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==History==
==History==
The name "Lake Park" is derived from the campuses being between [[Lake Street (Chicago)|"Lake" Street]] and [[Illinois Route 19|Irving "Park" Road]]. The citizens of northwestern [[DuPage County, Illinois]] founded Lake Park High School District 108 in 1953, and the doors opened at what is now East Campus, 600 South Medinah Road, Roselle, in September 1956 to 320 students. In less than twenty years, the number of students
The name "Lake Park" is derived from the campuses being between [[Lake Street (Chicago)|"Lake" Street]] and [[Illinois Route 19|Irving "Park" Road]]. The citizens of northwestern [[DuPage County, Illinois]] founded Lake Park High School District 108 in 1953, and the doors opened at what is now East Campus, 600 South Medinah Road, Roselle, in September 1956 to 320 students. In less than twenty years, the number of students
had increased substantially and West Campus was built in 1975.<ref name="test">[http://www.lphs.org/about/facts/ http://www.lphs.org/about/facts/],</ref> The east campus borders the [[Medinah Country Club]]
had increased substantially and West Campus was built in 1975.<ref name="test">[http://www.lphs.org/about/facts/ http://www.lphs.org/about/facts/] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101206175622/http://lphs.org/about/facts/ |date=December 6, 2010 }},</ref> The east campus borders the [[Medinah Country Club]]


==Academics==
==Academics==
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Lake Park offers more than 40 extracurricular activities: career and hobby organizations, competitive organizations, honorary organizations, performance organizations, publications, service and prevention organizations, and spirit organizations. Such activities include:
Lake Park offers more than 40 extracurricular activities: career and hobby organizations, competitive organizations, honorary organizations, performance organizations, publications, service and prevention organizations, and spirit organizations. Such activities include:
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*Earth Club<ref name="autogenerated2">http://lphs.org/activities/career_hobby_organizations/index.html</ref>
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*Fishing Club
*Fishing Club
*Hockey Club
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*Jazz Band
*Jazz Band
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*Chess Team <ref name="autogenerated3">http://lphs.org/activities/academic_competitive_orgs/</ref>
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*[[Rod Smolla]], 1971, President, Furman University, Greenville, SC
*[[Rod Smolla]], 1971, President, Furman University, Greenville, SC
*[[Robert Shallcross]], 1976, screenwriter and director of movies such as "Uncle Nino" (2003) "Bored Silly" (2000) and writer "Little Giants" (1994)
*[[Robert Shallcross]], 1976, screenwriter and director of movies such as "Uncle Nino" (2003) "Bored Silly" (2000) and writer "Little Giants" (1994)
*[[Sarah Zelenka]], 2005, rower at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Zelenka|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SarahZelenka.aspx|work=usrowing.org|accessdate=28 July 2012}}</ref>
*[[Sarah Zelenka]], 2005, rower at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Sarah Zelenka|url=http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SarahZelenka.aspx|work=usrowing.org|accessdate=28 July 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120729203958/http://www.usrowing.org/Pressbox/AthleteBios/SarahZelenka.aspx|archivedate=July 29, 2012|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
*[[Zachery Ziemek]], 2011, decathlete at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]]<ref name="Zach Ziemek bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-track/mtt/zach_ziemek_786737.html|website=uwbadgers.com|accessdate=15 September 2015}}</ref>
*[[Zachery Ziemek]], 2011, decathlete at the [[2015 World Championships in Athletics]]<ref name="Zach Ziemek bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-track/mtt/zach_ziemek_786737.html|website=uwbadgers.com|accessdate=15 September 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212612/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-track/mtt/zach_ziemek_786737.html|archivedate=September 20, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 16:41, 19 September 2017

For other places called Lake Park, see Lake Park.

Lake Park High School
Location
Map
600 S. Medinah Rd.
Roselle, IL 60172 (East)
500 W. Bryn Mawr Ave.
Roselle, IL 60172 (West)
,
Illinois

United States
CoordinatesEast Campus: 41°58′24″N 88°03′14″W / 41.973259°N 88.053768°W / 41.973259; -88.053768
West Campus: 41°58′36″N 88°05′37″W / 41.976768°N 88.093529°W / 41.976768; -88.093529
Information
TypePublic secondary
Established1956
School districtLake Park Community High School District 108
SuperintendentLynne Panega
PrincipalJohn Gouriotis
Faculty155.3 FTEs[1]
Grades9–10 (East)
11–12 (West)
Enrollment2,655 (as of 2014-15)[1]
Student to teacher ratio17.1:1[1]
CampusSuburban
Color(s)  Navy Blue
  Columbia Blue
  White
AthleticsDuPage Valley Conference
Illinois High School Association
Team nameLancers
AccreditationIllinois State Board of Education
ArchitectARCON Associates
Websitewww.lphs.org
[2]

