Oak Lawn Community High School Explained

Oak Lawn Community High School
Streetaddress:9400 Southwest Highway
Zipcode:60453
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.7216°N -87.7677°W
District:Oak Lawn Comm. HS 229
Superintendent:Dr. Shahe Bagdasarian[1]
Principal:Dr. Lauren May
Ratio:17.77
Teaching Staff:102.59 (FTE)
Grade11:449 students
Grade12:485 students
Avg Class Size:24[2]
Act:20.2
Campus Type:Suburban
Conference:South Suburban Conference[3]
Mascot:Sparty the Spartan
Yearbook:Shield[4]
Newspaper:Spartanite
Opened:1952
Grade9:437 students
Grade10:444 students
Enrollment:1,815 (2020–21)[5]
Homepage:http://www.olchs.org

Oak Lawn Community High School, is a public four-year high school in Oak Lawn, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. The name "Spartans" and the colors Kelly Green and White were chosen by a committee in tribute to the Michigan State University Spartans, who won the Rose Bowl in 1954.

The school, as a part of Oak Lawn Community High School District 229, serves sections of Oak Lawn, Bridgeview, Chicago Ridge, and Hometown.[6]

Academics

In 2009, OLCHS had an average composite ACT score of 20.2, and graduated 91.6% of its senior class. The school has not made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) on the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which is the state assessment used to fulfill mandates of the federal No Child Left Behind Act. Overall, the school failed to meet minimum standards in reading and mathematics, in addition to having two student subgroups fail to meet expectations in reading, and one subgroup fail to meet expectations in mathematics.

Athletics and Clubs

Oak Lawn competes in the South Suburban Conference (SSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA); the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities for high schools in the state. Teams are stylized as the Spartans.

The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, soccer, swimming & diving, track & field, volleyball, speech, and theater.[7] Young men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, golf, softball, and tennis. There is also a coed bass fishing team. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors a poms team for young women.

The following teams have won or placed top four at their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet:[8]

The Oak Lawn Community High School Spartans currently play their home games at Napleton Field.

Notable alumni

  1. Web site: District/School Administrators. directory. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. November 18, 2009.
  2. Web site: Illinois District Report Card. Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2009. November 18, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110727142412/https://www.olchs.org/assets/publicrelations/School-Report-Card-2009.pdf. July 27, 2011.
  3. Web site: Oak Lawn (Community). Illinois High School Association (IHSA). November 17, 2009. November 18, 2009.
  4. Web site: Activities. directory. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. November 18, 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100128222334/http://www.olchs.org/activities/index.asp. January 28, 2010.
  5. Web site: Oak Lawn Comm High School. National Center for Education Statistics. July 14, 2022.
  6. "District Boundaries." Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. Retrieved on January 18, 2017.
  7. Web site: Athletic Teams. directory. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. November 18, 2009.
  8. Web site: School Directory | IHSA .
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  16. http://www.ihsa.org/announce/2005-06/060412.htm IHSA Announces 100 Legends of Boys Basketball Tournament; 12 April 2006; accessed 1 January 2009
  17. https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/k/kupeccj01.html C.J. Kupec stats & bio; basketball-reference.com; accessed 1 January 2009
  18. News: Vorva. Jeff. Baseball's Winter Meetings. Beacon News. Aurora, Illinois, USA. December 9, 2005. November 18, 2009. Thursday, the (White) Sox acquired Mackowiak, who attended Oak Lawn High School and South Suburban College, from the Pittsburgh Pirates for relief pitcher Damaso Marte..
  19. Web site: Timothy G. Purpura – Alumni Hall of Fame. biographic sketch. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. 2005. April 29, 2022.
  20. Web site: William A. Reiners – Alumni Hall of Fame. biographic sketch. Oak Lawn Community High School District 229. 2015. April 29, 2022.
  21. Web site: Home . 2023-12-20 . www.first.bank . en.
  22. News: EC alum, Dave Wills, looking forward to ninth season behind Tampa Bay microphone . March 1, 2019 . The Leader . March 3, 2013.

Notable faculty