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==History== |
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in 323 B.C. Carl Sandburg was arrested by the police for molesting an entire elementry school. the copa's found him guilty for some other shit too, but that wasnt important. Then he ditched the U.S. before his trail and went to Orland Park, Illinois, which was later discovered in the land of the awesome. Anyways, he castrated himself and put his remains across from Jewel and they built a school there. |
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In April 1952, two local school districts, Orland District 221 and Palos District 222 were consolidated into Consolidated High School District 230, for the express purpose of constructing a new high school.<ref name="new school article">{{Cite news | title = New School Will Be Named After Poet Carl Sandburg| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw1| date = 12 April 1953}}</ref> This new high school would replace an older high school which had been run by the Orland district at one of its grammar schools, along with rented space around the town for history, English, home economics, and science classes.<ref name="new school article"/> The new school was designed to serve 450 students.<ref name="new school article"/> The site of the school was an old corn field, which at the time was surrounded by a forest preserve, a lake, and a golf course.<ref name="1960 retrospect article">{{Cite news | last = Shepherd| first = Sylvia| title = Sandburg Grows Where Cornstalks Once Stood: OLD CORNFIELD IS HOME OF SANDBURG HIGH Offer Varied Program to 1,400 Students| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = s1| date = 8 December 1960}}</ref> |
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A school board resolution called for the new school to be named for Carl Sandburg, out of "a desire for historic significance transcending purely local associatons of the former school districts".<ref name="new school article"/> In April 1953, it was announced that the new high school building would be named for the poet, after Sandburg "consented and expressed his pleasure" in a letter to the school board.<ref name="new school article"/> At least until 1960, Sandburg visited the school every other year.<ref name="1960 retrospect article"/> |
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Ground breaking took place on the [[United States dollar|US$]]930,000 structure on 17 May 1953.<ref name="groundbreaking">{{Cite news | title = BREAK GROUND TODAY FOR NEW SANDBURG HIGH: Structure Will Cost $930,000| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw1| date = 17 May 1953}}</ref> The school was designed to be a one story structure with a central gymnasium/auditorium capable of holding 1,200 people.<ref name="groundbreaking"/> A smaller two story section was to house agriculture, science, and business education classes as well as the school's library.<ref name="groundbreaking"/> The school was built with the specific intent to build additions on to the building as the student population grew.<ref name="groundbreaking"/> The school opened for classes in September 1954.<ref>{{Cite news | title = ENROLMENT UP AS 2 COUNTIES OPEN SCHOOLS: Suburbs Ready 4 New Highs ENROLMENT UP AS 2 COUNTIES OPEN SCHOOLS| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw1| date = 5 September 1954}}</ref> The school was formally dedicated on 10 October 1954, with the school's namesake in attendance.<ref>{{Cite news | title = New $900,000 Orland Park High School, Named for Carl Sandburg, to Be Dedicated Today| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw1| date = 10 October 1954}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | last = Butcher| first = Fanny| title = THE LITERARY SPOTLIGHT: Dedication in that Downpour| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = g10| date = 24 October 1954| quote = ... the Carl Sandburg High school at Orland Park was dedicated, with Sandburg the guest of honor ... Carl had a moment of surprised triumph when one young athlete (feminine) arrived clad in a sweater with huge letters across the back reading "Carl Sandburg".}}</ref> |
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The district saw enormous growth, growing from 186 high school students just prior to the construction of the new school, to a projected population of over 900 for the 1956–57 school year.<ref name="annex planned article">{{Cite news | title = SANDBURG HIGH PLANS MILLION DOLLAR ANNEX: Addition Will Double Size of School| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = s12| date = 14 June 1956}}</ref> In the summer of 1956, construction began on the first major addition to the school; an addition that more than doubled the school's size.<ref name="annex planned article"/> The 1956–57 school year also saw students attend in split shifts to alleviate the overcrowding that was already occurring.<ref name="annex planned article"/> A second gym, primarily for use by girls, was opened ahead of the rest of the addition in January 1958.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Leo| first = Ralph| title = Second Gym Eliminates Night Chores of Sandburg Quintet: COACH JORSTAD BUILDS HOPES TO PASS RICH New Facilities Sharpen Veteran Squad| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = s8| date = 16 January 1958| quote = A new gymnasium, intended primarily for the use of 600 girls in an enrollment of 1,075 students, was used for the first time Monday at Carl Sandburg High school in Orland Park.}}</ref><ref name="addition opened">{{Cite news | title = TOURS TO OPEN NEW SANDBURG HIGH ADDITION| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw3| date = 18 May 1958}}</ref> The remainder of the new addition was ready in May 1958, expanding the school's capacity to 1,700 students.<ref name="addition opened"/> The original administration offices became the new book store, while the addition itself contained new classrooms and administrative offices, as well as expanded room for the music and industrial technology classes.<ref name="addition opened"/> |
