DuSable High School explained

DuSable High School
Streetaddress:4934 S. Wabash Avenue
City:Chicago
State:Illinois
Zipcode:60615
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.8047°N -87.625°W
District:Chicago Public Schools
Principal:Demetra D. Richardson–Starks (Bronzeville)
Leonetta C. Sanders
(Williams Prep)
Ceeb:140981 (Bronzeville)
141109 (Williams Prep)[1]
Gender:Coed
Grades:9–12
Campus Type:Urban
Conference:Chicago Public League[2]
Motto:"Peace if possible, but justice at any rate."
Accreditation:North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Team Name:Panthers
Colors: Red
Black
Yearbook:Red and Black[3]
Opened:February 4, 1935
2005 (Bronzeville)
2005 (Williams Prep)
Closed:2016 (DuSable Leadership)
Enrollment:119 (Bronzeville; 2024–25)[4]
84 (Williams Prep; 2024–25)[5]
Module:
DuSable High School
Embed:yes
Designated Other1 Name:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Date:May 1, 2013
Designated Other1 Abbr:CL
Designated Other1 Link:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Color:
  1. aaccff
Location:4934 S. Wabash Avenue
Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:41.8047°N -87.625°W
Area:Grand Boulevard
Built:1931–1934
Architect:Paul Gerhardt Sr.
Architecture:PWA Moderne
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Jean Baptiste Point DuSable High School is a public 4–year high school campus in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Chicago Public Schools and named after Chicago's first permanent non-native settler, Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable. Constructed between 1931 and 1934, DuSable opened in 1935.

Since 2005, the school campus has served as home to two smaller schools: the Bronzeville Scholastic Institute and the Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine. Both of the schools use the DuSable name in an athletics context.[6] The DuSable Leadership Academy was also housed at the location until it closed after the 2015–16 school year.[7] The school building was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2013.[8]

History

In 1929, the Chicago Board of Education voted to construct a new school building at East 49th Street and South Wabash Avenue due to the overcrowding conditions at Wendell Phillips Academy High School. Construction on the school began in February 1931 with an estimated cost of $2,500,000.[9] Designed by the school board's architect Paul Gerhardt Sr.,[10] The completion date was estimated January 1932 but construction of the school was suspended in December 1931 due to funding issues. Construction resumed on the school in 1934. The school opened on February 4, 1935, and was called New Wendell Phillips High School. New Phillips was a part of a five high school expansion that included Lane Tech High School, Steinmetz High School, Senn High School, and Wells High School.[11]

On April 25, 1936, the school's name was changed to honor Jean Baptiste Point DuSable, the first non-native to settle the area; however there was a delay in implementing the name, as the exact spelling was in dispute.[12] During the 1940s on thru the 1960s, DuSable enrollment was more than 4,000 which prompted two graduation ceremonies (spring and summer). During this period, DuSable became notable for its music program: Captain Walter Dyett was the longtime music instructor at the school. By the early 1960s, DuSable became surrounded by the Robert Taylor Homes, a Chicago Housing Authority public housing project and approximately 80% of the student population were residents.[13]

Renaissance 2010

With the demolition of the Robert Taylor Homes (demolition occurred in stages between 1998 and 2007), student enrolment at DuSable had substantially declined. Because of this, in 2003, Chicago Public Schools decided to phase out DuSable: the history of poor academic performance was also a factor. In 2005, three schools were opened in the building as a part of the Renaissance 2010 program. The three new schools: Bronzeville Scholastic Institute, Daniel Hale Williams School of Medicine and DuSable Leadership Academy were created by DuSable staff members.[14] The DuSable Leadership Academy which was a part of the Betty Shabazz International Charter School was phased out due to poor academic performance and closed after the 2015–16 school year.

