| Fenger Academy High School | |
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| 11220 S. Wallace Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60628 United States |
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| School type | Public, High School |
| Principal | Elizabeth Dozier [1] |
| Grades | 9—12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Team name | Titans |
| Website | http://www.fengerhighschool.org/ |
Fenger Academy High School is a public high school in the Roseland neighborhood of Chicago.
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When it opened in 1893, Fenger was known as Curtis School. It was renamed in 1915 in honor of Christian Fenger, a well-known surgeon. The current Fenger building was completed in 1926.[2]
On 24 September 2009, a Fenger honors student named Derrion Albert was beaten to death on his way home when he accidentally walked into the middle of a large brawl between teenagers from two neighborhoods. The video of the brawl gained international attention,[3] and President Barack Obama requested that Attorney General Eric Holder and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan visit Chicago to meet with Fenger students and school officials.[4]
Fenger's baseball team won an Illinois state title in 1946. The school's football team won four Chicago Prep Bowls between 1938 and 1954.[2]
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