Homewood-Flossmoor High School

Homewood-Flossmoor
High School
Dedicated to Excellence
Address
999 Kedzie Ave.
Flossmoor, Illinois, 60422
USA
Information
School type public secondary
Opened 1959
School district Homewood-Flossmoor Community HS 233
Superintendent Dr. Von Mansfield[1]
Principal Dr. Ryan Pitcock[1]
Staff 301[2]
Grades 9–12
Gender coed
Enrollment 2,894[3]
Average class size 19.5[3]
Campus type suburban
Color(s)      red
     white[4]
Fight song Fight On, You Vikings, Fight![4]
Athletics conference Southwest Suburban Conference[4]
Team name Vikings[5]
Average ACT scores 21.5[3]
Newspaper 'The Voyager[6]
Radio WHFH (88.5 FM)[6]
Website http://www.hfhighschool.org/

Homewood-Flossmoor High School (H-F) is a public high school in Flossmoor, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The majority of HF students live in Flossmoor and nearby Homewood, but the school also serves areas of Olympia Fields, Chicago Heights, Glenwood, and Hazel Crest serving school districts 153, 161 and 167.

The campus consists of a North and South building. The South building contains a number of sub-buildings each assigned a letter, and includes the school's radio station (WHFH), television station VTV, science labs, a swimming pool, a music building and an auditorium.

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History

Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School cite opened in 1959[7] with enrollment at 1,170 students. There were 51 classrooms, which included ten English classes, ten Social Science, eight Science, six Mathematics, five Foreign Language, three Physical Education, one Homemaking, three Industrial Arts, two Art, and three Music classes. A cafeteria, library and administrative area were also included.

In 1989, football coach John Wrenn proposed District 233 adopt a mandatory drug-testing policy similar to one at two Lafayette, Indiana high schools, where a recent landmark court case decision allowed the creation of such programs.[8] H-F became the first high school in Illinois to require mandatory random drug testing for its student athletes.

In 1996, the school gained publicity when up to 20,000 people gathered on the school lawn to hear President Bill Clinton deliver a speech on education during his 1996 reelection campaign.[9][10]

In addition to being named a Blue Ribbon School by the United States Department of Education three times, the school has received Department of Education Technology Award twice.[11] In 1995, the school's technology plan was named one of the five best in the nation.[11]

In 2005, H-F encountered controversy over a campaign to promote homosexual acceptance led by three students. Campaigners encouraged students to buy colorful shirts that read "Gay? Fine by me." In response, a local church distributed black T-Shirts with text that read "Crimes committed against God," which included a list of perceived offenses against Christian students. The opposing campaigns gained national attention.[12][13]

Academics

In 2008, H-F had an average composite ACT score of 21.5 and graduated 89.9% of its senior class.[3] H-F has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, the test used in the state of Illinois to fulfill mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[3] While the school overall has achieved AYP, one student subgroup has not met AYP in reading.[3]

H-F has been named one of Newsweek's top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years: 2009 (#1142), 2008 (#746), 2007 (#682), 2006 (#849), 2005 (#744), and 2003 (#518).[14]

Student life

Activities

The following activities placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship competition:[15]

H-F holds the Illinois record for state titles and top three finishes in Drama.[16]

Athletics

H-F competes in the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities in Illinois. Teams are stylized as the Vikings.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.[17] Young men may compete in baseball, football, lacrosse, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, and softball.[17] While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors an ice hockey team for young men as well as field hockey and poms teams for young women.[17]

The school also offers a fencing team at a club level, which participates in the Great Lakes High School Conference every winter.

The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet:[15]

As of 2009, the girls golf team has finished in the top ten at the IHSA State Finals more than any team in state history; their six state titles is the second highest total in state history.[18]

