Argo Community High School

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Argo Community High School
Address
Argo Community High School
7239 W. 63rd Street

, ,
60501

United States
Coordinates 41°46′34″N87°48′17″W / 41.776°N 87.8046°W / 41.776; -87.8046
Information
Motto"We inspire, educate, and empower students to envision and achieve a positive future for themselves and their community"
Opened1920
School districtArgo Community High School District 217
SuperintendentDr. William Toulios
DeanDenise Ghaowi, Chris Kelly, Vince Loizzo
PrincipalDr. Brandon Cotter
Faculty123.50 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Gender Coed
Enrollment1,869 (2020-21) [1]
   Grade 9 445 students
   Grade 10 485 students
   Grade 11 477 students
   Grade 12 462 students
Average class size22.2 [2]
Student to teacher ratio15.46 [1]
Color(s)  Maroon
  White
Athletics conference South Suburban Conference
Nickname Argonauts
Accreditation Illinois State Board of Education
NewspaperThe Maroon
YearbookArgolite
Website www.argohs.net

Argo Community High School is a public four-year high school located in Summit, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. The district draws students from the communities of Summit, Bedford Park, Bridgeview, Justice, Willow Springs, and a portion of Hickory Hills. The school was named for the area surrounding the large corn processing plant located near the school, which manufactured Argo corn starch and is currently owned by Ingredion. In 2014 and 2016, Argo was awarded a bronze medal by U.S. News & World Report for outstanding academic performance, the only school in the South Suburban Conference to receive such recognition. [3]

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On March 11, 2016, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders held a campaign rally at Argo that was attended by several thousand people. [4]

On September 6, 1968, Argo had a Race Riot. Yolande Robbins was key to mending the relationship between African American students and the school itself. She was fired later for no cause.

Activities

Activity
A-Club
Art Club
Chess Club
Choir
Culinary Club
Drama Club / Thespians
Environmental Club
French/Spanish Honor Society
Freshman Class Board
Golden Fleece Play
Instrumental Music
International Club
Junior Class Board
Mathletes
National Hispanic Institute (NHI)
National Honor Society
Newspaper (Maroon)
Radio (WARG)
Scholastic Bowl
Senior Class Board
Sophomore Class Board
Special Olympics
Speech Team
Spring Musical Theater Director
Spring Musical Vocal Director
Spring Musical Instrumental Director
Student Council
STRIIVE
Winter Guard
Winter Percussion
Yearbook (Argolite)

Athletics

Argo competes as a member of the South Suburban Conference. It also competes in state championship series sponsored by the Illinois High School Association (IHSA). School colors are Maroon and White. Teams are called the Argonauts. Argo sponsors interscholastic teams for men and women in basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. There are men's teams in baseball and football and women's teams in badminton and softball. [5]

Notable alumni

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