Addison Trail High School

Addison Trail High School, or ATHS, is a public four-year high school in DuPage County, located approximately half a mile east of Interstate 355 at the intersection of Army Trail Road and Lombard Road in Addison, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of DuPage High School District 88, which also includes Willowbrook High School. Addison Trail draws its students from Addison and unincorporated areas adjacent to Lombard and Wood Dale.

History

Addison Trail opened in 1966 and was originally to be named Army Trail High School, after the street that is situated on.^[9] The students that attended Addison Trail the year it opened were mostly transfers from York Community High School and Willowbrook High School, Addison Trail's sister school.

Academics

In 2008, Addison Trail had an average composite ACT score of 25.5 and graduated 98.5% of its senior class.^[4] Addison Trail has met Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which with the ACT, comprise the assessments used to fulfill the mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.^[4] The school as a whole exceeded expectations in reading, and three of the four students subgroups met the expectations in both mathematics and reading.^[4]

In 2009, Newsweek, using the Challenge Index, ranked Addison Trail #491 in its list of the top 1,500 public high schools in America.^[10]

Athletics

Addison Trail competes in the West Suburban Conference. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. Addison Trail's teams are stylized as the Blazers.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving; tennis, track & field, and volleyball. Young men may also compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, bowling, cheerleading, and softball.^[11]

The following teams finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.^[12]

• Football: semifinals (1990—91, 91—92); 2nd place (1983—84 97—98)
• Gymnastics (boys): 4th place (1987—88); 3rd place (1982—83, 86—87, 88—89, 2002—03); 2nd place (1978—79, 83—84, 2001—02); State Champions (1976—77, 77—78, 79—80, 80—81, 81—82, 84—85, 85—86)
• Gymnastics (girls): State Champions (1977—78, 78—79, 79—80, 80—81, 90—91)
• Soccer (boys): 4th place (1989—90)
• Wrestling: 2nd place (1970—71); State Champions (1978—79, 79—80)
• Hockey State Champions (1993)
• Boys Swimming: 25th place(2009-2010)

Activities

Students are allowed to create their own clubs if they can meet requirements: enough student participants, a teacher sponsor, and that the club is school appropriate.

Notable alumni

• Mark Anelli (class of 1997) was an NFL tight end (2002), playing for the San Francisco 49ers.^[13][14]
• Toma Dobrosavljevic (class of 1999), Winner of Season 16 of NBC's ¨The Biggest Loser¨^[15]
• Jim Ellison, Founder and Lead Singer of the rock band Material Issue.
• Kyle Kinane (class of 1995), Stand-up comedian
• James Millns (class of 1967), with partner Colleen O'Connor, won three U.S. National Championships in ice dancing. The pair became the first Americans to medal in that event at the Olympics, winning the bronze medal at the 1976 Winter Olympics.^[16]
• Mark Rodenhauser, was an NFL center (1987—99).^[17]
• Suzi Schott, (class of 1979) Model and Actress, Playboy August 1984 Playmate
• Rocco Sisto (class of 1970) Actor, Played Richie Gazzo in Donnie Brasco and young Junior Soprano in The Sopranos.
• Lenae Williams (class of 1998) was a basketball player in the WNBA (2002) with the Detroit Shock.^[18][19]
• Mike Retondo, the bassist and backing vocalist for the band Plain White T's.
• Carmen Messina (class of 2007) NFL Linebacker for the Detroit Lions.
• Jennifer Avello (class of 2007) Internationally Published Fashion Photographer ^[20]
• Deborah Grubbe (class of 1973) First woman engineering director in Du Pont, a member of the committee for closure on disposing chemical weapons, became a VP of Safety at BP after the Texas City refinery incident, Member of NASA Aerospace Safety Advisory Panel from 2003-2012, Honorary Doctorate in Engineering, distinguished career in Project Management and safety.^[21]
• Denise Freier ( class of 1973, formerly Denise Falduto ), 35 yrs with IBM, currently Organizational Change Execuctive, Global Sales Transformation. Led IBM Women's Group in Midwest.
• Thomas Dymit (class of 1973 ) accomplished tenor ^[22]

References

External links

• Official website