Schaumburg High School
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Schaumburg High School, or SHS is a public four-year high school located in Schaumburg, Illinois
, a northwest suburb of Chicago
, Illinois
, in the United States.
Currently, as well as for the next couple of years, Schaumburg High School is undergoing a massive reconstruction product in which 13 new classrooms, a new grand foyer, busport, administration center, three new science labs, and handicap accessibility will be added to the high school. This is a part of the larger District 211 construction projects on Conant, Hoffman Estates, and Schaumburg High Schools.
Schaumburg High School serves students who reside in Schaumburg, the south side of Hoffman Estates and the northern Cook County section of Hanover Park.
score of 21.7, and graduated 92.5% of its senior class. Schaumburg has not made Adequate Yearly Progress
(AYP) according to the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
, because two subgroups failed to achieve AYP in reading, and another did not achieve AYP in reading and math. The school is, as of 2008, on its third year of academic watch status.
The United States Department of Education
has recognized Schaumburg High School as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
(IHSA), which governs most interscholastic sports and activities in the state. Its mascot is the Saxons
.
Schaumburg sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women in basketball
, cross country
, golf
, gymnastics
, soccer, swimming & diving
, tennis
, track & field, volleyball
, and water polo
. Young men may compete in baseball
, football
, wrestling
, while young women may compete in badminton
, bowling
, and softball
. The school also sponsors teams for young men and women in lacrosse
, though this sport is not sponsored by the IHSA.
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet.
Schaumburg, Illinois
Schaumburg is a city located in Cook County in northeastern Illinois. A common misspelling of the city name is Schaumberg, a spelling which persists on some modern maps. Schaumburg is located just under northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately northwest of O'Hare International Airport. As...
, a northwest suburb of Chicago
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
Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,...
, in the United States.
History
Schaumburg High School opened on September 17th 1970. It is accredited by the North Central Association and has earned full recognition status by the State Superintendent of Schools in the State of Illinois.Currently, as well as for the next couple of years, Schaumburg High School is undergoing a massive reconstruction product in which 13 new classrooms, a new grand foyer, busport, administration center, three new science labs, and handicap accessibility will be added to the high school. This is a part of the larger District 211 construction projects on Conant, Hoffman Estates, and Schaumburg High Schools.
Schaumburg High School serves students who reside in Schaumburg, the south side of Hoffman Estates and the northern Cook County section of Hanover Park.
Academics
In 2008, Schaumburg had an average composite ACTACT (examination)
The ACT is a standardized test for high school achievement and college admissions in the United States produced by ACT, Inc. It was first administered in November 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test...
score of 21.7, and graduated 92.5% of its senior class. Schaumburg has not made Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress
Adequate Yearly Progress, or AYP, is a measurement defined by the United States federal No Child Left Behind Act that allows the U.S. Department of Education to determine how every public school and school district in the country is performing academically according to results on standardized...
(AYP) according to the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act
No Child Left Behind Act
The No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is a United States Act of Congress concerning the education of children in public schools.NCLB was originally proposed by the administration of George W. Bush immediately after he took office...
, because two subgroups failed to achieve AYP in reading, and another did not achieve AYP in reading and math. The school is, as of 2008, on its third year of academic watch status.
The United States Department of Education
United States Department of Education
The United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
has recognized Schaumburg High School as a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
Athletics
Schaumburg is a member of the Mid-Suburban League. It is also a member of the 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), which governs most interscholastic sports and activities in the state. Its mascot is the Saxons
Saxons
The Saxons were a confederation of Germanic tribes originating on the North German plain. The Saxons earliest known area of settlement is Northern Albingia, an area approximately that of modern Holstein...
.
Schaumburg sponsors interscholastic athletic teams for young men and women in 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...
, 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...
, 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....
, gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
, soccer, swimming & diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, 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...
, track & field, 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...
, and water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
. Young men may compete in 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...
, football
High school football
High school football, in North America, refers to the game of football as it is played in the United States and Canada. It ranks among the most popular interscholastic sports in both of these nations....
, 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...
, while young women may compete in badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, bowling
Bowling
Bowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
, and 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...
. The school also sponsors teams for young men and women in lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, though this sport is not sponsored by the IHSA.
The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state tournament or meet.
- Baseball: 2nd place (1988-89); State Champions (1996-97); 7th place (2005-06)
- Basketball (boys): 4th place (1998-99); State Champions (2000-01)
- Bowling (girls): 3rd place (1973-74, 82-83, 2006-07); 2nd place (1972-73, 2007-08); State Champions (2003-04)
- Cross Country (boys): 4th place (1980-81, 95-96); 3rd place (1992-93, 98-99, 2006-07); 2nd place (1981-82, 91-92, 99-2000); State Champions (1985-86, 87-88, 88-89)
- Cross Country (girls): 4th place (1984-85, 2002-03); 2nd place (1986-87, 91-92); State Champions (1982-83, 1999-00,2010-11)
- Field Hockey (girls): State Champions (1977-78) -- discontinued by the IHSA
- Football: 2nd place (1999-2000)
- Gymnastics (girls): 3rd place (2010-11)
- Soccer (girls): 4th place (1988-89, 91-92); 3rd place (1990-91); State Champions (1992-93)
- Poms: 1st place (2008)(2011)
- Flags: 1st place in lyrical flag, tall flag, and State Grand Champions (2009-10)1st place in lyrical flag, 3rd in tall flag, and State Grand Champions (2010-11)
Notable alumni
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.