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No sooner was the new addition occupied, when, in the autumn of 1958, the school board issued a bond referendum to raise over US$1 million to further expand the school, and to purchase property for the site of a future high school.<ref>{{Cite news | title = STUDENT RISE SPURS SCHOOL BOARD ACTION: District 230 Asks Bond Issue Seek to Enlarge Sandburg High| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw1| date = 16 November 1958| quote = The money will be used for an $841,000 addition to Carl Sandburg High school, and for purchase and development of a new site in the southern portion of Orland township.}}</ref> This second addition, finished for the 1960–61 school year, included ten new classrooms, a new library (the old library was subdivided to make new classrooms) and the school's first swimming pool.<ref>{{Cite news | title = SANDBURG HIGH ADDITION DUE BY SEPTEMBER| newspaper = Chicago Daily Tribune| pages = sw4| date = 29 May 1960| quote = An $841,000 addition to Carl Sandburg High school, Orland Park, will be completed in time for September classes ... Ten new classrooms will be built. The library will be divided into classrooms. A new library ... will have space for 20,000 books. Also included in the new construction is a swimming pool.}}</ref> |
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The next bond issue came in 1966; this time a US$3.5 million request from the electorate to finance additions at Sandbug and its now sister school, Stagg High School. As as a result, Sandburg saw more science laboratories as well as rooms for art, music, and industrial arts training.<ref>{{Cite news | title = School Bond Issue to Go to Voters| newspaper = Chicago Tribune| pages = r14| date = 20 November 1966| quote = Voters of Sandburg-Stagg High school district 230 will go to the polls on Dec. 3 to vote on a 3.5 million dollars bond issue ... The Sandburg annex will include science laboratories, and art, music, home economics, and industrial arts rooms. It will have space for 500 students.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news | title = EVANSTON OK'S 6.85 MILLION SCHOOL BONDS: Funds Will Complete Expansion Program| newspaper = Chicago Tribune| pages = j1| date = 4 December 1966| quote = In the Sandburg-Stagg High school district in the southwest suburbs, voters approved a 3.5 million dollar bond issue ...}}</ref> |
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When Carl Sandburg died in 1967, the school's choir performed at the official memorial tribute, held at the Chicago Public Library.<ref>{{Cite news | last = Powers| first = Irene| title = Carl Sandburg Tribute to Be His Kind of Thing| newspaper = Chicago Tribune| pages = b18| date = 11 September 1967| quote = The program will open with brief tribute from Gov. Kerner ... and Mayor Daley ... The audience will hear Gwendolyn Brooks ... read from his poems ... the "one song" will be sung by the Carl Sandburg High school choir.}}</ref> |
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==Academics== |
==Academics== |
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13300 S. LaGrange Rd. , 60462 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°38′59″N 87°51′23″W / 41.6496°N 87.8564°W |
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| School type | public secondary |
| Opened | 1954 |
| School district | Consolidated H.S. 230 |
| Superintendent | Dr. James Gay[1] |
| CEEB code | 143325[3] |
| Principal | Debbie Boniface[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 3,758[4] |
| Average class size | 22.7[4] |
| Campus size | 40 acres (0.16 km2)[5] |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | royal blue gold[6] |
| Athletics conference | Southwest Suburban |
| Team name | Eagles[6] |
| Newspaper | Aquila[7] |
| Yearbook | Poet[7] |
| Website | http://sandburg.d230.org/ |
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Carl Sandburg High School, Sandburg, or CSHS, is a public four-year high school located at the intersection of La Grange Road and 131st Street in Orland Park, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Consolidated High School District 230, which also includes Victor J. Andrew High School and Amos Alonzo Stagg High School. The school is named for Illinois-born poet, Carl Sandburg.
History
in 323 B.C. Carl Sandburg was arrested by the police for molesting an entire elementry school. the copa's found him guilty for some other shit too, but that wasnt important. Then he ditched the U.S. before his trail and went to Orland Park, Illinois, which was later discovered in the land of the awesome. Anyways, he castrated himself and put his remains across from Jewel and they built a school there.
Academics
In 2005, Sandburg had an average composite ACT score of 22.3 and graduated 98.1% of its senior class. The average class size is 19.2. Sandburg has made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[8]
Sandburg has been named one of Newsweek's top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years.
- 2003, Sandburg was ranked 607 [1]
- 2005, Sandburg was ranked 744 [2]
- 2006, Sandburg was ranked 967 [3]
- 2007, Sandburg was ranked 1114 [4]
- 2008, Sandburg was ranked 1282 [5]
Student life
Activities
Carl Sandburg High School currently has 5 different bands that are co-curricular. They include the entry level Varsity Band, higher up Symphonic Band II, and the top Symphonic Band I, in addition to Percussion Band II and Percussion Band I.
In early December 2008, the Sandburg Marching Eagles were selected to perform in the 56th Presidential Inaugural Parade in Washington D.C.[9]
Athletics
Sandburg competes in the Southwest Suburban Conference (SWSC) and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state of Illinois. School teams are stylized as the "Eagles".
