Bowen High School (Chicago)
| Bowen High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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2710 E. 89th Street Chicago, Illinois, 60617 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°44′04″N 87°33′26″W / 41.73444°N 87.55722°WCoordinates: 41°44′04″N 87°33′26″W / 41.73444°N 87.55722°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Motto | "Education stops, Not at the close of a book, But at the end of one's life." |
| Established |
1876 1910 (present building) |
| School district | Chicago Public Schools |
| CEEB Code | 140882[1] |
| Principal | Nia M. Abdullah |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Coed |
| Enrollment | 398 (2013-14) [2] |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Purple Gold |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Public League |
| Mascot | Boilermakers |
| Team name | Bowen Boilermakers |
| Newspaper | Bowen Arrow |
| Website | http://www.bowenhs.org/ |
James H. Bowen High School (known as Bowen High School) is a public 4-year high school located in the South Chicago neighborhood on the far south side of Chicago, Illinois. It is operated by the Chicago Public Schools district. From 1993 until 2011, Bowen was divided into four smaller schools. Today, the smaller schools have been re-consolidated back into one school.[3]
History
Founded in 1876 as an elementary school, Bowen was named for a man known as "the father of South Chicago", James H. Bowen. Before the school moved to its present location, it was located on Houston Avenue. Over time, that building began to serve high schoolers as well as younger students.[4] The present building was designed by Dwight Perkins. By the 1930s, Bowen's student body had grown to 4,600 due to the growing population of immigrants of Polish and Slavic descent in the South Chicago area.[5]
Athletics
Bowen competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). The boys' baseball team were Public League champions in 1953-54. The boys' soccer team were Public League champions three times (1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82). [6]
Notable alumni
- Phil Collins, former MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, St. Louis Cardinals)
- Andrew Davis, film director.
- Eli Grba, former baseball player who pitched in the 1960 World Series as a member of the New York Yankees.
- Bill Haarlow, early professional basketball player.
- Billy Holm, former MLB player (Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox)
- Joni James, MGM Records star who sold more than 100 million singles and albums worldwide beginning in 1952, four years after graduating from Bowen.
- Gene Krupa, drummer.[7]
- Edward M. Lerner, science fiction author and technologist.
- Tony Piet, baseball player
- Ed Schwartz, radio host who worked at WIND, WGN, and WLUP in Chicago.[8]
- Marc Smith, creator of slam poetry.
- Ed Winceniak, former MLB player (Chicago Cubs)
References
- ↑ "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 4 January 2010.
- ↑ "Chicago Public Schools: Bowen High School". Chicago Public Schools.
- ↑ "Learn more about Bowen High School". Bowen High School.
- ↑ CELEBRATING BOWEN HIGH SCHOOL'S 100th ANNIVERSARY
- ↑ Bowen High School
- ↑ IHSA Chicago (Bowen)
- ↑ You Can't Steal a Gift: Dizzy, Clark, Milt, and Nat
- ↑ "Chicago Public Schools Alumni-Journalists & Media Personalities-Eddie Schwartz". Chicago Public Schools. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
External links
- Facebook: Bowen High School
- Official Bowen High School Alumni Association Inc.
- Bowen High School Website