Waukegan High School

Waukegan High School
Address
2325 Brookside Avenue
Waukegan, Illinois 60085
United States
Coordinates 34°10′09″N 73°14′33″E / 34.1693°N 73.2425°E / 34.1693; 73.2425 (Brookside)
42°21′31″N 87°50′39″W / 42.35855°N 87.844148°W / 42.35855; -87.844148 (Washington)
Information
School type Public
Opened 1870
School district Waukegan Community Unit School District 60
Superintendent Theresa Plascencia
Principal Timothy Bryner
Teaching staff 215.00 FTE
Grades 9–12
Gender coed
Number of students 4,476 (2014-15)[1]
Average class size 20.4 [2]
Campus Suburban
School color(s)      purple
     green
     gold
Song The Purple, Green And Gold
Fight song The Purple, Green And Gold
Athletics conference North Suburban Conference
Mascot Bulldog
Nickname Bulldogs
Team name Waukegan Bulldogs
Accreditation AdvancED[3]
Average ACT scores 22
Newspaper The Dog Times
Website http://schools.wps60.org/

Waukegan High School, or WHS, is a public four-year high school located in Waukegan, Illinois, USA, a city to the north of Chicago, Illinois. It is part of Waukegan Community Unit School District 60. Students attend classes at the Washington Campus (EAST Campus), located at 1011 Washington Street, and also at the Brookside Campus (WEST Campus), at 2325 Brookside Avenue. WHS first opened its doors in 1870 in the east campus. West campus was built to accommodate the baby boomer generation after WWII and originally held the Freshmen and Sophomore classes, while East Campus housed the Junior and Senior classes. West Campus is known today as Brookside Campus. Between the 1975–76 school year, and the 1989–90 school year, Waukegan High School split into two completely separate campuses. The East (Washington) campus is considered to be one and the same as the current and previous Waukegan High School. The West (Brookside) Campus was, during those years, a separate high school.

Athletics

The Waukegan Bulldogs are members of the North Suburban Conference. They also compete as a part of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which sponsors the state tournaments for most of the sports and activities in the state.

During the time when Waukegan High School was split into the East and West schools, East retained the "Bulldog" nickname that had been in use, while the West school took the name "Raiders". When the schools merged again, the traditional Bulldog name was retained, however, a pirate's eye patch was added to depictions of the bulldog to honor the "Raiders" legacy of the West campus.[4]

Waukegan sponsors the following interscholastic athletic teams for men and women: basketball, cross country, track, swimming, golf, soccer, and volleyball. Men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling. Women may compete in badminton, softball, cheerleading, and tennis.

While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors teams in pom poms for women, and coed teams in drill team and rifle team.[5]

The following teams have finished in the top four of their respective state championship tournaments, sponsored by the IHSA:[6]

  • Baseball: 2nd place (1959–60); State Champions (1970–71, 1982–83)
  • Basketball (boys): 4th place (1958–59); 2nd place (2008–09); 3rd place (2009–10)
  • Cross Country (boys): 3rd place (1993–94)
  • Golf (boys): 4th place (1939–40); 3rd place (1957–58); 2nd place (1953–54, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1969–70)
  • Golf (girls): 4th place (1976–77, 1977–78, 1983–84); 3rd place (1992–93); 2nd place (1981–82); State Champions (1975–76, 1980–81, 1991–92)
  • Track & Field (boys): 4th place (1926–27); 3rd place (1982–83, 1989–90); 2nd place (1953–54); State Champions (1979–80)
  • Track & Field (girls): 3rd place (1994–95); 2nd place (1995–96)
  • Wrestling: 4th place (1953–54, 1960–61, 1991–92, 1993–94, 2000–01); 3rd place (1956–57, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1971–72, 1981–82); 2nd place (1950–51, 1951–52, 1961–62, 1990–91); State Champions (1957–58, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1965–66)

The 1982–83 baseball state title, the 1983–84 4th place finish in girls golf, and the 1989–90 3rd place finish in boys track & field were won by Waukegan West High School. The IHSA recognizes the current Waukegan High School as the caretaker of these victories.[6]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Waukegan High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 25, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/getReport.aspx?year=2014&code=3404906000022_e.pdf
  3. ↑ Institution Summary, AdvancED, Retrieved 2012-07-11
  4. ↑ "Waukegan HS history". Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  5. ↑ "Waukegan HS Athletic Department". www.athletics2000.com.
  6. 1 2 "Season Summaries for Waukegan High School". www.ihsa.org. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 Bell, Taylor; Waukegan: High School of the Week; 3 October 2007; Chicago Sun- Times; accessed 13 April 2009
  8. ↑ "11th Round of the 1990 MLB June Amateur Draft - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  9. ↑ "1931 - 1940 Illinois State Society History: Jack Benny". illinoisstatesoceity.typepad.com.
  10. ↑ "Corky Calhoun Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
  11. ↑ "Johnny Dickshot Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  12. ↑ Schwartz, Larry; Automatic Otto defined versatility; espn.com; accessed 11 April 2009
  13. ↑ "Otto Graham stats and profil". www.databasefootball.com. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2009.
  14. ↑ "Jermaine Lewis stats and profile at Arena Football League". AFL. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  15. ↑ http://www.slammersillinois.com/instructors/derek-mitchell
  16. ↑ "Jerome Whitehead Stats - Basketball-Reference.com". Basketball-Reference.com.
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