Small schools

Bronzeville

Bronzeville Scholastic Institute High School (BSI) is a public 4–year high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois, United States.[15] The school is named after the community in which it is located, Bronzeville. In 1930, the editor of the Chicago Bee used the name in a campaign to elect the "mayor of Bronzeville". After a physician was elected in 1945, the community began to use the name Bronzeville. It reflected both the dominant skin color of the members of the community, and an attempt to raise the community's and outsiders' favor toward the area, as the word "bronze" had a more positive connotation than "black."[16] Bronzeville Scholastic Institute was opened in 2005 as a Performance School[17] in the Chicago Public Schools' Renaissance 2010, which was an effort to create more quality schools across the city of Chicago.[18]

Williams Prep

Daniel Hale Williams Preparatory School of Medicine High School (DHW) is a public 4–year career academy high school and academic center The academic center serves 9th through 12th grade students. The school opened in September 2005 as a part of the Chicago Public Schools' Renaissance 2010 program. The school is named for Daniel Hale Williams, an African-American doctor who performed the first successful open heart surgery.[19] Helping minority students get into medical school and become future members of the medical field is central to DHW's mission and vision. The school celebrated its first graduating class in 2011.

Academics

Williams Medical Prep High School is rated a 5 out of 10 by GreatSchools.org, a national school quality information site. [20] GreatSchools’ Summary Rating is based on four of the school’s themed ratings: the Test Score Rating, Student or Academic Progress Rating, College Readiness Rating, and Equity Rating and flags for discipline and attendance disparities at a school.

Other information

Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Board of Education opened a birth control clinic in the school in June 1985, in efforts to lower the school's high teen-age pregnancy and drop-out rates.[21] The opening of the clinic caused worldwide controversy.[22] [23] [24] [25] The school once held an inner sanctuary that had many different animals, including peacocks, a goat, snakes, pigeons, chickens, and various other species. Emiel Hamberlin, the schools' biology teacher and sanctuary was featured in the March 1977 issue of Ebony magazine.[26] In 1995, with funding from NASA, DuSable became the first public high school in Chicago to be connected to the Internet.[27] DuSable principal Charles Mingo created the "Second-Chance Program", a program that served as an alternative school for recent high school drop-outs and adults looking to earn a high school diploma in 1994.[28]

Crime and gang violence

In November 1949, 16–year old LaVon Cain was shot to death at the school after a group of females began firing shots at another group of female students. 19–year-old Edwina Howard and two other teenage girls were charged in the shooting.[29] The shooting is recorded as one of the first fatal shootings in a Chicago public school.[30] In October 1959, two female students were sexually assaulted by a male mail carrier in the school.[31] In September 1968, twelve students were arrested in a gang retaliation shooting at the school. By 1976, the school had developed a reputation for concurring problems with gang violence.[32] In January 1986, a 15–year-old male student was stabbed by another student.[33] On October 13, 1987, 15–year-old freshmen Dartagnan Young was shot to death in a gang–related shooting in the hallway on the school's third floor shortly after 8 a.m. by 16–year-old sophomore Larry Sims.[34] [35] Witnesses said Young was shot after arguing with Sims over street–gang activity from the previous day. The murder prompted some students to transfer from DuSable that day and days following.[36] [37]

Athletics

DuSable competes in the Chicago Public League (CPL) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). DuSable sport teams are nicknamed Panthers. The boys' basketball team were Public League champions two times (1952–53, 1953–54) and regional champions twice (2011–12, 2012–13), Sectionals champion in 2012. The girls' track and field team were Class AA in 1977–78. The boys' track and field were public league champions in 1937–38 and placed 3rd during the 1941–42 season.[38]

