Wheeling High School

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Wheeling High School
Established 1964
Type Public secondary
Principal Mr. Lazaro Lopez
Students 1,952
Grades 9–12
Location 900 S. Elmhurst Rd.
Wheeling, Illinois, USA
Campus Suburban
Colors Royal Blue, Athletic Gold, White
Mascot Wildcats
Yearbook "Lair"
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] Students

White Hispanic Black Asian Native American Multi-Racial Low-Income Limited English
Wheeling HS 51.7% 36.1% 5.2% 4.9% 0.2% 1.8% 30.5% 14.8%
District 214 71.8% 16.9% 3.2% 6.2% 0.2% 1.7 15.6% 6.6%
State Average 54.9% 19.6% 19.3% 3.8% 0.2% 2.2% 40.9% 7.2%

[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 Championship eight times in the last 11 years.


[edit] Activities

  • Polish Club
  • Newspaper (SPOKESMAN)
  • Yearbook (LAIR)
  • Girl's Badminton
  • Cheerleading
  • Superfans
  • Congressional Debate: 2008 Illinois Congressional Debate Champions (7th title in 11 years)
  • Madrigal Singers
  • Medical Careers Club
  • Music-Instrumental
  • Music-Vocal
  • Midnight Blues-Vocal Jazz
  • Show Choir
  • Basketball
  • Soccer
  • Football
  • Swimming
  • Water Polo
  • Tennis
  • Track
  • Cross Country
  • Jazz Band
  • DECA
  • Science Olympiad
  • New Dawns Show Choir
  • Chess Team
  • Orchesis
  • Orchestra
  • Anime Club
  • "Circus"
  • Wrestling
  • Lincoln-Douglas Debate
  • FIRST Robotics (Part of the WildStang team with Rolling Meadows High School and Motorola)
  • "Wildcat" Marching Band-Winner of multiple awards
  • Très Chic
  • Volleyball
  • Gay-Straight-Transgender Alliance
  • Anime Club
  • Hogwarts Society
  • N.J.R.O.T.C
  • S.A.D.D
  • Latino Club
  • Italian Club
  • Future Educators
  • SCAT Morning Announcements
  • Scholastic Bowl
  • Speech and Acting

Fight Song
Fight, Wheeling Wildcats!
For Alma Mater fight
Glory in the combat for the blue, gold, and white
Fight, Fight, Fight!
Faithful to our colors
We will ever be
Fighting, ever fighting
For a Wildcat victory!

[edit] Notable alumni

  • Craig Bina - Professor of Geological Sciences at Northwestern University.
  • Michael R. Blanchfield - Posthumous Medal of Honor recipient [2]
  • Marc Burns - Head Cross Country Coach at Wichita State University
  • Grant Dixton - Current legal counsel to the President[3] and former law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy.
  • Tom McManus - Former linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars [4]
  • Wendel McRaven - Head Men's Cross-Country Coach at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign
  • Gene Ostrovsky - Editor, Medgadget.com
  • Robert Stephens - Founder of Geek Squad [5]
  • Brian Saville - Founder of eSpeedient Systems, LLC [6]
  • Greg Wiseman - Co-founder of Wisepak Foods
  • Jung Pak - Co-founder of Wisepak Foods
  • Tom Steinbach- Director Of Marketing Of Logitech Co.
  • Anthony Ricciardi - Left Winger Colorado Avalanche
  • Brian Grego- President of Grego Residence

[edit] References

  1. ^ Illinois School Report Card
  2. ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_R._Blanchfield
  3. ^ 2005 White House Staff List - By Salary(washingtonpost.com)
  4. ^ SI.com - NFL - Tom McManus Game Log
  5. ^ U of M: General College: communications
  6. ^ eSpeedient Systems, LLC - Home

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