Glenwood High School (Illinois)
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Glenwood High School of Chatham, Illinois
, is a public school located just south of the state capital, Springfield
. It is the only public high school in the Ball-Chatham School District, which is located in southern Sangamon County and includes the southern portion of the city of Springfield. Glenwood accommodates all children from Chatham, Glenarm
, and part of Springfield. It currently enrolls 1305 students.
put up a referendum and won funding, allowing it to move the high school again, to its current location at 1501 East Plummer Blvd. The new 27-million-dollar building was built to accommodate Glenwood's rapidly growing list of pupils.
examination is optional, and few students elect to take this test. In 2008, though, one GHS student scored 2350 and was a National Merit Scholar. Currently, there are four students in the 2010 graduating class advancing in the National Merit competition as semifinalists. Current academic averages are:
ACT
PSAE Meets/Exceeds
(IHSA) sports, including: baseball
(boys), basketball
(boys' teams and girls' teams), competitive cheerleading
(girls' teams and boys/girls team), cross country
(boys/girls), football
(boys), golf
(boys' teams and girls' teams), soccer (boys' teams and girls' teams), softball
(girls), swimming
(boys' teams and girls' teams), tennis
(boys' teams and girls' teams), track & field (boys' teams and girls' teams), volleyball
(girls), wrestling
(boys), Mock Trial
, Show Choir
, Speech
, and Scholastic Bowl. The school also participates in ice hockey
competition outside the IHSA.
GHS is noted regionally for its sports teams. They have a longstanding rivalry with Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
, a Catholic school in nearby Springfield. Most notably, Glenwood won the 1996 IHSA Class AA State Baseball Championship, 1998 IHSA Class 4A State Football Championship, 2005 IHSA Class AA State Boys' Soccer Championship, 2007 IHSA Class AA State Cross-Country Runner-up, 2009 IHSA Class 3A State Softball Runner-up, 2009 IHSA 3A State Baseball Runner-up, and 2009 IHSA 2A State Girl's Soccer Runner-up. Additionally, the boys' cross-country team won the Central State Eight Conference from 1992 to 2002. Recently, the Titans won the 3A State baseball championship in 2010, and both the baseball and softball teams finished second in the state in their respective divisions in 2009.
The Scholastic Bowl team has recently found great success at Glenwood. Under the tutelage of longtime coach and former teacher Dale Boyd, the Titans have won four regional championships in the past five years. In the 2009-10 season, Glenwood found their impressive run interrupted at the sectional championship by Carbondale High School, the defending AA state champions. However, the Titans nonetheless competed in their first ever national championship appearance in late May, the NAQT HSNCT in Chicago. Glenwood was impressive, finishing with a record of 7-3 after pool play, advancing into the playoff bracket, where they would finish in the top 35 of 200 competing teams nationally. The Titans finished the season with a record of 93-14, and Coach Boyd garnered his 1000th career win and an induction into the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Hall of Fame.
The mascot
of Glenwood High is the Titans
. The previous mascot, the Redskin
s, was changed to the more culturally sensitive "Titans" by the school district in August 2001, upon the opening of the new high-school facility. This action upset some Chatham residents who had previously defeated several referendums seeking to change the Redskin mascot. The Redskin mascot continues to appear on the Chatham water tower.
Notable athletes from Glenwood High School include Major League Baseball
player Jayson Werth
.
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Chatham, Illinois
Chatham is a village in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. The population was 11,500 as of the 2010 census. The village lies along the original alignment of historic U.S...
, is a public school located just south of the state capital, Springfield
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...
. It is the only public high school in the Ball-Chatham School District, which is located in southern Sangamon County and includes the southern portion of the city of Springfield. Glenwood accommodates all children from Chatham, Glenarm
Glenarm, Illinois
Glenarm is an unincorporated community in Sangamon County, Illinois, United States. Glenarm is located along Interstate 55 south of Springfield. Glenarm has a post office with ZIP code 62536.-Education:...
, and part of Springfield. It currently enrolls 1305 students.
History
Originally located in Chatham, the school has moved twice. As the district outgrew the original school, Glenwood was moved eastward, where it was not confined by the residential boundaries of the older locations. In more recent years, however, that location likewise became too crowded. The school districtSchool district
School districts are a form of special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools.-United States:...
put up a referendum and won funding, allowing it to move the high school again, to its current location at 1501 East Plummer Blvd. The new 27-million-dollar building was built to accommodate Glenwood's rapidly growing list of pupils.
