League East Conference and Illinois High School Association. Also, Wheeling hosts the Hardwood Classic every year for basketball. High schools like Loyala Academy, where Michael Jordan's sons, Jeffery and Marcus, play, come there every year.
[edit] Activities
- Cheerleading
- Congressional Debate
- Madrigal Singers
- Music-Instrumental
- Music-Vocal
- Show Choir
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Football
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Cross Country
- Jazz Band
- DECA
- Science Olympiad
- New Dawns Combo
- Chess Team
- Orchesis
- Orchestra
- "Circus"
- Wrestling
- Lincoln-Douglas Debate
- FIRST Robotics (Part of the WildStang team with Rolling Meadows High School and Motorola)
- "Wildcat" Marching Band
- Très Chic
- gay straight alliance
[edit] Notable alumni
- Grant Dixton - Current legal counsel to the President[2] and former law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
- Craig Bina - Professor of Geological Sciences at Northwestern University.
- Gene Ostrovsky - Editor, Medgadget.com
- Tom McManus - Former linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars [3]
- Robert Stevens - Founder of Geek Squad [4]
- Caroline Dobbe - Associate Producer "The Ellen Degeneres Show"
- Wendell McRaven - Head Men's Cross-Country Coach at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
- Tim Kinsella and Mike Kinsella - Musicians
[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 |
