Abingdon-Avon High School

Abingdon-Avon High School
Address
600 W. Martin St Abingdon , Illinois USA
Information
Type	Public secondary
Principal	Mr. Shane Gordon
Faculty	35
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	289
Campus	Small city
Color(s)	Black, Yellow, Hunter
Mascot	Tornadoes
Website	[1]

Abingdon-Avon High School, or AAHS, is a public four-year high school located in Abingdon, Illinois. AAHS is part of Abingdon-Avon Community Unit School District 276, which also includes Abingdon-Avon Middle School, and Hedding Elementary School, and Avon Elementary.

Academics

Abingdon-Avon High School offers a comprehensive academic and vocational program. Students are required to take four years of English, three years of math, three years of science, three years of social studies, Consumer's Education, Driver's Education, Health, four years of Physical Education, and 9.5 credits of electives. Electives offered include; Spanish 1 - 3, Choir, Band, Agriculture, Industrial Arts, Art, Family and Consumer Science, Business, and Technology. In addition to the full array of course offerings in house, students have the opportunity to attend all of the courses offered at the Galesburg Area Vocational Center. In 2014 the school district began practicing "1:1 computing" by issuing each student an HP 14 Chromebook.

Athletics

Abingdon-Avon High School competes in the Prairieland Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Teams are stylized as the Tornadoes. In 2013, the Volleyball team reached the IHSA Class 2A Sweet Sixteen before falling to Fulton High School in the Farmington sectional. Also in 2013, the football team finished the regular season 7 - 2, advancing to the second round of the IHSA playoffs before falling to Ottawa Marquette High School.

References

• Abingdon Community Unit School District 217
• Interactive Illinois Report Card
• Illinois High School Association

External links

• Abingdon High School