Streamwood High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Streamwood High School

principal = Oscar Hawthorne
established = 1978
motto =
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 701 West Schaumburg Road
Streamwood
state = Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 2,311
faculty = 143
campus = Suburban
newspaper =
yearbook =
mascot = Sabres
colors = Black and Vegas Gold
website = [http://www.u-46.org/shs/ www.u-46.org/shs]
picture =

Streamwood High School, or SHS, is a public four-year high school located in Streamwood, Illinois, a north-west suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Elgin Area School District U46, which also includes Bartlett High School, Larkin High School, South Elgin High School, and Elgin High School. It is also the home of the World Languages and International Studies (WLIS) Academy.

History

The school opened in 1978 with sophomores and juniors, and became a three-year campus in 1979, and a four-year campus in 1982.

Academics

In 2005, Streamwood had an average composite ACT score of 19.0, and graduated 87.9% of its senior class. The average class size is 28.925. Streamwood has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievement Examinations, a statewide test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. [ [http://www.u-46.org/cnt/docs/05shs.pdf Illinois School Report Card] ]

Athletics

Streamwood competes in the Upstate Eight Conference. Its nickname is the Sabres.

In 2008 the varsity cheerleading team qualified for the IHSA State Finals for the first time in school history. They finished 10th in the whole state.

Fight Song: (Tune of Ohio State's Across the Field)

Forward always Streamwood High School

Let your colors show

We know that we will always be victorious everywhere we go

FIGHT! WIN! TEAM!

We've got spirit, more than the rest

Streamwood High is none but the best

Streamwood whose high school teams

Are the greatest in Illinois

(interlude)

Fight

to the Sabres the Sabres of SHS

Activities

*Student Government
**Class Council
**Principal's Student Advisory Board
**Student Council
**Student Advisory
**Student Evaluation Board
*Special Interest Groups
**Anime Club
**Art Club
**Book Club
**Chess Club
**Creative Writing Club
**German Club!
**(HOME) Helpers of my Earth
**Junior National Association of the Deaf
**Mathletes
**Multi Cultural Council (MCC)
**National Honor Society
**Photography Club
**Peer Mediators
**Scholastic Bowl
**Sign Language Club
**Social Activities Club
**Student Opposed to Drugs and Alcohol (SODA)
**Spanish Club
*Publications
**Student Newspaper "The Cutting Edge"
**Yearbook
*Fine Arts
**Art Club
**Band
**Drama Club
**Media Club
** [http://www.u46.k12.il.us/shs/haindavid/ Choir]
**Photography Club
**Plays
**Orchestra
**HOSA
*Career Planning Clubs
**CWT - Co-op Work Program
**DECA
**Future Career & Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
**Home Economics Related Occupations Club (HERO)
**Future Teacher's Club
**HOSA Club-Health Occupations
**Office Education Association
**Student Assistance Program
*Athletic - Associated Clubs
**ACE (Athletes Committed to Excellence)
**Ski/Snowboard Club
**Hockey Club (Co-op with Larkin High School)

Notable alumni

*John Garcia, Class of 1982, Broadcast Journalist, ABC network affiliate WLS Channel 7 News, Chicago

References

External links

* [http://www.u-46.org/shs/ Official Website]