| Sycamore High School | |
|---|---|
| Established | 1908 |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Principal | Tim Carlson |
| Students | 1,170 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Location | 1 Spartan Trail Sycamore, Illinois, USA |
| Campus | Urban/Rural |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Spartans |
| Yearbook | Leaves |
| Newspaper | Spartan Voice |
| Website | www.syc.dekalb.k12.il.us/Schools2/shs |
Sycamore High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located in Sycamore, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Sycamore Community Unit School District 427.
Contents |
In 2009, Sycamore had an average composite ACT score of 22.2, and graduated 88.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 24.1. Sycamore has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[1]
Sycamore was ranked #77 in Illinois according to the Chicago Sun-Times. [2]
Sycamore is a founding member of the Western Sun Conference. The school is a full member of the Illinois High School Association. Its mascot is the Spartans.
The school has two IHSA champions. The 2003 Girls Bowling team won the only class, and the 2007 Boys Cross Country team won Class 2A. The 2004 Boys Soccer team was state runner-up in Class 1A, and the 2007 Girls Volleyball team placed third in Class 3A. The boy's football team got to the quarterfinals in 2009. In 2010 and 2011 the Spartans Rugby-Football Club have held the Boys Tier 2 Championship in Rugby. [3] However, Rugby is not a sanctioned sport by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) [4] and does not receive funding from the school; they continually fund-raise through various events.
|
|||||
|
||||||||