Prosser Career Academy

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Charles A. Prosser Career Academy
Motto	Extend The World , One School, One City, One World
Established	1952
Type	Public vocational secondary
Principal	Mr. Kenneth Hunter
Students	~1,400
Grades	9–12
Location	Chicago, Illinois, USA
Oversight	Chicago Public Schools
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Falcon
Website	Official Website

Prosser Career Academy is a public vocational high school in Chicago, Illinois. It is named after Charles Allen Prosser. Prior to the summer of 1998 the school's name was Prosser Vocational High School. The school colors are blue and gold, and their mascot is a falcon. Prosser offers training to its students in one of 12 shop areas. These include Culinary Arts, Auto Body, Graphic Communcations, Graphic Design, and Computer Science among others. It also offers a college prep International Baccalaureate program to a select few students, usually the top 30 of their class.

Prosser Career Academy became an International Baccalaureate World School in July 1999 [1].

[edit] Graduates

Wally Kozielski better known as "Freak" is a well known radio DJ in Chicago. He was a part of Mancow's Morning Madhouse for many years. Before that he was a rodie for the rock band Metallica. Currently he is the program director and DJ for WRXQ 100.7 FM (The Southland's Classic Rock) in Chicago.
Szymon Madej who graduated in 1999 is currently a music producer for a local rock/pop label Aware Records.