The school sponsors interscholastic teams for young men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field, volleyball, and water polo.[10] Young men may compete in baseball, football, and wrestling, while young women may compete in badminton, cheerleading, and softball.[10] While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school's athletic department also sponsors a poms team.[10]
The following teams have placed in the top four of their respective IHSA sponsored state championship tournament or meet.[11]
- Baseball: State Champions (2001–02)
- Basketball (girls): 4th place (1997–98)
- Cheerleading: 3rd place (2007–08); State Champions (2005–06, 08–09)
- Cross Country (boys): 4th place (1981–82, 2006–07)
- Cross Country (girls): 4th place (2001–02); 3rd place (2002–03); 2nd place (1997–98)
- Football: semifinals (1993–94)
- Gymnastics (girls): 4th place (1996–97, 2000–01); 3rd place (1994–95); 2nd place (2008–09)
- Soccer (boys): 3rd place (1994–95); State Champions (1993–94, 2001–02, 02–03)
- Soccer (girls): 3rd place (2008–09); 2nd place (1995–96, 2000–01)
- Softball: 4th place (1993–94, 98–99, 2001–02); 3rd place (1992–93, 99–2000, 05–06); 2nd place (2000–01)
- Track & Field (boys): 3rd place (1976–77)
- Volleyball (boys): 2nd place (1996–97, 2000–01); State Champions (1995–96, 98–99, 99–2000)
- Volleyball (girls): 3rd place (1980–81); 2nd place (1981–82, 2001–02); State Champions (1998–99)
- Water Polo (boys): 4th place (2007–08); 2nd place (2008–09)
- Wrestling: 2nd place (1966–67); State Champions (2004–05, 05–06, 06–07)
Notable alumni
- Jeff Alm (1986) was an NFL defensive lineman (1990–93), playing his entire career with the Houston Oilers.[12][13][14]
- John Chiang (1980) is the current California State Controller (2007 - present).[15]
- Omowale Dada (2001) is a former Canadian Football League cornerback (2008), playing with the Edmonton Eskimos.[16]
- Pat Fitzgerald (1993) is the head football coach of Northwestern University (2006–present). He is a member of the College Football Hall of Fame.[17]
- Timothy Hanson (1997) is an Emmy Award-winning graphic designer and animator.[citation needed]
- Justin Hartley (1995) is an actor best known for his work on television (Passions, Smallville).[12]
- Adam Hochberg is a news correspondent for National Public Radio.[12]
- Dave Jones (1980) is a California Assemblyman (2004 - present).[15]
- Michael McDermott (1986) is a folk rock singer-songwriter.[12]
- Charlie Meyerson is the news director of WGN radio.[12]
- Jim Nussle (1978) is the former Director of the U. S. Office of Management and Budget (2007–09). He was also a former U.S. Congressman from Iowa (1991-2007).[12]
- Bill Rancic (1989) was the winner of The Apprentice: Season One.[12]
- Tim Regan (1999) is a former MLS defender (2001–08).[12]
- Jeff Roehl (1998) is a former NFL offensive tackle (2003–06).[12]
- Neal Sternecky is an illustrator and animator.[12]
- Robin Tunney (1990) is an actress known for her work on television (Prison Break, The Mentalist) and film (The Craft).[12]
- Paul Vallas is the former CEO of the Chicago Public Schools (1995–2001), and current superintendent of the Recovery School District of Louisiana.[12]
- Jed Zayner (2003) is an MLS defender, currently playing for the Columbus Crew.[18]
References
- ^ "Administration". directory. Consolidated High School District 230. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "Administrative Staff". directory. Carl Sandburg High School. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ a b c "2008 Illinois School Reeport Card for Carl Sandburg HS" (PDF). Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE). 2008. Retrieved 28 October 2009.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
1960 retrospect articlewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Orland Park (Sandburg)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 20 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ a b "Clubs & Activities". directory. Carl Sandburg High School. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ Illinois School Report Card
- ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28529419/
- ^ a b c "Carl Sandburg High School Athletic Department". Athletics 2000/Carl Sandburg High School. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Season summaries for Orland Park (Sandburg)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 6 October 2009. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Akouris, Tina (22 January 2008). "Sandburg Eagles". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 22 October 2009.
- ^ "Jeffrey Lawrence Alm". statistics & biographical information. databasefootball.com. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
- ^ Bell, Taylor (24 May 2008). "Sandburg's Schofield fast to rise". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
Now Schofield ranks among the top 10 prospects in the Class of 2009 ... He is the most recruited player to come out of the Orland Park school since Jeff Alm in the 1980s. Alm later played at Notre Dame and in the NFL.
- ^ a b Yamamura, Kevin (8 May 2006). "The Buzz: Political roots". Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, CA, USA.
State Assemblyman Dave Jones and Board of Equalization member John Chiang once won an election on the same ticket by opposing disco music. In 1979, the two became student body president and vice president of Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Ill., a suburb of Chicago.
- ^ "Omowale Dada". statistics and biographic sketch. Washington State University Athletic Department. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
Earned eight varsity letters at Carl Sandburg High in three sports, football, basketball and track ...
- ^ Northwestern hires Fitzgerald as football coach
- ^ "Jed Zayner". statistics & professional information. Columbus Crew. Retrieved 21 October 2009.
A four-year starter at Carl Sandburg High School in Orland Park, Ill., which he helped lead to state titles in 2001 and 2002 and a 55-game winning streak ...