Urbana High School (Illinois)
- Urbana High School (Illinois)
Urbana High School is the only public high school in Urbana, Illinois.
History
Urbana High School's original building was built in 1914. It was designed by architect Joseph Royer who also designed many other area buildings such as the Urbana Free Library and the Champaign County Court House. The architecture is of the Tudor style defined primarily by the towers over the main entrance and flattened point arches over the doors.
An addition was built in 1916 that included a gymnasium and swimming pool. Due to increasing enrollment, other additions were built in 1955 and in 1965. In 1988, an enclosed athletic area was added and the old gymnasium/pool wing was converted into classrooms. The entire building was also renovated to meet safety codes. The Urbana Park District Indoor Aquatic Center was built in 2003, adjoining Urbana High School and bringing the building to its current visage.
Notable Alumni
*Film critic and Urbana native Roger Ebert is a graduate of Urbana High School. During his senior year he was co-editor of the school newspaper, the Echo.
*Author and essayist David Foster Wallace was a 1980 graduate of Urbana High School. [http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2008/09/16/a_life_remembered_writer_wallace_central_to_postmodernism]
*LaToya Bond, WNBA player
ee also
[http://www.usd116.org/uhs/ Urbana High School] - official website
Wikimedia Foundation.
2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Urbana High School — can refer to several different schools:*Urbana High School (Maryland) *Urbana High School (Ohio) *Urbana High School (Illinois) … Wikipedia
Urbana Middle School — Infobox Education in the United States name= Urbana Middle School imagesize= motto= motto translation= streetaddress= 1201 South Vine Street city= Urbana state= Illinois zipcode= url= schoolnumber= schoolboard= Urbana School District 116… … Wikipedia
High school radio — within the United States is almost as old as radio broadcasting itself. Simply defined as a radio station, with its studios located at a high school and usually operated by its students with faculty supervision, stations fitting this description… … Wikipedia
Illinois High School Association — infobox Organization name = Illinois High School Association size = 175px msize = 250px abbreviation = IHSA motto = The Future Plays Here formation = 1900 12 27 purpose = Athletic/Educational headquarters = Bloomington, Illinois coord|40.467311|… … Wikipedia
University Laboratory High School of Urbana, Illinois — Infobox Education in the United States name= University Laboratory High School imagesize= motto= motto translation= streetaddress= 1212 West Springfield Avenue city= Urbana state= Illinois zipcode= 61801 url= http://www.uni.illinois.edu/… … Wikipedia
Plainfield Central High School — Infobox Secondary school name = Plainfield Central High School principal = Robert Smith established = 1992 type = Public secondary grades = 9–12 city = 24120 W. Fort Beggs Dr. Plainfield state = Illinois country = USA enrollment = 3000 faculty =… … Wikipedia
West Aurora High School — Infobox Secondary school name = West Aurora High School motto = A Tradition of Excellence established = 1867 1953 (current building) principal = Dan Bridges type = Public secondary grades = 9–12 city = 1201 W. New York St Aurora state = Illinois… … Wikipedia
Lemont High School — Infobox Secondary school name = Lemont High School motto = For all students to become life long, independent learners and productive citizens in a rapidly changing world established = 1890 principal = Dr. Thomas Trengove type = Public secondary… … Wikipedia
Champaign Central High School — For schools of the same name, see Central High School (disambiguation). Champaign Central High School Location 610 West University Ave. Champaign, Illinois, USA Information Type … Wikipedia
West Leyden High School — Infobox Secondary school name = West Leyden High School established = 1959 type = Public High School principal = Mr. Wilford Wagner assistant principal = Dr. Tatiana Bonuma dean= Mary Jean Sremaniak dean= Tim Ruettiger city = Northlake state =… … Wikipedia