Academic statistics
Glenwood High School (GHS), based on the 2008 PSAE scores, was ranked in the top 50 high schools in Illinois. All students in Illinois are required to take the ACT examination during their junior year in high school. Each year, several GHS students score 34 or higher on the ACT's. In the class of 2010, one student scored a 36 on the ACT. The SATSAT
The SAT Reasoning Test is a standardized test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and developed by the College Board, a nonprofit organization in the United States. It was formerly developed, published, and scored by the Educational Testing Service which still...
examination is optional, and few students elect to take this test. In 2008, though, one GHS student scored 2350 and was a National Merit Scholar. Currently, there are four students in the 2010 graduating class advancing in the National Merit competition as semifinalists. Current academic averages are:
ACT
- Composite: 22.2
- English: 21.7
- Math: 21.6
- Reading: 22.9
- Science: 22.2
PSAE Meets/Exceeds
- Reading: 63.3%
- Math: 60.7%
- Writing: 67.0%
- Science: 63.5%
- Social Studies: 63.4%
Sports
Glenwood participates in various Illinois High School AssociationIllinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association is one of 521 state high school associations in the United States, designed to regulate competition in most interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level. It is a charter member of the National Federation of State High...
(IHSA) sports, including: baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
(boys), basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
(boys' teams and girls' teams), competitive cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
(girls' teams and boys/girls team), cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
(boys/girls), football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
(boys), golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
(boys' teams and girls' teams), soccer (boys' teams and girls' teams), softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
(girls), swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
(boys' teams and girls' teams), tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
(boys' teams and girls' teams), track & field (boys' teams and girls' teams), volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
(girls), wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
(boys), Mock Trial
Mock trial
A Mock Trial is an act or imitation trial. It is similar to a moot court, but mock trials simulate lower-court trials, while moot court simulates appellate court hearings. Attorneys preparing for a real trial might use a mock trial consisting of volunteers as role players to test theories or...
, Show Choir
Show choir
A show choir is a group of people who combine choral singing with dance movements, sometimes within the context of a specific idea or story.-History:...
, Speech
Speech
Speech is the human faculty of speaking.It may also refer to:* Public speaking, the process of speaking to a group of people* Manner of articulation, how the body parts involved in making speech are manipulated...
, and Scholastic Bowl. The school also participates in ice hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
competition outside the IHSA.
GHS is noted regionally for its sports teams. They have a longstanding rivalry with Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
Sacred Heart-Griffin High School
Sacred Heart-Griffin High School, often abbreviated SHG, is Springfield, Illinois' largest private high school. The school is Roman Catholic and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. On the school's campus is a motherhouse for a Dominican order of religious...
, a Catholic school in nearby Springfield. Most notably, Glenwood won the 1996 IHSA Class AA State Baseball Championship, 1998 IHSA Class 4A State Football Championship, 2005 IHSA Class AA State Boys' Soccer Championship, 2007 IHSA Class AA State Cross-Country Runner-up, 2009 IHSA Class 3A State Softball Runner-up, 2009 IHSA 3A State Baseball Runner-up, and 2009 IHSA 2A State Girl's Soccer Runner-up. Additionally, the boys' cross-country team won the Central State Eight Conference from 1992 to 2002. Recently, the Titans won the 3A State baseball championship in 2010, and both the baseball and softball teams finished second in the state in their respective divisions in 2009.
The Scholastic Bowl team has recently found great success at Glenwood. Under the tutelage of longtime coach and former teacher Dale Boyd, the Titans have won four regional championships in the past five years. In the 2009-10 season, Glenwood found their impressive run interrupted at the sectional championship by Carbondale High School, the defending AA state champions. However, the Titans nonetheless competed in their first ever national championship appearance in late May, the NAQT HSNCT in Chicago. Glenwood was impressive, finishing with a record of 7-3 after pool play, advancing into the playoff bracket, where they would finish in the top 35 of 200 competing teams nationally. The Titans finished the season with a record of 93-14, and Coach Boyd garnered his 1000th career win and an induction into the Illinois High School Scholastic Bowl Hall of Fame.
The mascot
Mascot
The term mascot – defined as a term for any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck – colloquially includes anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name...
of Glenwood High is the Titans
Titan (mythology)
In Greek mythology, the Titans were a race of powerful deities, descendants of Gaia and Uranus, that ruled during the legendary Golden Age....
. The previous mascot, the Redskin
Redskin
"Redskin" is a racial descriptor for Native Americans and one of the color metaphors for race used in North America and Europe since European colonization of America...
s, was changed to the more culturally sensitive "Titans" by the school district in August 2001, upon the opening of the new high-school facility. This action upset some Chatham residents who had previously defeated several referendums seeking to change the Redskin mascot. The Redskin mascot continues to appear on the Chatham water tower.
Notable athletes from Glenwood High School include Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player Jayson Werth
Jayson Werth
Jayson Richard Gowan Werth is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. He has previously played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Los Angeles Dodgers, and Philadelphia Phillies. He bats and throws right-handed.-Background:Werth was born in...
.
Demographics
- Racial/Ethnic Background
- White: 94.3%
- Black: 1.6%
- Hispanic: 1.1%
- Asian: 2.4%
- Native American: 0.6%
- Other Data
- Low Income: 4.6%
- Limited English Proficiency: 0.2%
- Dropout Rate: 0.7%
- Chronic Truancy: 0.2%
External links
- Glenwood High School official website
- Glenwood High School (GreatSchools Inc. website)
- GHS Illinois School Report Card - 2004 (Glenwood High School website)
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