Notable faculty

Notable alumni

Notes

  1. ^ a b "Contact Information". directory. Homewood-Flossmoor HS District 233. http://www.hfhighschool.org/hfmain/home/admininfo.html. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  2. ^ "Staff Directory". Homewood-Flossmoor HS District 233. http://www.hfhighschool.org/hfmain/home/directory/directory.html. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Illinois School Report Card". Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2008. http://www.hfhighschool.org/hfmain/home/SchoolReportCard.pdf. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  4. ^ a b c "School Directory". IHSA. 10 September 2011. http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/h.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  5. ^ "Error: no |title= specified when using {{Cite web}}". School Directory. 10 September 2011. http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/h.htm. Retrieved 10 September 2011. 
  6. ^ a b "Viking Media". Homewood-Flossmoor HS District 233. http://www.hfhighschool.org/hfmain/activities/vikingmedia/vikingmedia.html. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  7. ^ Fleischer, Benjamin (April 15, 1995). ""The Dream Becomes Reality": The Creation of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School". http://benjaminfleischer.com/downloads/7. Retrieved 2010-01-05. 
  8. ^ Southwell, David (July 30, 1989). "Coach seeks prep drug tests". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-3954603.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  9. ^ Rodriguez, Alex (September 18, 1996). "Clinton touts school plans - Repeats promises on college aid, literacy tutors". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4352650.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  10. ^ Sweet, Lynn (September 17, 1996). "Clinton won't land at Meigs for today's visit". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4352550.html. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  11. ^ a b O'Brien, Ken (16 July 2003). "High school is plugged into latest technology: Homewood-Flossmoor earns accolades for incorporating devices into class instruction". Chicago Tribune: pp. 28. "In 1995 the school's technology plan was voted one of the five best in the country in a competition sponsored by Electronics Learning, Scholastic Network and the National Center for Technology Planning ... Twice, the high school has received the U.S. Department of Education's Technology Award. It was one of three schools recognized last year ... The school received the Technology Award in 2002 in conjunction with the Department of Education's Blue Ribbon Award, which recognizes excellence in schools, for the third time." 
  12. ^ "T-shirts happen ; Homewood-Flossmoor students face off on gay-rights campaign". Chicago Tribune: pp. 6. 20 April 2005. 
  13. ^ Skalka, Jennifer (19 April 2005). "High school teens face a gay T-shirt showdown". Chicago Tribune: pp. 1. "As part of a daylong awareness campaign, he and as many as 225 other students could wear T-shirts to school that say: "gay? fine by me" ... But the T-shirt campaign, which made a quiet debut last year, is meeting opposition from some of the school's Christian students. In what will amount to a schoolyard battle of messages, a couple hundred other students are expected to wear shirts citing "crimes against God," namely "discrimination against ... my 10 Commandments, my prayers, my values, my faith, my God."" 
  14. ^ "The Top of the Class: The complete list of the 1,500 top U.S. high schools". Newsweek. 8 June 2009. http://www.newsweek.com/id/201160/?s=Illinois&q=2009/rank/1. Retrieved 1 December 2009. 
  15. ^ a b "IHSA Season Summaries". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/school/records/sum0612.htm. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  16. ^ "Table of Titles: Drama". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/activity/dgi/records/dr/sum.htm. Retrieved 2 December 2009. 
  17. ^ a b c "Homewood-Flossmoor HS Athletics". Homewood-Flossmoor Community HS District 233. http://www.athletics2000.com/hf/. Retrieved 30 November 2009. 
  18. ^ "Table of Titles: Girls Golf". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 16 November 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/activity/gog/records/sum.htm. Retrieved 2 December 2009. 
  19. ^ Sutherland, M.B. (18 November 2009). "Former Bear helps repair high-schooler's broken leg: Prep football player says he appreciated doctor's frank assessment of prospects". Chicago Tribune. http://www.chicagotribune.com/health/chi-chicago-bears-health_south_1nov18,0,4201589.story. Retrieved 1 December 2009. "Vonzell was playing in a junior varsity football game that night, and his parents, Tina and Von Mansfield -- superintendent of Homewood-Flossmoor Community High School District 233 and ex-NFL player -- were in the stands to cheer him on." 
  20. ^ Mannion, Annemarie (8 August 2006). "Ex-teacher learns lesson about Lee: Former Homewood-Flossmoor official details author's life in 'Mockingbird' biography". Chicago Tribune: pp. 1. "Charles J. Shields, former chairman of the English Department at Homewood-Flossmoor High School, once asked teachers to consider dropping "To Kill A Mockingbird" from their curricula." 
  21. ^ Parker, Mike (May 20, 2008). "Dotson Rape Accuser, Cathleen Crowell Webb, Dies". CBS 2 Chicago. Archived from the original on 2009-03-25. http://www.webcitation.org/5fXcxZ1Av. Retrieved 2009-03-25. 
  22. ^ Ann Marie Lipinski; John Kass, Lynn Emmerman, R. Bruce Dold, Andy Knott and Marianne Taylor. (March 31, 1985). "Rape Case Is Exhumed, Re-Examined". Chicago Tribune. 
  23. ^ Ann Marie Lipinski; Emmerman, Lynn; Kass, John; Dold, R. Bruce; Knott, Andy (March 31, 1985). "Woman Goes Public To Undo Rape 'Lie'". Chicago Tribune. 
  24. ^ Mullady, Carly A. (February 3, 2008). "Never underestimate yourself, and never let others underestimate you". SouthtownStar. 
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h Clark, Mike (12 November 2008). "Homewood-Floosmoor Vikings". Chicago Sun-Times. http://www.suntimes.com/sports/preps/highschool/1274098,homewood-floosmoor-spot-111208.article. Retrieved 2 December 2009. 
  26. ^ "Larry Rothschild Pitching Coach". MLB. http://mlb.mlb.com/team/coach_staff_bio.jsp?c_id=chc&coachorstaffid=113102153558. Retrieved 2009-07-07. 
  27. ^ Shpigel, Ben (19 November 2010). "Yankees Pick Larry Rothschild as Pitching Coach". The New York Times. http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/11/19/yankees-pick-larry-rothschild-as-pitching-coach/. 
  28. ^ http://homewoodflossmoorhighschool.net/alumni/2050185/chad-smith.html
  29. ^ Bedore, Gary (10 April 2007). "Wright certain right time here: Former H-F star says he's leaving Kansas to pursue NBA career". Chicago Tribune. "Wright, a Homewood-Flossmoor product who averaged 12.7 points and 6.3 rebounds his sophomore season at Kansas, first dreamed of playing in the NBA ..." 

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