Crete-Monee High School

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Crete-Monee High School
Location
Crete-Monee High School
1515 W. Exchange Street

Crete
,
Illinois
60417

United States
Coordinates 41°26′30″N87°38′59″W / 41.4418°N 87.6496°W / 41.4418; -87.6496
Information
Type Public high school
Established1948
PrincipalLamont Holifield [1]
Teaching staff93.00 (on an FTE basis) [2] [3]
Grades 9–12
Number of students1,503 (2023–2024) [2] [3]
Student to teacher ratio16.16 [2] [3]
AreaSouth Suburbs
Campus type suburban
Color(s)  Blue
  Yellow
Athletics conference Southland Athletic Conference
MascotWarrior
NewspaperThe Informer [4]
Website cmhs.cm201u.org

Crete-Monee High School (CMHS) is a four-year public high school located in Crete, Illinois, a far south suburb of Chicago, in the United States. Known colloquially as Crete, the high school houses students representing the surrounding communities of Crete, Monee, University Park, and portions of Park Forest.

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History

The high school's current building was completed in 2007 at a cost of $60 million. [5] Since its completion, its previous building, built in 1954 on an adjacent property, held the Crete-Monee Sixth Grade Center on its main floor. Following completion of an additional wing in 2016, the Crete-Monee Middle School now houses all students in sixth through eighth grades. As such, the old high school building (known for its athletic dome) is no longer in use by students.

Academics

Students were previously administered the PSAE (Prairie State Achievement Exam) in their junior year to gauge performance and college readiness. This exam was a requirement under the No Child Left Behind Act. However, in 2015, this act was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act and the PSAE was discontinued. The school is a participant in Project Lead the Way, a program created by a not-for-profit of the same name which works to create STEM curricula in U.S. primary and secondary schools. Advanced Placement courses are available beginning in a student's sophomore year and include options such as Language and Composition, Literature and Composition, Calculus A/B, Statistics, World History, U.S. History, Psychology and Environmental Science. [6] Additionally, students may apply to and attend classes at Kankakee Community College in Kankakee, IL or Prairie State College in Chicago Heights, IL as part of the high school's dual credit program. As of 2016, 35.7% of students were participating in early college coursework, or high school coursework that may result in early college credit. [7]

Activities

Crete-Monee students participate in extracurricular activities including those listed below.

Activities offered

Art ClubBook ClubBroadcasting ClubChess Team
Drama ClubE-JournalismForeign Language ClubMath Team
Music OrganizationMusic Solo & EnsembleMusic: Instrumental Scholastic Bowl
Science ClubSpeech Individual Events Student Council S.A.D.D.
Technical Theater ClubWomen's EmpowermentYearbook ClubE-sports

Athletics

On November 23, 2012, the Warriors defeated Cary Grove High School, capturing the first state football championship in school history.

Sports offered

FallWinterSpring
Football Boys Basketball Baseball
Boys Cross Country Girls Basketball Softball
Boys Soccer Girls Bowling Boys Tennis
Girls Cross Country Wrestling Boys Track
Girls Swimming Winter Guard Girls Track
Girls Tennis
Girls Volleyball
Golf
Marching Band

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Staff Directory". cm201u-cmhs.ss14.sharpschool.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2019. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 http://webprod.isbe.net/ereportcard/publicsite/getReport.aspx?year=2020&code=56099201U0001_e.pdf [ dead link ]
  3. 1 2 3 "CRETE-MONEE HIGH SCHOOL". National Center for Education Statistics. Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved December 21, 2024.
  4. ↑ Groups and Activities, CM201u.org. Accessed August 13, 2008.
  5. ↑ Triebold, Carol; Phyllis Monks. "Crete's Higher Education: A New High School is Built". CM201u.org. Retrieved November 12, 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. ↑ "Crete-Monee high school course guide 2017-2018". cm201u.org. Retrieved June 22, 2017.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Illinois Report Card". Archived from the original on March 25, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
  8. ↑ "'Transparent' Actress Alexandra Grey to Recur on 'Empire'". October 2019. Archived from the original on October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 1, 2019.{{cite magazine}}: Cite magazine requires |magazine= (help).
  9. ↑ "Rudy L. Horne, Jr". Mathematically Gifted & Black. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  10. ↑ O'Donnell, Maureen (January 21, 2018). "Rudy L. Horne dies at 49; Chicago native checked the math in 'Hidden Figures'". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2020. Retrieved March 1, 2021.
  11. ↑ "Nyles Morgan". fightingirish.com. July 9, 2018. Archived from the original on March 3, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Clint Ratkovich". niuhuskies.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 15, 2024.
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