Julian High School (Chicago, Illinois)
Encyclopedia
Percy L. Julian High School (known as Julian High School), located in Chicago
, Illinois
is a public
four-year high school. It's part of the Chicago Public Schools
.
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
, Illinois
Illinois
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is a public
Public
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four-year high school. It's part of the Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools, commonly abbreviated as CPS by local residents and politicians and officially classified as City of Chicago School District #299 for funding and districting reasons, is a large school district that manages over 600 public elementary and high schools in Chicago, Illinois...
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History
It is named in the memory of Percy Lavon Julian, an African-American research chemist who died in April 1975.External links
- Official CPS Page For Julian High School
- http://www.greatschools.org/illinois/chicago/1183-Julian-High-School