Notable alumni

Public service

Sports

Alumni gallery

Notable staff

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High School Code Search. College Board. October 24, 2013. August 30, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090830044201/http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_code/codeSearchHighschool.jsp. dead.
  2. Web site: Chicago (DuSable). Illinois High School Association (IHSA). December 31, 2009. January 3, 2010.
  3. http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/Dusable-High-School/107006 DuSable High School 1963 Yearbook, Chicago, IL
  4. https://www.cps.edu/schools/schoolprofiles/bronzeville-hs Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Bronzeville Scholastic Academy High School
  5. https://www.cps.edu/schools/schoolprofiles/williams-hs Chicago Public Schools (CPS) Daniel Hale Williams Prep High School of Medicine
  6. http://www.maxpreps.com/high-schools/_qP2CyY12kysCxHPTIe1QA/dusable-panthers/home.htm DuSable High School
  7. http://www.suntimes.com/news/education/22909521-418/cps-announces-possible-exceptions-to-school-closing-moratorium.html "CPS Announces Possible Exceptions to School Closing Moratorium,"
  8. http://www.enewspf.com/latest-news/school-news/42697-mayor-emanuel-honors-dusable-high-school-as-a-community-cornerstone-presents-landmark-plaque-to-school-alumni-and-ald-pat-dowell-3rd.html Mayor Emanuel Honors DuSable High School as a Community Cornerstone, Presents Landmark Plaque to School Alumni and Ald. Pat Dowell (3rd)
  9. News: New Phillips High School To Open Tomorrow: Classes Also to Continue in Old Building. Chicago Daily Tribune. S5. February 3, 1935.
  10. http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/dcd/Zoning%20Application/ExhibADuSablFinalReport.pdf Landmark Designation Report: DuSable High School, 2012
  11. News: NEW $6,000,000 Lane Technical To Open Sept. 17 :School Finest of Kind; Capacity 7,000 Students. Chicago Daily Tribune. 10. August 26, 1934.
  12. News: Provines. Julie. Front Views and Profiles. Chicago Daily Tribune. 15. April 23, 1936. One hundred and fifty-seven years ago, Jean Baptiste Point de Saible ... settled in Chicago ... and last week his memory was honored with the changing of the name of the new Wendell Phillips High School ... The full name of the school is to be used but ... the principal of the school has cautioned the teachers not to write the name until they have been given official confirmation of the spelling ....
  13. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1995-02-12/features/9502150314_1_students-teachers-new-trier-high-school Separate But Equal The Financing Of Public Education In Illinois Works Like This: Dusable Spends $6,000 Per Student, New Trier Spends $12,000 February 12, 1995
  14. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-09-28/news/0409280258_1_9th-graders-7th-graders-teachers Three schools to open at DuSable next year – Chicago Tribune: (September 28, 2004)
  15. https://maps.google.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&q=bronzeville%20scholastic%20institute&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl School Location – Bronzeville
  16. Web site: Bronzeville History . May 18, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20050313191832/http://www.iit.edu/~bronzeville-stories/history.html . March 13, 2005 .
  17. Web site: Renaissance 2010: New School Profiles . December 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081103082125/http://www.ren2010.cps.k12.il.us/profiles.shtml . November 3, 2008 . dead .
  18. Web site: Renaissance 2010 . December 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509200756/http://ren2010.cps.k12.il.us/ . May 9, 2009 . dead .
  19. http://data.aacom.org/events/annualmtg/2007/CommAwards/mwu%20community%20service.pdf Data – Williams Prep HS
  20. Web site: Best High Schools in Chicago, IL GreatSchools . 2024-07-25 . GreatSchools.org.
  21. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-10-10/news/8503090029_1_full-service-clinic-birth-control-contraceptives Chicago Tribune, Birth Control At Du Sable Approved Board Still Backs Clinic At School, October 10, 1985
  22. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-09-26/news/8503050448_1_school-based-health-birth-control-clinic Chicago Tribune, Teen Clinic Wins On Birth Control, September 26, 1985