Lake Park High School is a public, four-year high school occupying two campuses, both located in Roselle, Illinois, a northwestern suburb of Chicago. Freshmen and sophomores attend the East Campus (the original campus built in 1956), located near Medinah and juniors and seniors attend the West Campus. It is part of the Lake Park Community High School District 108. Students from Roselle, Medinah, Bloomingdale, Itasca, Wood Dale, Keeneyville, and Hanover Park attend the school.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,655 students and 155.3 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 17.1:1. There were 402 students (15.1% of enrollment) eligible for free lunch and 0 (0.0% of students) eligible for reduced-cost lunch.[1]

History

The name "Lake Park" is derived from the campuses being between "Lake" Street and Irving "Park" Road. The citizens of northwestern DuPage County, Illinois founded Lake Park High School District 108 in 1953, and the doors opened at what is now East Campus, 600 South Medinah Road, Roselle, in September 1956 to 320 students. In less than twenty years, the number of students had increased substantially and West Campus was built in 1975.[3] The east campus borders the Medinah Country Club

Academics

The school offers 20 Advanced Placement courses, such as: Business Education, Cooperative Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, Industrial Technology, and Fine Arts.

There are 340 teachers.

Technical Center of DuPage

Lake Park offers a program at the Technical Center of DuPage, more commonly known as TCD, to the upperclassmen. Those young adults take this opportunity to venture out into their field of choice to get hands on experience and receive college credits in the process.

Athletics

Lake Park has 28 athletic teams, of which there are 13 boys, 11 girls teams and 4 co-ed teams that compete in the DuPage Valley Conference and Illinois High School Association.

State titles

  • Boys Track - 1997, 2010, 2011, 2012 and 2013.[5]
  • Girls Bowling - 1986-87 and 1994-95[5]
  • Boys Bowling - 2008–2009[5]
  • Cheerleading (Coed) 2011[5]

Activities

Lake Park offers more than 40 extracurricular activities: career and hobby organizations, competitive organizations, honorary organizations, performance organizations, publications, service and prevention organizations, and spirit organizations. Such activities include:

  • Earth Club[6]
  • Fishing Club
  • Hockey Club
  • Art Club [6]
  • Montage
  • Dance Ensemble
  • Computer Club
  • Keyboarding Team
  • Group Interpretation
  • Winter Guard
  • College Unidos
  • Future Medical Professionals
  • French Club[6]
  • German Club[6]
  • Gamers Club[6]
  • GSA
  • NHS
  • Outspoken Artists Poetry Slam
  • Psychology Club[6]
  • Snowball Club
  • Spanish Club[6]
  • HOSA Club[6]
  • Family, Career, & Community Leaders of America[6]

Competitive organizations

  • Color Guard[7]
  • Contest Play[7]
  • Group Interpretation[7]
  • DECA[7]
  • FCCLA
  • Marching Band[8]
  • Speech Team[7]
  • Perspective
  • Theater
  • Scholastic Bowl
  • Math Team[7]
  • Jazz Band
  • Fishing Team[7]
  • Chess Team [7]
  • Youth and Government[7]
  • Winter Guard[7]
  • Science Olympiads[7]

Exchanges

Lake Park has an exchange program with Helene-Lange-Gymnasium in Hamburg, Germany, allowing students to experience each other's culture and lifestyle.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c d School data for Lake Park High School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed December 12, 2016.
  2. ^ "School Profile 2008" (PDF). Lake Park Community High School District 108. July 17, 2008. Retrieved April 3, 2009.[dead link]
  3. ^ http://www.lphs.org/about/facts/ Archived December 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine,
  4. ^ "Home". Lplancettes.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  5. ^ a b c d "School Directory". ihsa.org. Retrieved July 30, 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 18, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 27, 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Home". lakeparkband.com. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
  9. ^ "Duncan Rouleau". Masters of Comic Book Art. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 18, 2011. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "Duncan Rouleau Does the Heavy Lifting on "Metal Men"". Comic Book Resources. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  11. ^ "Don Schulze Statistics". Baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 18, 2011.
  12. ^ "Sarah Zelenka". usrowing.org. Archived from the original on July 29, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2012. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  13. ^ uwbadgers.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150920212612/http://www.uwbadgers.com/sports/m-track/mtt/zach_ziemek_786737.html. Archived from the original on September 20, 2015. Retrieved September 15, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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