Curie Metropolitan High School

Curie Metropolitan High School
We strive for Excellence!
Address
4959 S. Archer Avenue Chicago, Illinois, 60632 USA
Coordinates	41°48′09″N 87°43′17″W / 41.8025°N 87.7213°W / 41.8025; -87.7213
Information
School type	Public Secondary Magnet
School district	Chicago Public Schools 299
CEEB Code	141016[1]
Principal	Phillip Craig Perry[2]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	3,578 (2010)
Campus type	Urban
Color(s)	Red      White      Blue[3]
Athletics conference	Chicago Public League[3]
Team name	Condors[3]
Accreditation(s)	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[4]
Yearbook	'Odyssey[5]
Website	http://www.curiehs.com/

Curie Metropolitan High School is a public 4-year magnet high school located in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The school has a Technical, Performing Arts, and International Baccalaureate Programme. Curie Metropolitan High School was named after Nobel Prize laureate Maria Sklodowska–Curie in recognition of the area's historically heavy Polish-American populace.

Curie Metro High School is accessible via the Chicago L's nearby Pulaski Orange Line station.

Academics

Curie Metropolitan High School has been an International Baccalaureate Organization World School since January 1999, and offers both the IB Middle Years Programme and the IB Diploma Programme.^[6]

Curie Metro was one of sixteen schools nationwide selected by the College Board for inclusion in the EXCELerator School Improvement Model program beginning the 2007-2008 school year. The project was funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.^[7]

Athletics

Curie High School is a school with a wide variety of sports. With twelve varsity sports, Curie students have a wide selection to choose from. Most notable sport recently is the varsity water polo team, which has won four consecutive Chicago Public League titles in recent years.

Notable alumni

• Victor Adeyanju has played in the NFL as a defensive end for the St. Louis Rams.^[8][9]
• Yung Berg is a rap artist (Sexy Lady).^[10]

References

1. ^ "High School Code Search". College Board. http://apps.collegeboard.com/cbsearch_code/codeSearchHighschool.jsp. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
2. ^ "CPS Website". http://www.cps.edu/Schools/Pages/school.aspx?unit=1820. Retrieved 20 June 2010. 
3. ^ ^{a b c} "Chicago (Curie)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). 31 December 2009. http://www.ihsa.org/school/schools/2713.htm. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
4. ^ "Institution Summary for Curie High School". AdvacedED profile. North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=10427. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
5. ^ "Clubs and Activities". Directory. Curie High School. http://www.curiehs.com/clubs_and_activities.jsp?rn=8327091. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
6. ^ Curie Metropolitan High School, International Baccalaureate Organization. Accessed September 17, 2007.
7. ^ The College Board website: Jan 23, 2007-Expansion of EXCELerator Schools Project to Denver, CO, and Hillsborough County, FL (Tampa), School Districts
8. ^ "Victor Adeyanju". statistics and biographic inforamtion. National Football League. http://www.nfl.com/players/victoradeyanju/profile?id=ADE771256. Retrieved 2 January 2010. 
9. ^ Bannon, Terry (26 April), "From Nigeria to shot at NFL: Ex-Curie standout Adeyanju could go in 1st 3 rounds", Chicago Tribune, http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-144989776.html, retrieved 2 January 2010, "When Victor Adeyanju was finishing up at Curie five years ago, there wasn't a long line of schools eager for his services." 
10. ^ Whitehorne, Jelani (4 February 2008). "Yung Berg on Sexy Ladies and what he has in store for them this year". interview. Chicago Flame-Inferno. http://media.www.chicagoflame-inferno.com/media/storage/paper535/news/2008/02/04/Music/Yung-Berg.On.Sexy.Ladies.And.What.He.Has.In.Store.For.Them.This.Year-3186120.shtml. Retrieved 2 January 2009. "JW: You represent Chicago in your "Sexy Lady Remix." What part of Chicago are you from? YB: I'm from the Southside of Chicago. I attended CVCA and Curie for high school."