Harry D. Jacobs High School

Harry Darnell Jacobs High School
Established	1975
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Ami Engel
Students	2523
Grades	9-12
Location	2601 Bunker Hill, Algonquin, Illinois, United States Of America
Oversight	Community Unit School District 300
Colors	Brown and Gold
Mascot	Golden Eagles
Newspaper	'The Talon'
Website	http://jhs.d300.org/

Harry D. Jacobs High School (commonly referred to as Jacobs or HDJ) is a public high school for students in grades 9 through 12 located in Algonquin, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago, serving students from the west half of the Village of Algonquin and its surrounding areas, including Lake in the Hills, Gilberts, some of Sleepy Hollow, and some of West Dundee, Illinois. The school is located in McHenry County, Illinois but also draws students from Northern Kane County.

Harry D. Jacobs High School is part of Community Unit School District 300, and one of three high schools serving the district. Feeder schools to Jacobs include Westfield Community School, Dundee Middle School, and Algonquin Middle School. The school is a member of the Illinois High School Association, Fox Valley Conference.

Feeder patterns

Elementary schools that feed into Harry D. Jacobs High School include:

Full

• Lake in the Hills
• Lincoln Prairie
• Neubert
• Westfield Community School- Elementary School
• Liberty

Partial

• Dundee Highlands
• Gilberts
• Sleepy Hollow
• Gary D. Wright
• Eastview

Middle schools that feed into Harry D. Jacobs High School include:

• Westfield Community School- Middle School
• Dundee Middle School (partial)
• Algonquin Middle School (partial)

The school colors are brown and gold, and the mascot is the 'Golden Eagle'.

Academics

In terms of Advanced Placement (AP) courses, the school offers Music Theory, Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Art Studio, U.S. History, Government and Politics, English Language, English Literature. The school also offers one of the two courses in AP English and AP Calculus. For the 2012-2013 school year, Jacobs plans to offer an AP Computer Programming class in addition to those above.

While there are no AP courses offered in foreign languages, students may take a fourth or fifth year of study in Spanish, French, or German and may opt to take the appropriate AP test.

Notable alumni

• Rockne Brubaker - (Class of 2004) figure skater. Brubaker and Keauna McLaughlin won the gold medal at two Junior Grand Prix events, the US National Junior title and the World Junior Championships during the 2006-07 season. In 2008, the duo won medals in two Grand Prix events and were US National Champions at the senior level.
• Smoking Popes - A rock band that was formed in the early 1990s. They signed to Capitol Records in 1994 but then split up a few years later. The band reunited in November 2005 and remain active today.
• Evan Jager - Professional runner for Nike. Former state champion in cross country and multiple state champion in track & field, including winning the 3200m relay in a state record time. Ran the 5000m in the 2009 World Championships. Also has run a 3:54.35 in the mile.
• Jack Mertes - The marketing Genius and leading salesman behind the Chicago Bandits, women's professional softball team

Alexis Brown - 2011 Rhodes Scholar http://host.madison.com/ct/news/local/education/university/uw-madison-student-completely-stunned-to-be-rhodes-scholar/article_b59f3e30-19bd-11e1-818d-001cc4c002e0.html

References

Alexander R Kembitzky-Responsible for the founding of the MLPS

External links

• Official website