- Lake Zurich High School (Lake Zurich, Illinois)
Infobox Secondary school
name = Lake Zurich High School
motto = "Where Excellence is a Tradition"
established = 1929
principal = Kimberly Kolze
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 300 Church Street
Lake Zurich
state =Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 2,178 [ [http://www.schoolmatters.com/schools.aspx/q/page=sl/sid=64148/midx=CPEnrollment Lake Zurich High School Lake Zurich, IL School Matters ] ]
faculty = 173
campus =Suburban
newspaper = "Bear Facts"
yearbook =
mascot =Bears
colors = Blue, White, and Black
website =
picture =Lake Zurich High School, or LZHS, is a public four-year
high school located inLake Zurich, Illinois , a northwest suburb ofChicago, Illinois , in theUnited States . It is part of Community Unit School District 95 which is home to six elementary schools and two middle schools.History
Lake Zurich High school first opened its doors to students in 1926 as Ela-Vernon High School, serving Ela and Vernon Townships in
Lake County, Illinois . In 1964, area residents built a second high school which was to be called Ela-Vernon East. A series of disagreements between Vernon Township residents and Ela Township residents led to the split of the school district and Stevenson High School opened in nearby Lincolnshire drawing students from the eastern half of Ela Township and all of Vernon Township. As a result of the split, a rivalry existed between the schools, and each fall the football teams competed for what was known as "The Cannon". The Cannon was a miniature steel replica of the real thing, and fired a blank shotgun shell when teams entered the field, and or scored a touchdown. The Cannon was retired in 1982, after Stevenson and Lake Zurich discontinued their football rivalry, as a result of a differing enrollment and different athletic conference affiliations. Lake Zurich won the last game involving the cannon in 1982. Students from Lake Zurich, Kildeer, Deer Park, North Barrington, and Hawthorn Woods attend Lake Zurich High School.Academics and Athletics
Lake Zurich competes in the North Suburban Conference and
Illinois High School Association . Its mascot is theBear . In 2006 the school installedartificial turf for its stadium at a cost of $625,000. [ [http://www.publicschoolreview.com/school_ov/school_id/25560 Lake Zurich High School - Lake Zurich, Illinois/IL - Public School Profile ] ]2007 LZ Football team: 13-1 (6-0) Conference Champions & Class 7A STATE CHAMPIONS
On Saturday November 24, 2007, the Lake Zurich H.S. Bears won the Class 7A Championship in football defeating the Wheaton-Warrenville South Tigers 7-3 at the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium in Champaign, IL. [ [http://www.ihsa.org/activity/fb/2007-08/7box7.htm#GAME.IND IHSA Boys Football Class 7A State Final Results ] ]
Activities
The Lake Zurich High School Marching Band was noted by ESPN Radio AM 1000 as a band that looks like a college band. Since 2006, LZHS Marching Band has performed at Northwestern University's half time show at band day, the University of Illinois' IHSA Football State Finals, McDonald's Chicago Thanksgiving Parade, and the 2008 London New Years Parade. Their motto in 2008-2009 was "Half Time is Game Time."
The Lake Zurich High School (LZHS) Jazz Ensemble has been named a national finalist in the prestigious Essentially Ellington High School Jazz Band Competition & Festival May 18-20, 2006 at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York City, NY. The group was the only Jazz band selected from the state of Illinois, and is one of only 15 bands selected as a finalist for the national competition.
The Lake Zurich High School's (LZHS) Drama Department performance of "Urinetown" was selected by USA Weekend Magazine as a state winner (Illinois) for "Best High School Musicals in America". [ [http://besthighschoolmusical.blogspot.com/search/label/ILLINOIS Best High School Musical: ILLINOIS ] ] The cast and crew performed the play twice Jan 5-6, 2007 at the University of Illinois during the Illinois High School Theatre Festival. Previous shows performed by Lake Zurich at the Festival include "The Diviners" in 2005 and "Quilters" in 2003.
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