| Oak Lawn Community High School | |
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| 9400 Southwest Highway Oak Lawn, Illinois, 60453 USA |
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| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1952 |
| School district | Oak Lawn Comm. HS 229 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Michael Riordan[1] |
| Principal | Dr. Michael Riordan[1] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 1,830[2] |
| Average class size | 20.1[2] |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | kelly green white[3] |
| Athletics conference | South Suburban Conference[3] |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Nickname | Spartans[3] |
| Team name | Spartans |
| Average ACT scores | 20.2[2] |
| Newspaper | 'Spartanite[4] |
| Yearbook | 'Shield[4] |
| Website | http://www.olchs.org |
Oak Lawn Community High School (OLCHS or "Oak Lawn"), is a school in the Chicago suburb of Oak Lawn, Illinois. The name "Spartans" and the colors Green and White were chosen by a committee in tribute to the Michigan State University Spartans, who won the Rose Bowl in 1954.
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In 2009, OLCHS had an average composite ACT score of 20.2, and graduated 91.6% of its senior class.[2] The school has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which is the state assessment used to fulfill mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.[2] Overall, the school failed to meet minimum standards in reading and mathematics, in addition to having two student subgroups fail to meet expectations in reading, and one subgroup fail to meet expectations in mathematics.[2]
Recently, OLCHS has been noted as a "joke" because of Herman Cain supporters running through the hallways. Michele Bachmann visited the school on 11/11/2011 and told students to "learn good." School spirit has plummeted recently due to an unforeseeable curly fry shortage in the cafeteria. There have been reports of a UFO constantly hovering over the school.
Oak Lawn competes in the South Suburban Conference (SSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA); the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities for high schools in the state. Teams are stylized as the Spartans.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, and volleyball.[5] Young men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, golf, softball, and tennis.[5] There is a coed bass fishing team.[5] While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a poms team for young women.[5]
The following teams have won their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet:[6]
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