  23. https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2199&dat=19850924&id=CsAzAAAAIBAJ&sjid=w-UFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3752,5512570 Controversy Surrounds High School Birth Control Clinic
  24. http://www.csmonitor.com/1986/1118/hclin-f.html The battle over birth control – Contraceptives in schools. DuSable clinic at heart of controversy. By Hattie Clark, Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor / November 18, 1986
  25. https://books.google.com/books?id=xeDIr9Ni0uAC&dq=dusable+high+school&pg=PA37 Ebony, October 1986
  26. https://books.google.com/books?id=Ac4DAAAAMBAJ Ebony, March 1977
  27. D. G. York . M.-M. Mac Low . B. Brown . L. M. Franco . L. M. Rebull . C. Graziani . J. Lauroesch . DuSable High School Internet Project and its influence in connecting Chicago Public Schools to the Internet . . 1998 . 27.05 . 192 . 1998AAS...192.2705Y .
  28. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1994-10-04/news/9410040279_1_high-school-diploma-second-chance-school-second-chance-program Chicago Tribune, Dropping Back In: Dusable High School Gives Hopefuls Another Shot At Their Diplomas, October 4, 1994
  29. https://casetext.com/case/the-people-v-rivers Casetext – The People v. Rivers
  30. https://books.google.com/books?id=IEMDAAAAMBAJ&dq=Dusable+High+School&pg=PA12 Slain Girl's Parents Sue School Board (Jet Magazine: November 29, 1951)
  31. http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1959/10/22/page/63/article/du-sable-high-invader-tells-of-raping-two Chicago Tribune – DuSable High Invader Tells Of Raping Two – October 22, 1959
  32. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1993-03-10/news/9303190679_1_gang-war-gangster-disciples-gang-members Living In A War Zone Called Taylor Homes: Residents Trapped In Battles Over Drug Turf, Chicago Tribune, March 10, 1993
  33. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1986-01-30/news/8601080288_1_stabbing-student-charged Student Charged In School Stabbing – Chicago Tribune (January 30, 1986)
  34. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1987-10-16/news/8703180212_1_anti-gang-program-students-du-sable-high-school $3 Million Bond Set In Student`s Slaying – Chicago Tribune (October 16, 1987)
  35. Web site: Student Killed at Chicago High School . AP News Archive. October 14, 1987. March 18, 2014.
  36. Web site: Witnesses Describe Du Sable Killing . Chicago Tribune. September 27, 1989. March 18, 2014.
  37. https://books.google.com/books?id=1CtzAwAAQBAJ&dq=dusable+high+school+shooting&pg=PA191 1 Broadcast Newswriting: The RTDNA Reference Guide, A Manual for Professionals By Mervin Block
  38. http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/d.htm IHSA: Chicago (DuSable)
  39. 'Judge William Cousins dies;Harvard grad was prosecutor and independent alderman,' Chicago Sun-Times, January 22, 2018
  40. Web site: Chuck Winfrey . . December 7, 2015.
  41. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-08-21/entertainment/ct-ent-0821-jazz-dusable-20130821_1_walter-dyett-band-gene-ammons Saluting Capt. Walter Dyett, who made stars at DuSable: Chicago Tribune (August 21, 2013)
  42. Web site: Former principal of DuSable High Charles Mingo dies Chicago Sun-Times (February 7, 2012) . May 30, 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140531105435/http://www.suntimes.com/news/obituaries/10478529-418/former-principalof-dusable-highcharles-mingo-dies.html#.U4kPFvldWSp . May 31, 2014 . dead .
  43. http://clinton2.nara.gov/WH/EOP/First_Lady/html/columns/HRC0527.html "Talking it Over: Hillary Rodham Clinton," May 27, 1998
  44. http://www.csmonitor.com/1998/1117/111798.feat.feat.6.html/(page)/3 A school's revolution in reading High school basics
  45. http://legacy.suntimes.com/obituaries/chicagosuntimes/obituary.aspx?pid=155781883 Charles E. Mingo Obituary
  46. Web site: Margaret Taylor-Burroughs. biographic sketch. Chicago Public Schools. January 3, 2010.
  47. Book: Illinois House Resolution 0802. November 2, 2007. Springfield, IL, USA. Illinois House of Representatives (95th General Assembly). (lines 18–19) ... she then went to teach at DuSable High School for 23 years ....

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