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Revision as of 20:37, 14 June 2013
Indian Prairie School District 204 (sometimes abbreviated IPSD) serves students from the Illinois communities of Aurora, Bolingbrook, Plainfield and Naperville. Currently one preschool, twenty-one elementary schools, seven middle schools, three high schools, and one alternative high school are in the district. There are thirty-one District 204 schools in Naperville and Aurora and one in Bolingbrook. The third high school (Metea Valley High School) opened in Aurora in August 2009. This prompted Waubonsie Valley High School's Gold Campus to be converted into a seventh middle school known as Gregory Fischer Middle School.
History
The district was formed in 1972 by the mergers of Wheatland Elementary District 40, Elementary District 90 and Indian Plains Elementary District 182. The district began as a Kindergarten-8th Grade (K-8) district, with its students attending Naperville Central High School for 9th Grade-12th Grade until Waubonsie Valley High School was constructed for District 204 and opened in 1975. The district opened eleven buildings during the 1990s, at all levels of primary and secondary education.Neuqua Valley High School was introduced to the district in 1997. Another two elementary buildings were opened in 2001-2002, another in 2007, and a third high school, called Metea Valley High School, opened in 2009, to relieve overpopulation of Neuqua Valley High School and Waubonsie Valley High School.
Elementary Schools and Preschools
| School's name | School's namesake | Location | Mascot | Principal | Year opened | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie Children's Preschool | Aurora | 1998 | Sally Osborne | Brookdale Elementary School | Brookdale subdivision | Naperville | Bobcats | Brian LeCrone | 1985 | ||
| Brooks Elementary School | Gwendolyn Brooks | Aurora | Tigers | Tyrone Smith | 1995 | ||||||
| Builta Elementary School | Wayne Builta, former teacher at Waubonsie Valley | Bolingbrook | Badgers | Maranda Van Waning | 1999 | ||||||
| Clow Elementary School | Robert E. Clow, school board president | Naperville | Cougars | Sarah Nowak | 1979 | ||||||
| Cowlishaw Elementary School | Mary Lou Cowlishaw, retired member of the Illinois General Assembly | Naperville | Koalas | Claudette Walton | 1997 | ||||||
| Fry Elementary School | Fry family, longtime residents of Will County, Illinois | Naperville | Foxes | Dave Younce | 2001 | ||||||
| Georgetown Elementary School | Georgetown subdivision | Aurora | Hawks | Kim Stephens | 1986 | ||||||
| Gombert Elementary School | Peter M. Gombert, former Associate Superintendent for Business | Aurora | Gators | Jeremy Ricken | 1998 | ||||||
| Graham Elementary School | V. Blanche Graham, former teacher and principal | Naperville | Falcons | Joan Peterson | 1996 | ||||||
| Kendall Elementary School | Oliver Julian Kendall, World War I casualty from Naperville | Naperville | Patriots | Lena Guerrieri | 1998 | ||||||
| Longwood Elementary School | Longwood subdivision | Naperville | Lions | Laura Johnston | 1972 | ||||||
| McCarty Elementary School | McCarty Brothers (Founders of Aurora) | Aurora | Mustangs | Kim Earlenbaugh | 1989 | ||||||
| Owen Elementary School | Owen Wavrinek, former School Board President [1] | Naperville | Owls | Jason Bednar | 2002 | ||||||
| Patterson Elementary School | Patterson family, early settlers of Wheatland Township, Will County, Illinois. | Naperville | Prairie Dogs | Michelle Frost | 1993 | ||||||
| Peterson Elementary School | Danielle Joy Peterson, a district graduate and former employee, now deceased | Naperville | Panthers | Terri Russell | 2007 | ||||||
| Spring Brook Elementary School | Spring Brook subdivision | Naperville | Huskies | Dave Worst | 1990 | ||||||
| Steck Elementary School | Reba O. Steck, former teacher | Aurora | Eagles | Elizabeth Pohlmann | 1992 | ||||||
| Watts Elementary School/ | May Watts* | Naperville | Wolverines | Mike Raczack | 1989 | ||||||
| Welch Elementary School | Arlene Welch, former teacher | Naperville | White Tigers | Kenneth Bonomo | 1999 | ||||||
| White Eagle Elementary School | White Eagle subdivision | Aurora | Wolves | Jon Vogel | 1995 | ||||||
| Young Elementary School | Nancy Young, former librarian | Aurora | Dolphins | Adrienne Morgan | 1999 |
Middle schools
| School's name | School's namesake | Location | Mascot | Principal | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crone Middle School | Clifford Crone, former superintendent | Naperville | Panthers | Allan Davenport | 1997 |
| Fischer Middle School | Gregory Fischer, Educator | Aurora (in the converted Gold Campus of Waubonsie) | Falcons | Jennifer Nonnemacher | 2009 |
| Granger Middle School | Francis Granger, early resident of DuPage County, Illinois | Aurora | Grizzlies | Mary Kelly | 1993 |
| Gregory Middle School | Gordon Arthur Gregory, former school board president | Naperville | Pioneers | Stephen Severson | 1987 |
| Hill Middle School | Thayer J. Hill, first superintendent of IPSD 204. | Naperville | Trailblazers | Darrell Echols | 1981 |
| Scullen Middle School | Thomas G. Scullen, former superintendent | Naperville | Sharks | Mark Truckenbrod | 2001 |
| Still Middle School | Jeffrey C. Still, former teacher at Waubonsie Valley and Granger | Aurora | Bulldogs | Kimberly Cornish | 1997 |
High schools
| School's name | School's namesake | Location | Mascot and Colors | Principal | Year opened |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian Plains Alternative High School | Aurora | Hawks Green and Blue | Josh Haas | ||
| Waubonsie Valley High School | Waubonsie, chief of the Potawatomi | Aurora | Warriors Green and Gold | Jason Stipp | 1975 |
| Neuqua Valley High School | Neuqua, son of Waubonsie | Naperville | Wildcats Blue and Gold | Robert McBride Jr. | 1997 |
| Metea Valley High School | Metea, chief of the Potawatomi | Aurora | Mustangs Black and Gold | Jim Schmid | 2009 |
References
- ^ Owen Elementary School is the only elementary school in the district to use its namesake's first name (or the name of the subdivision the school was constructed in) for the building, rather than the last name.