Carl Sandburg High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Carl Sandburg High School
picture =
principal = Deborah Boniface
established = 1954
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 13300 S. LaGrange Rd.
Orland Park
state = Illinois
country =
enrollment = 3,776
faculty = 325
campus = Suburban
mascot = Eagles
colors = Royal Blue, and Gold
newspaper = "The Aquila"
yearbook = "The Poet"
website = [http://sandburg.d230.org/ sandburg.d230.org]

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.

History

Construction of Carl Sandburg High School began in May 1953 and by September 1954, classes were in session. [ [http://district.d230.org/uploads/05%2006%20Student%20Handbook.pdf Student Handbook] ] Carl Sandburg himself attended the school's dedication in 1954. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=schools&id=3999239 abc7chicago.com: School Days: Carl Sandburg High School 3/17/06 ] ] School legend suggests that Carl Sandburg, the school's namesake, once visited the school but lacked any form of identification. He was told to leave. Later that day, with an ID, he was welcomed in and an assembly was held in his honor.Fact|date=February 2007

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. [ [http://district.d230.org/uploads/CSFY05.pdf Illinois School Report Card] ]

Sandburg is the #1 ranked high school in the south suburbs on the Prairie State Achievement Exam. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=schools&id=3999239 abc7chicago.com: School Days: Carl Sandburg High School 3/17/06 ] ]

Sandburg has been named one of "Newsweek's" top 1,000 schools on several occasions in recent years.
*2003, Sandburg was ranked 607 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6362098/site/newsweek/page/7/]
*2005, Sandburg was ranked 757 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8759025/site/newsweek/page/8/]
*2006, Sandburg was ranked 967 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12532678/site/newsweek/?s=900&np=12&sort=raa]
*2007, Sandburg was ranked 1037 [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1257&search=&start=1000&limit=100&year=2007&]

Athletics

Sandburg has 30 athletic teams, of 14 boys and 16 girls teams, which play in the Southwest Suburban Conference, SouthWest Suburban Conference - Blue Division (football), and Illinois High School Association (IHSA). Sandburg's mascot is the Eagle.

Since 1985, Sandburg athletic teams have won 152 IHSA Sectional Championships and 12 State Team Championships. [ [http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=schools&id=3999239 abc7chicago.com: School Days: Carl Sandburg High School 3/17/06 ] ]

andburg Fight Song

:Stand up for Sandburg:The mighty gold and the blue;:Let's cheer our team to VICTORY:And to this emblem we'll be true:Come on and win now, you Eagles;:You've got to fight on for our fame.:Our team will fight on to VICTORY:Go Sandburg High and win this game!

tate Championships

Team Championships

Individual Championships

Activities

Theater

1997-1998
*Fall Play, "Our Town" by Thornton Wilder
*Spring Musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein

1998-1999
*Fall Play, "Through Our Eyes" by Cast
*Spring Musical, "Oliver!" by Lionel Bart

1999-2000
*Fall Play, "A Midsummer Night's Dream" by William Shakespeare
*Spring Musical, "" by Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, and Arthur Laurents

2000-2001
*Fall Play, "Teenage Wasteland" by Anne Tyler and "Baby with the Bathwater" by Christopher Durang
*Spring Musical, "My Fair Lady" by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederic Loewe

2001-2002
*Fall Play, "The Laramie Project" by Moisés Kaufman
*Spring Musical, "West Side Story" by Arthur Laurents, Leonard Bernstein, and Stephen Sondheim

2002-2003
*Fall Play, "You Can't Take It with You" by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart
*Spring Musical, "Les Misérables" by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boublil, and Herbert Kretzmer

2003-2004
*Fall Play, "Metamorphoses" by Mary Zimmerman
*Spring Musical, "Jekyll & Hyde" by Steve Cuden, Frank Wildhorn and Leslie Bricusse

2004-2005
*Fall Play, "The Last Night of Ballyhoo" by Alfred Uhry
*Spring Musical, "Into the Woods" by Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine

2005-2006
*Fall Play, "The Bacchae" by Euripides
*Spring Musical, "Fiddler on the Roof" by Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein

2006-2007
*Fall Play, "The Complete History of America (Abridged)" by Adam Long, Reed Martin, and Austin Tichenor
*Spring Musical, "Guys and Dolls" by Jo Swerling, Abe Burrows, and Frank Loesser

2007-2008
*Fall Play, "The Diary of Anne Frank"
*Spring Musical, "My Favorite Year" by Joseph Dougherty, Lynn Ahrens, and Stephen Flaherty

2008-2009
*Fall Play, "A Wrinkle in Time"
*Spring Musical, "TBA"

Notable alumni

*Jeff Alm, 1986, professional football player with Houston Oilers, 1990-1993
*Omowale Dada, 2001, professional football player with Seattle Seahawks, 2007-present
*Brad Fiorenza, 1998, cast member of (2004)
*Pat Fitzgerald, 1993, Head football coach of Northwestern University (youngest Division I-A head football coach). [ [http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/wire?section=ncf&id=2512379 Northwestern hires Fitzgerald as football coach] ]
*Justin Hartley, 1995, actor on Passions and Smallville
*Michael McDermott, 1986, singer/songwriter
*Bill Rancic, 1989, winner of
*Tim Regan, 1999, professional soccer player with Red Bull New York (2003 - present)
*Jeff Roehl, 1998, former professional football player with New York Giants
*Robin Tunney, 1990, actress on Prison Break
*Jed Zayner, 2003, professional soccer player with Columbus Crew (2006 - present)

References

External links

* [http://sandburg.d230.org/ Official website]