Wheaton Academy

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Wheaton Academy
Motto To nurture growth in our students through relationships, excellence, and service to the glorty of God
Established 1853
Type Private Secondary
Principal Steve Bult
Headmaster Dr. Gene Frost
Chaplain Chip Huber
Faculty 49
Students 632
Location 900 Prince Crossing Road,
West Chicago, Illinois, USA
Campus Suburban, 18 acres
Colors Maroon & White
Nickname WA
Mascot Warrior
Yearbook Compass
Newspaper WA Echo
ACT Average 29
Website www.wheatonacademy.org

"Wheaton Academy" is a private, non-denominational Christian high school, that is known for being an educational institution committed to the evangelical Christian faith. Wheaton Academy's campus is located in the city of West Chicago in Dupage County, Illinois, and is thirty-five miles west of Chicago on the intersection of Prince Crossing Road and Hawthorne Road.

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[edit] Organization

[edit] Accreditation

Wheaton Academy holds institutional accreditation by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary schools since 1911. The school is recognized by the state of Illinois and the DuPage County Education Service Region. Wheaton Academy is also a member of the Association of Christian Schools International.

[edit] Sports

Wheaton Academy is a member of the Illinois High School Association|IHSA as well as the Private School League| PSL. Beginning with the 2009-2010 season, Wheaton Academy will become a part of the renamed Suburban Christian Conference (SCC), formerly known as the Suburban Catholic Conference. Chicago Christian and Aurora Christian, fellow members of WA in the PSL also will be joining the conference. Below are the sports that Wheaton Academy fields competitively:

Girls Sports

Boys Sports

Wheaton Academy has also had a variety of students participate in swimming, gymnastics, hockey, and lacross as individuals.

Track & Field / Cross Country

Wheaton Academy's track and field program has grown over the past 10 years, both in numbers and athletic successes. Starting in spring 2000, there was a stretch of 6 straight years where Wheaton Academy sent runners to the state meet. In 2001, Matt Field became only the second Wheaton Academy athlete to win an individual state championship, winning the Class A 1600m run. Carl Meyers was the other state champion, who won the long jump competition in 1990 and 1991.[1] Both the girls and boys cross country teams qualified for the state meet in 2007. The boys finished 16th overall, while the girls took 7th.

Boys Basketball

The Boys Basketball program at Wheaton Academy is led by head coach Paul Ferguson. In the 2006-07 the team captured their first Private School League championship since 2003. [1]

Women's Soccer

The women's varsity soccer team won the Class A state championship in 2004.

[edit] Fine Arts

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Wheaton Academy has been recognized as a school with an extremely advanced fine arts program for a high school program. Its theatre program has often been compared to and ranked higher than many college programs due to the professional direction of Corbett Burick. Mrs. Burick is also the head of the school's dance and improv teams. Also, the school's chorale program has had a heritage of excellence. Under the direction of Joel Visker for its third year, the choral program expanded this year with the addition of a men's ensemble. The instrumental department welcomed a new face as Steve Willemson became the director for the school's Concert Orchestra, Concert Band, and newly added Percussion Ensemble. Concerning visual arts, Carolyn LeMaire and Jack Burgess have led a successful program while Mellissa Euler is head of Ceramic Arts, Matt Hockett heads the schools video production.

[edit] Theatre

Wheaton Academy Theatre is the theatre program of the private Christian high school Wheaton Academy.

Wheaton Academy Theatre has been recognized as an extremely advanced theatre program for a high school program. It has often been compared to and ranked higher than many college programs thanks to the professional direction of Corbett Burick. Mrs. Burick, who is also the head of the school's dance and improv team, has been directing for 6 years and has a Masters in Theatre.

Wheaton Academy's Spring Musicals are well known for their scale, professionalism, and difficulty. Corbett Burick's direction and impressive choreography, coupled with Joel Visker's singing direction, and formerley Joseph Jones, now Rachel Burick's tech crew, continue to deliver college level performances out of Wheaton Academy's highschool student body.

In spring 2007, Wheaton Academy performed the musical Peter Pan under the direction of the Fine Arts Department Head Corbett Burick. The performance featured Broadway-caliber equipment including Broadway flying equipment and fly direction from Las Vegas-based Flying by FOY, three MAC 550 intelligent lights, four E6 Omni Earset Microphones, and a stellar tech team for professional-level performances. The intelligent lights were rented and were welcomed additions to Wheaton Academy's theatre program.

The 2008 musical My Fair Lady was more traditional in the sense of technology, due to the simplicity of the play. Instead on the Intelligent Lights, more traditional methods were used by the capable Tech Crew- In addition to the standard compliment of mounted lights, Follow-spots were used to great effect. One Altman Dyna-Spot, and Two Altman Iluminators, which are three of the best followspots owned by the School. Followspots have the advantage over intelligent lights of being able to improvise.

year Musical
2008 My Fair Lady
2007 Peter Pan
2006 Guys and Dolls
2005 Disney's Beauty and the Beast
2004 Honk!
2003 Singin' in the Rain
2002 Annie
2001 Into the Woods
2000 Bye Bye Birdie
1999 Oliver!
1998 Hello Dolly
1997 Brigadoon
1996 The Music Man
1995 Fiddler on the Roof
1994 The Sound of music
1993 Annie
1992 Bye Bye Birdie
1991 Oliver!
1990 My Fair Lady
1989 Hello Dolly
1988 The Music Man
1987 Fiddler on the Roof
1986 The King and I
1985 Oliver!
1984 Hello Dolly
1983 Brigadoon
1982 Fiddler on the Roof
1981 The Sound of music
1980 My Fair Lady
1979 The Music Man
1978 The Hobbit
1977 Fiddler on the Roof
1976 The Sound of music

[edit] Trivia

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  • Wheaton Academy was housed at Wheaton College's campus in Wheaton Illinois from 1917 to 1945. Then the school moved from Wheaton, IL to West Chicago, IL which is located a few miles away in a neighboring town.
  • Wheaton Academy's building called "Academy Hall" was once used to serve a children's hospital prior to being purchased by the Wheaton Academy High school. Academy Hall has class rooms on the lower floor but is closed upstairs due to asbestos being located in some of the tiles in a room in the south-east rear corner of the builing which is completely surrounded by glass on the walls. There are also two entrances to tunnels beneath the first floor. The tunnels are no longer in use and are locked shut.
  • Wheaton Academy opened the doors to a new Fine Arts Center in 2004, thanks to a deal between the school and Willow Creek Community Church, which rents the building. This beautiful building has a 700-seat auditorium, and serves as the chapel and a special event venue, and also provides classroom space for the fine arts program.
  • With the increased enrollment over the past couple of years, Wheaton Academy has become the second largest school in the PSL.
  • Wheaton Academy received the William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, for its work to help the AIDS Pandemic in Zambia, Africa. The school has raised over $500,000 to date.[2]

[edit] Notable alumni

[edit] References

  1. ^ IHSA Boys Track & Field Medalists
  2. ^ 2007 William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 5–17. Association of Fundraising Professionals. Retrieved on 2008-03-22.
  3. ^ Jake Griffin. "Hero's dad helps son's Wheaton alma mater", Daily Herald (Arlington Heights), September 10, 2002, pp. 3. 

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